deactivated-5dc1155346926's Review of MAG

MAG... THE REAL REVIEW.

User Rating: 8.5 | MAG PS3

By deactivated-5dc1155346926 | Review Date: February 14, 2010

I usually don't write reviews but I'm going to say my peace about MAG. I give it a score of 8.5 and that's only because there's no single player. If there was a single player I'd give this game between 9.0-9.5. LIke many people I was scared about picking this game up. I watched several youtube vids, and game reviews. I tried to go rent it at blockbuster but none had it. Few more days went by and I went to gamestop to see if I could get it used just in cause I didn't like it... went to 2 gamestops and NO GAMESTOPS HAD IT. They told me that even though the game was receiving mixed reviews, no one was turning it back in and they couldn't keep any on the shelves. So I bit the bullet and went to best buy... they were sold out and so was Walmart WTF??? Target had 1 copy and I bought it. I got home popped the disk in and played for almost 6 hours straight. Let me explain this. The game takes about 2 hours to get over the differences from other games you've played like COD, BATTLEFIELD, KILLZONE and so on. But once you do, once you get over that yes the graphics arent as cool and other things... this game has a way of having you hooked and not letting you go. The game is TEAMBASED. Don't think you're JOHN RAMBO or you will die a lot and be frustrated. There's no importance on kill/death ratio... it doesn't really matter. It's all about you and your squad and your overall faction. You are rewarded extra points by actually following your squad leaders orders and sticking with your squad. So it pays to do what you're supposed to do.

There are 3 sets of PMCs. VALOR, S.V.E.R. AND RAVEN. I chose VALOR and I'm happy with my choice. You can not have more than one created solider which is cool because you make a choice to join ONE faction and you stick with it. If you choose to leave and create another one, you lose all of your weapons and unlocks. So it encourages you to stick with your group.

-GAMEPLAY... It's quick fast paced like COD... but there are some things that you do not have to worry about in this game like you do in COD.

- CAMPING... there is no camping in this game because you can't. I LOVE THIS. There is too much going on that gets you killed if you sit still for too long.

- PERKS... you don't have to worry about any stupid UAVs, thermal sights, or NUKES going off to ruin the game

- KNIFING... everyone knows the knifing in COD MW2 is extremely WACK. Guys can have the commando perk and glide 5 feet and kill you even if you are firing at them in the face. This game is the opposite. You have to be right up on someone and sometimes you have to knife more than once to kill them. There are also upgrades for knifing which makes it faster or causes more damage or etc.

- LONE WOLF VS SOLO... in MW2 guys rarely use teamwork because it's all about how many kills you get that rewards your unlocks. MAG is again the opposite. It's about TEAMWORK. You must use a mic. If you go solo you will be shot down, you are rewarded for doing things in an area within your team. it's insane that you can look around and see this war going on like an actual war. Not an arcade shooter.

- 256 PLAYERS... Yes this number is divided up into squads but there are battles where there are many players on screen. There's an overall objective for the entire faction against the other faction and individual teams work together to win. it's great.

- DEDICATED SERVERS... This game runs flawlessly. I have never been kicked out of a game, lost connection, had a server migration or any of that **** from MW2. This game is LAG FREE. Also great FPS.

If you are on the fence about this game GET IT, if you are tired of MW2 and it's cheap gameplay GET IT, if you like teamwork GET IT, if you want something different GET IT.

MAG

MAG... THE REAL REVIEW.

Review from a CASUAL GAMER...

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