Dvader said:

Yeah, going in blind is always a great idea...

 As a Sonic fan, I would have guessed you had a more adventurous spirit. 

Anyways, not having reviews doesn't mean that you're blind, unless you are a poor researcher on the games you want. 

Oooh...

SteelAttack said:

As a Sonic fan, I would have guessed you had a more adventurous spirit.

Anyways, not having reviews doesn't mean that you're blind, unless you are a poor researcher on the games you want.

Research can only give you so much info. Previews cant tell you how well a game holds up from beginning to end. It cant tell you if the final product is a glitchy mess. It cant tell you if the game is like 6 hours long. It cant tell you if the game is one note from beginning to end with almost no variety. And on the flip side it cant tell you if it is a masterpiece that must be played.

All you are going by is basically demo impressions, screenshots and PR talk. Now since we know many series and devs we can get a good sense of a game before hand just by reputation alone. That doesn't work for all games.

angrymonkey said:

I would guess Ninokuni? It's at the bottom of the news.

Hey, check this out a glitch with 2k9

I nearly spit out my coffee.

and this

I think it's even the same gun in all three screens!

But to consider that an accurate representation of the industry as a whole is naive. The offerings are more varied than ever, across many, many genres. 

Fuck I almost threw a controller away last night when playing Trials HD. I'm too old for this shit.

Still, it is insanely rewarding to complete a course with no errors and with a gold medal. The bad thing is, I haven't even reached the difficult ones yet.