Choosing your games..

Tombstone said:
I never go by what the critics say anymore, and I never go by player reviews either. I always try either a demo or a beta, and base my decision on whether to buy or not solely on my own experience of the game.
Click to expand...

This :)

I also research the games before they come out if they are ones that interest me. So watching gameplay videos, screenshots, etc.
 
crysis and stalker are such games that everyone loves them and hate them at the same time.

look in to call of duty 5 and left 4 dead. i think u will like them
 
Admiral Huddy said:
How do you choose which games to play?

What deciding factors do you take into account?
Click to expand...

-Games from Developers who's previous work I've rated very highly e.g. id software, Rockstar etc
-Cost (often I wait for games to drop in price and be fully patched before buying unless I'm desperate to try them) - I keep an eye out for bargains
-Internet/media reception (plays a factor when I'm looking to pick up older titles that I missed out on at the time)
-Feedback on Performance (e.g. didn't buy Crysis until this week following an upgrade to GTX 280).
-Genre (I'm a bit of a sucker for FPS and arcade racers - I've played my share of distinctly average ones because they tend to be pick up and play with a shallow learning curve)
 
I always try the game first, be it legal through a demo or a more questionable way, then I buy it if I like it... Done this to quite a lot of games recently ( CoD4, Rome:tw, TF2, TMU, Ut2k4, BF2, ectect...), bought after trying.

Costs: Usually cheap games get bought even without trying, examples of these are the half life 1 anthology pack which I just went for, geometry wars, audiosurf, etc...

Game reputation:
GTA series are a no brainer, have to buy em...


General reviews just don't do it for me, I rate some low rated games far far higher than top rated games...
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom