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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I trust other people playing the game way more than the people who make the game, sell the game, or get paid to review the game.

If everyone I know with similar tastes to mine says something sucks, there's a 99.9999999% chance I will independently think it sucks anyway; so I might as well listen to others who have played it and save myself some time and money.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My favourite is when you have a friend, or known reviewer, going on about how something sucks, and you realise that it sounds right up your alley.

I specifically rented The One, because of Roger Ebert's 1 and 1/2 star review in the newspaper, trashing Jet Li's The One (just to totally date myself).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

That's why I went and saw Dude, Where's My Car in the theatre. Because Siskel and Ebert had given it their worst score ever and I thought if those chucklenuts hated it, it must be good.

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