Who are your trusted reviewers?

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Z(ombie)fan

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Spoony.

I trust other reviewers too, but spoony is the only one who consistently reviews stuff I have a chance of getting/seeing.
 

LadyMint

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Friends and family members are my trusted reviewers. We all have similar tastes, and they're more likely to give me a straight answer as to why. Reviewers have to be flashy/entertaining and while I love to be entertained, that gets in the way of the honest answer I was looking for. So while I watch Yahtzee's videos constantly, and curiously browse Ebert's website for his thoughts on recent films, I prefer to take the judgement of people I know in real life to help me make an informed decision.
 

deathbydeath

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for movies, moviebob, for games, escapist, ign, antisocialfatman, hotlesbianassassin, and yahtzee
 

hermes

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gametrailers and giantbomb.
ZP is fun to watch, but I don't consider it a review...
 

silver wolf009

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As you said, Angry joe for games and movies.

Movie Bob for his incredible insight into the workings of literature movies

X-play for games more or less.
 

Arcanite Ripper

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I do have an extensive list for Movie critics/reviewers, though since this is a gaming discussion....


....Hmm. I'm not entirelly sure. As far as what's interesting on the markey, Yahtzee himself is always a handy coverage for wondering what i'd want in a game, along with any trailers or sneak-peek gameplay footage I can find.

Usually in games, i'm easily sold. If it looks rather interesting on the surface for my little universe, it's usually worth the first-time rent. Where it goes from there is now completly dependent on the game's content itself, I guess.
 

ChromeAlchemist

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loooooowwww said:
I used to trust 3. yathzee, angry joe and zeitgeist review.

I still trust yahtzee and if I get the impression that he likes a game I usually go and buy it.

WHEN angry joe reviews a game his opionions tend to match my own but lately hes been reviewing movies and other crap that I dont care about.

I used to trust zeitgeist review but after watching him give tranformers and kane and lynch: dog days good reviews I dont think ill be trusting him anymore.

In short I use to have 3 and now i have 1 and a half.

So im wondering who are the reviewers that ppl trust and who do you not trust and why?
Lol Yahzee...

He's not even a credible reviewer. He's even said something along the lines of "people don't like it when I'm nice, so I'm just going to rip the shit out of everything". If he was a credible reviewer we wouldn't have a reviews section.

But that's just me, obviously we're two different people. If I trusted yahzee I'd have like 5 games.

My trusted reviewer is myself. I buy games so few and far between that I'll just buy what I think looks interesting. Failing that an amalgamation of general opinion will do, as I buy few games on release day.
 

natster43

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Gameinformer or Game Trailers I guess. Usually if it is a game I want I try to get it the day it comes out, so most reviews aren't out yet for it. But if I don't get it the day it comes out, I usually just read Gameinformer or if I remember Game Trailers exist go to that.
 

RandomWords

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Not really anybody, if a game, movie, etc, seems interesting I just check out reviews from everybody and form an opinion on whether or not the game, movie, etc is for me.
 

Aratus

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I use anything here at the Escapist and at Rotten Tomatoes for reviews of game/movies I need. Both are usually very reliable resources.
 

flying_whimsy

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I trust yahtzee and movie bob because they usually take the bigger approach to what they review by looking at it in relation to the medium and society as a whole. However, we're not always on the same wavelength because I don't have a 360/PS3 and don't see eight movies a week; so our frame of reference isn't similar (for instance, I actually liked the Saboteur because I hadn't played any of the games that it was ripping off).

The Escapist reviews are pretty good, but admittedly I don't watch read them unless the video gets me interested enough. Otherwise I usually look a game up on gamefaqs, then read all of the worst reviews and average what I read against how many good scores it gets against bad scores. For movies, well, I'll see what I want and then wait to rent anything else that couldn't pique my interest enough to shell out that money but nonetheless raised an eyebrow. I don't see things in the theaters very often, but if it's terrible then I'm willing to accept the responsibility for having gone to see it in the first place.

Bottom line, I won't know if I like it until I see it, and no one can tell me otherwise.