Splash 12 ch08 Mag Reviews
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dadadadaannn...here we are aga-
in in the mag reviews chapter.the-
re are so many mags around that, i
think those reviews can give some
kind of opinion to the general au-
dience.
by the way,i do not agree with
the people who say:"argh!there are
too many mags,everybody is doing
their own mag.i think all of t-
hose should be cleaned off the sc-
ene..."
well,why?? how can we determine
the ones to edit a mag? i really
think that it's everyone's right..
i bet this is a kind of activity
just like cracking or demo coding!
do you get annoyed when even the
worst groups make a demo or crack
a game? surely you don't! so, what
is the point in complaining about
the number of mags... i read in a
mag(can't remember which one) that
everyone can't code or draw,but it
is easy to write text...well sure,
but does the outfit fall from the
sky? the mag should be a producti-
on of the whole group, the outfit
the logos and other gfx,as well as
the musics should be made by the
members of the group, publishing
the mag.of course the sceners must
be allowed to help the mag in that
way, with some musics and graphics
but if>all<the logos are drawn and
all musics are composed by other
people outta group(even if they're
special) what the heck... that is
what i call lame...
anyway,let's put a point to the
subject and start the reviews.
the mags reviewed in this issue
are:
>update 7................sunrise
>scene observer 2.........oxyron
>internal 15.................wow
well,there are only three mags
reviewed for this issue but as you
also will see yourself,all of the
reviews are done in details! that
is the way it should be,right?
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update 7: the intro is really a
--------- normal one,nothing that
much interesting.
*outfit: it consists of two main
parts as some mags.the menu and
the text screen...
in the menu,you can see a nice lo-
go on da top.a mirrored 1x1 scroll
flows under it,coming from the two
borders.the menu box and the upda-
te logo takes place following each
other,from the scroller.by the way
there's a special effect surround-
ing the chapters so that is why i
have called it a box. and finally
an "update issue seven" sprite is
circling the update logo and the
box.
the chapters are loaded with a
non-irq loader...
text screen is again quite nor-
mal.up the screen the logo telling
the chapter's topic swings and the
texts're presented through the wh-
ole screen under it(18 rows). also
some other specials are visible on
the down border(page no,etc...)
what is so special is the>very<
advanced help commands.you can e-
ven adjust the volume from the joy
in port two and many other so...
yes,the outfit is really a very
classic and familiar one but it is
advanced to the limits! otherwise
the rating be lower than... > %70
text:yes,what i liked with the
mag is the amount of the "useful"
stuff which didn't bore in anyway.
the language is quite okey; also
i couldn't spot many typing mista-
kes.yes,there are only eight chap-
ters but there could be seven of
them only from the"mixed"chapter!!
the editors seem to be putting a
lot of work into it...there were a
hell lotta demo reviews for exam-
ple.(hey mr dj,move your ass too!)
yep,the rating for the text is>%90
objectivity:it seemed quite ob-
jective as well,especially in the
chapters that it was needed... but
i think one of the editors put his
own personality too much through
the text.it's roman who does that
and that's only my,yes my, my very
own idea!(hehee)but it's not a big
problem i guess... > %85
graphics are not bad but surely
could be much better > %75
musics are quite reasonable,i'd
give a vote for the composer(that
is the syndrom of sunrise) > %80
overall:a pretty well done mag,
one of my favourites nowadays. al-
though the outfit is very classic
it doesn't bother as reading it,is
a fun! the editors say that there
won't be a new outfit ever as they
think the outfit of a mag is its
trademark and i totally agree with
this idea!they don't have to chan-
ge it...but,it's a pity that upda-
te won't be released for four mon-
ths.they could easily get into the
top five if they'd put their asses
to release an issue two months la-
ter.i do hope they will!
final rate:%70+%90+%85+%75+%80/5
80+5 for overall
>> %85 <<
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scene observer the intro of the
================= mag is really a
high quality one,i liked it!
outfit:da thing that hits your fa-
ce first is the "handsome looking"
screen! there is a nice "scene ob-
server" logo,which is divided in-
to two parts:scene on top and ob-
server at down.firstly,there's a
welcome messie between them and as
you press fire,it disappears,leav-
ing it's place to the ten chapters
right under the"observer" logo you
can notice extras that will tell
the name of the chapter and the no
of page when the text is loaded.
