IGN MAG Review

IGN Says: MAG Does a lot of things right - it's a solid shooter, and has shown that having a large number of players doesn't have to choke up the gameplay. Unfortunately, it didn't show that more players means more fun. Bugs, imbalances, and a lack of content for the price make what could have been an excellent game just decent

[LordMarius]

"MAG Does a lot of things right - it's a solid shooter, and has shown that having a large number of players doesn't have to choke up the gameplay. Unfortunately, it didn't show that more players means more fun. Bugs, imbalances, and a lack of content for the price make what could have been an excellent game just decent."

Better luck next time Zipper

[Jamegohanssj5]

Not sure if you all know this or not, but IGN actually changed the score from a 6.5 to a 7.0. Fishy.

http://boards.ign.com/ps3_l...

TGSI

[-Alpha]

Many fanboys kept insisting that more players= better game and kept trying to spit on lower-numbered games which was very stupid of them. I take pleasure in laughing at them now.

Anyways, whether that statement applies to MAG or not is a mixed bag since the opinion is so split.

I expected higher from IGN and considering that I did believe the game would open up with more time spent with it. Regardless, it's still a good score and in no way should this be looked down upon-- MAG was never hyped to be AAA and the A-AA scores it's receiving sits fine with me and the general attitude people had before MAG came out. If I'm not mistaken, the game did not receive K2 or UC2 hype. But I hear a stampede of angry PS3 fans so I'm going to go microwave my popcorn...

A PS3 exclusive receiving under AAA is bound to be turned into a bad thing... despite the fact that not every PS3 game needs to be hyped AAA and despite the fact that MAG wasn't hyped AAA itself except by a few fanboys who think that every PS3 game has to be AAA in order for it to be a good game. It's those guys that are going to be most upset with this score.

@Cyrax

I think it's entirely subjective. I have just as much fun with a 5 on 5 game of Halo or Uncharted 2, a 6 on 6 game of COD, a 12 on 12 game of Bad Company, etc. But in no way should people arrogantly claim that more players= more fun than less player.

People were really bashing smaller player games despite the fact that large war games and smaller games are two entirely different designed games requiring different mechanics of play.

I'm not saying 128 players on one screen isn't fun, but I don't think it's fair to say that it's objectively better or more fun than playing a game of Free For All in a smaller-numbered game.

The thing people kept saying is that MAG was going to set new standards. I think it set a new standard but it's not something that every FPS needs to hit. Again, more players doesn't mean better game. It's not like BFBC2 coming out next month is going to be inferior because it has less players-- you simply have to understand that that's how the game is built.

I generally like smaller games because it's more personal and you develop a relationship with the enemy players, but I wouldn't say that larger games are therefore inferior because it doesn't do the same. Larger games simply have different standards and achieve different experiences.

[Cyrax_87]

After watching that video of the 128 SVERS's stampeding, it looks ALOT more fun.

[only on playstaychun]

Zipper are trying to simulate a real battlefield. I doubt you can do that with MW2 6v6 running and gunning. I dont think size is the issue here. The issue seems to be that there is a lot of love or hate for this game.

[deadreckoning666]

Great Score...if ur a gamer. If ur a PS3 fanboy...not so good.

Edit: Only a PS3 fanboy would be offended by my comment so I take it u guys are here already =D

[callahan09]

Completely disagree with this review. The game is brilliant. Phenomenal level/map design (and shipped with 15 maps, all of which are absolutely huge)... great upgrade system... unique, complex and fun tactical objectives in each different game mode... cool leadership and experience point system... interesting backstory and implications of the shadow war (requires going to MAG.com, but it still counts)... solid controls... good graphics and sound.

There's really nothing about this game that I would change.

I'm completely baffled at what game some of these critics were playing. How could you put time into this game and not being having a blast and find yourself utterly addicted to it? There are so many unique and impressive things that this game introduces to the online gaming arena that have never existed before. And these critics just don't seem to appreciate it. I'm totally lost. MAG is a solid 9 in my opinion, but these low-ball reviews aren't going to prevent me from continuing to be addicted to this awesome game.

