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MAG is a manifesto on the importance of working together, and when everything clicks, it's exhilarating. The difficulty is finding 127 other players who realize that the game simply cannot be won without teamwork. It's suddenly very quiet. I'm lying prone in the high grass with a scoped ATAC 2000, ready to pop up and nail any enemies foolish enough to try to come and clear my charges from their AA battery. We've been lucky so far: Only a couple minutes in and we've already taken down their bunkers, forcing them to spawn all the way back in their main base. If we can successfully keep the bad guys away from the AA, our drop planes will be free to buzz the battlefield -- meaning we'll be able to parachute onto the middle of the map rather than slogging in from the distant edge. But it's now unpleasantly quiet around here, meaning either the enemy hasn't noticed that the icon for their AA is suddenly flashing blue and red -- which is, let's face it, unlikely -- or they're preparing a stealthy and/or well-coordinated attack to clear those charges... or at the very least, repair the damage once they go off. And possibly take back their bunkers as well.
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When you first hear that MAG supports 256-player online matches, you may be inclined to picture hordes of soldiers swarming on top of one another and filling the air with thousands of bullets. The reality is that skirmishes play out on a much smaller scale, yet MAG still boasts some of the busiest battlefields in the genre. On the objective-rich maps, defeating the enemy squads arrayed against you demands individual skill and team coordination. Powerful rewards and intriguing command abilities await determined soldiers, making the tight combat all the more satisfying. There are some rough edges to contend with, however, including technical problems and a creeping sense of repetition. Yet though MAG is sometimes frustrating, it is more often engaging and occasionally thrilling. The sharp combat and exciting command roles make MAG a great destination for soldiers of fortune. 6249167NoneStopping the enemy's vehicular advances is a great way to help hold the line. Jumping into MAG requires you to choose a faction. Three private military companies--S.V.E.R., Raven, and Valor--are engaged in a so-called Shadow War for military contracts, attacking each other's facilities in order to gain an edge.
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After eight hours of working my way up the Valor ranks and unlocking the 256-player Domination mode, my first order of business was to pull up the map screen to get a sense of what I was stepping into. I was fully expecting to see a flurry of movement over a large area, but the sheer amount of activity still surprised me. Clusters of blue dots swarmed around red objectives across a massive map in a singular effort to take down an enemy facility. It's then that I realized how rewarding MAG could be when people are working together, and how much it can fall apart when they're focused on individual achievements. For fans of highly-organized tactical shooters, playing with 127 like-minded teammates is an experience no FPS to date has offered. Those who would rather work on their personal kill to death ratio are making things harder for themselves as well as bringing down the experience for hundreds of other gamersThe most impressive aspect of MAG is how well it fulfills its promise of 256-player online gameplay. Lag rears its head from time to time, but no more than in multiplayer FPS games of a much smaller scale. It's organized in a smart manner, giving squad leaders and commanding officers easy access to the various orders they can issue.
MAG Review
Ambition's great. We all want game developers to be ambitious, to push hardware, to try new things, to have a stab at doing something that's never been done before. But sometimes, ambition alone isn't enough. Sometimes you need more than ambition to make the magic happen. Take, for example, my ambitious attempt to get up at seven am this morning in order to get a head start on the day's backbreaking gaming. Did it work? No. No it did not.And with MAG, Zipper Interactive's online-only FPS, it's the same. The game is hugely ambitious: it's a 256-player shooter. But ambition alone isn't enough to make it a must buy. Indeed, MAG is fatally flawed.What is MAG? It's a near future military FPS in which players assume the role of a soldier in one of three private military corporations: S.V.E.R., Valor and Raven. You begin by creating your operative via a limited character creation tool (no girls allowed), then join one of the PMCs. This decision affects the maps you play while defending, and the weapons and gear available to you as you level up (Modern Warfare's influence rearing its head again), but that's about it.
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Playstation 3 owners can now play M.A.G. completely free of charge, provided you have 1.8 GB free and the patience for a long download. I spent my day playing the Sabotage mode, which begins similarly to the COD gametype but features a different endgame. Rather than simply capturing points A and B to win, gamers have to capture A and B simultaneously before they have an opportunity to blow up C. A and B can be satellite uplinks that need to be shut down before C can be reached. Once these sats are down, the entire focus of the attacking team shifts to destroying a single location on the map. While the Domination mode will feature the insane 256-player support announced at E3 a couple of years back, Sabotage limits the participants to the still-ridiculous 64. Upon first starting, you'll select a faction and customize your character using the fairly basic creation tool. Your loadout is limited at first, as are your skills (M.A.G.'s equivalent to Modern Warfare's perks). Many comparisons can be made to Infinity Ward's juggernaut when it comes to character progression and controls, but the core of the gameplay is certainly more team-based. Once the attacking team captures A and B, you can opt to parachute into the action in lieu of the preset spawn points.
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MAG - Playstation 3 | In stock | $59 |
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