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    Metacritic

    Does anybody use this site? It thought it would be a great way to judge which games I should check out at the local Blockbusters, but I'm finding myself more than a little disappointed in some of their top-ranked games. Reading through the critic reviews, they all seem to be rather boilerplate in praise with the occassional inclusion of a few sensationalist keywords, like revolutionary, mind-blowing, triple-A, and masterpiece. They seem to praise the most mundane aspects of some games, and praise the bad aspects of others.

    I found I had to check out the lowest scoring reviews just to see any truth. Where can a brother find a fair review?
    Last edited by DakAttack; 09-20-2009, 12:59 PM.
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    Re: Metacritic

    like most video game reviewers, a site about most video game reviewers' opinions sucks.

    HOWEVER, MetaCritic IS a great method of assessing games IF you use them as a directory to find out WHY the high ratings are high and the low ratings are low, or you find them to find reviews for games that don't have many, or to find multiple reviewers you've had good experiences with in the past.

    I think it's the best site to go to for video game reviews, but the metacritic score itself is pretty worthless if it's above 75 or so
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      Re: Metacritic

      Over the years I've made some great online friends and we formed a group of our own. We all have similar tastes in games (except for Zoop and Binger...asshats...) and we get together at least once a month on IRC to chat about new releases and things coming out. I suggest trying to find a gaming forum where you feel comfortable and form a few friendships with like minded people. Then when shit comes out and they test it out, you can get an opinion that should be applicable. Just take some advice, if you get any lying asshats in your group kick them out ASAP....should have did that 26 years ago...










      (Much much Zoop & Binger)
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      ...I'm shitting dicks out of my eyeballs in excitement for the next bestgreating game of all time ever.
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        Re: Metacritic

        I use Metacritic because it's an average of a bunch of different reviews and it's easy to scroll through the brief review summaries to see why the good reviews were good and the bad reviews were bad. I actually like reading the user reviews more than the "professional" reviews.


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          Re: Metacritic

          My method is still research.

          Read previews, find the blogs/reviewers you identify/agree with the most often and go from there.

          For example, RPG wise I like reading 1up's The Grind because they give pretty deep impressions of RPGs east and west alike.
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