Do you research games before you buy them, or do you buy them on impulse?

yep, i do more research on games than i have ever done on any research paper in high school. I hate making bad game purchases, especially now in these hard times, just cant afford it. I love when demos for my prospected purchases are available, makes things so much eaisier.

i do my research into most games, but some games I buy on impulse.

always research

I'm the guy usually doing the research. In fact, a bunch of my friends and I have created DirtyTruth- Real Reviews by Real Gamers.

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I always research now games are way to costly now to just go out and buy random ones. Also there are way more bad games then there are good games now and i dont feel like wasting my money so I weed out the bad ones with research

I used to always research games before I bought them but now I have Gamefly so I can just try them out before I decide to purchase them :)

Most sequel like Gears or Halo, i buy them on impulse. Other than that, i read reviews.

I'm in agreement with some of the other comments that i will pretty much always read revies and research a game before buying it unless it is like Cod 4 or something that i know i'm just going to have to buy!

research 100% of the time

i do my research. thats how i decide wich games to buy. but when theres no cool games for a really long time. like nov-feb. i buy games on impulse. like for instance. last week i bought SFIV, Fear2 n SO4. n i hate the SF n Fear Series:?

Unless its games like CoD 4 and halo 3, Yes!

It's so important that you do that! It's the golding rule of buying games! Always, always, ALWAYS know what it's like before buying!

research is a must 4 me

I almost always research games before I buy them, that way I know if the game will suit me and give me good value for money. The only time I think I've ever bought games on impulse are when I've bought a game that's been in a 'Buy One Get One Free' or '3 for £20/30' because I wasn't expecting to have to get a second game.

i research i mean in australia you are looking at $110 a pop! so yeh i never impulse.

I always research my games before buying, I think it is kind of dumb to be buying something off the shelf without having a clue of what you've just purchased.

I used to only buy games that got good reviews (7s and up) but now I'm not paying attention to reviews as much and I just buy games that I think look great.

I believe it would be foolish not to research a game especially when they cost so much. In fact I research every big ticket item I put down my hard earned money on.Reviews for consumers are the best because they present both sides of the review. "The good, bad and ugly."

I always do my research in reviews and previews. Unless the franchise has already prooven itself (Halo, GoW, CoD)

There are too many games, and at 60 bucks a pop they are too expensive to simply buy one because it looks cool, or I heard someone say it was good.