Honestly, I'm most likely to ignore reviews by people in the PRC. At best, my interest will be to see if PRC reviews differ from US or European reviews, and lean towards games where the PRC is opposite of the West. I might also compare both to Japanese reviews.
I've put more hours into Infiniminer, Minetest/Luanti, Industry, Dopewars, dnd, dopewars, and various Twine/Frotz games than any corporate games. When I do want an FPS (rare), I look at Doom sourceports and maybe Cube/Sauerbraten.
As I said to a college professor when he was pointing out how the "Reduce" in "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" is often ignored or at best whispered, reducing our consumption isn't profitable.
He was a good writer and a solid philosopher. Less focused than Clarke or Asimov, less wacky than Dick, and less manipulative than Hubbard. He presented ideas in a clear way.
Okay, but I'd say with the goblet, it's got purely artistic value because someone made it by hand and might be unique. Cartridges are machine made and the box artwork is mass-produced.
Honestly, I'm most likely to ignore reviews by people in the PRC. At best, my interest will be to see if PRC reviews differ from US or European reviews, and lean towards games where the PRC is opposite of the West. I might also compare both to Japanese reviews.