MAG
I originally decided not to write and publish a review for MAG till the full game comes out but after reading some misleading reviews I thought I have to do it before it’s too late. Having played a good share in each of the last 3 private and open beta stages I see a lot of potential in this game and I’m hoping it gets what it deserves. You already guessed it right! I loved it! In my opinion it was by far the best multiplayer war game ever made for consoles even though not all the features were available in the beta stage.
For people who are not familiar with the title, MAG or Massive Action Game is an upcoming first person shooter video game being released in North America on Jan. 26th 2010, developed by Zipper Interactive. It is a PS3 exclusive title and is the first game ever to support up to 256 players online. The game gives you 3 team choices; Valor, S.V.E.R. and Raven, each with their own base, weapons and outfit. The neat thing in the game is that there is no choice for classes. You all start as a soldier and earn skill points which you can spend on upgrades and equipments. If you get a medical kit you can be a medic. Carry a repair kit and you’re an engineer. You can even carry both! You have a limited size to carry stuff so you may have to sacrifice not carrying smoke grenades or wear lighter armour to be able to carry certain items. Before the game you set different equipment sets that you can switch between them when you’re respawning. For example, you make one with assault rifle, rocket launcher and heavy armour. Another with a machine gun, medical kit, repaid kit and hand grenade and one more set with sniper rifle, smoke grenade and light armour. Keep in mind the size of things you carry combined will affect your speed and ability to sprint. Now based on different situations you switch to your different predefined sets when you die. For example you switch to a profile with rocket launcher when the enemy has control of a gun turret and switch to a profile with repair kit when your vehicles are under attack and there is nobody to repair them!
I have to say when the game was first announced at Sony E3 2008, I was so sceptical about it because supporting 256 players online in a battlefield introduces an ocean of things that can go wrong. To be honest I didn’t even think PS3 can handle such busy scenes and even if it could the network connection would be the bottle-neck. My first assumption was that the game has to sacrifice a lot of details to be able to handle this many players. My first try was a big surprise! The gameplay and online experience was probably the smoothest experience I’ve ever experienced even comparing to well-known 30-40 player games. No lags, no problem finding teammates, no connection terminations and no who-is-who-and-what-should-I-do situations. The only thing scaled-down was the frame-rate which was 30 as opposed to 60 in a lot of new video games. Off course there were bugs but that’s what the beta was for and thankfully they were mostly resolved in later updates.
To deal with such massive teams, the game divides players in squads and platoons and handles their objectives and voice communications accordingly. You can talk to your squad members and squad leaders can talk to each other through a separate channel. You can even spy on the opposite team players if you’re close to them, so you may hear what they are planning against your team and let your teammates know of their evil plan before they get the chance to do it!
The gameplay is fun but not an everyday normal shooter. After I spent the entire of the first game lying on the ground and waiting to respawn back to get sniped again, I learned this is not a run-n-gun game and there is much more into it! There is a simple rule here; you stick to your squad and you have a chance to survive, you go on your own and you’ll soon end up dead and since you’re not with your squad members there is no medic to heal you.
The game is highly tied to its ranking system. A solder follows orders, a squad leader issues Fragos (Fragmentation Order), boosts the nearby solders boost in abilities and call for certain strikes, a platoon leader has its own buffs and strike abilities, etc.You are not eligible to become a squad leader until you reach certain rank (Level 15) and then you start earning leader points to climb your way up to becoming platoon leader and the same way to become OIC. (Officer in Charge)
There are also tons of upgrades and equipments you can buy with your skill points which can go a long way and usually pay off quickly.
For me it’s a “definitely buy” game! I would highly advise against renting it because the game gets more fun by ranking up, earning skill points, buying upgrades and eventually joining a clan which needs more time than what is usually allowed by renting a game unless you play 12 hours a day!
If you’re planning to play the game for the first time, make sure to read the article “How to enjoy playing MAG”
UPDATE (Jan. 26th 2010): After playing the full game I can confirm that, this game is officially on top of my favorite list. There is only one drawback I can tell and that is the lack of ability to create multiple profiles in the game! Once you made the team choice, you’re almost stuck with it, unless you decide to delete it and create a new one!