Edit: I'd like to add a bit more. They gave it only a 6.5 for lasting appeal? They say that good players will reach level 60 in a week or two? Today marks a week, and every match that I've been in the highest ranked player was about level 35 or so. I checked their profiles and it says they have like 30 hours or more into the game.

This same site just gave Mass Effect 2 a 10 for Lasting Appeal! That's a great game, but a 10 for lasting appeal? It's about 30 hours long. Come on, a 10 for that, but only a 6.5 for MAG? They're obviously way off target with their estimate of how long it takes to get to level 60.

The best players, the squad-leaders, in all the matches I played this afternoon, they were in the high 20's to low 30's, and had around 30 hours of game time. Are you seeing where I'm going with this? They say that casual players will give up well before they ever get to level 60? Well, I'm a more casual player with this game, I mean the top-scorers always score about 500 points a round, but I'm not a hardcore player like them, I score about 100 points per round, and I have only put about 7 hours into the game in the week that it's been out versus the 25 to 30 hours put in by the more hardcore players. BUT, I'm still enjoying the hell out of the game.

That 6.5 for lasting appeal is an absolute joke of a score. It deserves MUCH higher.

And I'd also like to complain about the 6.5 for graphics. It's actually a really pretty game. There's so much detail in the maps! I even just noticed today that tropical birds fly around in the central American maps for Raven. The textures are sharp and the lighting is really impressive. I think it's a gorgeous game, and considering that it's an online game with 256 players makes it all the more impressive.

Seriously, what game are they playing? Not the same game I'm playing, that's for sure. Because they low-balled the hell out of this game's score from my perspective.

[Digitaldude]

Maybe its not technically excellent, but its a fun game.

[SniperJDC]

This game will most likely be a rental for me...what about you guys?

[SOAD]

Actually, the game is a technical marvel.

128 players on screen with no lag was demonstrated in another thread, and thus, I must conclude that Zipper's netcoding is the most impressive I have seen.

I don't think there are many games that can handle that kind of player presence, even Battlefield 2 on PC has problems.

IGN must be judging this game from a different standpoint, probably just so they can find something negative about the game and lower the score.

I feel IGN has some biases, depending the on the particular reviewer.

While I'm sorry to say that I won't be getting MAG anytime soon (because I have to get GOW collection and Demon's Souls), I will say that this game deserves to be purchased by most FPS fans. This game shows Infinity Ward how it's done.

[GreenRingOfLife]

Its good to see IGN waiting a few days to play the game since its online only and the true way to experience it is with 256 players. Now ppl can't argue that they didnt have enough time to review it. but it stinks it only got a 7/10 o well its a definite rent

[Dragun619]

SVER ftw!

Sver- 128 players stampede
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Anyways MAG has great potential to be a good online franchise, and does well to deliver what it promises to do, and that is delivering a 256 online tactical FPS which involves with working with your team in order to win. So far I been enjoying it and I say its worth $60 but it would have fared way better especially in reviews if it was just $40.

[goflyakite]

Oh how some websites make there double standards so obvious.

Let me ask everyone a question, which game that received a 9.5 from this very same website does this quote remind you of, "Bugs, imbalances, and a lack of content for the price"?

Hm.

[Saaking]

Good review imo. This game always seems to be overshadowed by other PS3 exclusives, but it's good to see it getting nice scores. From the way people talk about it, I'm really tempted to buy it. Hopefully soon.

[CWMR]

-"Zipper are trying to simulate a real battlefield."

Emulating real life is not what games are necessarily about. There are lots of ways games could try to be more like real life that would only make for worse games. Oftentimes when developers try to make things more "realistic" they only hurt the gameplay and the overall experience.

My favorite online game on the PS3 by far is Uncharted 2 and that is only 5 vs 5. It's not about numbers of players, it is about how fun it is.-

[Eamon]

It's good to see that people have ignored the troll named Bungie.

