JoeyN Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Well i got next months x-box magazine so here is whats on tap this month. This is a very good issue. Lots of previews , reviews and info for stuff coming up. A issue to pick up for sure. Hell it even has a $5 mail in gift voucher for counterstrike Review Scores Rainbow Six -9.2 Raw 2 - 6.8 Swat :Global Strike Team- 7.7 Crimson Skies- 9.2 Haunted Mansion 8.3 Cabela's Deer Hunt- 8.1 Top Spin - 9.0 Rogue Ops - 8.5 SSX3- 9.1 TMNT 5.0 -Read my reviews pinned at the top of the forum Fifa 2004 - 9.2 Links 2004 -9.1 NBA Jam - 6.1 Ampeed 2 -8.7 NBA Live 2004-9.1 ESPN NBA Basketball - 9.0 Gladisu -8.5 Batman :Rise of Sin Tzu- 6.1 Wallace and Gromit - 7.5 Kill. Switch - 7.8 Voodoo Vince - 8.8 XGRA- 7.8 Dronez - 5.2 Demo Disc Demos Rainbow Six SSX3 Armed and Dangerous Roadkill Grabbed by the Goulies Madden NFL 2004 Drake ESPN NCAA Metal Arms Video Showcase Area 51 Deaus Ex:Invisible War Hunter the Reckoning-redeemer Metal Arms Robin Hood Spy Hunter 2 Terminator 3 True Crime:Streets of LA Features Making of T3 Ted Leo/Pharmatics-Sega GT Online True Crime Instructional Video Download Center Ghost Recon: Island Thunder -Beach and Refinary X2 DVD Sneek Peek If you have any questions about the reviews and such feel free to e-mail or PM me joey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Got mine in the mail the other day too. I was a little annoyed at how short a lot of the reviews were. A game like Top Spin which got a good mark, got half a page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted October 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Yeah a few of the reviews were shot but there sure are a lot of them this month capt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Good rating on Haunted Mansion. Coupled with what Paul said about it in the Grabbed by the Ghoulies thread, along with the review he linked too, this is looking like one I will pick up. Daniel PS: NINE POINT TWO for Fifa 2004? Have EA honestly done it right this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 On Fifa, remember this is a US based mag, so its football scores will be out of whack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsappel Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 Originally posted by dogbert@Oct 26 2003, 01:06 PM On Fifa, remember this is a US based mag, so its football scores will be out of whack Football? I thought they got the scores just about right for ESPN, Fever and Madden... Oh, you meant soccer. "Slow moving, low scoring. And ties? You bet!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTello Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Perfect response Adam, ... Perrrrrfect!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 "Slow moving, low scoring. And ties? You bet!" Centre passes back to wing, back to centre, centre holds it, HOLDS IT, HOLDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSS ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. I adore that episode. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 No other details to hand right now (can't remember where I saw them), but the UK version this month (out Thursday) has a playable PGR2 demo. Colour me excited. At least I will be if I can stay off Soul Calibur II long enough to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyjaw Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 That's a good score for Amped 2, will this be a dual snowboarding game year? And another high opinion of TopSpin, Wed. can't come soon enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonJam Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 I got my copy yesterday and played through some of the demos. The craziest one has to be "Armed and Dangerous". I played through that one at least a half-dozen times and giggled like an idiot the entire time. It also features has the most insane weapon I've ever seen in a videogame called the "Topsy-Turvy Bomb". Funny stuff! Grabbed by the Ghoulies was fun as well. It is so nice to see that timeless Rare look on the Xbox! My only two quibbles with the game were the camera control and the fighting scheme. The camera is rotated with the two triggers, and you fight by pushing the right thumbstick towards the creature you want to attack. That's pretty much the opposite of every other game like this I've ever played, where the camera is on the right thumbstick and the triggers are used to fight. It worked for this game (although I was constantly rotating the camera in the wrong direction), but I can't say I'm crazy about it. But the game looked fantastic, and I really like the "comic book" style. Those were the two highlights for me. SSX3 was okay, but I never liked the controls in that series. Metal Arms I had played back in October (and loved), and my man Bryan_ZZ hooked me up with the Rainbow Six demo already so I didn't play that one either. ESPN NCAA had no sound on my demo disc so it was tough to really get into that one. Another great demo disc this month! I haven't been thrilled with either the magazine or the disc in the past, but the last few months have been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickle Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 I saw that last month's issue in the newstands came with the demo disc in a thin pak DVD case. Are all newsstand issues coming like that now? If so, that's a bum deal for subscribers. -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain rising Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Originally posted by bickle@Nov 7 2003, 07:01 PM I saw that last month's issue in the newstands came with the demo disc in a thin pak DVD case. Are all newsstand issues coming like that now? If so, that's a bum deal for subscribers. -Dave I think that's right. My subscription ran out and I haven't gotten around to renewing yet, so the last few issues I've picked up from the newstands have all had the slimpack DVD cases. Supposedly you can order a years worth from the magazines website, but it's like $20... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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