Do you care about Reviews? When GT5 is Reviewed which Websites Review matters to You?

[Simple SIM]

Do you read reviews?

How much do you really care about them?

What kind of scores would you consider good for GT 5?

And which Websites opinion holds the most weight with you when it comes time to read a GT 5 review?

For me, when I want to find out how good a game is that I haven't played, I usually go to Gamerankings.com

 

[Radracing]

If I really want a good review I would play the game myself and see how I feel about it. I usually rent the game first before I decide to buy or not.

 

[Simple SIM]

If I really want a good review I would play the game myself and see how I feel about it. I usually rent the game first before I decide to buy or not.

Where I live there is no such thing as renting games. I depend on reliable reviews.

 

[Northstar]

I like reviews because if they are good(quality wise) they give a good in depth description of what the game is like.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Where I live there is no such thing as renting games. I depend on reliable reviews.

You must live in a strange part of Australia, then.

I don't care about reviews when it comes to the blockbuster game series', such as Gran Turismo and Grand Theft Auto, because I know whatever they make, there's a 99% chance that I'll be very happy with it. For new games it's a bit different. I'm the same way with music too, I don't care about reviews when it comes to new albums from my favourite bands, but I need a bit of convincing for new stuff.

 

[paskowitz]

Do you seriously think someones opinion is going to sway me from buying a game I have spent $600(PS3)+$245(G25) and waited over 5 years for? No, I do not think so. If GT5 was GT4+GT5p I would still buy it. They would have to throw in cheesy FMV cut-scenes and little cartoon avatars in order for me to reconsider.

Honestly video game ratings do not matter and are sometimes grossly inaccurate. What matters is your own views and nothing else. Example Halo 3 a great game, worthy of a 94 average on metacritic, not quite. Even worse is GTAIV, again a great game but a 98? Everyone knows the media was skewed when reviewing GTAIV as it is for various other games. Then there is personal taste. I actually love the game Black. I think it is one of the most fun games ever made and its one of my top 5 shooters. But its average is only a 77. To me it is a 90. What matters is what you think. You can use ratings as a guide but in the end if you are on the fence, play the demo, go to Blockbuster, or try out gamefly.

 

[alba]

None (except maybe Amar)

It's freaking Gran Turismo 5. KY never let me down once ;O)

So far PS3+G25+PLAYSEAT+HDTV... I'm over ~2000€ just for GT haha :-D

 

[Oniichan]

When it comes to the GT series no review in the world would sway me from buying it. I never even read one review when it comes to the GT series. I know its quality all the time and has everything i want in it. If this was GT1 in HD graphics id still buy it no questions asked.

Though when it comes to new IPs then i either try a demo/rent or read some user reviews on it. I dont bother with actual reviews. User review are what matter to me.

 

[Simple SIM]

No, I'm certainly not trying to suggest that a review would dissuade you from buying GT 5. Just trying to get a sense of where you people look for quality reviews.

 

[Kryz11]

Do you read reviews?

How much do you really care about them?

What kind of scores would you consider good for GT 5?

And which Websites opinion holds the most weight with you when it comes time to read a GT 5 review?

For me, when I want to find out how good a game is that I haven't played, I usually go to Gamerankings.com

For most games I see reviews before buy, but for GT5, I do not care.

 

[Devedander]

Absolutely will read the reviews, will take it all with a grain of salt and soak it in to see how I feel about it. It would take some pretty bad reviews to keep me from buying it, but after GTAIV I know better... like they always say in the stock market, past performance is not an indicator of future results.

 

[Tenacious D]

None (except... Amar)

It's freaking Gran Turismo 5. KY never let me down once ;O)

This.

Sometimes, I'll go to IGN to get additional info and a bunch of new screengrabs and videos, or Gametrailers, but primary source for new game details and impressions? Developer websites and demos. For GT5? Here.

 

[Nikkolaz]

I don't really care, I think we all know a lot about (and love) the game, so I already know what to expect and what NOT to expect

 

[Torero82]

Do you read reviews?
Yes, not many but yes.

How much do you really care about them?
If it is about something I know if I will like or not, I do not care too much. In those cases I read them to know some details about the game.
If I do not know about the game I take into concideration what the reviewer says, although not blindly, as I look for reasons and I take into account the style of the reviewer.

What kind of scores would you consider good for GT 5?
9.7 and up

And which Websites opinion holds the most weight with you when it comes time to read a GT 5 review?
ign.com
I read reviews from different sites but I found the ign.com to be the most honest, or at least the ones that better matched my likes.

 

[RJS]

None (except maybe Amar)

It's freaking Gran Turismo 5. KY never let me down once ;O)

Same here.

 

[SUPER NUMBBER]

Metacritic.

 

[JohnBM01]

First off, you mean "...Which Website's Review Matters to You?" Rant over (maybe)...