I think you will have to be a fan of the genre to be really into MAG. I haven't tried it so I don't know if having one person control a squad of real gamers will work out since there are immature gamers out there.

Anyway, plenty of other games worth getting this year. =/

[ShadowRyuX]

It is $60 for a multiplayer only game which is pretty much a first on PS3 I believe and it also offered no bundle with a mic. On top of that the variety of weapons and skills and such seemed a little shallow, at least from the beta. I can kind of understand the lack of skills, but I was actually quite angered by the lack of guns and armor for each faction.

[lokiroo420]

@goflyakite

lol, priceless! 'nuff said.

[UnSelf]

u give Prince of Persia a 9+ but this a 7? IGN has truly lost its way.

im done wit reviews everywhere

[Bnet343]

7/10 is a solid score for MAG. After watching that 128 player video, I'll be looking out for it when it goes cheap. One thing that worries me is how long will the servers be up?

[callahan09]

Why do I have so many disagrees on my above comment? I think my points are all well-reasoned. Not one of the subsequent comments is addressed at anything I said, so why all the disagrees if nobody has anything to say to refute my comments?

[Bigpappy]

7 is not that bad for an online only FPS. You guys say that FPS are a 360 thing, yet an online only FPS gets a decent score, from a reputable site,and you think it is not high enough. It is becoming more clear that you guys care more about the review score than your own personal judgement of the game. They gave the open beta so everyone with a PS3 got a chance to try the game if they even had a hint of interest. What I am saying is: in the end, if people like it, they would buy it (Good review or not).

[Aquanox]

I hope those guys always waiting for IGN's now just get over thefact that MAG just isn't triple A.

[BaSeBaLlKiD721]

Look at Resistance Fall of Man and Warhawk, the servers are still up and running strong.

[callahan09]

Look, a 6.5 for lasting appeal is a joke.

They gave Darksiders a 7.5 for lasting appeal! That's a 15 hour game with no multiplayer and pretty much no reason for replay value!

Lasting appeal is a rating that's supposed to imply how long you'll be playing this game if you buy it. Are they seriously going to tell us that this game isn't even going to provide a week's worth of entertainment spread over 15 hours? Because that's what they said Darksiders provides, and they gave it a higher lasting appeal mark than this game.

For god's sakes they JUST gave the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics video game a 7.3! There is no way that's a better game than MAG. There's no way it deserved a higher score in graphics and lasting appeal, especially, except somehow it got higher scores in both categories. Seriously. Compare the graphics in the two games. MAG not only looks better, but it looks better while being a 256-player online FPS. You can't honestly think that IGN is being fair, here.

Let's see, they gave No More Heroes 2 a 9.0 for lasting appeal, while in the same breath calling it a 12 hour long game. A 6.5 for MAG's lasting appeal?

I could go on, but what's the point, really?

[raztad]

hehehehee Awesome review. /s

I'm off for some Domination! RAVEN is finally getting on its own, almost blew SVER out of the water few minutes ago.

All MAG haters can have fun playing with reviews.

[A Cupcake for Gabe]

Well if MW2 didn't come out, MAG would of gotten a higher score. I think most shooters will suffer from here on out cause every website can't help but to love MW2 and use it as standard for the rest. The odd thing is, MW2 is a broken pile of crap and MAG isn't.

I don't get it. Maybe I just like innovation.

[Chubear]

Keep playing reviews haters while the PS3 base are enjoying an experience no other console has ever seen virtually lag free. Now go munch on some grass and pray to the almighty metacritic. :D

One year from now, some of the haters will go buy MAG and go "OMG, I can't believe I listened to the reviews when I could have been enjoying this a long time ago" Yeah, have fun hating fellas lol

[Lifendz]

Almost hit agree on your comment. Then I caught your name. Keep it up though.

Not a bad score for MAG. After they patch it a few times and address some minor concerns it sounds like it could be great.

