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How Not To Buy Crap Games This Season

Posted by Zonk on from the who-needs-presents-that-aren't-good dept.

The Guardian Gamesblog has a short guide on avoiding bad games and helping the games industry. From the article: "Say no to film and TV tie-ins - These are generally belted out in nine months by newcomers treated little better than sweatshop workers. If you're fed the line, 'the director was fully involved in the making of this game', beware. This means, roughly, 'The director sent his lawyers to the studio with a 300-page guide, warning that if it were breached, the team would be shot.'"

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  1. Metacritic.com is where I shop first by toddlg · · Score: 5, Informative

    Metacritic games is where I visit first.

    Prettymuch if a game has an 85+ rating on here it's not going to be a total lemon.

    Just last week I was talking with our facilities manager who was lamenting he hadn't played any games on the Xbox lately, but was wanting to get some more FPS and didn't know which games were any good.

    We went to metacritic, used the advanced search, and printed off a list of the top 25 FPS for Xbox, stopped by Gamestop at lunch and he picked up 3 highly rated games.

  2. What about Shotgun Gaming? by Demon-Xanth · · Score: 5, Informative

    I've done this in the past:

    Instead of buying one $50 game, buy 5-10 $5-10 games. You know, games that are a year old, on clearance, etc... Sometimes you find a good game that you otherwise would have overlooked.

    If 80% of those games aren't worth playing, you still end up with one that is.

    Look used.
    GT4: $50
    GT3 (used): $6
    Will you have 700% more fun w/ GT4 over GT3?

    That's not to say don't buy the $50 game. After all, many are well worth it. (ie: Shadow of the Colossus)

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