Which gaming site sucks the most ass?
 

They all do.

Be specific.

People go to those sites for anything other than cheat codes and a desire to be bombarded with ads?

1UP is a huge piece of ****.

I only really know IGN and don't think it's too bad. It's the game version of allmusic/imdb and i think it does it's job well, especially throwing in the walkthroughs and cheats.

GameSpot is a bunch of corporate c*cksuckers who wouldn't know a good game if it bit them in the ass. The only thing about that site that is even remotely reliable is the user scores, no scratch that, they're too generous, Shadow the Hedgehog has a 7.4. That's just ridiculous. It also has the most retarded forum I've ever seen, with a reputation of it's moderators being total douchebags.

IGN has some great content but it's reviews are just horrible, like GameStop they flip flop on their opinions when it's fashionable to do so and they have no consistancy at all. It's also one of those websites that teases you with a lot of content that's only accessible if you're a registered member. Again the idea of video game journalism sounds good on paper but like all the others it falls victim to ridiculous fanboyism and piss poor consumer advice. It's a good site for general information and it does have cheat codes, but so does GameFAQs so f*ck it.

GameSpy hosts some really good fansites. But the actual site itself is just worthless, with the worst gaming reviews I've ever read, EVER.

1UP has the least sh*tty reviews, but that's not saying much.

Video game journalism can't work, it just can't. There are good gaming sites but they don't hide behind a false pretense of objectivity or serious journalism.

I was on the 1UP forum pretty religiously about two years ago....
And before that I was a Jr. Mod on the Cheatplanet forum until it got canned.
Other then that I don't usually use these sites except gamefaqs for cheats etc. i know for a fact Gamespot sucks though/

Gamespot has a great site layout, but pretty shitty content. A lot of people rip on IGN, probably with the pre-concieved bias against it being the biggest gaming site out there, but IGN really has all the news. Some of their reviews I don't like so much, but in general, I agree with them.

I'll never forgive them for reviewing Genghis Tron's "Board Up THe House" and giving it a 3.3/10 though. :/

I went for gamespy. I hate it, just absolutely hate. IGN isn't too bad though

IGN are trying to spread into other media, because giving lame video game reviews just isn't enough.

But to IGN and Gamespy's credit, their network does host some pretty sweet retrogaming sites.

IGN's reviews are without a doubt the worst reviews ever.

You know how movie and music critics at least make SOME kind of attempt to be credible? Well IGN just says "You know, f*ck all that, let's just make stupid rants any fanboy on a sugar high can make and call them reviews, AND get paid for it". Of course this can be said for every video game reviewing site, but IGN really define it.

Their reviews always look like they took less than 2 minutes to write, someone is getting paid for this. That's goddamn depressing.

They review other things too, and they're even worse at that. When they review DVDs all they say about the movie or show is "it's good" or "it's bad" without going into any detail about it or making any effort at all to explain that point of view, instead it's a short paragraph of sh*t anyone could write up on the fly "this show is soooooooooooooo good/it's sooooooooooooooo bad" and then everything else focuse's on all the technical details of the DVD.

I guess their excuse is that they're giving consumer advice and not attempting a serious subjective review. But then again saying "this movie is bad" and not explaining why is not good consumer advice. If you're only reviewing the DVD, then don't express your f*cking about about the movie or show if you don't care to be insightful about it. Because when you have so many reviews where you state something is terrible and then give the DVD of it a 7, it makes you sound like an inconsistant hack of a writer.

IGN. YOU FAIL! Just admit you're not a site for gamers, you're a site for tech nerd kids who just happen to play video games without actually appreciating them.

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Seriously. You guys couldn't find anyone who actually experienced that era? You had to get a 10 year old to review it?

Lession #1. If you're a video game critic for a "serious" video game reviewing site, then please for the love of god actually know a thing or two about video games, if your job is to educate us, then actually know your f*cking history, instead of smugly writing sh*t off like the usual gamer idiot with no understanding or appreciation for where video games came from.

When you review a bunch of old Atari games, you should review them in the context of their era instead of bullsh*tting me about how they stack up against modern games because anybody who actually gives a sh*t about "today's standards" wouldn't think about buying a collection of 30 year old games in the first place. And you would know that if you were not such a f*cking idiot.

Just stick to reviewing newer games IGN, sure you fail at that too but your lack of professionalism is never more hilariously obvious than when you try to review anything before 2005. :laughing:

is this really how you are choosing to spend your life

really

You're so goddamn pathetic, if you actually had a life of your own you wouldn't be stalking me all the f*cking time just to tell me the same things over and over.

Yes I get it, you have a life, I don't, for whatever reason you feel compelled to tell me that every 10 minutes which leads me to believe you have no life at all. And do you think you're being clever here?

Well here's some advice, try to be a little creative because it dosen't help your cause when I already knew word for word what you were gonna say before I even clicked the link to this damn thread. Seriously I'm not kidding, I'm dead f*cking serious. I knew EXACTLY what you were gonna say, every word, I wasn't off by even one f*cking word, not even ONE.

