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PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:16 am 
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I am looking for some good game preview/ review sites to check out some new and upcoming games (all platforms). I currently frequent gamespy.com and gamespot.com but I know there are others out there to find.

Anyone know a good one?

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I've been looking more and more to IGN. I hate their layouts, but they seem a little bit better than gamespot, where I've had a subscription for a couple of years. I'm thinking of dumping it and going with IGN.

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i like IGN. they give a lot of info about the games, letting you make your own decisions.


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Yeah I look at IGN too (forgot to mention that initially). Its tied in with gamespy thru a partnership I think.

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I like Gamespot more than Gamespy/IGN, but in every case, you have to take into account the person reviewing, and if need be, a grain of salt with the review itself.

IdleThumbs.net is a fun one, though it's not always the case that they have such instant up-to-the-minute coverage; they're more burtally honest comentary there, and they don't bother with "scoring" games - they just give you the nitty gritty.

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Well look what the cat drug in... Where you been?

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Pretty much sums up Game(IGN)Spy and Gamespot


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Hey, Orbie!! How's life?

You still doing any reviewing of games? Drop us an update!

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oh man I love Idlethumbs great site Orbital

Oh and good cartoon Obo... Like when BF2 came out and Gamespot had exclusive demo distribution... granted its a great game but still...Your not getting a bad review after that

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Not exactly pure review sites, but I also check http://www.shacknews.com/ and http://www.mmorpg.com

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I tend not to read review sites. I do however have a long-running subscription with the UK PCGamer Mag. That generally tells me all I need to know. They're not against giving a game a, deserving, bad review even if they have an exclusive on it. They're generally quite frank and will give general impressions of gameplay as well as the particulars of what's good and what's bad. It's also possible to get it almost anywhere in the world (just make sure you get the UK version as it's much better than the US version (or so I'm told)) only trouble is that games are reviewed based on UK release dates.

Old reviews can be read at their website. Though without the funky screenshots.

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