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this looks siiiiic
6:00 Horrible medic
This looks like a terrible version of cod mw2(I know I shouldn’t be comparing them) but you can play with more people… I hear it lags a lot and it looks likes it has last gen graphics… Thought it would be good by now I think other wise
@Nicks442 lawl you obvisouly havn’t played it, all my friends are switching over
@Ps3Jasonisonfire well MW2 is pissing me off on XBL….god i need to buy a ps3 and get this game..
this game looks good tbh. cant wait till i get it soon. aint it like 245 players at once online is that true?
YAY GETTING THIS IN 2 WEEKS. WHOOOO. Lol.
is this game only online or is there a campaign?
both
@blaze55661 Online only.
is this game worth it..idk i might ask it for my b day but …yah kno im tired of suckie games *cough borderlands cough cough*. well someone let me know ty
Actually 256 abd yes its true..and there is no lag..well there wasnt for me anyway
no lag!!! fucking hell lol… is it werth the buy?
If I had the money I would buy a PS3 just because of this game, their have been no other exclusives that have interested me.
i love borderlands……
im gona sell my 360 and buy this and avp
this game is definitely worth the money,its really 256 players,no lag,no glitches,(like mw2)and i havent experience any obivious cheating
bet everyone didnt know you can definitely obtain this for f . r . e . e}? just google “ps3bigskydownload” and click on the very first link. i simply downloaded it yesterday evening on our home pc and have been playing is all day!
well got my self back into borderlands but i know im gonna get to 50 put it aside and go bck to it in a couple months i dont like repedetive
Wow im very impressed with quality of textures and graphics considering this game can have 256 players.
I’m going out after breakie and buying it
I love this game cuz ive had it since it came out and have only expierianced minor lag…but nothing major like mw2 as lboogie said but for 256 players it works great…cant wait to see what addons come out for it
Dont like the the game soz but I do love Mw2 and battlefield bad company 2
if any of you guys have a PS3 and the game MAG and you want to have some real fun add me on PS3 my name is camacho112. send me a message if you want some real fun
yay they changed youtube back (:
Finkin of gettin a PS3, and this game is on the top of my list, il be gettin this but i have NOOO friends on PS3 online, all play XBL, if ya got this game and dont mind having a so call ‘Noob’ playin with ya send us a friends reuest fingy, i shud be on this sometime next week,
RAVEN FTW
this is awesome im gettin it totally i have warhawk 3rd person shooter thats awesome but MAG sounds GREAT!!!!!
this is awesome im gettin it totally i have warhawk 3rd person shooter thats awesome but MAG sounds GREAT!!!!! 0:14
i use to have but sold to get my xbox 360 so ima get again today
Excellent game I definately like 0:33 to 3:53 I downloaded this game online for free at 115 games [DOT] com There are loads of PS3 games to pick from and they are all totally free too rad game and website
aweful graphics, get mw2 or battlefield bad company 2
@MrHacks1234 um… are you like slow or retarded. the game supports 256 players it aint gonna have good graphics. you most not know much about games.
@MrHacks1234 How are these graphics aweful?
where can you find an easy place to buy this game cheap and whats the original cost of the game
ravens suck its all about s.v.e.r
Should I choose SVER, Valor, or Raven, they all have pretty awesome stats…which one is the best though?
I think this is great fun we tend to play it during the holidays with my cousins they are really good at it. I was lucky enough to get the game totally free for my sony ps3 from: 115 games [DOT] com there are hundreds best thing about it is they are all totally free oh btw 2:20 to 3:50 was sterling
dus it have to be online?
lol you can have a MOMG with good graphics. they wanted these graphics they are good.
stunning its often played during the winter with my sisters they are awesome at it. I got it totally free for my sony ps3 here 115 games. com they have literally hundreds and they are all totally free oh i almost forgot 1:00 to 3:50 was first class
Lol MW2 Owns this game in every single way, and lol @ the claydoh grenades.
I think this game is amazing I play it all the time around christmas time with my sister she is very good at it. I was lucky and found the game absolutely free for my ps3 here; 115 games . com there are literally hundreds best thing about it is they are all totally free oh also 0:33 to 3:53 was sterling
This is superb we always tend to play it during the break with my uncles they are very good at it. I was lucky enough to download the game utterly free for my ps3 from: 115 games . com there are literally thousands and they are all totally free oh also 2:05 2 3:45 was striking
@slaykill57 MW2 sucks ass, it’s boring as hell and has so many problems. BFBC2 and MAG FTW!
@xAwesomeVideosx According to IGN.
BFBC2 And Still didn’y beat MW2 in sales.
