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I bought it the other day, not for the first time, but for the first time in a while.
It's a nice magazine with a good lay out. It could do with smaller screenshots and a bit more room for info but it's not too bad.
After looking at it's guide on how to get the cheats on
Perfect Dark it proved that the people who write it play games thoroughly and know what theyre talking about.
Also, as the magazine is official, they're always first with news and screenshot, especially with the Gamecube (which is why I bought it).
So why aren't they the best then?
Well it seems that they've aimed the magazine at the stereotypical age of an N64 gamer (6-12 year olds!) and are completely biased against other systems.
Not only do they not admit that the PS and DC are still great if not as good as the N64, they've even started name calling.
Yes, I'm afraid so. Sony Playstation Two? Fony Greystation Poo.
Sega Dreamcast? Sega Dreampants! This is extremely sad and worse still, all the people who write in have adapted these poor nicknames too!
The other thing wrong with it is that you can't fully trust game reveiws. The worst game still gets over 50% while a good number of poor games get over 80%. They still know which games are better than which but the average scores are way higher than they should be.
I suppose biased reviews and jokes are what you would expect from any official magazine. The official Playstation magazine even claimed that the N64 is dead!
SO:
Pro's- Most up to date coverage. First with news and inside
information. Well worth £2.95. Great for tips and they know
what they are talking about. Generally good quality.
You normally get a free gift.
Con's- Biased and childish (with stupid name calling!) and doesn't
rate some games as low as it should. The free gifts aren't
really all that good.
OVERALL: More or less what you'd expect from an official games magazine. If you want more accurate reviews look elsewhere.
If you want the latest news come here. Apart from that, pretty average.
And NOM writers, please, please, please STOP THE NAME CALLING!
It's a nice magazine with a good lay out. It could do with smaller screenshots and a bit more room for info but it's not too bad.
After looking at it's guide on how to get the cheats on
Perfect Dark it proved that the people who write it play games thoroughly and know what theyre talking about.
Also, as the magazine is official, they're always first with news and screenshot, especially with the Gamecube (which is why I bought it).
So why aren't they the best then?
Well it seems that they've aimed the magazine at the stereotypical age of an N64 gamer (6-12 year olds!) and are completely biased against other systems.
Not only do they not admit that the PS and DC are still great if not as good as the N64, they've even started name calling.
Yes, I'm afraid so. Sony Playstation Two? Fony Greystation Poo.
Sega Dreamcast? Sega Dreampants! This is extremely sad and worse still, all the people who write in have adapted these poor nicknames too!
The other thing wrong with it is that you can't fully trust game reveiws. The worst game still gets over 50% while a good number of poor games get over 80%. They still know which games are better than which but the average scores are way higher than they should be.
I suppose biased reviews and jokes are what you would expect from any official magazine. The official Playstation magazine even claimed that the N64 is dead!
SO:
Pro's- Most up to date coverage. First with news and inside
information. Well worth £2.95. Great for tips and they know
what they are talking about. Generally good quality.
You normally get a free gift.
Con's- Biased and childish (with stupid name calling!) and doesn't
rate some games as low as it should. The free gifts aren't
really all that good.
OVERALL: More or less what you'd expect from an official games magazine. If you want more accurate reviews look elsewhere.
If you want the latest news come here. Apart from that, pretty average.
And NOM writers, please, please, please STOP THE NAME CALLING!
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I used to buy the NOM Mag but I stopped 2 months ago for exactly the same bad points that were pointed out in the Original Topic, so Now I get the:
N64 Mag (NGC) which I seem to have missed this month.
CVG - Read up on all consoles
PC ZONE/PC GAMER - Which ever comes out first
PRATICAL INTERNET - Free programs that are easily cracked!!
N64 Mag (NGC) which I seem to have missed this month.
CVG - Read up on all consoles
PC ZONE/PC GAMER - Which ever comes out first
PRATICAL INTERNET - Free programs that are easily cracked!!
If you want a real magazine then get NGC magazine, the magazine formerly known as N64 mag.
I get NOM every month because it's a good mag but I don't like that they'e taken the quizes out of the mag and instead put in WWF info and I don't even like WWF the World wide fakers!
Ant wrote:
> Yeah, the SR mag is ok, but there's not enough reviews and news, half the mag is
> all advertising. I recommend you make the mag longer and put in less
> advertisements.
Of course no one is going to listen to me as I am a 13 year
> old student who finds it fun to get up at 1am and watch WWF on Sky Sports 1, as
> well as finding it fun to put small batches of barbecue sauce on the road so
> cars can run over them and they will squirt everywhere. Oh well.
Thanks for
> reading, Ant.
And you know what?? I still do all of these things! :D
> Yeah, the SR mag is ok, but there's not enough reviews and news, half the mag is
> all advertising. I recommend you make the mag longer and put in less
> advertisements.
Of course no one is going to listen to me as I am a 13 year
> old student who finds it fun to get up at 1am and watch WWF on Sky Sports 1, as
> well as finding it fun to put small batches of barbecue sauce on the road so
> cars can run over them and they will squirt everywhere. Oh well.
Thanks for
> reading, Ant.
And you know what?? I still do all of these things! :D
Pop for CHR1STOS!
That seems to be it now. The overall feeling is that:
The mag itsself would be good if they weren't so biased (every game gets atleast 50%) and they seem to write it for ten year olds and worse still, it's got sad name calling in it.
It's readers defended it and said that "If you don't like it then don't buy it but stop dissing it"
Which is exactly what I'll do...
...As soon as they've finished the Perfect Dark cheats guide!
The mag itsself would be good if they weren't so biased (every game gets atleast 50%) and they seem to write it for ten year olds and worse still, it's got sad name calling in it.
It's readers defended it and said that "If you don't like it then don't buy it but stop dissing it"
Which is exactly what I'll do...
...As soon as they've finished the Perfect Dark cheats guide!
Fair enough that they're going to be a bit biased (all single format mags are)
BUT name calling gives us "Nntendoids" (I wish they'd stop using that word too) a bad name!
BUT name calling gives us "Nntendoids" (I wish they'd stop using that word too) a bad name!
Well, they aim the magazine at an audience, I guess that excludes you. They don't want their readers to buy a different consloe, do they now? Then they would buy a different magazine. So they exert their influence. Immoral? Probably, but what can you do? Also of course, this ties in with the 'official' issue. What it means is that nintendo support the magazine (promoting it, giving it games before release to let them make earlier reviews), in return for which they 'expect' some loyalty back. So, they get games and hardware promoted... leniently.
If you don't like it, don't buy the thing.
If you don't like it, don't buy the thing.
NOM is easy to understand, and is well st out.
By the way Ant, did you stay up and watch the wrestling until 4, i know i did!
By the way Ant, did you stay up and watch the wrestling until 4, i know i did!
By the way Ali, it was in the back of N64 where I first ordered my membership so you sort of owe them something (like the hundreds of pounds you paid to put the advert in the magazine I suppose)
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