"We’re extremely excited to announce that starting tomorrow, on December 21, MAG will be available in its entirety as a full game download on the PlayStation Store.
Priced identically to its boxed “Greatest Hits” counterpart, the downloadable version of MAG (4.7 GB) will run you a mere $29.99 and come complete with all the bells and whistles found in our patches up to v2.10."
Update To Clarify The PS Plus Trial, Zipper responds, "As long as you’re a PS Plus member, you can play the game at no charge, with a level 8 cap." Which means you can play MAG as long you have a membership but you dont level up after lvl 8.
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No other shooter kept my attention for over 6 months this year. The rest are all cookies made from the same template.
As for this update: I don't see the point of downloading so many GBs for 1 hour of play. And with them capping you at level 8 I really hate the concept of these trials. For a game like MAG they should easily extend the playtime to like 2 hours in order for people to really get a feel for the game
I'll be putting my Dec 21's download towards LBP2's demo. Been waiting forever for that. If I had Move I would have bought EchoChrome 2
Agreed. BFBC2 was a much better overall shooter than MAG.
MAG's only claim to fame was its player count. Other than it was a pretty average game
@alpha in the comments section on the sony site jeremy dunham says you can play as much as you want but are capped at level 8.
MAG really did have a great structure for teamwork though. While the 256 players was the clear selling point I think Zipper did a good job ensuring the game was played properly. It could have gone so wrong.
It's something I wish more team games followed. I think it was a good game, just not my favorite this year. I have friends (Drekken himself) who have poured days into MAG. And I can see why.
@Dramscus
I know, but you wont be able to unlock more stuff. And with MAG you tend to get owned by higher players because of their ability to buy more things. As you level up you get skill points to use towards making your classes... that's how it still works, right?
plus users can play the game as much as they can without paying, their levels are capped. They can't get anymore generous than this, can they?
Yeah I agree. The game is simply outstanding and very underrated. And this is comming from someone that doesn't like Call of duty games.
I should get back on MAG. Currently on Raven gonna join ONS clan when they start touring Raven.
Drekken is a SVER player. He hates it when his mortars explode and tries to repair them as much as he can. So lets go kill him. Add me on PSN if you're on Raven. Let's group up.
@ alpha
"Yep. As long as you’re a PS Plus member, you can play the game at no charge, with a level 8 cap." Yeah, looks like you can play as long as you have + but capped.
Dont listen to this guy. He's never played the game to matter. He's not on the magleaderboards. His PS3 has never touched the game.
http://www.magleaderboards....
Type people's PSN id on the upper right hand corner.
That is not an official or accurate source. My name isn't on there and I played MAG.
@Hesido
Considering how much it takes to download, no, 1 hour isn't enough
If you played just the first beta, then you may not be on it.
You seem to talk like you already have!?
I'm in. I've been waiting for this to happen for so long now. I am all in on full game downloads for PS3.
EDIT:nevermind it's 4 ps+ users
For a digital copy? When you can actually find a physical, new one for half of that?
Oh dear.
It's insulting, quite frankly.
EDIT: But being able to play up to level 8 cap for free as long as you have PS+ is cool. I'm downloading it to get in some quality time with Move control for a FPS.
It makes for a very untidy list.
Hopefully a future firmware update gives us the option of deleting them from the list if we choose to delete the game from the system without buying.
I'm just saying, a firmware update with the option to delete them is the ideal solution. Otherwise it's just an eyesore.
Nuttin' but platinums and 100 percentages; it's a glorious sight to behold.
*puts on sunglasses and slicks back hair*
Edit - Yarp. My PSN name is the same as my n4g name, go take yourself a gander if you want.
http://us.playstation.com/p...
Try keeping that record when you've actually played as much as the rest of us.
fyi: the games on your list are considered easy platinums/100%.
I've got 9 platinums if that's what you mean. Not everything I've played is included on that page for some reason.
fyi: Yakuza 3, FFXIII, LittleBigPlanet and Red Dead Redemption are not considered easy platinums at all. More like hard f**king work!
Anyway, I'm halfway through level 10. Not bad, considering I've had my PS3 only a year thus far, coupled with the fact that I own the other two current-gen consoles. My point still stands: nuttin' but platinums and 100 percentages. You were skeptical and I proved you wrong. There's no need to get butthurt and start churning out petty excuses in retaliation.
It's easy to have 'nuttin but platinums and 100 percentages' when you only have a handful of games on there.
Picture this if you like playing as a sniper which i sometimes like too, you have soo many targets to snipe you see a 10 guys parachuting down, while 40 more are on the ground, mortar stirkes going on all around you, while guys breaking inside the bulding where you found your sniping spot.
No other game comes close to that action, ps3 shooters just take it too another level,
people pays M$ $60 a year for XBL but there's no free games you can play online for the whole subscription time! albeit capped at lvl8, still a free game! not everybody is a hardcore MAG player, but if you have PS+, now you can jump in anytime and just have fun! - with a game you've never bought in the 1st place!
Battlefield requires teamwork to an extent, but is not what the game is focused on. You can have a good time and not be a team player. You do not really need a mic at all.
In COD, there is no teamwork, even on team deathmatch. It is not necessarily a bad thing, its just that the average joe doesnt want to listen to someone on the mic ordering people what to do. This is what gives the game a more "casual" experience...and for those who want a hardcore experience with some teamwork, then there is a hardcore mode for it.
Like I said, it all depends on your preference...but MAG (sver) ROCKS!!!
The only thing is, if you don't buy it, you're capped at level 8. Considering that this only limits your skills, and not your gear (I think), that's pretty freaking generous, if you ask me.
One of the best, and certainly most unique, shooters of this gen... for FREE, and if you dig it, you can pay a few bucks, and get the level cap removed, too.
MAG is freaking great shooter. No other shooter on the market gives you as much reason to be sneaky, take cover, and work as a team. You will be killed. You will be killed a LOT if you don't treat open spaces as dangerous, bullet-laden kill zones, and you don't flash or smoke or ask for cover fire in such a zone before crossing it. You will be killed a LOT if you charge a bunker, or any critical area, by yourself. Have some guts and try it, if you haven't. It's like the Demon's Souls of shooters, IMO -- insanely hard (because its just plain hard to best entire enemy squads by yourself), and awesomely rewarding when you achieve victory over a tough enemy team. You keep coming back for more, once you get over the fact that having a 2.0 K/D ratio is next to impossible to come by, in the long run.