As far as game reviews go. Some of you may have known how I am with game reviews of GT games. I have an anti-mainstream take on how GT games are reviewed. I don't want them to say that Gran Turismo is the best game series since sliced bread. However, I don't want cheap shots or something like that against GT because almost everyone finds some kind of cheap shot against GT. Like I saw a two-page spread in one edition of Play magazine with a beautiful picture of the Citta D'Aria track... all to talk about the "cardboard people" thing. Or in one magazine, I read "unlike in GT4, you can take a picture any time you want (talking about PGR3 or PGR4)." I think the mindset is that since Gran Turismo is the trendsetter and the Goliath, a minor disappointment is a BIG disappointment to some people. Or as an analogy, it would be like when a sports reporter would say or write (and this is just as an example):

"...the New York Yankees are the best team in Major League Baseball, but they always find a way to fall on their faces, and the New York sports media does little to help support them when the Yankees are ailing."

It's like some reviewers try to find a way to properly talking about positives and negatives, but are reluctant to attack at a small cut and make it into a flesh wound when it comes to exploiting negatives. So do I trust game reviews? Yes and no. Or, more like yes and hell no. Yes because I want to know as much as I'd like to about a game. Hell no because most people have sky high expectations and valley low patience. One negative is seemingly a big negative to some reviewers. The best reviewers of a game can be found by looking in the mirror. Now if you've never played a GT game before and if GT5 will be your first, then you want an honest and complete review devoid of "fanboyism" and cheap shots. And if a bunch of mainstream jackasses make a beyond decent game seem like an epic fail, then it will ultimately have to come down to the best review anyone can make- your own.



So I care about reviews, but don't particularly trust them. That's my spirited take on this deal.

 

[J-PaP]

I generally check IGN to see what a game is ranked at. I still buy it if I want it regardless though.

 

[Kinetic]

Never read reveiws, watching a gameplay trailer is good enough for me

 

[kart racer]

I read them so that I know what the car and track list is. But they do not sway me from getting the game as it is GT and that is why I got a PS3. So now I wait for the Tokyo show to see when and if they give us a release date. ( It should be announced there ) 👍

 

[Aloha62_2]

I will read the eurogame review just to see how much rubbish it contains.

other then that I have no interest in what the reviewers think.

 

[II IVORBIGUN II]

None (except maybe Amar)

It's freaking Gran Turismo 5. KY never let me down once ;O)

So far PS3+G25+PLAYSEAT+HDTV... I'm over ~2000€ just for GT haha :-D

Im glad to see someone else who has spent the same amount of money as me for GT5.

No is my answer to this thread. I will of course read the reviews but if there was one thing I never take notice of is when a reviewer refers to the physics engine. I find a physics engine of a racing game largely depends on the type of racer for instance some loved the physics of Grid and yet I hated it!!

 

[ralph89]

I don't care about reviews to be honest, this is Gran Turismo! For me it's always a first day buy ever since GT2. Review are just one person opinion so that doesn't add up on how great or bad the game is, even though Gametrailer manage to made me bought KILLZONE 2, and they were 100% about that game, I had a blast every time i play it with my buddies.

 

[ralph89]

None (except maybe Amar)

It's freaking Gran Turismo 5. KY never let me down once ;O)

So far PS3+G25+PLAYSEAT+HDTV... I'm over ~2000€ just for GT haha :-D

I guess I'm not the only one saving up for GT5. G27+playseat for me.

 

[paulpg87]

dont' care.

 

[RedBaron]

I'll buy it the day it will hit the shelves, play the hell of it and reviews are then just for fun for time while I couldn't play GT )

 

[abaxas]

Well....

I bought a ps1 to play GT
I bought a ps2 to play GT3
I bought a ps3 to play GT5P

Reviews are irrelevant.

 

[TheCracker]

GTPlanet is the only website where reviews of GT5 will be relevant. I suspect that generic game review sites (and magazines) will focus more on how it stacks up against the competition features wise, rather than the finer details that we care about here.

If it doesn't have damage on all cars, they'll mark it down. If the damage isn't spectacular, they'll mark it down. If it doesn't have some form of livery editor, they'll mark it down. If it doesn't have Porsches in it, they'll mark it down. If it doesn't have some kind of dynamic weather and time of day feature, they'll mark it down.

They will rate it compared to where they think racing games should be right now. Not as a progression of the GT series. Rightly or wrongly.

 

[Custer85]

I usually dont care about reviews, but if i need some information about a game and some info on the good and the bad things i trust IGN (i dont care for the score, its just about the information). I will buy GT5 no matter what the reviews say, i trust KY and PD and i think they will deliver again!

 

[newnikita]

Like most people here, I'll buy the game first launch day. Even so, I'll read and view some reviews, it will be difficult with all the time spent on gtplanet before, but perhaps, some of them have some short of interesting info.

I often look video gametrailers.com reviews, they are not bad. And you got image on movement of the game in HD and report, all in one ^_^