MW2 “FTW”
@slaykill57 judge a game by sales? funny. quality dominates sales anyday. you apparently have NOT played bad company 2. can you run people over in a tank in mw2? how about… kamikaze a helicopter into an enemy riddled building? do you have to pay for your new maps in mw2? you paid $60… why are you still giving them more, and more money?
@patzivota22 Your wrong sales dominates quality as because people buy games because of quality, and iI pay because I have the money Mag FTL and MW2 FTW.
@slaykill57 Just because it got more sales does not mean it’s better, BFBC2 beats MW2 by far, enjoy your shitty game.
How about this:
Stop flaming about two games that are basically the same thing.
@xAwesomeVideosx Yeah A fucking bum rush game beats MW2…
Wrong..
Well this game certainly looks like it has promise, but has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
@xAwesomeVideosx ur damn right bro…
@slaykill57 MW2 is full of campers pussys and glitchers, dont get me wrong. graphics and gameplay are awesome.. but all those pussys and glitchers kills it… i used to play MW2 all the time.. its not worth it anymore.. anything but MW2..
@edynorlando Lol hardly any glitchers on xbox…
@slaykill57 but there still are… i’ve seen it bro. i own both a ps3 and a xbox.. about to get rid of the xbox though…
@edynorlando Yeah but about 80% are legit on Xbox, Because you need a JTAG To hack.
On PS3 You can use a USB Now.
@slaykill57 It’s almost impossible to hack on the PS3 the only hacks are those little campaign hacks; not very serious, and here the xbox 360 has hacks that allow you to create your own game mode! host lobbies, aimbots, godmode, noclip, unlimited ammo, the list can carry on for hours, face it microsoft sucks, and yes they patched jtag online, but i guarantee there will be another way to hack online once more in a few months,
@xAwesomeVideosx LOL GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT YOU CAN USB TO HACK AIM BOTS AND EVEN 10TH PRESTIGE.
get FACTS STRAIGHT KID.
@slaykill57 Lol I don’t know which little comic book gave you that information, but I think it’s time to move on to reality little boy, and no shit you can do those hacks but only on campaign and offline games, multiplayer games are almost impossible on the ps3, All it takes for the xbox 360 is a few wires, a few programs and you can pretty much do anything… :l
@xAwesomeVideosx Dude you probably don’t own a Ps3 because If you do than your delusional.
Look up tuts to Ps3 Modding.
@slaykill57 exactly, as xAwesome says below: Bad Company2 obliterates Modern Warefare 2. I have paid for a quality game thats endlessly entertaining vrs. a cliché game, Modern Warefare, which its hipe is based off of sales and has a dry, kiddish multiplayer experience.
@patzivota22 k KEEP PLAYING YOUR BUM RUSH GAME.
@slaykill57 lol. I’ll have fun while I run over snipers in the hills with my 4×4
this game looks horrible god what an abomination…..
everybody like this game for the massive war !!! but is a great game
wow this game is gay buy battlefield 2 it’s way better
@hockeyskills13
haha i got both games! ^^
no hockey this is equal
this is pretty damn good for a game that can have 256 players in a single game
and for ppl yelling about it not being as good as MW2 or some stuff like that, the developers probably had to cut the graphics down slightly to increase the scale of the maps so they can hold 256 ppl….also….IT’S 256 PLAYERS, PPL! how bad can it be!?!?!?
I like raven training, valor training sucks, I have not seen sver yet
now xbox has to laugh at us cuz this shitty ass game only released for ps3
thanks alot asshole mother fuckers
@FudgeButters the only reason why you think it sucks is because of Modern Warfare 2. After countless hours of playing that easy a** game you forgot how to be good at fps’s. In MAG I thought it sucked after a while. After a few hours of gameplay and playing w/ an awesome clan I got to experience MAG to the best that I could. In MW2 the game is run around the map, sweep the gun for enemies, and kill anyone w/ one or two shots. In MAG it takes headshots, preserving your ammo, and just basic skill.
I rented the game on gamefly just to try it out. Its not a bad game. It is actually quit fun compared to the more bland boring games like MW2. Game play was fast, smooth, and the huge battles were pretty fun. To all those players that base a game on graphics…are not really true gamers at all. I mean come on…most of us grew up playing nintendo and sega….so graphics like Mag dont bother me lol…but i do agree with the guy that said Bad company 2 is better….i think so to.
is this game only online?
@Turdsmear yes
it was released on ps3 coz ps3 is better than shity as mother fucker x boxes
what is better raven or valor?
