Mount & Blade Is Awesome, Thanks Escapist!

[brunothepig]

So I've been seeing a lot of people on Escapist recommending Mount & Blade, and since they were recently on Steam for $10 for both, both me and my friend picked them up. And have been playing them all day.
Amazing games, I too would now recommend them to everybody, but that's not really what I made this thread for.
So, whoever advised Mount & Blade on these forums, assume you helped me choose this purchase, and I thank you.
For discussion value, are there any games you picked up because fellow Escapists recommended them, what were they and was the recommendation on the money?

 

[latenightapplepie]

I picked up Dragon Age: Origins on the basis the amount of praise it received from the Escapist community.

I was not completely disappointed. Maybe not super awesome, but alright enough, I suppose.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I've been thinking about getting metro 2033 and the thread up right now talking about it as GOTY is making me want it more. So all those people.

 

[Choppaduel]

I've been thinking about getting metro 2033 and the thread up right now talking about it as GOTY is making me want it more. So all those people.

read professional reviews first. its not that great.(yes I have actually played it)

or only spend $5 on it

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I originally tried out Dragon Age: Origins somewhere because I had heard it was awesome from here. I was pretty disappointed after playing for around 2 hours and being bored out of my mind.

I also picked up Oblivion because I had heard good things on here. I probably still wouldn't have bought it but Steam had the GOTY Deluxe version on sale for $8.50.

 

[Timotei]

Never actually. I've never bought a game on the recommendation of another, however the opinions do help influence me from time to time.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I've been thinking about getting metro 2033 and the thread up right now talking about it as GOTY is making me want it more. So all those people.

read professional reviews first. its not that great.(yes I have actually played it)

or only spend $5 on it

I don't put much faith in professional reviews anymore. I know what I like better than a reviewer does. I'll take the opinion of a large group of people who enjoy the same things I do in games (horror, atmosphere, sound design) over the opinion of some reviewer on ____.com.

 

[brunothepig]

I've been thinking about getting metro 2033 and the thread up right now talking about it as GOTY is making me want it more. So all those people.

read professional reviews first. its not that great.(yes I have actually played it)

or only spend $5 on it

I don't put much faith in professional reviews anymore. I know what I like better than a reviewer does. I'll take the opinion of a large group of people who enjoy the same things I do in games (horror, atmosphere, sound design) over the opinion of some reviewer on ____.com.

I'm the same. I do read reviews, because they may mention something important to me, but I don't think "ooh, that game only got this score from that site, it must suck". I have friends who I share similar opinions with, and we know what each other likes in a game, I'll take their advice. I find I share similar opinions with Yahtzee, though to different degrees obviously. And right now, I'm loving the advice I get from Escapist lol.
My friend got Metro 2033, it's only $7.50 on Steam right now. I would have got it, but I have no money.

 

[Irridium]

Played the demo's for both the origional Mount and Blade and Warband. Love them, very much. And now I want them.

 

[popepaul3]

Woah, is Mount & Blade still going?! I got the code for the beta of that like 3 years ago, was a cool concept but very little to it...has it gotten any deeper?