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Psychonauts in Official Xbox Magazine: 9.5 06 Apr, 2005 / Comments: 15

By Jake


Some subscribers to Official Xbox Magazine are starting to receive the May issue (it hits US newsstands around April 15th).

The May issue of Official Xbox Magazine is notable for two reasons: 1) They review the excellent game Psychonauts and rate it a super impressive 9.5! Woot. Oh, and 2) the May issue of OXM contains a playable demo of Psychonauts on the coverdisc. So, get ready for that!
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  • guybrushthedwarf on 07 Apr, 2005, 13:53…
    ... and still no article, preview or anything in France. What's happening ?!
  • Jake on 07 Apr, 2005, 14:04…
    The European release of Psychonauts is still a little ways away. I believe they still have to do localization, and whatever is required for it to work on PAL systems.
  • guybrushthedwarf on 07 Apr, 2005, 17:23…
    The strange thing is that games shop aren't even aware that such a game is coming... and I don't even know if there is any publisher for Europe.
  • Remi O on 07 Apr, 2005, 17:27…
    I think Vivendi publishes all of Majesco's games in Europe.
  • Trunks on 07 Apr, 2005, 02:08…
    OXM also gave Mercenaries a 9.0, whereas the Mojo review wasn't quite as stellar.
  • Remi O on 07 Apr, 2005, 11:03…
    I don't see how this is related to anything, nobody's saying OXM is the end all when it comes to scoring games (hence my earlier comment).

    A 9.0 for Mercenaries is a perfect example of an inflated score.
  • Jake on 07 Apr, 2005, 02:22…
    Also worth pointing out that we did cover the warm press reception Mercenaries got, and even ate a little bit of our hat in the process, here.
  • Jake on 07 Apr, 2005, 02:20…
    I liked mercenaries to a point - the blowing up of things and hijacking of vehicles was really fun, but the story and constant monotone visuals/atmosphere could only hold me for so long. The dressing on the gameplay in Psychonauts (the story, the decoration of the environments, etc) seem so varied and inspired that unconvering new parts will probably be motivation enough to see the game all the way through.
  • csenosiain on 06 Apr, 2005, 23:11…
    I'mnever trusting mojo about Psychonauts OPM demo news after last time.
  • Jake on 06 Apr, 2005, 23:26…
    I meant OXM this time! It was a typo. As far as I know, OXM has a playable demo.
  • Remi O on 06 Apr, 2005, 23:31…
    Yeah, that was confirmed by Majesco a while back. The PS2 rumor was just from some well-meaning dude.
  • netmonkey on 07 Apr, 2005, 02:18…
    can we still beat up the dude?
  • Remi O on 07 Apr, 2005, 11:01…
    Go for it.
  • itchythesamurai on 06 Apr, 2005, 22:42…
    Yeah, but I'd imagine OXM doesn't have quite the incentive to inflate as Nintendo Power does for so many of its first party games.
  • Remi O on 06 Apr, 2005, 18:27…
    OXM often inflates scores, but even so, that is great advertisement for sure.