Hello, that's my first blog and i'd like to ask about something.

I'm not too much into recent games since like 5 years, so i don't know any non-Polish sites about them either.
So just like topic says - could anyone recommend me good, often updated sited about games with good reviews, lots of news and good reputation, please?

Thanks in advance

alffla

Hong Kong20321 Posts

January 11 2010 12:31 GMT

lol im not a big follower of games (just sc progaming lol) but first thing that comes to mind is gamespot i guess?

REDBLUEGREEN

Germany1904 Posts

January 11 2010 12:33 GMT

ign.com

ffswowsucks

Greece2298 Posts

January 11 2010 12:34 GMT

pc.gamespot.com

Caphe

Vietnam10817 Posts

January 11 2010 12:36 GMT

pc.ign.com
www.gamespot.com
www.1up.com

Just go to IGN or Gamespot, they have vast reviews on PC games as well as console games

Womwomwom

5930 Posts

January 11 2010 12:36 GMT

Eurogamer isn't too bad and Giant Bomb is actually pretty good. Game Trailers have basically every trailer you would want and IIRC they also do video reviews of games.

Sites like Gamespot and IGN aren't too good when it comes to reviews since, while all video game reviewers tend to get biased, these two sites are generally the worse when it comes to bias. They don't even really try to hide it either.

Just throwing it out there but "Let's Plays", where a bunch of people play through a pretty old game, is a great way of finding whether or not a game is for you or simply finding games which you have overlooked. But of course it depends on whether or not the people presenting the game are actually presenting the game and not simply trying to be internet heroes and doing stupid shit.

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

January 11 2010 12:42 GMT

On January 11 2010 21:36 Womwomwom wrote:
Sites like Gamespot and IGN aren't too good when it comes to reviews since they can get pretty biased.

+1

I only go to TL for reviews

Boblion

France8043 Posts

January 11 2010 12:47 GMT

I just have to say that i give 0 credits to those sites because most of the time the reviewers are paid by the game industry and they have no credibility.
They hype shitty blockbuster games and don't know anything about know indie games, mods etc ...
The best reviews are made by gamers not by sell outs. This is the kind of site where you will read that broodwar is an obsolete RTS and Supcom is a way better game.

If i want to know if a game is good i just watch some gameplay on youtube, then i read forums and ask a couple guys what they think about this game. For example on TL i highly regard TheYango's opinions about games ( especially RPGs ).

So no fek

United States3001 Posts

January 11 2010 12:56 GMT

I'm sure you're already aware of it, but I highly suggest you check out Metacritic.

Basically the site compiles all the reviews a game is given, and averages the score. Since reviews can often be biased, it's a great tool. You'll see the averaged score given for the game, and more often than not, you'll be able to click any reviews you're interested in, and it will take you to the site's review. It will also tell you what issue and page any magazine reviews came in.

The site doesn't really do a lot news coverage wise, but it's easily one of the best places to go for reviews.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/

Aim Here

Scotland672 Posts

January 11 2010 13:16 GMT

#10

Rock Paper Shotgun is a gaming-related blog, from two or three old hands at the games journalism business, and it does keep an eye or three on the indie gaming scene, as well as more mainstream gaming.

Loanshark

China3094 Posts

January 11 2010 13:19 GMT

#11

Just ask at TL. The advice here is very good.

ZeaL.

United States5955 Posts

January 11 2010 13:36 GMT

#12

bit-tech.net isn't a strictly gaming website but they do quite a few writeups about upcoming games that aren't as well known as well as reviews of the bigger releases. Might want to check them out. Helpful if you like tech related material as well.

deotrip

Germany119 Posts

January 11 2010 14:29 GMT

#13

www.gametrailers.com

Ho0ps

United Kingdom216 Posts

January 11 2010 14:37 GMT

#14

Kotaku is one of the main gaming blogs.

http://kotaku.com/

Ideas

United States8171 Posts

January 11 2010 14:50 GMT

#15

for reviews no site is that great. IGN and gamespot sorta suck (what's a bummer is that gamespot used to be SO GOOD until kasavin left and the whole gerstmann scandal). giantbomb is OK but non of their reviewers are PC gamers at ALL and their entire treatment of PC games is pretty fucking shitty.

honestly you can barely even trust metacritic any more after GTA4 became the highest rated game ever (or top 3 or something) when it sucked that bad.

gametrailers reviews are absolute garbage, its like some idiot 13 year old kid writes all their reviews.

Lovin

Denmark812 Posts

January 11 2010 15:03 GMT

#16

On January 11 2010 23:29 deotrip wrote:
www.gametrailers.com

Whenever I watch their reviews it just feels so biased... I agree with the rest: TL is your go-to!

micronesia

United States24779 Posts

January 11 2010 15:15 GMT

#17

I think my sister told me that destructoid is good for games.

Hyaach

Singapore1737 Posts

January 11 2010 15:24 GMT

#18

On January 11 2010 21:47 Boblion wrote:

If i want to know if a game is good i just watch some gameplay on youtube, then i read forums and ask a couple guys what they think about this game.

this. just ask tl.

EpiK

Korea (South)5757 Posts

January 11 2010 15:56 GMT

#19

On January 12 2010 00:03 Lovin wrote:

Show nested quote +

Whenever I watch their reviews it just feels so biased... I agree with the rest: TL is your go-to!

gametrailers is actually way better than gamespot and ign in terms of being less biased.

ruXxar

Norway5669 Posts

January 11 2010 16:30 GMT

#20

On January 11 2010 21:56 So no fek wrote:
I'm sure you're already aware of it, but I highly suggest you check out Metacritic.

Basically the site compiles all the reviews a game is given, and averages the score. Since reviews can often be biased, it's a great tool. You'll see the averaged score given for the game, and more often than not, you'll be able to click any reviews you're interested in, and it will take you to the site's review. It will also tell you what issue and page any magazine reviews came in.

The site doesn't really do a lot news coverage wise, but it's easily one of the best places to go for reviews.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/

This.

You can find games ranked by their score for whatever platform you prefer.