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Content
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| Quality : |
19.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
62.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
4.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
16.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
8.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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| Editor: Vanessa |
Initial Review: 01-04-08 |
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1. Great quality content.
2. Unique concept.
3. Many user features & download options.
1. Pricing structure is confusing.
2. Can get very expensive.
3. Video quality could be even better.
"An alluring erotic site that has the potential to get really expensive." |
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I love looking at hot naked babes in sexy photo shoots, and Mystique-Magazine.com has certainly got that covered in more than 30,000+ photos and 690+ videos for either an a-la-carte shopping experience at roughly $5.95-$6.95+ per collection (23-40+ photos and 0-2+ videos), or for a flat rate of $29.95 per month (which gives 55+ credits and increases by 5 each month you stay a member. Additional credits can be purchased for $.99 cents each and sets can range from 3-5 credits a piece). Obviously this is no cheap thrill, but I assure you, it is a thriller. The 120+ models that grace the pages & video of this site are some of the hottest chicks I've ever seen and the photography is equally as compelling.
The Good:
- Mystique-Magazine.com offers one very user-friendly and dynamic design for its member’s area. Navigational and user features are abundant; everything from a filterable models index to, customizable default settings for image sizes & thumbs per page, etc., multiple format download/viewing options and more.
- Many of the models you'll find on this site are top quality models, meaning, they've graced the pages of Playboy, Penthouse, Perfect 10, TV shows, and Ads, although there are some unknowns in there as well.
- Content quality is incredible! Images are available in 5 sizes and up to 3000 pixels. Videos stream in either Flash or QuickTime media, or they can be downloaded as iPod, DivX, QuickTime, WMV, Real Player formats. I checked out the high WMV clip and was slightly disappointed to find streams as low as 1400k, but I must admit the quality was still very nice. I'm sure the DivX format is even better.
The Bad:
- I don't mind a-la-cart sites, even though they do tend to be rather pricy, but I do mind sites that overly complicate their membership options. Credits, monthly memberships plus credits, earning more credits each month you remain a member, etc. I just can't keep up! Sets are costly ($5.95+) whether you pick the a-la-cart option or not, and the monthly membership option isn't all that much better. Let's take your first month of membership for example. $29.95 = 55 credits & each set uses roughly 4 credits means that for about $30 bucks per month you can only check out 13-14 photo/video collections before having to buy additional credits ($.99 cents per credit) - yikes!
- Although the picture quality of the videos looked really nice, I think they could do better overall.
The Conclusion:
Exceptional softcore erotic photography aside, I found Mystique-Magazine.com to be somewhat confusing, so this really isn't a site that caters to a broad audience. And just by looking at the unique, complicated and expensive pricing structure, you'd think they did this on purpose. By no means is this a nude photography site worth passing up, but I'd probably suggest browsing as a guest for a while and possibly purchasing a set before taking the leap as a full-fledged member, considering it doesn't really help you out too much in the $ department. Overall I enjoyed the quality and beauty of the girls, but knowing how pricy a site like this could get kind-of hurts.
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