Yeah there are so many games that I'd be interesting in buying, but the lack of a demo puts me off. Not going to spend £30-40 on something that might turn out to be crap. I get the arguments about putting people off games, but for me, the opposite is definitely true.
There were loads of games on the PlayStation that I probably wouldn't have bought, but then I played the demo and became hooked. OPM was great for me in this respect, and it was very well-written compared to some other magazines. It had a much more 'serious' tone compared to some others too, which wasn't a bad thing, but when I was younger I was probably less interested in reading all of it, like I would've done with something like N64 magazine.
Shame it's come to an end though, was a great magazine overall, especially in the glory days of the PS1.