Which reviewer do you trust the most?

[Cheesus Crust]

There's no such thing as an unbiased review.

Now that that's out of the way.

I only really follow Yahtzee and Jim Sterling as far as reviews go, because they're both entertaining while still pointing out the highlights or flaws of whatever they're reviewing.

Otherwise I look at summaries and/or watch gameplay of the game in question.

I could be wrong but I believe the whole "no games review is unbiased" was discussed during last years escapist expo, and I agree. I for one prefer to see game reviewers as critics. The reason being, a review is something that one does for something that you can objectively scrutinize like the performance of a hacksaw for example. Not that you can't measure the quality of a game on a certain objective level but in the end most of the things we say about a game is subjective. Like Yahtzee said, although he dislikes certain games he acknowledges that certain games are popular because they pull things off very well its just that he hates it when a sequel is basically just a rehash of the previous installment because it will start to get old, lame and boring.

I like Jim, Yahtzee and Angry Joe, in no particular order, because they're not afraid to voice their opinion. They often even highlight the redeeming qualities of a game even if they do tend to accentuate the negative, which is sometimes understandable because most interesting reviews are made that way.

 

[mohit9206]

on youtube i trust this guy's reviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpMzmlBRw2I
on web there's many like rock paper shotgun,psxextreme etc

 

[mohit9206]

on youtube i trust this guy's reviews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpMzmlBRw2I
on web there's many like rock paper shotgun,psxextreme etc

i don't like ben's and joe's reviews good at all . joe's reviews are too long to sit through his unfunny videos and yahtzee's reviews i cant understand 90% of what he says in his videos .
they pretty much talk about anything but the game itself . i just want the damn review. stop giving me references and trying to make a review funny.

 

[Username Redacted]

I'm a little surprised that no one has mentioned the best reviewer or all: time. Is a game still viewed as being good or noteworthy 1-2 years after it came out? Now, obviously, I don't wait that long before picking up every game but review-wise I'm just looking at a title that's caught my eye and then trying to piece together an amalgamation of what others have experienced about it. Hell, even then 'time' could be 1-2 weeks after launch when people who aren't being given advance copies and gotten paid off by the developer have had a chance to vocalize their thoughts on a given title.

I view Yahtzee and Jim as entertainment and I find Angry Joe to be pretty insufferable. Originally it started for me with him [Angry Joe] saying something about 'Marvel vs. Capcom 3' that immediately made me think that he couldn't have missed the point worse than he did had he actually been trying to and every attempt since then to watch one of his videos has ended in less than a minute because I can't stand him.

 

[Dale wheeler]

i go with an independent guy or people i know, i have watched other reviews from big names and they're completely unfair sometimes

 

[neonsword13-ops]

Classic Game Room. Mark is so awesome.

As long as the game has El Caminoes and/or flame throwers, he loves it.


The spin-off channels are pretty good, too. I especially enjoy TJ's review of Persona 4 on CGR Undertow.

Other than that? Eh... Matthewmatosis. He hasn't been around for a long time, but his reviews are lengthy and enjoyable. His retrospective of the Zelda series is quite good.


EDIT: Oh yeah, I wanna give a quick shout out to DMJared. He does "1 Minute Reviews". He's really good.

 

[Darren716]

Razorfist,I'm able to take his opinion seriously because he isn't judging games based on the amount of ad revenue like sites such as IGN and Gametrailers but he is far from being totally negative since he recomends about half the games he reviews

 

[mitchell271]

Favourite reviewers? I can give you a top 5

Spoiler: ProJared (formerly of Screwattack)

Spoiler: xRazorFistx - The Rageaholic

3. Angry Joe
4. Yahtzee
5. PeanutButterGamer

 

[Sammyjb17]

There are two that I really like:

Randy Yasenchak of Eldergeekdotcom. If you haven't checked out this reviewer yet, I highly reccomend him and his channel on Youtube. While he tends to like games rather than dislike them, he has really good points.

Alec Meer and the others at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. I've never found myself really disagreeing with any of their reviews. And they are often funny.

 

[CleverCover]

Generally, the only person I absolutely trust to give me a game I will enjoy is my brother. Hell, he knows about my preferences better than I do. Most of the stuff I fangirl he introduced me to.

For other people, I go to youtube and this site for reviews and critical looks.