Playable Demo:

Return To Castle Wolfenstein: Tides Of War

Extra Content:

True Crime

Sudeki

Godzilla

Run Like Hell

Kameo

Tao Feng

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The graphics in RTCW are good but the game is sickening like it did when I played Timesplitters 2 This is the second game that make me feel this way. There goes another game with motion sickness.

There is only 1 playable demo?

Geez. I can't believe I pay for this magazine.
I'm on the fence about RTCW so I'm just glad it's a demo that I wanna play.

At least it's a demo for something that's not out yet. I got tired of demos of old stuff.

I agree though, the magazine's one redeeming quality (the disc) is very disappointing lately.

I might not renew my subsription

kar10,

Was the demo bad? I haven't played mine yet?

OXM states they obtained the 2 level demo early and it was still beta and not the gold? I rember reading something to the effect that framerates and effects/textures such as water have since been improved.

OXMs review gave it a 9.2. They say it's the best FPS since Halo.

I honestly didn't like it. The game has split screen like halo for cooperative play but it's unrealistic. My friend and I were playing and I noticed that he was carrying a double pistol, you know a pistol in each hand but when I seen his character in my screen he look like he was carrying only one pistol. This is not the only thing there is lots of horrible things happening in the game like soldiers running around avoiding bullets and they seem like they were flying around the screen.

OXM is wrong on this one. A 9.2 Please give me a break. If this game was reviewed by me than it would get a 7.0 or lower.

Why are developers trying to do the same style timeplitters 2 had!?! Timesplitters 2 made me sick to my head an stomach
It didn't even took 10 minutes to quit this game.

I don't have problems with motion sickness but what do you think is the cause of TS2 causing motion sickness? Is it the fast motion?

Does it have something to do with "bobbing" motion? Most games let you turn it off.

yeah, i don't know what it is about timesplitters 2, but it makes me ill too. I love FPS- play em all: Ghost Recon, Halo, UC and tons of PC FPS's and none have ever made me feel sick like TS2. I even popped the demo in again a few days ago just to confirm that it would make me sick when I felt completely fine, and yup, it had me barfy within 5 minutes. Dunno what it is. But hearing that Wolfenstein may do this worries me. Loved the PC version, really look forward to Live capabilities with XB version, but if it makes me sick I guess I can't play it.

I play as much games as you do and love halo, ghost recon, ect.. but just timesplitters 2 and now Castle Wolfenstein has made me sick. Beware if you are picking this title...you might regret it.

I also played the demo for the first time, and I immediately noticed the similarities to Timesplitters. I didn't get sick from playing it, but I don't like the feel of it either. I have played Halo, Medal of Honor Frontline, and Turok and none of them have this same style of FPS. I don't think I will be getting this one. It was also disappointing that there weren't more demos on the disk. True Crimes of LA looks pretty good, and can the magazine get any thinner?

I agree with you vgc, this mag is THIN!!!! I mean half of it are ads anyway.... I usually pick up XBOX NATION and I only pick up the "Official mag" if the demo disc is worth it to me.

In this months Issue on page #91 there is this survey which you can fill out and send to them to make the magazine better.

Look into it! I already filled mine and send it to them because honestly this months mag suck!!

The Wolfenstein demo looks good - a little dark perhaps, but I could fix this by adjusting the brightness on my TV I guess. What I don't like is that they gave away the game's biggest spoiler in the demo. Sure, it's a really cool level, but they should've kept it a surprise to the few people who haven't played the game yet. I know when I first came to that level in the PC version, I wasn't expecting it and it got my heart racing. I'm all "WTF are these things??!?!" Even though the game leading up to that kinda hints to it here and there, it still caught me off guard.

I don't understand people who get motion sick from playing a video game - it makes me think of the kid who's allergic to everything. Anyway - this game shouldn't be as big a problem to those people as Timesplitters 2 since it controls alot more like Halo does. TS2 has that thing where your crosshairs move independent of the world view and that's not only annoying, but I can easily see how someone could get sick off that... god I hated TS2. Anyway - Wolf does probably deserve a 9.2 I think. The PC version got big props from me - the multiplayer was a blast and a half, plus the single player experience was great. I plan on picking it up I think once the price comes down (or used since I already have it on PC).

I agree that the rest of the disc is weak - then again, the True Crime video almost makes up for it. Cripes I can't wait for that game... hope it doesn't suck.

so I tried the Wolfenstein demo and the movement seemed to be fine- didn't make me sick like TS2. The prob I had was that it was really dark. Hopefully the full version will have an adjustment. Seemed pretty good. Controlled well, nice graphics. I played thru the PC version, and this version was pretty comparable (though all I'm really buying it for is XBox Live).

My demo disc doesn't work. I must have gotten a bad one. Is there a way to get a replacement disc?

jim

You sure can.

Follow the instructions on the cardboard sleeve the disc came in to order a replacement.

Hopefully #19 will have the extra Splinter Cell level. I'm guessing they wait a few more months though.

boil it and it'll work. Do a search for threads like this - common problem and successful solution.

Here's a fun game that will help you get more out of the thinner issues of OXM:

Count how many times the word "Halo" appears in the issue. You'll run out of fingers and toes within the first few pages, so have a calculator handy!