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Got the latest edition of OPS2M in the post this morning.

Playable Demos

F1 2002
Britney's Dance Beat
2002 FIFA World Cup
Gitaroo Man
Time Crisis 2
MTV Music Generator

Video Demos

Fireblade
Men in Black 2
Premier Manager 2002
Toca Race Driver
Turok Evolution
V-Rally 3
Ape Escape
GT Concept 2002
Kingdom Hearts
Lilo & Stitch
Tekken 4
Ratchet & Clark
Primal

Was it me or were we promised Toca race Driver would be playable this month? Next Month we are promised Stuntman, V-Rally 3, Conflict: Desert Storm & Spiderman as playable demos.

The Mag has previews of:-

Stuntman
Winning Eleven 6
Transwrold Surf
Circus Maximus
ejay Club World
Pac-Man World 2

Write ups on E3 and some of the games shown, conversation with Team Soho on The Getaway and a conversation with Tsuyoshi Tanaka about Devil May Cry 2.

Reviews

V- Rally 3 8/10
Prisoner of War 7/10
Soldier of Fortune: Gold Edition 5/10
F1 2002 7/10
Firebalde 7/10
Britney's Dance beat 6/10
Rally Championship 6/10
David Beckham Soccer 4/10
Everblue 3/10
Army Men : RTS 6/10
Baseball 2003 6/10
ESPN NBA 2NIght 2002 5/10

Hate to argue wookie but i think 'The Getaway will be hyped up pants. I was reallly looking forward to it....but after reading the PSW article i was shocked.

These are the things that stook out.(wat psw sed)

-There was noticable popup and the weather was constatly foggy.
-Poor collision detection with buildings....which are also flat and photograph like..
-Cars look undetailed and wheels especially odd looking.
-Handling is poor and too responsive.
-3rd person sections aren't really controlable. U just choose a bit to hide behind and then press when u want to jump out and shoot.
-Very linear unl;ike GTA

Also one thing which concerned me was when the Team Soho head sed 'All the lads came back on the post GTA3 weekend saying what an incredible game this was'.

This sounds to me like it wont be a touch on GTA3.

On the high it said...

-Most buildings can be entered.
-Lots of cars.
-Apart from pop up, crisp graphics.

I was a little dissapointed when reading this...i thought maybe they could do better, especially because they can craft a grewat game like TIF 2002 (and soon TIF 2003!). Obviously they have time to improve....but can it beat GTA3, GTA vice, and driver 3?

stunt man is good i like it

Shadow wrote:
> Playable demos of Stuntman and Conflict: Desert Storm

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Ah, Stuntman.

Good good.

Actually on the 'next issue' page it says in small print

"Mag contents subject to change"

Bah

yeh and they also say "can change at any moment" etc

Shadow wrote:
> Was it me or were we promised Toca race Driver would be playable this
> month?

We were, but the game has slipped, and is now due out on 23rd August. They do apologise somewhere in the small print.


> Write ups on E3 and some of the games shown, conversation with Team
> Soho on The Getaway

This is a fantastic article, I just wish it were longer and had a little more info.

This game is going to be fantastic. In case any of you haven't seen the videos on IGN - the screenshots aren't faked, those are real in-game graphics. The competition better start running for cover now, because when this game hits, the devastation will be massive.

yeh but at least we have a playable demo of COnflict desert storm !!!!!!!!!

Thats very poor and i am really dissapointed about TOCA. This obviously means the game really has been put back. :(

yeh as i said i like Conflict Desert storm has been a game i have wanted for a few months now so i cant wait, doubt they will give us a demo of it though

A dissapointing line-up for this months mag, none of the playable demo's appeal to me. I hoped that there would be a playable demo of toca: race driver and a trailer to the getaway. Still next months demo list looks great. Stuntman (One game I can't wait for), toca reace driver, conflict desert storm and spiderman are all games I'm interested in, so I will be keeping my fingers crossed that these demo's make it for next months issue.