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I don't usually go on about a new mag, but this months official mag is really good. :-)

I played the demos of Colin Mcrae 3 and Rally Fusion and CM3 is a must have ! I was really impressed with it and I don't usually enjoy rally games that much. :-)

Rally Fusion isn't so realistic, but its pretty fun with your co-driver constantly ripping into you. ;-)) "Direct the ::bleep::ing car !!!"
;-)) Excellent stuff !

Going to try Hitman 2 shortly - my cousin is over trying the games out too and he now REALLY wants an X-Box. ;-)

As for the movie section of the disc, Jurrasic Park: Project Genesis is looking amazing ! You lot really have to take a look at it because its much better than I ever thought it'd be - and I was already looking forward to the game. :-)

Steel Battalion and Lamborghini are also looking stunning as well. Theres also a small movie of Dark Angel and some coverage of Morrowind and The Thing.

Going into the mag itself, theres some nice coverage of DOA Extreme Beach Volleyball with the news that players will be able to use their DOA3 game saves to unlock features in the game. :-)
Lots of coverage on other future releases that will have you glued to the mag for awhile and some suprising news in the U.S column about the PS2 online play. Apparently things aren't going too well. The broadband adapter is apparently incompatible with certain builds of the PS2 console, requiring you to send the console back and have it replaced.
Another thing is that the adapter has to be screwed in and if you overtighten the screws, it may not work.

So overall, things aren't going wonderfully for the PS2's online venture.
On top of this, Shinji Mikami (creator of Resident Evil) has put the boot in by saying that PS2 console sales are high because of people having to buy replacements thanks to it being easy to break. He went on to say that he himself went through a couple of PS1's and PS2's due to the CD lens wearing out quickly. I can back him up on that as I went through god knows how many PS1's and a PS2 for that same problem.

As for reviews, these games got the following... (I'll just put up the main reviews you'll want to know)

Blinx - 9.3/10
Rocky - 9.0/10 (was quite surprised on this one)
Quantum Redshift - 8.0/10
Morrowind - 7.6/10
Timesplitters 2 - 9.3/10
Blade 2 - 7.2/10
Deathrow - 5.5/10

I've also picked up Quantum Redshift today which I'll be playing in a minute and I'm thinking of leaving Deathrow till I play a demo. Hopefully it'll be at Stuff Live 2002 tomorrow. :-)

Anyway, this mag definatly leaves you drooling with anticipation for the coming weeks and months going into next year. So many excellent games coming out now, need to win the lottery. ;-))

I love the Hitman 2 demo.

Hmm timesplitters 2 has had excellent reviews, i think i'll be buying this in the near future! Splinter cell looks very good too, there are too many good games coming out on all formats this year, i'm going to be spoilt for choice!

Ah, but the thing is, it sounds like you need to put a lot of time into it to get the most out of the game.

With my being in my final year at uni, the last thing I need is a huge game to get into. Maybe I'll wait until I graduate next summer, and pick up a copy of the cheap somewhere...

7.6 for Morrowind means it's a 'good' game - just perhaps not for everyone.

some people including me tend to go on opinions of actual gamers instead of what they read in some magazine ;-)

alot of the time we tend to be right and the magazines are wrong

I bought the mag today, haven't had chance to read it or play the demo's yet, had lectures all day :-(

Had a quick flick through though. There's a feature on Xbox Live and Panzer Dragoon Orta.

I'm a bit disappointed with the scores of Morrowind and Deathrow, I was looking forward to both of those. I may not get either now.

Blinx is looking like a must buy, even though I don't like puzzlers/platformers.

Whitestripes wrote:
> You won't be dissapointed, it will make Fable look like it was made by
> a child.


ROFL. Sorry Whitestripes (No offence) But that comment is a bit lame.

I forgive you that you might not know much about the game (Project Fable) It looks absolutely awesome!

I'm a bit uncertain about Morrowind. Even if I do get it I doubt it'll be straight away as I have other games I want more and I've got to get to the U.S for Christmas.

gamezfreak wrote:
> I Must ask, Is Hitman 2 good?

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Well, I've completed the first two missions, and so far it's good.

There's lots of cool touches like when your contact is giving you the mission brief by voice email (or whatever it is), you can watch a short video of where the assassination is to take place, look at pictures, and generally pretend you're a hard b*stard :)

A word of warning though: the gameplay is not action-based - it's all about not being spotted. If you try to mix it James Bond style you'll end up dead pretty quick.

So it might get a bit frustrating as the missions become more complex.


And Whitestripes: Morrowind is on my shopping list. Just hope it's as good as everyone says it is.

You won't be dissapointed, it will make Fable look like it was made by a child.

(just so you know, I used an X-box game as an example so you'll be able to compare)