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I got my copy last night, although it wont be in shops till monday (I'm a subscriber, we get our as soon as it is finished)
I was pretty shocked when I opened the pack to discover the brand new look. When they say it is the biggest magazine, they are right. It is big. Not just because it has more pages (hint hint)
The new look is pretty fresh. They have finally got away from the old font set that has been their trademark since issue 1.
And no more worldy bloke. He seems to have been replaced by a rather kinkey manga style girl, reminiscent of jo-dark.
Its got loads of reviews this issue, and overall is prety helpful.
THe free gift is pretty good, was what I had guessed it would be. Its a shame it didnt include more on smash bros, or pikmin tho.
One thing I would like to see is a return of the directory, so you can see at a glance what games are worth getting, and which are a pile of dung.
I was pretty shocked when I opened the pack to discover the brand new look. When they say it is the biggest magazine, they are right. It is big. Not just because it has more pages (hint hint)
The new look is pretty fresh. They have finally got away from the old font set that has been their trademark since issue 1.
And no more worldy bloke. He seems to have been replaced by a rather kinkey manga style girl, reminiscent of jo-dark.
Its got loads of reviews this issue, and overall is prety helpful.
THe free gift is pretty good, was what I had guessed it would be. Its a shame it didnt include more on smash bros, or pikmin tho.
One thing I would like to see is a return of the directory, so you can see at a glance what games are worth getting, and which are a pile of dung.
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sorry, that first sentence should say
"NGC has gone downhill sine the days of yore"
but my autocorrect changed it.
"NGC has gone downhill sine the days of yore"
but my autocorrect changed it.
NGC has gone a little downhill since the days of your, mainly because it has become shorter over the years. The writing in the reviews used to be so much more important than the pictures, and in that respect, NGC has become more and more like NOM, because it now has more picture space than writing.
Now, while I enjoy looking at pictures, I much prefer reading about the game. The writing was always amusing, but as the reviews have become more information heavy, the humor has degenerated somewhat.
Deciding which magazine to get would be a challenge to some people (not me, I have a subscription to NGC) because in essence the magazines all have the same reviews and news.
CUBE has many more pictures, and more information on hardware but is this what you want?
NGC has the most writing, and is, in my view, the funniest.
NOM is nice I suppose, but I don't like it because the majority of content is aimed at under 12s, although this has changed recently.
Choose what you want.
Now, while I enjoy looking at pictures, I much prefer reading about the game. The writing was always amusing, but as the reviews have become more information heavy, the humor has degenerated somewhat.
Deciding which magazine to get would be a challenge to some people (not me, I have a subscription to NGC) because in essence the magazines all have the same reviews and news.
CUBE has many more pictures, and more information on hardware but is this what you want?
NGC has the most writing, and is, in my view, the funniest.
NOM is nice I suppose, but I don't like it because the majority of content is aimed at under 12s, although this has changed recently.
Choose what you want.
It's really difficult to decide which one to get. Firstly the NGC mag has a free DVD but the price has gone up and personally i think the magazine itself isn't that good SOMETIMES, CUBE is a great mag but never comes with free stuff, while NOM is a great mag but again always comes with a Lego Comic which many of us don't want, you can't win really, if CUBE came with a free DVD each month i would go with them. :) P.S Sometimes even the official mag is wrong, when asked if there was going to be a Wario game for the gamecube their answer was No but i'm sure one is coming out.
Mr. Chainsaw wrote: >
> plus it has monkeys - cheating monkeys that is!
Yayyyy!
:-)
> plus it has monkeys - cheating monkeys that is!
Yayyyy!
:-)
RastaBillySkank wrote:
> Mr. Chainsaw wrote:
> i totally disagree. I think CUBE magazine is the best because it
> tells it how it is. Just look at its console comparison article and
> you will see. CUBE rocks
>
> Yeah, CUBE is very good. It's also 120-odd pages long every issue so
> you get your money's worth. Heh, I still haven't finished reading this
> months isue and I got it a week ago!
plus it has monkeys - cheating monkeys that is!
> Mr. Chainsaw wrote:
> i totally disagree. I think CUBE magazine is the best because it
> tells it how it is. Just look at its console comparison article and
> you will see. CUBE rocks
>
> Yeah, CUBE is very good. It's also 120-odd pages long every issue so
> you get your money's worth. Heh, I still haven't finished reading this
> months isue and I got it a week ago!
plus it has monkeys - cheating monkeys that is!
Mr. Chainsaw wrote:
> i totally disagree. I think CUBE magazine is the best because it
> tells it how it is. Just look at its console comparison article and
> you will see. CUBE rocks
Yeah, CUBE is very good. It's also 120-odd pages long every issue so you get your money's worth. Heh, I still haven't finished reading this months isue and I got it a week ago!
> i totally disagree. I think CUBE magazine is the best because it
> tells it how it is. Just look at its console comparison article and
> you will see. CUBE rocks
Yeah, CUBE is very good. It's also 120-odd pages long every issue so you get your money's worth. Heh, I still haven't finished reading this months isue and I got it a week ago!
tigamilla wrote:
> Oh yah I think NGC is by far the best CUBE mag around the others are
> too full of praise for anything that has the name NINTENDO in its
> title...
> <--Advertising on behalf of NGC to increase readership in the hope
> of one day getting a GC demodisc on the cover....
i totally disagree. I think CUBE magazine is the best because it tells it how it is. Just look at its console comparison article and you will see. CUBE rocks
> Oh yah I think NGC is by far the best CUBE mag around the others are
> too full of praise for anything that has the name NINTENDO in its
> title...
> <--Advertising on behalf of NGC to increase readership in the hope
> of one day getting a GC demodisc on the cover....
i totally disagree. I think CUBE magazine is the best because it tells it how it is. Just look at its console comparison article and you will see. CUBE rocks
I managed to get mine from WHSMITH yesterday for some reason, left me five pounds short of the RGB lead though :(
Managed to get the lead in the end, well worth it :D
Managed to get the lead in the end, well worth it :D
I much prefer the old look, not just because the postman had to bend it in half (he still did it even though there was cardboard there).
it's a 30 odd minute dvd , pretty good , and if you want it now , just go down to safeway, i got mine there yesterday ;-)
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