Games Workshop Online Review

Advantages: Lots of information, good postage, perfect packaging, good layout
Disadvantages: Lack of forum and weekly updates

...I always have good experiences with Games Workshop. Every time I order from them the goods arrived packaged in PERFECT condition. Last time I ordered was a few months ago. Postage was relatively cheap and the items arrived within three days. I thought that it was excellent service. The website itself has some good information on all areas of Games Workshop. Each area is split into categories and there is always a good deal about each. I think it is very well set out and there is a lot on the website also. One criticism I do have about the website, however, is the fact that there are no forums. On the whole, however, this is a very successful site and I would definitely recommend that everyone visits, they might even like it!...

Darren-5-08 15.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of games-workshop.co.uk

http://www.games-workshop.co.uk

Advantages: Great online store, good layout, lots of information
Disadvantages: No forums

...---INTRODUCTION--- Games Workshop is a shop where you can buy Warhammer and Lord of the Rings miniatures to paint and play games with. It is a great place for people that are into the hobby to meet up with friends and make new friends. Anyway, this is a review on their website, so if you want more info on the shop itself, see my other review: http://www.ciao.co.uk/GameWorkshopShopReview5660145 ---ONLINE STORE--- On the GW website you can find an online store where you can buy any of their products. This is really good - the products don't take too long to arrive, and sometimes they offer really good deals. For example, at the moment, if you spend more than £50 you get free p&p. This part of the site is easy to navigate, and their search system works really well. ---INFORMATION--- There is a lot of useful information...

Shark_of_Mirkwood 30.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of games-workshop.co.uk

Games Workshop UK

Advantages: Information on GW is accurate
Disadvantages: lack of creative web design.

...What?s the difference between an advertisment in a magazine and a website? That?s the question that games Workshp?s web design team should have asked themselves before creating http://www.games-workshop.co.uk So what?s the answer? Well, you can?t interact with a paper advert. You should be able to with a website. A comp[any like Games Workshop should have realised this. The universe that games Workshop has created is a dark, gothic, nightmarish realm of eternal conflict. Their website is some words and pictures thrown together. Other than the online store, the site features no real interesting interactive areas, which is a shame because Games Workshop could have had some Java or Shockwave games on their site, Ork warbike racing or Space Marine squishing perhaps. That being said, there have been improvements. The Armageddon...

Chaotic1 18.12.2000 (09.12.2000) · Read review
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Games Workshop - NO Finer Model Shop!!

Advantages: Very friendly staff, beautful sculpts. Help always offered. Clear and affordable pricing.
Disadvantages: Some models overpriced. Plastic models, however, are very affordable.

...As soon as you walk through the doors of Games Workshop, you can be certain that you will be welcomed by the incredibly friendly staff. When it comes to buying miniatures, there is no finer place. Games Workshop has been an established business for decades (since 1975) and has gained a respectable reputation since then. Games Workshop is often criticised for being to pricey. This is both true and untrue. Indeed, when you first begin to collect you will have to pay for all the paints to start with and, of course, figures to paint and you may end up spending between £50 and £80. However, after this, you may only end up spending between £5 and £10 each month, which really isn't very pricey at all. There are three main areas of the Games Workshop World: Warhammer Fantasy Battles; Warhammer 40,000 (commonly known as Warhammer 40K...

Darren-5-08 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Game Workshop (Shop)

games workshop- a company for kids

Advantages: gives a sense of achievement when a model has been completed
Disadvantages: the models are exspensive

...Games workshop is a company that produces minature models that require assembly and then need to be hand painted. The company produces these models as a range for the detailed games that they produce also. The games aredesigned to be tabletop wargames where players organise wars and battles against each other using the models the have made and painted. Ofcourse there are players that are better than others at both painting and playing but isn't that the case for everything in life. The range of models that the company produces is vast spreading out over the 25 years that the company has been in business. The age group that is aimed at by the company is that of anyone over the age of 12. The company has more than 200 shops in the UK and is spreading quickly infact there is probably a shop near to you. The shops allow their...

