Most trusted review site?

Ole

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I was just wondering what everyone's favourite review sites were for PC games?

I generally check MetaCritic and then the reviews from 1up and IGN. Just wondered if any other sites were better/worth checking out.

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metacritic too, although I generally look on youtube and try to get a demo first. MMO wise I try to wait a month or two after release so people are out of their honeymoon period, which these days tends to last a few days before people are bitching about various problems :P
 
I've been wondering this myself. I've never really checked out review sites before so I popped on IGN and Gamespy, but TBH I don't like the way they score. Everything seems to average 8-9 out of 10 which doesn't seem right to me. 9 should be darn near perfect really...

May try out MetaCritic mentioned in OP :)

Youtube is deff the place I go to most! For reviews from users and gameplay vids!
 
Howitzer said:
I've been wondering this myself. I've never really checked out review sites before so I popped on IGN and Gamespy, but TBH I don't like the way they score. Everything seems to average 8-9 out of 10 which doesn't seem right to me. 9 should be darn near perfect really...

May try out MetaCritic mentioned in OP :)

Youtube is deff the place I go to most! For reviews from users and gameplay vids!
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MetaCritic is certainly good to see the lay of the land as it provides a weighted average score of the main review sites (weighted in the sense that if a site rates everything 90%+ then their score is worth less), but for detailed reviews I haven't really settled on a trusted favourite.
 
Christ, not Metacritic...

'Scores' need to die. I have no problem with well presented opinions of a game, highlighting the pros and cons of a game, but giving it an arbitrary number at the end is just stupid. IGN gave Modern Warfare 3 a 9.0. It's a higher score than a great many games they review, and up there with the likes of Shogun 2, The Witcher 2, and Tribes Ascend. Really?

I personally like Rock, Paper, Shotgun. For their complete lack of them. YouTube gameplay videos/impressions series/commentary, etc. are another good way to judge whether a game is likely to be for you.
 
None.

It's always going to be opinion and there are a lot of sellouts (Come on CoD keeps getting good scores every year)

Best thing to do is to just go for a game you like the sound of.
 
Tediore said:
Christ, not Metacritic...

'Scores' need to die. I have no problem with well presented opinions of a game, highlighting the pros and cons of a game, but giving it an arbitrary number at the end is just stupid. IGN gave Modern Warfare 3 a 9.0. It's a higher score than a great many games they review, and up there with the likes of Shogun 2, The Witcher 2, and Tribes Ascend. Really?

I personally like Rock, Paper, Shotgun. For their complete lack of them. YouTube gameplay videos/impressions series/commentary, etc. are another good way to judge whether a game is likely to be for you.
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Entirely agree with this. Hence my desire for solid, trustworthy sites that talk through the mechanics and best/worst features of a game. Even though this forum is, of course, wonderful, that kind of detail can be lacking (or at least buried in mountains of other replies).

Thanks for Rock, Paper, Shotgun - I was not aware of that site.
 
People go to IGN for reviews? :( , same site that marks CoD games highly and then criticizes other games for not being new or refreshing :rolleyes:

The only thing I look for now is video game play or footage and forum opinions, then I decide to get it or not. I cannot think of any big website that gives honest reviews. Rock paper shotgun doesn't seem bad, but then again I only read that as they don't use the score rubbish.
 
All those review sites are terrible.

Stick to forums were people know what they're talking about and don't have their opinion influenced by a cheque.
 
I tend to check out video reviews from GiantBomb, Gamespot, IGN and the like and make my own mind up based on the footage rather than the reviewer's opinion.
 
I think the best approach is a combination of lots of different sources. I would certainly never buy a game based on just a trailer, or just a review, and definitely not simply because I like the sound of it. They're too expensive to waste money on, I need to know I'm getting a good product. Normally I'll read a couple of reviews, check out the average on metacritic, try a demo if available (or failing that watch a gameplay trailer on youtube), and only then will I decide to buy.

I'm sure the major games sites do get paid to give good reviews, which is why I check out plenty of other sources, but they still give a good general idea of what a game is like, and they've rarely steered me wrong in the past.
 
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