yes, the text is loaded with a
non-irq loader and the same screen
this time carries the texts of the
loaded chapter.you can switch bet-
ween the chapter by right and left
moves,the fade away is normal but
of course nice.there are two dif-
ferent chars i think(1x1,2x2) and
some star sprites explode on the
text area!! yeah,exploding stars
rule for sure(yo mr.dj!) > %85
text:it's a bit hard to talk posi-
tive about the text but that's so-
mething the editor accepts too...
the main reason is the little amo-
unt of votesheets and you know,th-
at's just the second issue.there's
something that drew my attention.
the mag doesn't belong to the gro-
up but the editor(tts) himself. of
course many mags are done by some
certain guys and they take the mag
with themself when they change the
group.but as long as they stay in
a group,the mag is accepted as the
group's production.so the other
members help the mag too...that is
way it should be i guess.so if tts
starts to call s.o. as "our mag"
instead of "my mag" i think the
texts can be better,that's just an
idea.even though,the texts are not
that bad,but certainly needs more
effort! > %60
objectivity:yeah,all of the mag is
very objective to the root! > %95
graphics:the logos and the charset
is quite impressive.i loved the
multi coloured logo! > %85
music:well, the musics are really
good,but,but they are neither com-
posed by the a group member nor're
specially done.this takes 15 rates
off... > %70
overall: hmmmm,a greatly promising
mag for sure...very stylish design
and quality graphics as well as da
objectivity can take this mag rea-
higher in the charts,but not until
the amount of text improved.if you
give it a check you also will ag-
ree.anyway,the overall rating is:
%85+%60+%95+%85+%70/5
75+3 for overall
>> %78 <<
that was all scene observer.now
make your move to the other page!
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internal 15 hmm,in the intro you
=========== can see a pretty well
done fli logo! yep,the intro was
totally cool!
outfit:just like most of the mags,
there is a logo on the top...right
under,there's a"the next generati-
on" text seen in 1x1 chars. and
the chapters are presented in a
huge blue box one by one in 2x2...
too bad that you can see only one
chapter name there...anyway, after
choosing the chapter and waiting
the non-irq loader to load,you fi-
nally enter the text menu where ya
can see the same internal logo. if
you move the joy up,you can choose
which page to skip;nice.. then you
can start to read by wriggling the
joystick right and left.as a page
skips,the raster over the text co-
mes down and when it's up, here's
the new page.the charset is nice
too.very classic but easy to use
outfit may seem boring but this
should not be a problem: > %80
text:that's what i'm going to cri-
tisize most with this mag. looking
at the number of chapters and the
amount of text you may think that
"what??? you should be an idiot to
critisize this mag for their text,
it's a massive". yes,it really is
a massive but a mess as well!!come
on and explain me the point in wr-
iting 2 chapters only fo'editorial
eh? well,there are really a lot of
useless text here man! i think the
editors of internal are in a compo
with remix for writing crap all o-
ver the mag... it really is okey
to write about different subjects
as a topic that is not interesting
for someone may be totally brain-
smashing cool 4 others:thats not i
am talking about here!the mag's so
full of useless crap that you can
miss the other important things
in all this mass! while you read
something about the scene,the edi-
tor suddenly starts to talk about
himself,his hobbies,what he'd for
the dinner(eg)or his life story...
and see,in one of the chapters,af-
ter finishing the thing he wrote
you meet his interesting words:
"hmm,this made only 16 chapters!!!
but our mag is known with its many
texts so i'll go on..."
and later he goes on with some
kind of crap...come on dudes! this
is not what i understand from many
text!! > %60
objectivity:here's something i can
not say anything as they say that
they are not interested in being
objective.i have to congratulate
them for their original and perso-
nal point but this doesn't mean i
agree with them.if you think that
way,keep it up! but since the edi-
tor kept on saying that they were
a %99 subjective mag,i can't give
a rating higher than... > %1
graphics:there's only one logo in
the mag but it really is quite ni-
ce in every aspect! > %75
music:there was one thing i forgot
to mention while talking about the
outfit and this's the availability
to load a new music that is given
out with the outfit.nice... > %75
overall:in fact,could be much bet-
ter,but it's their useless texts &
subjectivity that ruins the mag...
they really should think about the
policy of their editorial again 'n
again...
rating:%80+%60+%1+%75+#75/5
%58+0 for overall
>> %58 <<
anyway,datz all for this issue!
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