if ur one of those people who depends on review to buy games well ....

you seroiusly need to do your own research and play the games YOU want to play.

and not go by reviewers.

reviews DO HELP point out negative stuff but remember everyone has different tastes for games (jus like how you could like rap and someone else can totally hate it but love rock. know what i mean?)

personally i have bought games based on reviews this guys praised it, da da da, gave it a 8.8 or a 9 and i got it. guess what it wasn't the type of game i like playing, it jus sits on my shelf.

and when i DO want to buy a certain game i DO look at reviews and unless its a really bad game i usually get it. and guess what i enjoy it. it comes off my shelf alot more cause its the TYPE of game i want to play. good reviews will make this purchase more probable.

ur interest FIRST, reviews second. reviews ALONE shouldn't move you to buy a certain game. they are jus helpful things/informative things.

ex. lair , gs gave it 4.5? well guess what that guy doesn't know what hes talking about, graphics are reall good and controls isn't as bad as he says it is. To play lair correctly u need to know the controls and play with smooth movements. otherwise its a horrible experience. smooth movements and a willingness to learn controls will make lair the title to own now.

u said it i dont really care about review if i like a game i buy it

some people if a game got bad review they dont want to play it.has for me reviews cant stop me form getting a games

There is actually someone that thinks the way I do with reviews nowadays. Yet I still look at reviews. But still... Like I always tell myself if I like it then that it is something I can put in my gaming library.

wow this topic seems to pop up a lot lately in the Ps3 forums. Is it because major reviewers have been giving major PS3 games somewhat crappy reviews? In light of that I must say I am finding reviews of games to be less influential to me than they have been in the past. Still a review is an opinion, and most reviewers I think are entitled to it with their abled immersion to a wide variety of a number of games that most gamers can never hope to see without an extended gaming budget. This also means a loss of intimacy with any one particular title that the usual gamer will have when invested on occasional purchases.

wow this topic seems to pop up a lot lately in the Ps3 forums. Is it because major reviewers have been giving major PS3 games somewhat crappy reviews? In light of that I must say I am finding reviews of games to be less influential to me than they have been in the past. Still a review is an opinion, and most reviewers I think are entitled to it with their abled immersion to a wide variety of a number of games that most gamers can never hope to see without an extended gaming budget. This also means a loss of intimacy with any one particular title that the usual gamer will have when invested on occasional purchases.

I do take the reviews onboard but if theres a game that i realllly want and it has a sucky review i'm still going to buy it.

You know what you want and what you like best so why do you need others to tell you otherwise.

i personally don't think reviews are useful and that they personal ruin games for me. that said your right you shouldn't let people make the decision for you. there is, however in my opinion, the opinion of professional reviewers are no different t hen those of people online both in my opinion are pretty useless cause you really don't know either.

and if your gonna go by reviews well you cant pick and choose, if you accept one review you got to accept them all (by that i mean you have to accept that each one is an equally valid opinion). personally i don't see why people get so worked up over other people's opinions, if your gonna get passionate about something there much more worthy causes to be angered over.

also if you think a particular review publication isn't being fair why plaster there review all over the site with a link to the review, why help them generate hits a nd revenue if you really don't like em? in the end i think people should just do what makes gaming more fun for them, and hopefully what doesn't make them blow a vein lol.

Since you all really feel that reviews don't really influence your decision to buy games, then you all should not bother reading them. If the reviews were positive, you all would run out and get the game in discussion. I'm not saying that your minds wouldn't have been made up already but that positive review would just give you reassurance of your purchase. So, that review influenced you whether you want to believe it or not. So if a review on a game turns out to be negative, then yes, you can disregard that reviewers opinion and get that game. That is your free will. But don't come on here complaining about that game when you were forewarned of the flaws. Reviews are there to report the positives and the negatives of a game. No game is perfect but all you hope for is a solid review that is reliable and accurate on the game. Most reviewers are biased and that is something I think anyone with common sense can figure out. The real credible reviews will always influence your decision. Because after reading about that game and you are at that store ready to buy it, that review will stick to your head on why it was positive or negative. I never rely on a review 100% (I gotAll-pro 2K8 when it was reviewed average)and neither should anyone else. If you read any of them, you have already considered what was said in them.

Exactly!

game reviews give a good indication of how good a game is. if game scores crap, generally is it crap. why would you want to buy a crap game. games that score 8 or higher i look at as a possible purchace. under 8 i dont even bother. but even if a game scores 11/10 best game ever made GOTY it doesnt mean i instantly buy it. i always try first. i save money and dont waste my time playing crappy games.Mad_Dude