mcfish 12.06.2001 · Read review
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Advantages: Great multiplayer fun, lots to do
Disadvantages: Slightly Repetetive

...The Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has been with us for a while now, and it hasn't been too badly received either amongst the Wii-mote waving, button bashing members of the public out there, so now that the DS version has finally arrived, should these same gamers still be as excited as they were the first time around? Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games on the DS is certainly not short on features, 16 playable characters have all been included, each of which are split into four categories such speed, skill, power and the all rounder's, therefore you can choose which characters you would prefer to use for each event based on their ability. The game also offers plenty of choice when it comes to events, these range from sprinting, swimming and cycling to more specialist events such as fencing and gymnastics...

TJGardner 01.03.2008 · Read review
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Games Workshop - great fun for people of all ages.

Advantages: Very sociable game and hobby, excellent quality products.
Disadvantages: Quite expensive prices.

...---INTRODUCTION--- Games Workshop is an excellent place to meet up with new people and have a lot of fun. They are the main source of miniatures and hobby materials in the UK, and the main ranges of miniatures they sell are the following: Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, The Lord of the Rings (LotR). There are millions of Games Workshop's all over the UK and the rest of the world, and the staff in all of them are really nice and welcoming. In GW (Games Workshop) they are always organising free competitions and games, and stuff like that. In most of them, there are weekly games for every range of miniatures, so you can really get a sense of community and get to know people really well. The hobby is aimed for people of any age - however, there aren't many people under the age of 12 that are into it, as it requires a lor...

Shark_of_Mirkwood 22.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Game Workshop (Shop)

Build a Bear Workshop

Advantages: The game is so user friendly and perfect for children
Disadvantages: The eggs not cracking in the one game

...My review is for the game Build a bear workshop for the Nintendo Ds Console. What is Build a bear? ------------------------------ Well this is basically a company which sells you bears which you need to make and create yourself. They are located across the country and they are teddy bears without the fillings inside and you get to choose which sort of bear you want. This could be an animal design or a basic teddy. You get to stuff the bear yourself and buy the bear clothes and treat it like a real companion. They are definitely worthwhile visiting if you are someone with a little daughter as they seem more interested than the boys would be. The Game -------------- I got this game for my niece who plays the Nintendo Ds console and because I am a huge softy I decided to play on it as well and was actually impressed...

languagetimothy 11.11.2009 · Read review
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==Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)==

Advantages: variety of games to play
Disadvantages: Slow loading

...Mario & Sonic at the olympic games was the first game i bought after getting a Wii for christmas. I personally think that it is an excellent first game to get for the Wii. You can happily play for hours and hours becuase of the wide variety of events you can play. These events include; *"Swimming" *"Archery" *"Running" *"Hurdles" *"Long jump" *"Triple jump" *High jump" *"Pole vault" *"Hammer throw" *"Javeline throw" *"Epée" *"Trampoline" *"Vault" *"Rowing" *"Skeet" *"Tennis" So as you can see by this list you have a wide variety to choose from but you also have the options of unlocking different games, this can be done by breaking records and so on. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is fun for all the family to enjoy because it has a multiplayer option of upto 4 people. You also get to choose from all your favourite...

BENanaaa 24.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

Advantages: Great fun, realistic actions
Disadvantages: Will tire you out easily

...During the 1990s, if you had a games console you would have probably been in one of two camps: Sega or Nintendo. I certainly was rooted firmly in the Sega camp having had a Mega Drive for many, many years with games like Street of Rage, Ecco the Dolphin and of course, Sonic the Hedgehog. I was a huge Sonic fan, playing the first and second game until completion and then starting up again a few days later as I loved everything about it, the colours, the gameplay.... everything. So if you tried to convince me that some 10-15 years later that Sonic and Mario would team up in a game, I probably would have just laughed. Back then it would have been an absurd thought but one that any magazine reviewer or computer game fanboy would have only dreamed about. Well January 2008 saw this realisation with the release of Sonic & Mario...

macmonkey 10.07.2009 · Read review
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