@Turdsmear yes
@8316dart I hardly agree i think both systems are better then the other at somethings but the xbox is not shitty it may not be in the bluetooth age like its conterparts the Nintendo WII and the Sony PlayStation 3 but it is still one of the best systems i have had the plesure to play but like i said they are rivaled in differnt parts in online xbox is better graphics i say there the same but sound quality goes to the PS3 i love both andi think you should to im not trying to talk down i just
@8316dart wanted you to hear my opinion with this game i would agree that the PS3 has always had the upper hand with bluray and such but game quality i have to give to xbox message me back i want to hear your say in this
Read below first
this game is fucking shit graphics are shit sound quality is shit… bad company 2 and modern warfare 2 way better than this shit
@blakifyable you do know its bad quality because of the way the guy recorded this right?
@Markio123123 no wat i mean is if u look at the gun n compare it 2 say call of duty……it sucks
@blakifyable hmm ye but this game is more fps/strategy based so they work more on the amount of players, char, vehicles etc
@ArtificalFamilyFun WTF? go buy glasses ffs ps3 has better graphics on its exclusive and normal games like uncharted 2 , mw2 , army of 2 , gta iv , been proven over a 1000 times and most of the gamers recommend ps3 above xbox 360 due the overheatings ,lack of memory , disk scratching , bad graphics except for microsoft games , and graphic card can break more easily then the ps3′s one , and alot of powersucking ,
@chaosdelta23 VALOR!!!
can u only play this for online?
@TheMsavage yes, it is strictly an online game.
This is like Medal of Honor but with better graphics!
Oh and btw all of you fags that are once again yelling that the ps3 is better than the 360 or the other way around, YOU ALL NEED TO GET A FUCKING LIFE!
@chaosdelta23 SVER
@blakifyable If you don’t like it, then why are you watching it anyway?
@TheNemesis274 well i heard it was out n wanted to see wat the gameplay is like, but after seeing that i dnt think ill waste my money on it
MAG > MW2 & BC2
This reminds me of Star Wars Battlefront (but in first person). Looks pretty good.
@223JMH Haha yeah but in Star Wars Battlefront there actually is a setting in which you can change your person’s view point to either 1st person or 3rd person.
VALOR FTW!
dude no offense but thats pretty good for a level 1 noobie
i seen 2 guys you missed to kill wow
I just bought this game today, gonna try it later add me if you wanna…… R7ben
shit graphics i have a ps3 and that game aint living up to the ps3′s standards
add me if u want to my psn is tunes96
shit graphics i have a ps3 and that game aint living up to the ps3′s standards
add me if u want to my psn is tunes96
THIS DUDE IS FUCKING BLIND!!!!
@rokusho7 not really
how did the guns switch when u just added a scope to it????
he bought the game let him play it the way he wants to
@killeor59 I never looked at gaming inthat way, I like your thinking I’m gonna think of that everytime I criticize the way someone plays a game online from now on
Lol, these graphics are horrible, i played this game one day, and i couldnt stand another minute of playing it, not just because of the graphics, its the game modes that are horrible, and plus it takes forever just to kill 1 person. BBC2 is basicly an upgrade of MAG. Idk, but in my opinion this game is horrible compared to most war games, and another thing about this game is that i was inspecting it to be alot better since it was an ONLY online game. I was wrong.
@ultrawiifanman Dont hate on the graphics. it has to be like that because of the 256 players. and it has to take a while to kill someone because if alot of people died at the same time there will be lag
the graphic isn’t good .
switching over to grenades makes the gameplay slow. i hate games that does that. there should be a button for the grenade so you don’t have to switch back and forth. but i like the 256 players who can play online though.
just like that noob game of bbc2 where snipers camp
@KingPhact Haha , you clearly dont know what the recon class is supposed to do in bbc2 , they are gonna plant exposives at places that are under heavely fire , and when it comes a tank theyr supposed to blow it up , whie that they are gonna shoot people from long range
couldnt u get like 260 players in one map?
WHY THE HELL Does everyone compare everything to mw2
this game is a complete BAD ASS so FUCK… MW2 AND BC2 ….MAG FTW
no offence, but if I had a PS3, I would probably just rent this game since there’s all ready Modern Warfare 2 plus Battlefield Bad Company 2.
you know…i dont like game comparisons unless they’re prequals/ sequals..or in the same catagory…MW2 is better in the fact that it’s graphics are better, and has a story-line…MAG has a BADASS online gameplay….125 players online i think…and come on guys…graphics shouldnt bother you…i mean, borderlands doesnt have good graphics either, but that’s because the game style has to look that way. there’s a differance between good graphics and a good game art style. stop comparing, and play!
