Post by lambrettadave on Jan 12, 2013 19:56:41 GMT
Jan 12, 2013 2:46:01 GMT jono said:
I have this guide also, and have read it cover-to-cover many a time. Aside from the rather obvious screen-shot mix-ups I think it’s a pretty dam good read.Whilst I don’t agree with every single review in this guide I do find all the negative comment s about it highly amusing, particularly seeing as Mean Machines was the best-selling console magazine at the time (alongside CVG) – oh, and it outlasted Sega Power and Sega Force by many-a issues (and didn’t change staff members half as frequently), but that’s only if you include the various spin-off mags, otherwise Mean Machines and Sega Power were pretty head-to-head in terms of printing duration.
I also think that the rating for SCI is more than fair; I mean who would want to pay 30 quid for a game you can complete within an hour (tops!). Fair enough if you picked the game up for a fiver, but at the time is wasn’t a budget release so I think the marks are about spot on.
Though I will admit that 85% for Indiana Jones and the last Crusade is quite insane – that game is terrible (reminds me of poorly programed C64 games)
91% for Prince of Persia is also crazy; I am a huge fan of the (original) Prince of Persia and this has to be the stiffest, most cumbersome port I have ever played.
As for the Shadow of the Beast Score, well it was one of the UK’s best-selling games on the Amiga a year or so prior, so is it really that surprising that the 8-bit console counterpart that eliminated the tedious Amiga load-times scored 80%? Not really. I not saying it’s a great game though it was MASSIVE upon its initial release.
- Jono
in 1995 I paid £10 for SCI only bought it to see if it was beter than Battle outrun and no it wasnt but i still liked playing it.