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Ok - I know a few people on this forum firmly believe OXM is a pile of diseased tosh. And so did I. Until I brought this months magazine because of that KOTOR review.

It's not actually *that* bad, The reviews are actually decent this month, with KOTOR getting a whopping 9.5! Most of the other games reviewed are getting low scores - Its the "mediocre" season of gaming remember...The news section is decent enough, The play:more section is excellent and theres even a section devoted to LIVE gaming.

There's a feature on MMORPG's which is rather interesting.

Yes I know some of their review scores are totally wrong (Enter the Matrix being an example) but you gotta admit - Other magazines are'nt exactly perfect. And just give them a chance for monkeys sake - They're a good mag and the cover disk is DEFINATLY worth the money. Well, Kind of.

This months demos are: -

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder - Amazing, I've been playing this mostly all morning and its excellent. Command your team mates through a plantation in Cuba - It's very realistic and will be awesome on Live! Not sure about the graphics though : Very tense and you feel a sense of acheivement when you complete the mission.

Otogi - Oh my God. This *is* a SEGA masterpiece, The graphics are beyond belief, Colorful and beautiful, yet the game is about good vs evil! I cannot stress how good this demo is - The combat, Jesus f**king christ, THE COMBAT, is the best i've ever seen. You can jump and float for a few seconds in mid air and totally hack and slash the hell out of your enemy, Rush away from danger, cast magical spells. Tiltawhirl - This is the game you wanted Morrowind's combat to be. It reaks of pure Sega brilliance. You can even demolish buildings! Double Kantana swords, small swords, large swords - ARG! Excellent!

This is where the demo disc goes sour.

Italian Job - What the f**k is this pile of monkey tosh. Handeling? WHAT HANDELING? The cars handle awfully, This game is for total rejects - It sucks so much balls I quit the game before I ended the race. The AI of the cops is about as clever as an ant on acid. The graphics are pretty boring and (again) the handeling is awful. This game is crap. Stay away from it.

Gladius - HAHAHAHA. You call this a game? A GAME? Its so boring it's beyond belief. Select character, select point to move to, character moves to point, select enemy to attack, push button, determine strengh of attack, character attacks enemy. Repeat. Its awful. You spend the first 5 minutes going through a load of cutscenes and text. Boring.

So 2 out of 4 demo's being good aint too bad. The demo is definatly worth it for playing Otogi.

Moving onto the "play:more" section of the disc, Its a bunch of videos readers have sent in on their gaming acheivements. Some of it is cool, Halo warthog jumps etc And there's a video called "Halo Heart Attack" which I found quite amusing.

One thing that dissapointed me about this disc is that they've taken away the "movies" section for some bizarre reason. Why is that? Oh well.

So anyway - Enough of me babbling on for hours - Get OXM. Give it a chance for once. And the KOTOR review is worth it :)

gamezfreak.

OXM is terrible.

Seriously. Its as dry as a fossil, and not in a good way, and it seems determined to rubbish the other two main consoles at any given oppurtunity.

Just because it gave a good review score (whether its justified or not, I don't know) for KOTR, does not make it good.

The demos are okay sometimes. Most of the time they stink.

*shudders at Futurama*

I might, a 54 second lap on the Italian Job is my best.

Is anyone entering the "Play:more" competitions this month?

But it depends - Its not your average shooter - Carefully planning and teamwork is needed.

lol.

Sorry - I meant to say "Ghost Recon:Island Thunder demo is excellent."

Been playing it for the last 3 hours - Very Tense. It'd be excellent on LIVE aswell!

I'm thinking about either buying Ghost Recon. Or I might wait for Island Thunder or whatever it's called. I imagine they're good on Live, but how much fun are they on your own?

Ghost Recon is excellent.

Goddess Belldandy wrote:
> Nope, but it's my opinion, hence I can't be wrong. Doesn't mean you
> have to agree, but for me it is true.

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In many cases it's true, but false in just as many. Or at least that's my opinion.

Woot - That KOTOR review is tres interesting.

I want this game so much.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Goddess Belldandy wrote:
>
> But they do.
>
> I really hope that's a joke.

Nope, but it's my opinion, hence I can't be wrong. Doesn't mean you have to agree, but for me it is true.