What site do you trust for game reviews? (1 Viewer)

[Dave Poehlman]

I've got a $50 Best Buy certificate burning a hole in my pocket.

I was thinking of blowing it on a new game. However, I want to make sure I get a good one.

What's the best site for ranking games... more specifically PS2 games?

 

[Elinor]

My favorite:

http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/index.html?tag=gs_head_ps2

 

[Al.Anderson]

I trust both Gamespot and ps2.ign.com. But you may want to give www.gamerankings.com a look. They post the ratings from multiple sources so you'll see any trends and abnormal high/lows.

 

[Dave Poehlman]

Thanks! Those are great. Just what I was looking for: a site that'll let you sort by user ranking and genre.

 

[Joe Szott]

Why get one review when you can have them all at once?

www.metacritic.com

 

[Nick Sievers]

I hardly ever trust user rankings. Like most sites on the net a lot of people vote to the extremes just to bring the average score up or down.

 

[Jon W H]

I prefer Gamerankings.com to gauge the general buzz. I don't trust any one review site in particular. Usually friends with similar tastes or renting is the best review.

 

[Chris Bardon]

Gamerankings is great for getting the general buzz about something, but I usually trust gamespot to give the most honest review of a game. I find that IGN tends to score a little higher on average, and not be near as critical of a game. If I want to know how something is, I'll usually check out gamespot's review, and then see how it stacks up on gamerankings.

 

[Jay Mitchosky]

I'll usually check out Gamespot. And of course here.

 

[Dave Poehlman]

I do take that into consideration. If I see something has ":star::star::star::star::star:" but only has one review... I'm usually a little skeptical. But, most of the "hot" games will have multiple reviews.

Just picked up "Prince of Persia: Sands of Time" thanks to you guys. Love it so far.

 

[Elinor]

Sands of Time is a great game ... you'll love it all the way through and be sorry when it's over

 

[DaveGTP]

Another vote for www.metacritic.com here.

 

[James T]

I used to read PC Gamer, but the last iss I bought was about 2-3 years ago. Then I started using IGN and gamespot, but if you look at IGN and gamespot and compare reviews, some are a bit off.

IGN gave MVP a high rating, but I'm not feeling it. It doesn't feel like a high rated game.