I don't read reviews... why is this? Because when I read a review it can put me off a game that I might have bought before.
I know people will say that it helps you pick up a good game and avoid the crap ones but I want to find that out for myself. Sometimes I might find myself enjoying games that got bad reviews because I didn't know they had bad reviews.
The only reason I'm writing this is because when I go on websites latley I see the game score from a review everywhere.