originally posted in:Sapphire
View Entire Topic
Critics of games, music, films, etc.
Assuming the majority of us are sensible and will respond with "yes, but I don't let their opinions become my own", what would you say is more damaging to consumers: making decisions based purely off critical reception or the opinions of a specific critic/website ("I won't buy anything that scores lower than 80 on Metacritic!"), or blindly buying/preordering things that you essentially know nothing about based largely on marketing and/or brand loyalty ("there is no possible way this game can be bad - I love 'Aliens' and 'Borderlands'!")?
-
Edited by M37h3w3: 2/21/2013 6:40:39 AMI look at how the overall scores are falling. I also exclude outliers and speed read the reviews while looking for their highlights and sticking points. Sometimes, if I like the franchise, I'll even buy despite the reviews being crappy. Case in point: Own DmC, laugh at all the haters who say the game is shit. Own Resistance: Burning Skies and Anarchy Reigns.