EVERY F*CKING WORD!

dude you make a thread, i hit new posts, all the new posts on the forum come up... i dont see where stalking is involved

but seriously, you are just too ridiculous
im going to block your posts, i wont bother you anymore

Not one f*cking word. Not even one.

...

Wait what? Ok that was unexpected.

The Escapist is a great site, whenever I visit I find something interesting to read. I think it's the best video game writing I've happened accross on the web. Generally because they focus on things other than reviews or news, and more on feature articles - much more interesting for someone who rarely buys games.

I didn't really like the site, but I never felt like I was reading fanboy rants.

My favorite game related site is ScrewAttack.com. It's more of a humor site but Stuttering Craig makes some excellent recommendations for older, less popular games and the sites news coverage is always entertaining to watch.

The Game Heroes is also pretty cool, it's current layout sucks ass but that's because it's still in it's primitive beta stage, it was started by former SA member Handsome Tom and it shows a lot of promise.

Anyway. These are also some great independent retrogaming sites.

Racketboy.com

This site has a lot of great info concerning all the older video game consoles, with tons of great game recommendations to boot.

Sega-16.com

By far the best Sega Genesis fansite I have come across so far. With reviews for just about every game to ever come out on the console.

Hardcore Gaming 101

Tons of info on the most obscure and unusual games worth checking out.

Gamespot is winning (losing), hooray.

I could rant about their ridiculous anti Nintendo/pro Xbox bias, but that's too easy. Though I will say giving GTAIV a perfect 10 and Twilight Princess an 8.8 is total f*cking bullsh*t.

What makes my piss boil is how their reviews are easly bought. I can't count all the times they have given great games lame ratings while handing out 9s and 10s to games they KNEW were mediocre simply because they were paid to do it.

What a bunch of tools.

Being a former gamer nerd i use to frequent IGN and Gamespot all the time and neither sucked. Times must have changed i guess....

I really wish i could get back into gaming again, but i don't have the same mentality capable of doing so anymore.

IGN has a few good things about it, some decent lists, they're also a good site for previews on newer games, as well as cheats and stuff.

Gamespot however is completely useless. They're insanely biased and their scores have less to do with a game's quallity than how much they're getting paid to write up the review.

It's professional reviews suck ass, it's user reviews suck ass, it's forum is awful. Nope, nothing good about it at all.

Ha! Where is Yahoo Games on this list? Not even worth mentioning I assume.

I never been there and if it's anything like Yahoo answers I intend to keep it that way.

It's all casual blog posts just trying to attract looky-loos, just like Yahoo Music. Theres absolutely no in-depth anything on that website.

OMFG mario and zelda sux lik nintendont u shuld stop remakin sucky old games NOW like cmon guiz get sum new ideas lulz try an actuly make good games like assassins creed and gears of wor

Where'd ya dig that up?

I just made it up but I'm sure that somewhere on an Xbox forum that exact quote exists.

Why the internet needs to be monitored.

That has to be a joke, there's far worse out that is actually meant to be serious.

Like videos that have dramatic music to imply that the video maker is uncovering some serious, dark conspiracy.

I don't know, I've met people who's response when I asked them why they didn't like a game was 'It's not Halo'. Not that theres anything wrong with loving Halo, just please don't tell me you bought your Xbox just for that.

Ok, so I did check out Yahoo Games, it's reviews are copied and pasted from Gamespot.

If that's not a tell all sign, I don't know what is.

"Let's be honest, though: The graphics in Atari 2600 games stink by today's standards. Most of the games show your character (a blocky shape) throwing something (a line shape) or wielding a weapon (an arrow shape) to destroy enemies that come in all sorts of geometric variations. Anti-aliasing is nonexistent, the pixels are huge, and the screen will flicker when there are too many sprites on screen. The wire frame vector graphics in games like Tempest and Major Havoc are by far the coolest, and the more advanced games in the "Arcade Classics" section will undoubtedly get the most play time."

Oh dear.

I quite enjoy the Escapist too. I originally just went there for the Yahtzee game reviews however I've found a few columns actually worth reading. Also their write up reviews for games are a lot more fair than the big name websites that boo boo has listed.

Seriously, rating Atari games based on graphics is like rating comic books based on realism.

And plus they don't look at games from the context of when they came out. The 3D Star Wars arcade game was freaking mind blowing when it came out, you just didn't have games that looked like that back in 1983.

Anyone can say "it looks like crap" when judging it by today's standards, but if you're a critic that reviews games that are 20 to 30 years old, judging them by today's standards is stupid and pointless.

Well, i'm part of a gamesforum,but GamesPot sucks something baaad.

of all the gaming sites, musicbanter sucks the most ass.

MMOChampion.

GameSpot is hillarious. Just because you don't agree with the reviewers opinions doesn't mean you have to have a stick up your ass about it.

You do realise they're not trying to be right?

Their top seven lists and other light-hearted stuff doesn't really give a sh-t about accuracy and it's all pretty toungue-in-cheeck anyway.