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What are your go-to sources for game reviews and finding new games? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Any websites you like or Youtube reviewers? I prefer reviewers who also check out obscure games and actually point out flaws.

Console gaming mostly since PC has Steam reviews that help out.

I've always used Metacritic since it aggregates reviews, but it seems to have gotten worse for searching and finding top lists lately. There's gotta be better sources nowadays.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Generally, I wait for gameplay footage from official and unofficial sources before committing to buying a game. I have a number of accounts I follow on other social media platforms that keep me updated on new games I might be interested, but none of them are reviewers outside of a quick 30-second blurb on socials or their Steam Curator account.

If I'm leaning buy but still hesitant, I'll generally pick it up and play for a bit to see if I'll keep it.

I don't find that my tastes align very closely with any reviewer, so I generally steer clear of them. If there's any kind of massive community criticism, there's bound to be plenty of people shouting about it online which makes it easy to take into consideration (whether to ignore it or not).