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#114321 15-Feb-2013 16:38
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Hi There!

What do you guys use for game reviews? I have used gamespot for years, and paid for the premier service which they have discontinued. Their reviews were quite slow coming and the community has become less active, though I do like the quality of the reviews (video) and the fact they are available to download rather than steam, in a variety of formats and resolutions.


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  #763157 15-Feb-2013 16:41
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I used to use gamespot (and a few others I forget off the top of my head) but these days I just hit metacritic and get a feel from there.




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  #763164 15-Feb-2013 16:51
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Ben "yahtzee" Croshaw's "Zero Punctuation" videos are also worth a laugh. He has a very unique manner of game review!

Beware though - very much R18 in terms of his language!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation

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  #763167 15-Feb-2013 17:00
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UncleArk: Ben "yahtzee" Croshaw's "Zero Punctuation" videos are also worth a laugh. He has a very unique manner of game review!

Beware though - very much R18 in terms of his language!

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation


Yah I do already watch his stuff, recently it's been pretty rung out though, I think he is out of ideas. 



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  #763177 15-Feb-2013 17:19
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rock paper shotgun is by far the best for PC gaming opinion - or at least their opinion on games seems to be closest to mine. www.rockpapershotgun.com

For console - giantbomb.com or eurogamer.com

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  #763180 15-Feb-2013 17:50
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i quite like 1up they seem to give fair reviews




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  #763182 15-Feb-2013 18:02
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Metacritic for overall score, but I like rockpapershotguhn and ign is often good ( not ign Australia)

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  #763984 18-Feb-2013 09:20
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I third Metacritic.
I'm suspicious of most professional video-game journalists, as I think some are 'encouraged' by devs to give better reviews than they should.
I've bought games which were just plain shockers, but had glowing reviews D:

 
 
 

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  #763985 18-Feb-2013 09:27
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Yeah I go for Metacritic as well.

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  #763986 18-Feb-2013 09:29
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  #766590 20-Feb-2013 17:14
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www.gametrailers.com is good I just found it, I enjoyed both the Crysis 3 and Revengance review.

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