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Squall_Leonhart on 12 May 2008

So true Konnichiwa!



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windbane on 12 May 2008
Munkeh111 said:
windbane said:
Munkeh111 said:
windbane said:
kermdfrag said:
Reviews mean nothing especially one from the OFFICIAL magazine, like they dare slag off a massive game like that, i just hope its a return to the quality of the PS1 version and not just another retread, saying that a retread of MGS is better than most games

This is the same magazine that gave Warhawk a 6/10. Then again, they were PSM then. I didn't agree with them then, and I don't trust them now. You are right that it's hard to trust official magazines. I know that "Games for Windows" was always fair. They loved steam and often criticized Microsoft for their Games for Windows label and service. Of course, the magazine supposedly got canceled now...so there ya go, huh? I don't know much about that, though, because I'm behind on the podcasts (they are 1up, too).


 No it's not, PSM =/= OPM


Heh, yeah it is. Or rather, PSM was changed to OPM, which used to be Ziff Davis (1up, EGM, etc). OPM stopped awhile ago, but now the PSM staff is OPM as of a few months ago. Trust me, I've had a subscription to the magazine almost the entire length of its existence.


 OPS2M lost its editor Tim Clark who went to set up OPM, which covers all playstation platforms. I have copies of both PSM and OPM from the last few months (in fact I have all but two of the OPM mags). I have been a subscriber to the official PlayStation Magazine for a long time, but I had to change my subscription to get the new OPM instead of the old OPS2M, PSM is completely different. While future publishing does all of them, there is an official playstation range of mags, which is OPM, OPS2M, and OPSPM

EDIT: are you talking about the US version? I am talking about the UK


Ah, UK.. Go figure, hah. Because in the US, I have my issues of OPM and PSM as well, except the PSM staff is now OPM staff and I get that instead of PSM, because it no longer exists. Future only has OPM here, I believe.



SpartanFX on 12 May 2008

@libellule

If he is a C rated actor then it's his picture,,,,cause that's a picture of an actor



 

 

 

windbane on 12 May 2008

That was my bad, because I'm not going to read the review...so I didn't see that it was UK OPM, which should have been in the title or post.



CAL4M1TY on 12 May 2008
konnichiwa said:
waron said:
after gta 4 i really don't trust reviews of ps360 games at all.

Yeah because the scores are better than Nintendo games?


 Or maybe because they gave GTA4 10/10 more for the hype then merit? 

It's like, they blasted AC for lack of polish and graphical hiccups, but only say it's a minor thing in this game even though it has the same thing? 

Personally, I don't think MGS4 deserves a 10/10, knowing full well that I haven't even played the game. My only reason is that 10/10 designates perfection, it's like what happened in the official Nintendo mag for my country they gave 100% to mario 64 and then when perfect dark was released they gave it 110%. I wouldn't mind a site like IGN giving a 10/10 or even gametrailers because they are so very rare, but when sites like gamespy and xplay doll it out every week, kind of loses it's meaning. But, I do believe there are a few games out there that deserve a 10/10, but it would have to be such a ground breaking game that it's flaws are nothing in comparison (OoT certainly achieves that and Mario 64 is pretty damn close to it).

I think it'll hit about 94% average on gamerankings when all the reviews are done.



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Squall_Leonhart on 12 May 2008

Thats Jensen Ackles in his avatar, he's one of the actors from Supernatural :D



libellule on 12 May 2008
SpartanFX said:
@libellule

If he is a C rated actor then it's his picture,,,,cause that's a picture of an actor

==> C rated actor ? what odes it mean ?



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Munkeh111 on 12 May 2008
CAL4M1TY said:
konnichiwa said:
waron said:
after gta 4 i really don't trust reviews of ps360 games at all.

Yeah because the scores are better than Nintendo games?


 Or maybe because they gave GTA4 10/10 more for the hype then merit? 

It's like, they blasted AC for lack of polish and graphical hiccups, but only say it's a minor thing in this game even though it has the same thing? 

Personally, I don't think MGS4 deserves a 10/10, knowing full well that I haven't even played the game. My only reason is that 10/10 designates perfection, it's like what happened in the official Nintendo mag for my country they gave 100% to mario 64 and then when perfect dark was released they gave it 110%. I wouldn't mind a site like IGN giving a 10/10 or even gametrailers because they are so very rare, but when sites like gamespy and xplay doll it out every week, kind of loses it's meaning. But, I do believe there are a few games out there that deserve a 10/10, but it would have to be such a ground breaking game that it's flaws are nothing in comparison (OoT certainly achieves that and Mario 64 is pretty damn close to it).

I think it'll hit about 94% average on gamerankings when all the reviews are done.


 AC got 8/10 from the mag due to repetitive missions.

They only give integers, so 10/10 does not mean perfection, it means >9.5/10



SpartanFX on 12 May 2008

@libellule


lol I mean an actor that's in C rated(Not very good)movies/TV series.



 

 

 

windbane on 12 May 2008

GTA has very little graphical problems, btw...AC received a lot of great reviews for good reasons, and some not so great reviews for good reasons. It's not a good of a game as GTA IV.