Video gaming site with NO videos?

[Feneant2]

Are there any videogame review/preview sites that aren't full of videos? I used Gamespot (the new layout is terrible so I no longer go there) and IGN but now it seems like both are 90% videos and I couldn't give any less of a flying **** about videos.

I want to read my news, read my reviews, read the previews, etc. Is there still such a thing or am I just stuck in the last decade?

 

[shortylickens]

Metacritic if you have adblock.

 

[Wardawg1001]

rockpapershotgun.com

They sometimes link to videos (like gameplay videos, interviews, etc) inside their articles, but the vast majority of their pieces are written.

 

[BrightCandle]

My favourites right now are rockpapershotgun.com and pcgamer.com. I also occasionally read Eurogamer.net articles and dsogaming.com can sometimes have exclusives that I don't see on the others.

But in terms of reviews I don't find any of these sites are really any good for that! Actually I tend to use metacritic to find the reviews, good and bad and go read them myself. I haven't really settled on one site I think is universally doing well on reviews and I still feel no one is really very good right now, it either smells of cheetos or the review doesn't really get into what I really want.

I also watch steam new games so if I haven't heard of it then at least I will spot that its new and go read up on it.

 

[akugami]

Like the OP, I hate video reviews. They almost always suck rat balls. Give me a well written article review with a few short video examples any day. I find I can absorb the info quicker when reading too rather than wait for the guy to speak the review.

 

[lilrayray69]

Yeah every time I a review on IGN or something links to a video review I immediately close it and find somewhere that has a written review. I just don't like the people they get in videos to review and the crap they typically talk about. Unfortunately a lot of websites use video reviews and don't do written reviews at all.

 

[Feneant2]

To me it's easy, I want to see a game, I'll get a video on Youtube... but to read the details, that's where I would like some text.

pcgamer.com looks interest, maybe I'll start using that.

 

[futurefields]

I like eurogamer. They have a nice comments section at the bottom of every article as well, and I appreciate their technical insight which goes a bit further than most other places.

 

[Demo24]

I use polygon these days. There are video reviews, but the review links dont go directly to them. Most of that website is text, part of why I like it.

 

[Northern Lawn]

I do a search on you tube because I only like video game reviews that include actual game play and only from a you tuber, never from a "professional reviewer". Angry Joe is good.

 

[Doppel]

I need to start checking out rock paper. Just on Friday I spoke with a co-worker about many news sites (not video games) tending to using more videos and we both hate it. It's lazy and inefficient. A lot of people hate them. I see top-rated comments on IGN often after a video something like "For those not wanting to watch the video, IGN gave this game an 8.5". I hate them. Even three minutes is too long unless I specifically looked for it.

 

[DigDog]

gamefaqs.

might not be the best for news, but it sure has a lot of content. plus, check out teh forums.

 

[videogames101]

gameFAQs fo' life

 

[AdamantC]

rockpapershotgun.com

:thumbsup: Love these guys to bits.