Reviews are good, but honestly the best way to see if you will like a game is to play it yourself. Play the demo and/or rent the game and you will know if it is worth purchasing. Also there are games that are really good rent games, games that may have little to no re-play value but are still good games to play once through.
Personally, I think Assassin's Creed is one of those games. Loved it the first time I played it through, but just became too repetitive on my second playthrough.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Demos are just hype machines. I never use them in determining whether I get a game or not.
With you on that. I rarely play demos as well.
~ I rent a game I'm not sure I want to buy. I usually watch shows such as Reviews on the Run or EP to get an idea about a game I want. I don't read reviews from sites like Gamespot and such.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Demos are just hype machines. I never use them in determining whether I get a game or not.
I have to admit, the games I want usually don't put out Demos... But if I want to see if a game is worth attempting I will check out the demo first, but that is by no means my determining factor.
Originally posted by Bardock42the cliche's and the formula games that are slapped together with the same graphics as are popular and the same whiny anti-hero's that are are in every game.
You think games are not art?
Few games transcend into art, rather than money cows, in my opinion, much like movies. Once a year, there's an artful movie. the rest are just the same story over and over again with different names and faces.
Perhaps I should have been specific.
Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Demos are just hype machines. I never use them in determining whether I get a game or not.
I disagree
Demos can be good to get an idea of what the full game may be like
they helped me to buy some games and demos are good for PC's if you can get it working then then yeah the full game will work.