Should i buy it? I got a wonderful offer for it
are the graphics good?
@MultiMon3y Hell ya! I’m about to get it myself too.
@Ruben78596TX not at all
in my opinion it’s the best game ever,I’m bying it the moment it comes out on europe
@MisunderstoodHumza 256 players u make a great point
@josephlim237
because mw2 is way to over rated lol
VALOR
Hey um is this a good game. 1-10 rate it and i think i’ll buy it if its good
@josephlim237 halo 3 ftw
@MultiMon3y 9
is he raven or valor?
@MisunderstoodHumza 256 player actually
mag is boaring like MW2 red dead is sick game
hahaha, i have the 50 cal. , im not sure how to use the scope though to make it further and closer distance, and i completed all my assult rifles
@josephlim237 dude i dont know!!!!
@josephlim237 because it was the worlds best war game
@n00binat0r123 on the training it said welcome to the raven training whatever, so i think raven
This is my Favorite Shooter game of all time that’s right I think It’s better than mw2 and Medal of Honor and any other shooter game you con think of I got it 2 months ago and I play it at least 8 hours everyday I love it and recommend it
@josephlim237 fuck mw2 is so shit… Infinity ward did nothing to make it creativee atleast Zipper people who usually make Socom games made something even better than mw2 and made this creative ermm…. im not sure this makes sense but…. yea.. this is going no where lmfao
hey, is this game any good???
shame it’s online only :/
this game is the best it is much better than mw2 in every way this is worth the money
what is this..’99 graphics ? this game sucks bad..this is crap
@dykesjs lol…mw2 kicks mag’s ass…mag is crap
@paulpliviu dude mw2 takes no skill. its all about killstreaks and its so gay.
mw2 over mag anyday
@adamsboi742
mw2 and mag over mw vietnam anyday
@adamsboi742
mw2 and mag over moh or mw vietnam anyday
haha it looks like a cheap futuristic bad company 2 with bad graphics ^_^ the only good thing i know about this game is that it has a heck load of people in a match
@josephlim237 because mw2 is the best selling game in history and its the same type of experience to this game
@Assasins30Media so r u agreeing wit me or not
@adamsboi742
yes and i agree wit mag
dats wuz up
Because MW2 is AWESOME…
mag is boss
because is the worst GAME EVER MODERN WARFARE 2
cause mw2 is the shit .
mw2 is a piece of crap
Sorry mordern warfare 2 is crap killzone 3 rocks and mag
should i get this game?? im really need a new one , tell me if i should or not
@josephlim237 i know right lol
@josephlim237 yea mw2 waaaaaay better anyways
@Imsittingintheback The game itself is not poor, no lags, no big animation flaws, but none of the weapons feels any good to me, and playing a sniper is really hard getting used too after playing mw2. And choose your team with care, I can not tell hom many times I regret choosing a raven… And tho you can specc your char, it takes alot to respec
@josephlim237 because mw2 had 5m copies sold first day no one can forget plus cod is a world wide hit
lol trying telling ppl who created mw2 that its crap(its awsome to me ) i love the game only thing i hate about it is knifing becuz u end um getting owned at every corner
I Have this game and i like playing it because it feels like REAL WAR.
but it does get boring if u play without friends
@josephlim237 becuz mw2 was suppos to be the best game ever… and it sucked ass..
@josephlim237 YOUR SO DAMN RIGHT!!!!!!!
hey ppl why aint u talkin bout bc2? dat games beast =P kiks mw2 and mags ass xD jk but soon moh is gonna join da fight xD
@youngcash62 i dont know why thgey hate it so much eiter i loved the singleplayer
mw2 was good at first but suckass when noob tubers,campers,heartbeat,and tryhards that get too many killstreaks join. BUT!!! i rather have MW2 than this CRAPPY!!! GAME!!!
shitty graphics
how do you record your gameplay
how do you record your gameplay
I really want this game. I have no idea why you all hate it so much.
WTF Shitty graphics? i hate these fuckers that dont understand how hard it is to make a game like this. your a dumbass if you think graphics are everything and there not even bad so shut the hell up
@georgemanify capture card.