[sikbeta]

lol @ THIS:

"about damn time for the IGN review"

Excuse me WHAT? IS a Review made by GOD or something?

delusion-guy has not limits lol

Anyway, WHO FVCKING CARES If The Game Is Not a 10/10 When everyone is ENJOYING The Game

MAG is Awesome and a Review can't change that, WHO in Hell said that a Very Fvcking Awesome and Enjoyable Game needs a 10/10

If you buy MAG, you'll not regret the Purchase

Peace Out

[Blackfrican]

Games without single players get blasted by reviewers. Shadowrun shared a similar fate on Xbox360 and was extremely fun to play.

[Chubear]

IGN actually rated MAG a 6.6 but then recently changed it to 7.. what happened? a typo? an initial error of some sort? no, they accessed the crap they were about to get and adjusted the rating. Why? cause it all doesn't matter. They just manipulate the young gaming community cause they know they can.

So it was a 6.5 before and then 5minutes later it's become a 7, wow, magic.

Doesn't matter if it's given a 10 or a 2, if you actually listen to review gaming sites cause you think they are "professional" gamers then you're a dumb assed sheep. No other way to put it. You drink acid if you were told it tastes good and enough people do it too.

[ScoobyDrew]

hey, i thought this was a pretty fair review, if anything though MAG just needs some fine tuning to make this more fun... until then it'll be bad company 2 'ery day

[STK026]

I have the game, and I can't understand how anyone could rate it lower than 7 or higher than 8 out of ten. Let me explain myself, the shooting works, but is nothing spectacular, the graphics are nice and clean, obviously MAG doesn't look like Uncharted 2, but it has huge environments, a somewhat good draw distance (despite the pop-ins and the shadows when sniping) and up to 256 players. The lack of maps really hurts the game, they'Re mostly well designed, although it does seem like they are not perfectly balanced. The game would really need another set of maps, preferably free of charge, unless Zipper wants to fragment the user base, like in WarHawk.

I still don't exactly understand why we can'T create atleast 3 accounts, inn order to have a character for each faction, having 2 PSN accounts, I could create myself two characters, but I just don't understand why I can'T simply create more characters. It feels like Zipper didn't want us to fully experience the 3 factions, which is a shame, since all three have different weapons. Some could say that Zipper wanted the player to feel connected with their faction in the shadow war, but all three of them are so shallow and only have a small background, it's actually hard to care about your faction (atleast I'm having trouble with it).

Another thing about MAG, it feels like this game was meant to be released 3-4 years ago. Small details, like seeing your hands when going down a ladder, better player animation (I'm referring to your hands, not the enemy or ally), etc. Like I said, small details, but things I expect from my FPS these years.

In the end, I'm really enjoying MAG, and can'T see why someone would rate it under 7 out of ten, considering just how fun the game can be, but I also can't understand how one would rate it higher than 8, seeing this game is flawed and suffers from a lack of content. All in all, in my opinion, MAG is a great game that despite its somewhat generic look can provide a unique experience at best, and feel like a poor man's battlefield at worst.

[Red Panda]

Good game, nothing more, nothing else matters. End statement!

[ArmrdChaos]

Quick on the edit...better. Appreciated.

[ThanatosDMC]

Most if his reviews are about complaints. If that was him in the video, you can tell how much he sucks. He lobbed a nade at his own teammate at a foot's distance.

I got better at it in a couple of hours and dying is not so bad when you have teammates to resuscitate you. But then again my KTD is almost becoming more and more 2:1.

Grenades arent actually overpowered. You can survive a blast but probably die if you're closer to the epicenter of the explosion. It's the poison gas grenades he should talk about. Those things could slaughter a whole squad hunkering down to protect an objective in a pretty wide space. Spam healing isnt strong enough to outlast two gas nades.

I'm surprised he didnt complain about how underpowered RPGs were vs APCs or HumVs.

[Rampant]

Didn't they review Lost Odyssey like a few years ago?

