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When I was younger I just played games that looked fun to me. That usually worked. Then I would read reviews and a lot of times if a game got a bad score, I would avoid it. Nowadays I read reviews for any game I'm interested in, but lately I have been taking them less and less seriously. I tend to rely more on gameplay videos and word of mouth, along with my own judgement. How about you, SW? How important are reviews to you?
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Nah i only judge a game when i have actually tried it.
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Not just with games but with any product I would almost always look into the reviews. However 9/10 that never really stopped me from buying something with a shitty rating, if I want something, ill get it.
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lilho wrote Not just with games but with any product I would almost always look into the reviews. However 9/10 that never really stopped me from buying something with a shitty rating, if I want something, ill get it.

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With games no, as long as it is playable it's fine by me lol
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People shouldnt say a game sucks if they havent even played it, as they always base it off the trailer.
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For the most part, no; however when a new game comes out I do read the reviews ahead of time to see if there are any issues with it. Batman Arkham Knight would be a great example. That had an abysmal launch with terrible issues even on the best of hardware at the time. Dishonored 2 is the same thing, people with beefy computer rigs were having issues on launch. I will read reviews to see if there are any issues like that so I will be prepared in case I experience or I will wait until things start to get fixed.

When it comes to buying hardware, then reviews matter a lot to me. Yes some people get bad luck with getting dead parts, but if it's so consistent that there are a few pages of people saying they have received dead parts, then I'll stay away from that piece of hardware.
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If it's a game where I'm not familiar with the series then yes, I will check out the reviews. I won't read them if it's a game series I'm familiar with (Halo, BF, etc)
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i look at reviews and use them as suggestions in a way. if its something more serious ill take the reviews more serious but i never look at them for xbox things or anything like that
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