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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'!")?
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Not as much as some people. Sure, if a game gets super terrible reviews I may wait for it to become a bit cheaper, but I'll still play it if it looks interesting. I mostly decide on whether or not to buy a game based on gameplay videos or demos, who developed it, and what franchise it's from.