Hear me out – Official Xbox Magazine (US) Review

I have been an OXM subscriber for over a decade and I absolutely love the magazine, it's writers and editors and also the digital version of the magazine as well. 3 stars for a reason, I wish the digital version would have little nuances in it that wouldn't be accessible from the actual paper magazine. For instance Mens Health does this really well, which make digital viewing more enjoyable and immersive, like having to click a button to reveal the information it hides or graphs and charts coming to life when you turn the page. No such thing with OXM. Not a big deal. What has really stated to get me about this magazine is the undeniable bias this magazine has towards xbox. I know it's an xbox magazine, don't stab me, but there job is also to inform. I have an xbox one and ps4, if I am reading a review of a game in OXM the magazine sates only that the game is for xbox and not any other platform, even if it's a cross platform game. I have become increasingly bothered by this as the console wars have raged on. OXM is reluctant to actually dog anything about the new xbox and admit its flaws. It has become an increasingly prominent issue as the ears have gone on. It's as if the writers are trying to poke and prod at sony without actually doing anything wrong. Passive aggressive almost. Finally I have noticed that their reviews reflect wha they expect from the game itself. Game playing for review is no longer about going in with an open mind and empty slate, it's about what they have come to expect from a genre or IP and if the new iteration improves on it or not. That's not a review, it's a comparison. After rereading my review I have decided it should get two stars, still an entertaining magazine none the less.
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