So it's me, Hailinel, you, and about two other people. Given the 83 score on Metacritic, I'm guessing it's a case of a loud minority. (I couldn't find an actual Wikipedia article for that, so apologies if that inevitably sounds racist.) "
I've found that I can rarely trust a review. The hell, gaming community? Final Fantasy XII gets a pass, but the next game is destroying all you love about the damn franchise?
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fucking agree so much.
anyway. i tend to not read that many reviews, at least not until i've played it myself first.
I only really read around for reviews if I'm not totally sure about buying the game, the rest of the time I'll just know. Have stuck to OXM UK's reviews recently. I used to read Kotaku's but their new structure isn't any good compared to what it was, and sometimes I'll read IGN's to see how off the mark the score is.
" @Sasran: Really? Given Brad's three-star score, his disapproval of it in the Day 4 Bombcast, and the fact that everybody I've heard from fucking hates the game, I just assumed that people didn't really like the game that much. However, that does not excuse the gaming community from loving FF12, the Ouroboros of Final Fantasy's. "
I don't really like FF, but 9 and 12 were both pretty great games.
I don't read too many written reviews these days and those I do come from a variety of sources including the community blogs of this site. When I do look for professionally written review I tend to go GB, 1UP (just Jeremy Parish RPG stuff), Joystiq, Kotaku and Shacknews. However, I'd say I get 90% of my critical opinion from podcasts (Bombcast, Weekend Confirmed, CAGcast, Bitmob, G4's Feedback, etc...) and GB's Quick Looks.
Considering that about 90% of mine consists of gaming journalists: Twitter. Then again, 3/4 of the time I don't need a review. New entries in a franchise, internet buzz, podcasters' opinions, tweets, etc.
Also: I can't believe I'm saying this, but that cross-Atlantic delay in launch dates? Awesome in that regards.
I tend to go to IGN because their opinions can be so wildly different. That way i can see the differences and make up my own mind. if it was one aspect that GB loved while IGN hated i can quickly decide for myself whether or not that aspect will bother me or not. I also like cideo content, so I do visit GT as well.
I don't actually come to GB for the reviews, as I rarely agree with their reviews. 1UP has some reviewers I do actually like, and Playstation Nation also has some pretty solid reviews (for playstation games obviously).
That said, generally speaking I'm not big on reviews. I prefer Giant Bomb Quick Looks specifically for that reason, I get to actually see the game being played and draw my own conclusions from that. Sometimes I'll watch a quick look that the crew is super into, and I can tell it just isn't for me (Red Dead). Other times, I'll be super into a game from the quick look that the team is kinda lukewarm on (GT5).
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