From: | Samuel Byford |
Date: | 5 Jun 2001 at 00:13:15 |
Subject: | amiga survivor (vaporware? maybe it SHOULD be!) |
Hi all,
Now I know this has nothing to do with AA really but I thought that as
its the only other Mag in print in the UK atm it would be worth
reviewing here as it gives some insight into magazine competition.
Well, something I honestly never expected to see dropped on my mate
today :- Amiga Survivor (issue 10 continuing where its predesesor
left off)
First impression - LOVELY front cover. And i mean a Real gem. Very
nice bit of artwork there whoever did that! ;-)
A bit thin maybe but then its a new venture.
Second impressions - inside :- Argh! GASTLY printing, black and white
only with minimal grey tones making the images very hard to see
properly.
Could they have chosen a worse image of the Editor?
But anyway - on to the actually content :-
Good enough (p)reviews (to quote them ;) shame that a LOT of the
information/sources are almost 1 or 2 years old!! A lot of the
website URLs given do not exist anymore and the info box for Cedric
goes thus:
Developed by: ?
Published by: ?
Ware: Commercail
Min Requirements: ?
Available from: ?
Price: £?
oversight by reviewer? shear stupidity? they didnt Know the answers?
(in which case Y bother reviewing the game!???)
Nice Hyperion interview ;)
not all bad news though - it has a good Art Effect review and the inof
box is filled out ;) but the Pagestream review is .9 behind! (well,
hardly matters does it!!)
WebWatch - why on earth is a Corrs website in an Amiga Mag?
All in all an interesting read but it'll need improving! And for
something that I paid to receive over 1 ½ years ago when the original
AS was in print Its not bad. Except - where's the CD that is
mentioned I should get if Im subbed to the mag????
6 outta 10 atm. Room for Improvement.
Basically, although this is a Games mag, whereas AA is an all-rounder
it has a long way to go yet. I think (personal opinion) the cover is
the only thing that AS has done better than AA.
So. rest at ease AA ;-)
TTFN
Biffy
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