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BAMF · 11-03-2005, 09:28 AM

My brother had a tendancy to come to the realization that he wanted a new videogame. He would get up and drive to bestbuy. Lets just say he tended to judge books by their cover.

He always ended up with the some of the worst and most annoying games. I think South Parks Chefs Love Shack was the absolute worst.

He also quickly came to the conslution, "man, this game really does suck". ANd then it was off to EBGames to sell it and get something else.

I personally, am very frugal. I read a lot about games before I buy, both offical reviews (with the understanding that they may be bribed), and user comments. I am still looking forward to the day when the PS2 drops in price so I can buy it (I have a feeling it will drop when the XBOX360 comes out...in time for xmas).

The only time I got burned was with Outpost on the PC in the 90s. That game got good reviews from PCGamer (93%, editors choice), and then sucked. A few years later PCGamer admitted their mistake in an artical about overrated games, they also said they could not contact the author and did not know how it scored so high. I doubt they could not contact the author, but it was from that game that I now slightly distrust reviews from sources that get the revenue from advertising the games they are reviewing.

11-03-2005, 09:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
BAMF Crazy	My brother had a tendancy to come to the realization that he wanted a new videogame. He would get up and drive to bestbuy. Lets just say he tended to judge books by their cover. He always ended up with the some of the worst and most annoying games. I think South Parks Chefs Love Shack was the absolute worst. He also quickly came to the conslution, "man, this game really does suck". ANd then it was off to EBGames to sell it and get something else. I personally, am very frugal. I read a lot about games before I buy, both offical reviews (with the understanding that they may be bribed), and user comments. I am still looking forward to the day when the PS2 drops in price so I can buy it (I have a feeling it will drop when the XBOX360 comes out...in time for xmas). The only time I got burned was with Outpost on the PC in the 90s. That game got good reviews from PCGamer (93%, editors choice), and then sucked. A few years later PCGamer admitted their mistake in an artical about overrated games, they also said they could not contact the author and did not know how it scored so high. I doubt they could not contact the author, but it was from that game that I now slightly distrust reviews from sources that get the revenue from advertising the games they are reviewing. Last edited by BAMF; 11-03-2005 at 09:30 AM..