A lot of people say they don't pay attention to reviews, but whenever a game series they are a fan of (like FF) gets less than rave reviews, it is a huge disaster.

/shrug

There are some games like FFXII and KH2 that I would play no matter what the score, just to see for myself. If I am on the fence about a game, though, a bad review will prolly make me stay away from it.