Do you play games because of their high scores and hype?

Dear fellow gamers, today I noticed a problem with my gaming habbit, i've been a gamer for over 18 years and even to this day it is my number one hobby and joy, but for the past 3 years it seems they joy getting less and less and I always wondered what could be the cause of this sudden changes.

Well I noticed i've been purchasing all these high rated/hyped games without reading about them and getting myseld hyped up over a trailer or 2 and creating this huge backlog of 80+ games on my steam library, but when i play these so called high rated games, such as Bioshock/Borderlands/MW3, etc.. I Feel im draging myself into finishing them and i play about 30-40 min of them each day and get tierd quickly, so i turn it off and start the same cycle each day and each day i feel more pain than the day before.

It feels that im forcing my self into playing/finishing these games cuz they are the high rated/cool games on the market, and then there might be this action adventure game that didnt even score as high as the other games but i totaly enjoyed playing that game and lost the track of time. question is have you guys ever been in the same situation as me? if so how did you deal with it?

Another example is The Witcher 2, when i purchased the game, everyone told me that i have to play the 1st one to understand the 2nd game, and i love story based western RPGs, so i got the 1st Witcher and to this day i had 6-7 attempts in finishing the game and last time i got to chapter 2 and had to quit it since i could not bring my self into playing anymore of that game.

Yeah, I have that problem sometimes. This year, it was littlebigplanet 2, portal 2, battlefield 3 (though I'm starting to accept its flaws), and maybe a few more that I can't remember. I wish I could unbuy them. At least I traded in lbp2 since it's a console game.

I don't trust any hype or scores from 99% of reviewers or sites. I trust a demo much more.

No, I play what interests me.

I'm willing to bet that most of you are more affected by hype than you realize.

Sometimes. I got sucked into buying Skyrim sooner than expected, but I play tons of games that didn't score 8's or 9's.

I'm willing to bet that most of you are more affected by hype than you realize.

xLittlekillx

If that were the case I would own all the modern warfare games, be playing consoles and be chest bumping my buddies after a game of madden. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night so maybe you're right :)

I sometimes look at scores and reviews mainly if I don't know what the game is about. But most of the time I get games because it is a game that I have been wanting to try.

That and basically I like games, all game genre's except sports games (few exceptions), and music games, (I'll just actually make music, to scratch that itch)

If I see a modern setting RTS, like this Warzone European escelation game, which I just saw a couple weeks ago, I mark it on my get on sale list. (most games go on this list, since there are so many DD sales now)

Some games I do not wait for them to go on sale.

Recently one is SWTOR, I have been waiting on it for a while, pre-ordered it.

One coming up soon is Diablo III. I will more than likely pre-order, if not I will get it around launch.

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

I'm willing to bet that most of you are more affected by hype than you realize.

PublicNuisance

If that were the case I would own all the modern warfare games, be playing consoles and be chest bumping my buddies after a game of madden. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night so maybe you're right :)

No, that's not how hype works. It doesn't suddenly make you want something that you don't want. It eats away at you a little at a time. You see a game mentioned here and there, you come across a lot of people building up buzz for it, maybe one or two of your friends mention they're getting it. The game is featured on some TV shows, a writer for a site you frequent does a glowing preview. You're still not jumping up and down for it, but you start to think something like "Hey, multiplayer might be fun. And Jimmy's getting it so I could play with him. But nah." And some how, a week or two after release, you've got the game sitting there on your living room table. You tried it a few times but you don't like it, and suddenly you're wondering why you even got it.

I'm willing to bet that most of you are more affected by hype than you realize.

xLittlekillx

If im hyped for a game it will be because im interested in the game..not because millions of people are lawlessx

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

I'm willing to bet that most of you are more affected by hype than you realize.

wis3boi

Hype and scores generally dictate whether I get a game or not. Though I'm pretty forgiving or "meh" games like Alpha Protocol, I have completely decided to not buy games like that until way later because of bad scores. Truthfully, I'm glad I listen too since I don't think AP would be worth a full $60, but I did enjoy it at $20.

