Official PlayStation Magazine #156

Official PlayStation Magazine - UK
Published by Future
Issue 156 - Christmas 2018

News
> Anthem javelin suit, Playstation Classic reaction, MediEvil remake, Kingdon Hearts III's Olympus world, Spelunky 2 screenshot, Castlevania games, Cyberpunk 2077 sidequests, Gwent card game, OPM GOTY voting

Features
> In The Mood For... Islands, Resident Evil 2 (12 pages), Resident Evil History (10 pages), OPM Christmas Buyer's Guide (8 pages)

Previews
> Dead or Alive 6 (4 pages), Shakedown Hawaii, The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, Dying Light 2, Borderlands VR, God Eater 3

Reviews
> Red Dead Redemption 2 (PS4) - 10
> Lego DC Super-Villains (PS4) - 7
> Grip (PS4) - 7
> Death Mark (PS4) - 8
> The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories (PS4) - 8
> Starlink:Battle for Atlas (PS4) - 5
> Soul Calibur VI (PS4) - 8
> OrangeRKN's West Virginian Camp-building Adventure (PS4) - 9
> Hitman 2 (PS4) - 9
> Call of Cthulhu (PS4) - 7
> Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (PS4) - 6
> WWE 2K19 (PS4) - 8
> The Shapeshifting Detective (PS4) - 6
> For Honor: Marching Fire expansion - "...undoubtedly made For Honor the best it's ever been."
> No Man's Sky: The Abyss free expansion - "...there's plenty more to see."

Other bits to note
> The cover features Resident Evil 2
> RetroStation: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PS)
> Don't Make Me Play!: Dragon Quest Heroes II (PS4)
> Free gift: Resident Evil poster, sticker and RPD sweatband ( :dread:

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> Next issue on sale 18 December: "2019 Preview Special"

PostRe: Official PlayStation Magazine #156 by KK » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:35 pm

I'm glad I'm not paying the £7 asking price for that sweatband, let's put it that way. The Raccoon Police sticker is actually an iron-on transfer, which I suppose is kinda decent if you want to risk it.

But yeah, not quite the 'free' gifts I had in mind. Issue itself looks good however.

Gemini73

£7 for a magazine! A magazine :shock:

KK wrote:I'm glad I'm not paying the £7 asking price for that sweatband, let's put it that way...

Yeah, the sweatband is quite something :slol:

. "Something" being... awful! I was hoping that the Resident Evil cover would have been a gatefold type like last month's fantastic Just Cause 4 cover. Never mind; there are 22 pages of Resi goodness inside so hopefully that will please Resi fans!

Ouch at that 5 for Starlink
I thought it had generally reviewed better than that.

PostRe: Official PlayStation Magazine #156 by KK » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:44 pm

Gemini73 wrote:£7 for a magazine! A magazine

Only when there's free gifts. The fact the price of the magazine goes up those months is just sheer coincidence.

In terms of sales, has this multiplayer COD actually worked out for Activision or has it been a bust?

Lagamorph wrote:Ouch at that 5 for Starlink
I thought it had generally reviewed better than that.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised by that; it's certainly one of the harsher reviews that I've seen. I have the Switch version and it does seem that the exclusive StarFox stuff adds quite a lot to the game; perhaps that is impacting the game on other formats. OPM mention "pay to win" which I can kind of see - you can pay for physical / digital ships to use as extra lives, and purchase additional weapons. I've not played enough yet to give an overall verdict, but, personally, I like it so far!

PostRe: Official PlayStation Magazine #156 by KK » Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:48 pm

I presume reviews/feature for the PS Classic is coming next month...one would hope.

KK wrote:I presume reviews/feature for the PS Classic is coming next month...one would hope.

Possibly not, KK - the next issue is hitting shelves on 18 December and, with the Classic launching in early December, there *may* not be enough lead time to say too much about it. We'll see! The "free gift" next month is a "Playstation Classic poster", though.

PostRe: Official PlayStation Magazine #156 by KK » Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:29 pm

It'd be cool if Sony still have the old 1995 retail posters (which I would imagine they do), then they could recreate them. Or any retro poster, at that. Just scan it, clean it up, and Bob's your aunty.

jawafour wrote:
Lagamorph wrote:Ouch at that 5 for Starlink
I thought it had generally reviewed better than that.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised by that; it's certainly one of the harsher reviews that I've seen. I have the Switch version and it does seem that the exclusive StarFox stuff adds quite a lot to the game; perhaps that is impacting the game on other formats. OPM mention "pay to win" which I can kind of see - you can pay for physical / digital ships to use as extra lives, and purchase additional weapons. I've not played enough yet to give an overall verdict, but, personally, I like it so far!

Obviously I've only played with the Star Fox content which does add to the game, but even without it 5 seems overly harsh (not that I've read the review). "Pay to win" seems a silly argument to make against a game that a) isn't multiplayer (apart from local co-op) and b) is easy to beat with only the starting equipment anyway!

jawafour wrote:> OrangeRKN's West Virginian Camp-building Adventure (PS4) - 9

Lagamorph wrote:Ouch at that 5 for Starlink
I thought it had generally reviewed better than that.

Its about on par with the reviews I've seen for the game.

Starlink has a Metacritic of 77 (Xbox, 12 reviews), 74 (Switch, 62 reviews) and 70 (PS4, 16 reviews). OPM's 5 (50) is the lowest score noted on the PS4 format and, across all formats, only two outlets rated it lower than that.

^^^ Starlink Defence Force is live :datass:

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Pretty ridiculous score for BLOPs, especially as I read a snippet that they said it feels like a relic compared to Destiny 2. The multiplayer in BLOPS is far, far superior to Destiny.

*Edit* The competitive multiplayer.

Gemini73 wrote:£7 for a magazine! A magazine

I remember scoffing at the Official Playstation Magazine back in 1996 when it was a fiver, and it came with a strawberry floating demo disc and was often 200+ pages.

Turns out those were the days...

Dangerblade wrote:I remember scoffing at the Official Playstation Magazine back in 1996 when it was a fiver, and it came with a strawberry floating demo disc and was often 200+ pages...

It certainly was a cool mag then, Db... although £5 in 1996 is equivalent to £8.92 today. The newer mag is disc-less, a wee bit smaller but cheaper :-)

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jawafour wrote:Yeah, the sweatband is quite something . "Something" being... awful! I was hoping that the Resident Evil cover would have been a gatefold type like last month's fantastic Just Cause 4 cover. Never mind; there are 22 pages of Resi goodness inside so hopefully that will please Resi fans!

You got any pics of that by any chance? In the previous thread you said it was quite awesome.

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