Which one you like more to take a look at games...

[Pelu]

Anyone care to tell which one is your favorite site to look for games news and such... I usually take a look at gamespot...

 

[masterxfob]

ditto

 

[brblx]

gamespot is usually more fair.

usually. i wouldn't buy most games without reading two or three reviews. something that ruins the game for me might not even get mentioned in some reviews.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: brblx
gamespot is usually more fair.

usually. i wouldn't buy most games without reading two or three reviews. something that ruins the game for me might not even get mentioned in some reviews.

That's why there's Metacritic.

 

[Skott]

Gamespot here as well. I dont care for IGN reviews. I do read what some of the members/users that post there say from time to time about a game but thats about it.

 

[Boobs McGee]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: brblx
gamespot is usually more fair.

usually. i wouldn't buy most games without reading two or three reviews. something that ruins the game for me might not even get mentioned in some reviews.

That's why there's Metacritic.

I always check metacritic first. Then you can bounce to a review that you want to read.

 

[coldmeat]

I use gamespot, but mostly just to check out new updates on games that are coming out. I use it for reviews too but I read other sites as well if I'm considering buying a game.

 

[venkman]

gametrailers

 

[Jumpem]

VoodooExtreme is the place I've been going for over a decade.

 

[CottonRabbit]

BigDownload for game news. They are usually pretty fast about covering PC gaming news, including more obscure stories.

 

[RallyMaster]

I usually wait for a couple poor souls on these and other forums to be the guinea pig. Generally that will give me an idea of what I should/shouldn't buy.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

Giant Bomb.

I think IGN and Gamespot have been heavily tainted by the taste of advertising dollars, you don't have to look much further than the 9 they gave ODST for their "early review" clicks on IGN.

 

[videogames101]

Metacritic

This shouldn't even be a question.

/thread

 

[coldmeat]

Originally posted by: videogames101
Metacritic

This shouldn't even be a question.

/thread

You're telling me you would rather go to Metacritic than Gamespot for news on Assassin's Creed 2 (just an example)? Seems like Gamespot is the clear winner to me.

edit: forgot this was PC Gaming, but my point still stands.

 

[Pelu]

Originally posted by: Krakn3Dfx
Giant Bomb.

I think IGN and Gamespot have been heavily tainted by the taste of advertising dollars, you don't have to look much further than the 9 they gave ODST for their "early review" clicks on IGN.

hm... sounds like they sell them selves out...

 

[Pelu]

ok let me take this short... gamespot is for news and metacritic for scoring and such...

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: brblx
gamespot is usually more fair.

usually. i wouldn't buy most games without reading two or three reviews. something that ruins the game for me might not even get mentioned in some reviews.

That's why there's Metacritic.

Or www.gamerankings.com

 

[you2]

I used to like gamespot but it has been less critical in recent years. I usually check gamerankings and gamefaqs. Basically any site that gave farcry 2 a rating over 2 sucks. Oddly only two sites gave farcry 2 a poor rating; they all sucks Bizare; far cry 2 is one of the few games (user score 5.5) where user score is radically below publishers scores (8.5).

 

[Dumac]

1up and Metacritic

 

[Corporate Thug]

ign for me

 

[KentState]

I go to Metacritic and then read the reviews from there. I honestly don't care about pre-release hype so I don't bother with "news" on upcoming games.

 

[OCNewbie]

I usually go to metacritic. I like www.game-over.net too. They seem to not give out favorable reviews unless the game really deserves it. They don't typically give out high scores like they're giving away candy.

 

[mmnno]

Giant bomb. I originally was only interested in them because of the controversy, but they surprised me. They're the only gaming site besides penny arcade that I take at face value.

I haven't even visited gamespot since the Gerstmann affair, but they were declining long before that. Overall IGN is improved from the PS2 days but their reviews are still 80% terrible.

I used to be big on 1up but they're completely off the radar now. Eventually I realized I wasn't learning anything from their reviews.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

IGN here.

This thread needs POAL!!!

 

[you2]

Due to this thread I took a look around ans this site is actually pretty good:
http://www.gamingexcellence.com/pc/index.shtml

Only real problem is (like giant bomb) they seem to lag a bit behind recent games.