Your favourite review site?

[deveraux]

As the title suggests, which review site do you trust the most? I must say, that zero punctuation is my favorite atm. I know its for consoles, but I just love the reviewer, and I have one of the posters here for introducing it to me in one of the bioshock threads.

Anyway, which site do u normally go to/trust?

 

[Inspector Jihad]

metacrtic

 

[samduhman]

I like Gamespot for individual reviews. You get the reviewers take on the game. Then you can check out the gamers reviews and to top it off you click the link to "discuss this game" and you go to a thread where gamers flame the reviewer, the game and each other (just kidding)

I like gamerankings for the overall average. I've looked at metacritic but guess Im biased for gamerankings becuase I found it first and became very fimiliar with its layout. I also dig the page where you can filter reviews by system, genre and time. Does metacritic have a filter feature?

 

[jonks]

I don't know what site, but that pissed off british reviewer who did the Bioshock review in a flash animation was pretty accurate.

 

[ZappDogg]

Gamespot is good for reviews, but pathetic for community commentary.

 

[Skott]

Gamespot :thumbsup:

 

[jdoggg12]

I stick to the forums, reviews are done by 1-3 people who get paid to play video games... on forums, i see 5-500 reviews by normal people who will tell you if the game is great or if they feel ripped off.

 

[coldmeat]

I usually stick with Gamespot too.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
metacrtic

another vote for metacritic.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: samduhman

I like Gamespot for individual reviews. You get the reviewers take on the game. Then you can check out the gamers reviews and to top it off you click the link to "discuss this game" and you go to a thread where gamers flame the reviewer, the game and each other (just kidding)

I like gamerankings for the overall average. I've looked at metacritic but guess Im biased for gamerankings becuase I found it first and became very fimiliar with its layout. I also dig the page where you can filter reviews by system, genre and time. Does metacritic have a filter feature?

Yes.

 

[imported_Imp]

Gamerankings to check "big three" (read: 2 owned by 1 company + 1): Gamespy, Gamespot and IGN.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
metacrtic

another vote for metacritic.

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[jonmcc33]

None to be honest.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Another Gamespot reader here.

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Only from people I'm familiar with who have views similar to mine.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Gamespot. And for some reviews (namely, not Bioshock) Gamespy is really quite honest.

 

[Pugnate]

IGN!

No just kidding.

Gamespot and the PC Gamer magazine.

Though Gamespot have lost some of their rep. since Greg Kasavin departed.

 

[CP5670]

Originally posted by: GarfieldtheCat

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
metacrtic

another vote for metacritic.

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Same here. I generally don't bother reading any of the individual reviews, as all the major sites have become unreliable these days. I look at the Metacritic averages along with what people on forums are saying.

Zero Punctuation is pretty good (and funny) though, although he only does a handful of the most high profile games.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

also metacritic has a few summary sentences from each review so you dont have to read the whole thing. gamerankings is pretty pointless because there is only a score, but to get actual content, you have to go to the whole article.

 

[Beev]

I don't know how anyone can possibly read gamespot.