No. I play games because I want to play them. In this day and age, I honestly could care less of what reviewers say about a game.the_ChEeSe_mAn2

^ This. Most reviews nowadays are just not accurate. Score is either under or overrated ...

Nope. I base my decisions around how much I like the game play. Scores don't matter at all to me.

Half the time I do.

I pick games depending on player reviews, I dont read the official reviews, but I still look at the good and bad from them. Player reviews tend to be more of an honest experience and most of the time it has deeper content than the official ones. I sometimes get a game because of the hype and the only one I have that really dropped the ball IMO is Stronghold 3.

I pick games depending on player reviews, I dont read the official reviews, but I still look at the good and bad from them. Player reviews tend to be more of an honest experience and most of the time it has deeper content than the official ones. I sometimes get a game because of the hype and the only one I have that really dropped the ball IMO is Stronghold 3.

dsownge

The only opinion I trust is my own, everything else is white noise.

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I pick games depending on player reviews, I dont read the official reviews, but I still look at the good and bad from them. Player reviews tend to be more of an honest experience and most of the time it has deeper content than the official ones. I sometimes get a game because of the hype and the only one I have that really dropped the ball IMO is Stronghold 3.

masterdrat

Players will often express anger when something from a game they love gets butchered and that's not just 1 review. I look at multiple reviews from players and it is much easier to decide on that. I check the forums too just to be sure.

No matter how good or bad the game is, there will always be a ton of reviews by normal players and often they share the same feelings towards the game which is far more reliable than official reviews.

It's hard to ignore all the hype and while I'll admit it is enticing it rarely if ever has anything to do with what I play. I'm with those that first check the genre and style of play, then if I find that appealing, I'll check out some reviews both from sights and users. Basically to see if the game is a bug infested mess. I also like opinions from a wide variaty of people both those I like an those I don't.

To the OP. I never play a game that I find I don't like to PLAY. Playing is the most important part af a game and life is too short to waste time that way. The money I wasted on said game is nothng compared to my time. And while I am carefull about what I buy no one is perfect and mistakes will be made.:)

Never. I only play games that I like, I don't care if they got 1/10 or 10/10.

I'd fallen to hype before. I got in the Halo Reach beta (I know it's not a PC game) and my buddies and I played the crap out of the beta. It was incredibly fun. When the full game comes out, we bought it and played for about a month to realize it just wasn't fun anymore. Not sure if the beta was actually better or we already had our fill of the game in the beta, but we were left disappointed at release.

After that, I try to distance myself from game development as possible. I used to always read up on any news about a game before it's released and I've stopped most of that except for Diablo III. I've grown up on Diablo so it's hard to stay away from that one.

TL;DR: the better you are at staying away from the hype machine, the better likely you'll enjoy the game IMO. Your standards won't be artificially inflated to become disappointed.

I used to read lots of reviews and watch for games that were rated high. These days I just watch Let's Plays and read game forums. It's firsthand information about the game from regular players. I don't have to rely on a paid reviewer's opinion. I still read/watch reviews occasionally but mainly for entertainment.

Another example is The Witcher 2, when i purchased the game, everyone told me that i have to play the 1st one to understand the 2nd game, and i love story based western RPGs, so i got the 1st Witcher and to this day i had 6-7 attempts in finishing the game and last time i got to chapter 2 and had to quit it since i could not bring my self into playing anymore of that game.

Siamak8286

[QUOTE="xLittlekillx"]

I'm willing to bet that most of you are more affected by hype than you realize.

PublicNuisance

If that were the case I would own all the modern warfare games, be playing consoles and be chest bumping my buddies after a game of madden. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night so maybe you're right :)

No. Most of my favourite games have had pretty modest scores on Metacritic actually.

I loved Scratches.

I play games because I like it, not because tons of other people love it. It depends on my premonition too. Sometimes I just look at the gameplay videos, trailers and think: "I think I like this game", thenI buy itand play.

Not really, but I might try them because of that.