Some console games can be expensive – often costing upwards of £60. This is a huge amount of money to pay for something that you may end up not liking very much or completing too quickly. Ideally before you dig in deep to fork out for that new release, you should try and find out a bit more about it. Have a look to see if there is a free trial of the game that you can download. This will often mean you can play a chapter or section of the game to see if you think you will like it.

If you can wait a few weeks until after the game has been released, then you may be able to find plenty of reviews left by other avid gamers. This will give you a good insight into what the game is like to play and whether it is really worth the money.

If you cannot find a demo to download, then you may be able to find a video online that shows you actual game play. Often when the official trailers are released, they don’t show you much game play but by watching someone else actually play part of the game you can see exactly what it will be like.