Topic: I knew it! Castlevania: Lords of Shadow!(SPOILERS HERE, PLZ USE THE SPOILER TAG)

[JR]

& then I hear the Japs get a few exclusive stuff in THEIR version. UGH!

Like what?

[Nagumo]

Superior voice actors.

[Dremn]

One more day until the demo/trailer/strategy guide gentlemen, were almost home free. After that is the wait to play the game itself.

[shelverton.]

I hope people who pick up the strategy guide before the game is out at least have the decency to not spoil everything about the game...  That would be really malicious. Personally I am not picking up the strategy guide at all. Maybe after I've finished the game, dunno. It all depends on how difficult it is to actually find all the secret stuff. Maybe there are entire levels hidden or something. Like in Super Mario World

[Volt]

Pretty much. IGN ripped horribly on God Hand, and a Gamestop employee recommended I not buy Earth Defense Force because of negative reviews. I got both of 'em anyway and loved the hell out of them. Similar stuff happened with Legacy of Darkness and God knows what else.

Occasionally reviews are spot on. I ignored Game Informer's scathing review of Mega Man X7 because they hate on pretty much all Mega Man games for being too samey anyway, but booooy did I regret that. What an atrocious game. I guess the moral is that you can only really trust yourself.

100% agreed: I end up forgoing reviews and just giving the game a shot if it interest me. The only bad thing is that some gamers tend to be 'sheep' and if this game (Which hasn't been promoted that well, seriously, no T.V. bump Konami?) gets pretty negative scores, people may pass it up instead of thinking and trying from themselves.

I remember Transformers : War for Cyberton, IGN gave it a good score, and actually gave it two reviews! I've been frequenting IGN for a couple of years and they never did that to even the most legendary of games, they actually brought a number if not all editors or reviewers for IGN and each said how much this game is worth it; I think they know that people tend to avoid these games after a number of failures like Ironman and the previous Transformers. so then I said this has to be good for them to go through all the trouble of making two reviews for a single game and I got it...and guess what? it SUCKED! I wasted my money, I read Gamespot review later and it was more realistic about the game.
call me paranoid but sometimes I think big sites like IGN get bribed, and we fall for it. never again am I going to be a "sheep".

[Dremn]

IGN is the worst review/media site out there, I find them incredibly unprofessional and corrupt. I stopped listening to them years ago.

[Oralox]

I don't listen to anyone, i usually just go with my own wit on games.

[Dremn]

I don't listen to anyone, i usually just go with my own wit on games.

That's why I'm kind of on the fence about spoiling it for myself so I know what I'm in for.

[Volt]

it's better to educate oneself on the facts of the gameplay rather than tons and tons of opinions and perspective on the matter.
I remember an IGN reviewer cockily saying that "listen to me, I am a professional" in the art and profession of game-reviewing, I said WTF! how can you be a professional in game reviewing? you're only from start to finish giving your opinion on the game excluding the occasional fact, like how long the game takes, I mean Mario the Italian plumber from next door can also give an opinion about this and it's not any less in value than yours.
I moved to Gamespot. 

[Kingshango]

Edge magazine gave the game a 8 (360 version at least)

[Dremn]

Brand new? screenshot from GAF:

Edge magazine gave the game a 8 (360 version at least)

Very good news! They're always harsh with their reviews but an 8 from them is excellent!

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Wh00t Dead Crusader.

Also, I should've done this way earlier, but I've marked the topic as "Spoiler Tidbits", since there's a lot of info being released here and there and some people don't wanna be spoiled.

[Kingshango]

Great Idea Jorge since this thread is gonna be filled with media soon.

[Dremn]

This entire thread is going to turn into a fall out zone from the spoilers hitting after or on Tuesday.

[crisis]

OSM, I need your address cuz the birthday invitations go out this week.