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[edit] Next Generation Magazine review differences

There are differences between the online and print versions of Next Generation Magazine reviews. In fact, it looks like the online versions may be the unedited original drafts; the print versions often lack redundancies and details from the online ones. With Thief: The Dark Project, the structure, content and phrasing are slightly altered. For example, the online review reads: "Gameplay emphasizes stealth and intellect over the BFG weaponry or brute strength most first person games like Quake encourage". The print: "Gameplay emphasizes stealth and intellect over blazing guns, as most Quake clones do". Also, an untrue statement in the print—"Once players reach the final objective, the mission simply ends, rather than having the thief sneak back out again past the still-unconscious guards"—was removed. Occasionally, sentences are nearly identical between both versions; "From level design to sound design and weaponry, everything in Thief requires the player to be sneaky" appears in both, but the online version ends, "if he wants to survive the mission". Return to Krondor's review underwent a similar treatment; edit the page to see a comparison of the two full reviews.

In addition, the online reviews lack the scoring system of the print ones; instead, there are "Bottom line" sections. Basically, I think it's safe to assume that the content of reviews will not wildly differ, but using {{cite web}} will be the way to go. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 09:55, 22 September 2009 (UTC)