Whose opinion settles it?

There are certain titles that I just buy; no matter what. For example, your Metal Gear Solids, Final Fantasies, etc...

However, when it comes to a new franchise or a switch in developers (Silent Hill...damn, I hate unknown American developers:mad:); I tend to adopt a more considered approach. Reviews are read, gameplay footage scrutinised...the works. I mean R700 is no laughing matter.

So I was just wondering whose gaming opinion you dudes trust the most? For me; its Electronic Gaming Monthly and IGN.com.:D

I tend to look at Metacritic and get an overall view by reading the good and the bad reviews. :)

Of the normal gaming sites I'd have to say that IGN is my favourite.

I guess you do have to check out some bad reviews too. But, between IGN and EGM's opinions; I've never bought I game I've disliked.

I just read the carp you guys post here and then google around for other opinions. But then again, I tend to only play MMO's (until next week when I eventually get my xbox!)

I also tend to go to metacritic, but I usually look for Gamespot and IGN's scores. They have proven themselves to be somewhat in line with my judgement. :)

gamespot, egm and ign are pretty spot on with most reviews, gamepro i try to avoid by all means and metacritic doesnt review they just average out the precentages of the review so even if a game is good and it gets alot of low scores then it will show on metacritic as a low score game, best option is to always try and get hold of a demo

IGN and Metacritic.

Also check forums and try find the 'smart' posts, but those can be really hard to find.

Knowing my own gaming threshold also helps. So if I see an RPG review for about 70%+ I will likely enjoy it, but the same could never be said for action titles which I only tend to enjoy the best ones.

I mostly use Gamespot and Metacritic to check out reviews.

Joystiq,Actiontrip,Gamespot,EGM,IGN,GamesRadar and then Metacritic

Gametrailers video review. that's how i decide on a new game or not. and so far i'm loving need for speed shift!