Which reviewer do you trust the most?

[V8 Ninja]

I typically gauge just how much /v/ hates a video game to how good it is typically there is a certain level of hate which means that the game is good however once it exceeds that point it is typically shit.

So, the hate a game gets on /v/ is like your bell curve of the game's quality? That's an interesting measurement scale.

 

[Aethren]

Susan Arendt - She's cute.
TotalBiscuit - His voice is cute.
Northernlion - He's cute.

 

[major_chaos]

Angry Joe and Jim Sterling tend to have opinions that are similar to mine (fun fact: based on a line in his "bigges controversies of 2012" vid, I think Angry Joe lurks here) and Yahtzee is good for a quick amusing rundown on everything that is wrong with a game before I look elsewhere to find the good.

 

[Joccaren]

Pretty much just Yahtzee and Jim from this site. They tend to have fairly reasonable opinions that I'll take with a grain of salt, are entertaining, and will say it straight if something makes a game utterly unplayable, or whether its just something really annoying - most of the time.

Bajo and Hex from Good Game (Australian Gaming Tv-show)

Been a while since I watched them. Think I stopped around the time of their Fable 3 review, and even then there were a number of things they'd said I didn't agree with. Stopped watching more because of lack of television than lack of interest though. Even if I don't agree with their scores or opinions they usually give enough information for me to make an opinion off of it, and I like that they make it abundantly clear that its their opinion on things, probably because the two of them can disagree at times, as opposed to a number of reviewers who act as if their opinion is fact - and that's one thing I can't stand.

 

[Blackdoom]

I typically gauge just how much /v/ hates a video game to how good it is typically there is a certain level of hate which means that the game is good however once it exceeds that point it is typically shit.

So, the hate a game gets on /v/ is like your bell curve of the game's quality? That's an interesting measurement scale.

Maybe not exactly a bell curve as both sides aren't exactly equal in terms of the hate/quality ratio.

 

[Yopaz]

People liking Yahtzee as a subjective game reviewer. Seriously? He craps on everything, even a game he loved liked just cause 2. And really, you are going to spend your money, based on a guy who says Borderlands 2 and Dead Island are crap for arbitrary reasons. Seriously?

Personally I don't trust him as a subjective game reviewer. I trust that he will be able to present his opinion of a game in a humorous way. If he hates a game that tells me the game wasn't his kind of game. If he likes a game then that tells me that I should check it out because I got similar taste (I usually like what he likes).

Also you think a game reviewer is bad because he says negative things about games he likes? You'd rather have people who try to sell you a game by ignoring flaws?

OT: While Yahtzee isn't a reviewer I listen to what he has to say about games, I take his recommendations, but I am usually able to enjoy games he hates. I trust his recommendations and his most hated games, but for the games in between I prefer to check some serious reviews or gameplay videos.

Jim Sterling also has similar tastes than me when it comes to some games. Looking back to games I played before I read his reviews I often myself giving the game the same scores he did.

However I have to say that I don't trust any reviewer. They are people with opinions that sometimes match my own. I skim through reviews to see if there's something I really like about the game.

 

[an874]

I don't trust any reviewer totally, but I generally like Jim Sterling's Destructoid review, Angry Joe from Blistered Thumbs, and I'm starting to warm up to Dark Side Phil's Hateful Truth series.

 

[Nouw]

I don't really trust a single reviewer, I opt to look at multiple reviews from different sites and make my opinion collectively.

9001. Jim Sterling

You read his review for MW3 didn't you ?

 

[Andrewtheeviscerator]

I typically gauge just how much /v/ hates a video game to how good it is typically there is a certain level of hate which means that the game is good however once it exceeds that point it is typically shit.

>implying /v/ doesn't hate every single video game

 

[uchytjes]

Well, TotalBiscuit is the one that I trust most often. I never buy purely on his recommendation, like any person with half a brain.

 

[JagermanXcell]

Adam Sessler when he left Xplay.
Ben Yahtzee.
Arin Hanson.
Angry Joe is pretty good.

And my number 1 reviewer I trust (in fact the one EVERYONE should trust): *drumroll*

Regular everyday gamers. The more legitimate opinions, the more idea of what game you'll be getting your self into and wether or not its worth paying a small fortune for/waiting to buy it used or just borrowing it from a friend.

No other reviewer can compare.

 

[Happiness Assassin]

I trust only my gut. Everybody has their own preferences that won't necessarily line up with mine. I read reviews to get a general description of how the game plays. Reviews are, by their very nature, subjective and biased.

 

[Reaper195]

Myself. WHile sometimes I might agree with what another reviewer says, more than often I'll end up reading their review and go "No, fucking wrong! That was incredibly awesome!" or "WHAT THE SHIT!? AssCreed 3 was horse cock!". So I tend to look into games that I would seem to like by checking out the trailers, seeing what other games the developers have made, watching some gameplay videos (Although it's next to impossible to find a video where the game is being played without some dickhead trying to sound all cool and smart and witty).

 

[StriderShinryu]

I think trust is sort of an odd word to use given that reviews are simply professionally stated opinion. Now, of course, that doesn't mean they are not to be believed or anything silly like that, it's just that "trust" seems to be overstating what I look to reviews for.

In any case, if I'm looking at reviews, I don't ever go with any single source regardless with my history with a certain one. I will always compare and contrast reviews from different sources and I wouldn't say I automatically rule any source out. My goal is to simply look at general opinion on a game from people I believe to be more swayed by professionalism and less swayed by fanboyism (hence why I almost never consider user reviews). If the general belief lines up with what I find appealling about a game, I may end up buying it. If the general belief doesn't, I may not. If I'm on the fence at all, I go past reviews and head to sources for actual Let's Play or Let's Look At type videos so I can actually see the game in front of me in action. At this point, and barring any of the weird system spec related glitches and errors found mainly in the PC gaming realm, I just don't see any honest reason for anyone complaining about having bought a game they end up hating, "trusted reviewers" be damned.

While I would always suggest looking into the details of reviews, I find that things like metacritic and gamerankings get way too much flak for this sort of average appraisal. Sure you may not agree with the details but if you see a game scoring poorly on metacritic it's probably a bad game and if it's scoring well it's probably a good game. It may or may not be to your tastes, of course, but the general professional opinion is usually a pretty decent guideline.

 

[marcooos]

Jim sterling and the rest of Dtoid I genuinely trust. The escapist I trust but find myself in contstant disagreement with, even though I agree with susan's ni no kuni review (I'd have put it lower though)

 

[Not Matt]

Apart from the escapist's own Yahtzee, bob, and Jim
Joe Vargas(angry Joe)
Doug Walker(nostalgia critic and bum reviews)
Lindsay Ellis(nostalgia chick)
rebel taxi (don't know his real name)
everyone at pressfire
(he's kind of a reviewer now) Lyle McDouchebag(I don't believe for a second that that is his real name though)

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

I don't really trust any reviewers. I only trust my own judgement. I'll get a vague idea of the game from listening to multiple reviewers but very rarely do any of them mesh up with my own opinion of a game.