[mopground]

ahh reading your comments always reminds me of how hopeless the human race is

[TROLL EATER]

OUCH!!

[Jamegohanssj5]

I haven't purchased MAG yet, but I probably won't until I complete my backlog. The most recent game I have is Demon Souls.

TGSI

[The Happy Baby]

because the game is "decent" and a 7 is a "decent" score. 6.5 is kinda lame. 8 is good. 9 is great. 10 is awesome.

[Hoggy1983]

Quick question, why would IGN lie? Secondly, its just an opinion, as are all the reviews. If you think its great then thats just as valuable opinion here on N4G. However, the consensus seems to be its a 7-8/10 which is still pretty good.

What Im excited about is who will take this concept on and add in all the trimmings to make it 10/10 whether that be Mag 2, Killzone 3 etc or a new IP.

[nycredude]

For all you clowns who haven't and have no intentions of ever playing the game yet continue to be in all the review threads commenting and preaching like reviews are gospel, please just get the fcvk out of here. No one cares. The only reason why people don't have fun in this game is it is hard and does not cater to the cod fans. You CAN't run and gun and frag faces and tea bag on your own. This is different breed of online shooters, and requires patience, fortitude, and skills, something I am sad to say most gamers, especially spoiled reviewers lack in spades this gen.

It isn't for everyone and thus will be hated on and loved equally, but make no mistake this is a more than solid experience for the gamers looking for something new and challenging and an experience unlike anything out at the moment.

Once again if you don't like the game fine but come on with the hate already. Personally I have put more hours in and have had infinitely more fun with this game than I have COD MW1 and MW2 put together just in this weekend alone. And that is considering I played COD 4 MW 1 and 2 sp twice and some mp.

Also wtf is up with all these reviews complaining about bugs and glitches and scoring this game low on graphics. IMO, considering all the chaos in domination and the player counter and a smooth framerate and lag free I think this trumps COD. How come they gave cod MW 9.5 in graphics and never mention the bugs, glitches, lag, etc.

Bottom line is those hating on MAG are all COD fans. Just read the reviews and you know it. They downplay Mag's player count, making excuses for low player count (COD), talk about minor bugs a (COD gets a pass), say it isn't fun (Too hard for them, COD is easy).

I bet if the next cod comes out with 100 player count it will be trumpeted as the next best thing to hit fps and is innovative beyond compare and it rapes every fps ever made in the whole universe and beyond!

[y0haN]

Who played the beta and didn't see it coming? People expect Zipper to deliver.. they should have just done SOCOM Confrontation.

[Hoggy1983]

What are the game modes like on this? Do they have non respawning types? I know that if you die earlier it could get boring waiting for the next game or leaving however it would add some great realism to the battlefield. With regards to this, the idea of a "defend the fort" mission is really appealing (in my mind at least)

For example- 100 players defend a fortress. 156 players try to get in and take control. No respawning.

[Proxy]

This game goes up .2 points for every hour you play.

[otherZinc]

This game sucks & not 1 reviewer wants to give this $9.99, PS1 looking, 1 dimensional game a friggin 2 out of 10!

[only on playstaychun]

6.5 Graphics
It runs 256 players smoothly, but at the cost of graphical detail. Texture pop-up at middle range.

How can they give this 6.5? Didnt they just give a 9.5 to MW2 which barely looks better than MAG and hasnt got 256 players and doesnt even run smoothly??

6.5 Lasting Appeal
You can feasibly reach the level cap within a week or two, though more casual players will likely quit in frustration before then.

Im sorry but I think many ppl who actually enjoy games like MAG will keep returning to the game for as long as they reach lvl 60 for all the PMCs, like I will.

Dissapointed with a 7 because this game doesnt deserve it. Think it is easily an 8 and after 1-2 yrs this game will be a blast.

7.5 Gameplay
Solid shooting mechanics and interesting maps are hampered by bugs and too many hazards on larger game modes.

Sorry what bugs? You sure they arent review MW2?

