Angry Joe. He's extremely funny and there isn't a single review he's done where I disagree with him. Also, we share the same hate for 3-D.
The verdict: Who is your favourite reviewer?
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My favorites have to be Stephen "Bajo" O'Donnell and Stephanie "Hex" Bendixen. They're both a lot like me, in that they truly love games, and have very similar opinions on games as I do, which is why I trust their opinion more than anyone elses.
Kieron Gillen was always good value. And Stuart Campbell. Basically AP.
Yahtzee now for entertainment purposes.
Yahtzee now for entertainment purposes.
I´D SAY MovieBob in General but for games it´s actually
Susan Arendt!
She has the edge of humor missing almost every other (male) game reviews (and she is producing MovieBob) AND she mostly always hits the review target!
But I was really delighted by Steve Butts review of Alice: Madness Returns.
Putting up a review in poem form (that actually works) shows his potential.
Susan Arendt!
She has the edge of humor missing almost every other (male) game reviews (and she is producing MovieBob) AND she mostly always hits the review target!
But I was really delighted by Steve Butts review of Alice: Madness Returns.
Putting up a review in poem form (that actually works) shows his potential.
HANDS DOWN:Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, the only guy with the actual balls to come out and say what he thinks...well,most of the time,anyway...
I could include The Angry Video Game Nerd into this,but I wouldn't count his videos as "reviews", strictly speaking. Oh, and there's also the Nostalgia Critic and his team, if you're into that.
I could include The Angry Video Game Nerd into this,but I wouldn't count his videos as "reviews", strictly speaking. Oh, and there's also the Nostalgia Critic and his team, if you're into that.
Probably Yahtzee to an extent. Of course, as a consumer, I try to take any of his reviews where he doesn't explicitly state "this game is bad" or "this game is good" with a grain of salt, because he'll often gloss over or completely fail to mention a game's good qualities (as he's said, anything he doesn't mention as being bad in the review is probably perfectly okay). It helps to keep in mind that his reviews are mostly for the purposes of critique; that is to say, more for the developer's benefit than for the consumer's, and this works just fine for me because I actually want to be a game designer some day.
Mark from Classic Game Room HD has to be my favorite reviewer so far. Instead of pushing his views as a critic onto you he just simply states WHY he likes the game then going into detail about the technical capabilities. When he plays a bad game he honestly feels saddened at the fact especially if it had a lot of potential. He just seems like a fun person to be around who is more concerned with playing games then trying to make an impact on the industry as a whole.
I'm not gonna say it's Yahtzee. He's an exceptional reviewer however he nitpicks at a lot of aspects to make the game appear to be horrendous. But there are plenty of titles in his list that don't rank as good games overall. He's good, but he's not the god of all reviewers.
My respects go to Spoony of The Spoony Experiment.
My respects go to Spoony of The Spoony Experiment.
Am I one the only one that really likes Susan Arendt. She is quite funny at times, and her reviews are honest but focus on fun (not just graphics.) I wish she reviewed Alice:madness returns, it seems like she'd love it.
Ben Yahtzee Croshaw as well. He's fucking funny and he has the same first name as me
Ben Yahtzee Croshaw as well. He's fucking funny and he has the same first name as me
Games Radar are quite good, especially when they do a super review, and also they actually compare the game to others.
Yahtzee is up there, but I like Giantbomb's reviews the best. They're honest and simple. The best part of the site is that they have the Quick Looks, which is just about half an hour of them playing a game while someone asks questions about it. It's entertaining and you get to see a game in action. And it never, ever feels like they're trying to sell it. In fact, the QLs are usually just as critical as any review.