I still subscribe but haven't read the last 3 issues.

I don't like the new format, the entire last 1/4 of the mag particularly.

Annoying because I still have space in my life for a paper games mag, it's just new EDGE isn't doing it for me anymore

What Gonzo said.

What's Eurogamer?

Mod74 wrote:

Even if you can't easily read it on the bog.

 

My iPad, and my phone solve this problem. I regularly skim through my RS feeds when I'm on the throne.

That is because you is married Mod and you don't have to impress the ladies by looking dapper. 

Though you looked suave on the wedding pics..

Agreed Mod, we need a new generation even if to sit there and say "ffs I'm fine with this gen"

The Last Guardian.

It's our last hope.

Gonzo wrote:

Do you know how we feel now? In the heyday of the edge forums, we had 20 page threads about stories in games, art, characters, mechanics, bla bla bla. Being a little bit downs, I used to have 1000 word posts and get into heated arguments about this shit. five years later and I really couldn't give a flying little fuck. Someone posts an "is it art wot" thread and they get skewered. Imagine if it was your job to write about games in a semi-intelligent, somewhat incisive manner. And you've been doing it a dozen years. Edge, editorially, is a bit tired. It gets by, but if it wants to be read for its substantive content, rather than habit and seeing what's what, it should change. But it's still head and shoulders above the competition. Even digital. When's the last time you actually read, attentively, a eurogamer piece? I must average 45s an item, skim reading the skullfuck out of everything. I tend to follow this community's recommendations. Eg Day Z. Now I'm watching it on youtube. Cos I sure as hell don't have time to play it.

Ironically, what with the whole indie explosion, there's never been a better time to examine video games as an art-form in more detail. Many people now seem to be willing, and able, to create more experimental works. We're seeing some that spark arguments over what can actually be defined as a "game". We're seeing games being created that are intended to be satirical or parodical. We are seeing more people attempt to make traditional games that have some kind of sub-textual meaning embedded into them.

There is a nice amount of coverage for these sorts of things (in Edge) and I've found the interviews with people like Jason Rohrer (even though I've never bothered playing any of his games) much more interesting than the usual self-marketing bullshit you get from the big developers. I like the Tadhg Kelly and Steven Poole columns as well. I'd rather they just expanded on this sort of stuff and left all the boring shit about technology alone.

mk64 wrote:

I only ever buy Edge when I know i'm getting on a plane for the take off and landing part where you have to switch off my 3DS all electronical devices.

Around a year ago i saw a really good deal on a Retrogamer sub, i think it was 3 issues for 3 pounds. God knows what i'm paying now but i didn't cancel it and i quite like it. More for the content than the delivery.

I have a Retro Gamer sub - fine Making of Tempest article this issue.

Been with Edge since day & one stopped collecting a year or so ago. Other gaming mags died away years ago. My reason for the drop was nowt to do with how it was written etc though I was a little miffed when Biffo left & by the Facebook push, just feel I had moved on & truth be told, this place, the other place & the older other place covers/covered all the bases I need/ed.

Only read Empire on the shitter now.

What's the difficulty?

What the fuck is with people on this forum making me laugh while i'm drinking tea.

Elmlea wrote:

I'll read Edge again when they charge less than £100-odd for an international subscription.  Until then, I'm lucky that Game Informer's actually pretty good.

You could read it on the websi- oh.

The last Good Anime.

Uh-huh. How does one cover with grace the indus equivalent of two tramps windmilling over a tinny?

Not Edge's fault: monkey bastard games.

I still buy the magazine though I’d say that it is no longer as great as it was in its heyday. I don’t think that it’s entirely the magazines fault though. The whole media industry has changed dramatically over the last five years. Now there are websites galore where you can get your gaming news and watch reviews. You no longer have to wait until the end of the month to read a review when you can now aggregate from a number of sources.

Edge used to be an essential read, but now like others have mentioned the last quarter of the magazine can be ignored (unless you’re interested in game development). The columnists are awful. They come up with bizarre left field columns that hold little or no interest. Why not have a column that talks about what people are currently playing? I.e. when Dark Souls just came out and the forum was abuzz with messages about it, surely a column on that would have held interest? There are regular forum members who could write articles more interesting than the so called professionals.  Also losing the column from Japan was a mistake. Yes we know that Japan is no longer seen as essential a market as it was 10 years ago but its gaming culture is still different than the west’s and losing that monthly voice definitely made the magazine poorer.

I’d say the reviews have taken a hit as well, 5 years back they were pretty spot on and an Edge ten was almost mythically difficult to get. Just look at the list pre 2007:

Super Mario 64 Nintendo 64 E035 1996

Gran Turismo PlayStation E055 1997

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 64 E066 1998

Halo: Combat Evolved Xbox E105 2001

Half-Life 2 Windows E143 2004

Halo 3 Xbox 360 E181 2007

The Orange Box Windows, Xbox 360 E182 2007

Super Mario Galaxy Wii E183 2007

Grand Theft Auto IV PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 E189 2008

LittleBigPlanet PlayStation 3 E195 2008

Bayonetta PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 E209 2009

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii E215 2010

Rock Band 3 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 E222 2010

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii E234 2011

When games such as Half Life,  Goldeneye and GTA 3 don’t get tens that tells you alot about how high the bar used to be. Now they hand them out to games that simply don’t deserve them, Bayonetta, Rock Band, and Little Big Planet. Can anyone honestly say that GTA4 was better than Vice City or San Andreas? How on earth is Dark Souls not a ten? 

What happen to the retrospective feature which was a great monthly trip down memory lane?

I think what I’m getting at is the magazine has lost its sparkle, abit like man utd without Cristiano ronaldo, it’s still there but the standards and creative flair have dropped, but it’s still better than every gaming magazine out there.

I also agree with those who have said that the magazine needs the next generation Xbox 3 and ps4 to appear. Though I don’t think that will change things much. What with development costs rocketing and Japan no longer being the centre of gaming, we’ll just get more lightgun wannabe Call of Duty clones. On a sidenote it would be really interesting if Konami/Capcom and god forbid Nintendo made FPS games. Just to see what originality they could bring to the genre. 

Print media is a dying industry; maybe the future for Edge in 5 years time will become a website like IGN?