Good Games Reviews, Where to find em???
Good Games Reviews, Where to find em???
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robm3

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4,930 posts

255 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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I recently brought Mario Olympic Games on the Wii and thought it was rubbish so exchanged it for Star Wars, which I thought was even worse...
Any idea where I can get decent game reviews online to assist in my next purchase???

Fidgits

17,202 posts

257 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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try games radar..

or ask on here wink

Timberwolf

5,374 posts

246 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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The problem I find with many games reviews is that because they only have the game a little while, the scores and reviews tend to be far more "first impression" than "played all the way through".

Sometimes named, "Black and White syndrome", after a game that gives a disproportionately good first impression and turns into a tedious rock throwing exercise halfway through.

I tend to buy games about a year or more after they've come out based on how many people are still playing them then smile

Edited by Timberwolf on Monday 26th November 20:59

Altrezia

8,739 posts

239 months

Monday 26th November 2007
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NewNameNeeded

2,560 posts

253 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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Since you have a Wii this website is awesome for reviews of the NES, SNES, Megadireve, etc. games that you can download: http://www.vc-reviews.com/ 

and to round it off it's in the style of the Mean Machines magazine which I spent far too many unhealthy hours drooling over as a kid.

TheCaseAce

700 posts

239 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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http://www.metacritic.com/games

It basically collects and averages all reviews (web, print etc) of a game, album, movie or whatever.

No other site required.

Steve Evil

10,815 posts

257 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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TheCaseAce said:
http://www.metacritic.com/games

It basically collects and averages all reviews (web, print etc) of a game, album, movie or whatever.

No other site required.
Yeah a good site, but it is worth reading through a few reviews on the game, rather than basing it on a simple number. You might find that you really enjoy an average game, so it's worth getting a feel of what the game is like from the way a few people describe it.

Good sites I tend to look at are:

Gamespot
IGN
Gamesradar

and I read Edge magazine.

Oi_Oi_Savaloy

2,315 posts

288 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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I use Gamespot for all my gaming reviews. They seem to have a similar outlook on a lot of games that I like.

just tap gamespot uk into google. I think it's uk.gamespot.com but don't quote me.

Savaloy

Jinx

12,008 posts

288 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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stephen300o

15,464 posts

256 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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Oi_Oi_Savaloy said:
I use Gamespot for all my gaming reviews. They seem to have a similar outlook on a lot of games that I like.

just tap gamespot uk into google. I think it's uk.gamespot.com but don't quote me.

Savaloy
Me too, there usually spot-on, also IGN because they seem to get more screen shots than anyone else.

Polarbert

17,936 posts

259 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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I use IGN, although I take it with a pinch of salt as they never seem to give anything a bad review. Even that Kane and Lynch review that sounded terribly flawed, they still gave it a 7.

twin40s

154 posts

283 months

Tuesday 27th November 2007
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Jinx said:
Seconded!