Official PlayStation Magazine – Review Scores (UK) [December: Issue 38]

The PS3 releases this month have been as strong as ever, and fortunately the great games are still flooding in for Christmas time. This month's OPM reviews the greatly anticipated Italian stealth simulator, FIFA's ugly sister, the epitome of the PlayStation fighting genre, a game where you ferociously make flailing arm movements at your TV to cater for your "virtual pet" (yeah right, you crazy man) and many more. Hit the jump for the latest scores.

[LarVanian]

Assassins Creed 2 and A Crack in Time both got 9/10.
In my opinion OPMUK are always nearly spot on with their scores (excluding GTAIV).
Really looking forward to playing both these games (As well as MW2) on Christmas day.

[STEVIE_]

Agreed, they are just about the only publication I can trust. They've been pretty much spot on with every score.

[raztad]

Well R&C is a given, Insomniac said ACiT is the best ever. I dont care about R&C reviews anymore game is already mine, HOWEVER ACII needs to prove itself. This review and some reviews impressions from OXM make me think ACII could be a great game this time.

ACII, Dragon Age Origins are the multiplat games to have for me. Lets see how they perform.

[va_bank]

Couldn't agree more. I'll probably get ACII, but no way I'm picking it up on day one.

[ThanatosDMC]

One great thing they added and listened to fans on AC2 is the idea of buying your equipment with money. However i hope that means other things can be bought by money and we can have assassin missions that's not in the main quest and have an infinite amount of mission that doesnt get too old.

I hate it when we've done everything in a game and theres nothing else to do but walk around the city.

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Why what did they give GTAIV?

[LarVanian]

They gave GTAIV a 10/10. IMO that game is 7/10.

[mal_tez92]

Espetially when they are the same game that was released a year ago with like 5 new features. For example, I will probably never understand why people will fork over good money for FIFA 10, when they can almost get the exact same thing in FIFA 09, for a whole lot cheaper.

[Milky]

Ratchet and Clank and GTA: Chinatown Wars will be the first games I get when I find some money.

[va_bank]

I REALLY want Chinatown Wars, but I promised myself I won't get it until I finish Vice City Stories first :) I got a long way to go in that game still....

[red2tango]

Can't wait for Assassin's Creed 2

[00000000000000000001]

It a real flood all right, I guess my PS3 won't get much use, because I could care less about any of those. I'm still waiting for a good RPG. That's the main reason I purchased a PS3 in the first place.

[Noctis Aftermath]

Dragon age origins is out at the start of Nov, i for one will be buying it.

Here's a link to a review of it http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-...

Also have you tried Demon's souls? that is a great action-WRPG, the only problem you might have is getting used to dying as it is hard but really enjoyable.

Demon's souls review: http://au.ps3.ign.com/artic...

[Esena]

Although I am glad I bought demon's souls, it tends to get fairly repetitive toward the end. But I am pumped to start a new game +. I think it is a fine game, but maaaaaybe receiving a bit too high praise.

[Tex117]

Essena: Are you tinkering with your stats? I didn't think the game was repetitive at all. Each level has a different design concept, and different battle tactics work better in different places.

The soul grinding can get repetitive, but thats why they call it grinding.

I played through almost once, took a 3 day break to beat Uncharted 2, and then finished up Demon's Souls. I never thought it got repetitive.

Then I started New Game+. They aren't kidding...Its harder. No room for any mistakes. This is one of my favorite games this generation.

[Host Samurai_]

No desire for AC2. The AC1 is one of the worst games I played this gen.

[redsquad]

Good to hear my extreme dislike of AC isn't unique. I found it pure tedium from start to finish with every mission seeming so repetetive. Definately not interested in looking into part two.

[riksweeney]

I agree, when I noticed that it was just the same "complete these 3 sub quests out of a variety of 6" I didn't bother exploring the world and just rattled through it. Won't be getting the sequel even though I found the ending intriguing.

[Host Samurai_]

There is just something about the AC universe that just seems boring and drab. I have no interest in these settings

[PoisonedTea]

Considering they are an "official" magazine for one particular brand, they are very fair in their reviews, and their analysis is also excellent. Something which can't be said of a few supposedly unbiased, "all-format embracing" websites.

P.S. Same goes for the official XBOX360 magazine - they're also really quite good when I use to read them a few years ago.

[mastiffchild]

It exyends to some of the single platform sites as well this generation-theirlack ofbias has been very good this generation while the honesty of other mulit platform outlets has been called into question.

That said IIRC they gave AC1 a great review as well and, for me, that game was a great, great let down after all the pre-release hype we sat through last time out. REntal for me I'm afraid as Ubi just haven't really impressed me at all this generation-with most games they've fallen short of what I expect of them both as devs and as publishers of games. AC1, FC2, PoP-all of these games failed to be allthey should have been and then you havwe their Wii output and the dreaded publishing of Haze!

MS, however, look to have gotten them really doing a much more thourough job on the dev of SC:C and that is the Ubi game that's most on my radar aym(unless, natch, they start putting BGaE to the fore pretty soon! The leak for that game was incredible even if it was a target render-they wouldn't release something so good if the game didn't nearly approach the level shown would they? SC:C looked good, as well, as far back as the E3 build so maybe the more intense attention MS seem to have put that game under has pushed Ubi harder?

I hope the drive has afected the across their teams, though, and Desilets and Raymond haven't let this AC become as patchy/boring as the first game sadly was after having somuch potential.

[Ravage27]

9 is a very good score to me

[creatchee]

For sure - it's kind of ironic, but both of the Official magazines probably have the least amount of "bias" in the media. In a way, it's probably BECAUSE they only focus on one brand and can kinda dispense with the whole "my console's better than yours" talk and get on with good and fair reviews.

Although OXM still baffles me to this day with their first 10 ever being Fight Night Round 3...

[PoisonedTea]

Yeah - you do get the odd anomaly once in a while, but I suppose maybe that particular reviewer REALLY likes his boxing! Although it's funny you reminded me that when Fight Night Round 3 was being released on the XBOX360, I was discovering the delights of Resident Evil 4 and Hitman Blood Money on the PS2 (I'm a bit of a late adopter of systems...).

[renegade]

going to rent ac2.

[Tex117]

Where are more Dragon Age Origins reviews?

[gamingisnotacrime]

but the money is gone. Too many freaking games this season, not enough money.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

YES...CHATBOTS...PS3 owners get all these to this xMas -

MW2

AC2

Tekken 6

PES 2010

Borderlands

Brutal Legend

Dirt 2...

Even tho Micro$oft think that they are only on the xBox 360!!! ;-D

[Silentmerc3nary]

Cool story, bro.