[-Alpha]

Probably technical bugs-- I don't think MW2 had any major MP bugs that were noticeable on the surface-- remember that this is a MP only game so it's going to be more criticized than MW2's MP.

Are you talking about hacks and glitches? Again, MW2's MP was touched lightly by reviewers. I guarantee you that if anybody spent time with MW2's MP extensively they would sh*t all over it.

@Unicron

It really is. But MW2 was judged on co-op, MP, and story. It lead to easier reviews. MAG is a MP only game so all the focus is on the MP so reviewers end up spending more time on the game and becoming a little harsher.

[Unicron]

Which is unfortunate, as MW2 has proven to be one of the most glitchy online experiences ever.

[only on playstaychun]

Well I have played MAG for about 5hrs, I am level 17 with SVER, and I am pretty sure that the game isnt "hampered" by bugs. Very little to no lag and game runs rly smoothly. Cant say that the hit detection and animations are great, which they arent, but they do the job.

On the other hand I have actually just played MW2 today and MAG easily runs much more smoothly than MW2. Eventually MAG might have some problems with keeping the same performace but Zipper have really put out a solid online game.

[frostypants]

MW2's single player was arguably it's WEAKEST aspect. It was short and it was cheesy. On that alone, it was an 8 at best. I disagree that reviewers of MW2 were focusing on the single player...if they were, the scores they gave it are indefensible. Nobody bought it for the campaign, and it would have sold just as well without it. Half of the people on my friends list haven't even completed the campaign portion. Some haven't started it at all.

[simplyRealistic18]

this is what it so hypercritical of ign, i pretty sure mw2 i had more bug then mag, but yet it get overlook because it was a high profile game, they gave gears 2 over a 9 when their multiplayer were unbearable

[ThanatosDMC]

MAG has bugs??? I havent noticed them. I've been playing for more than a total of eight hours at least.

[The Happy Baby]

Jesus, ive never heard so much whiny comparisons to another game.
MW2, MW2, BOO f*ckin HOO.

According to IGN: MAG is "decent". Get over it. This doesnt mean IGN's opinion is better than your own, so if you like the game, play it and enjoy it---but dont cry about it or make envious comparisons to other games.

[nycredude]

Cod?

What story?

Online?

Glitchfest and lagfest, and with inferior player count.

Coop?

Fun but nothing special.

9.6!!!! woohoo

MAG?

What story? Online only.

Online?

Smooth as silk, very little problems and no lag, 256 player count with crazy amounts of stuff going on , all while looking every bit as good if not better than cod.

Coop?

FUN! The entire game is a coop experience.

7?

[-Alpha]

"That isn't my complaint. My complaint is that, due to their dominance, players are deleting their Raven and Valor characters and joining the winning team. As a result, most matches are S.V.E.R versus Raven, and S.V.E.R versus Valor. Rarely is it ever Raven versus Valor. This means that S.V.E.R – who were already winning most of their matches – was now also playing many more matches than either of the other PMCs, and as a result, their victories were compounding."

That was my concern too-- being able to freely switch teams, but again, MAG will live or die by the community.

People are also going to chase the trophies. Perhaps Zipper can address this, but surely there are at the very least 128 players on any given PMC.

MAG has a tally system, correct? It shows which PMC is leading the most wars?

This is probably getting people to switch. Maybe Zipper can make it so that the system factors in # of games player, # of total players on PMCS, etc. (unless it already does that).

"Bugs, imbalances, and a lack of content for the price make what could have been an excellent game just decent"

Bugs can be fixed, imbalances are definitely an issue. I heard that maps are different according to PMCs so its really crucial to have balanced maps. Though, it does add to the character of PMCs.

As for lack of content: if MAG was at $40 it would have been of great value. I do question the full price for the game simply because it lacked a story.

However I personally dont find value in even the best of SP games if they are short-- I rarely buy new SP games unless they are well over 25+ hours.

It seems more fitting that a MP-only game be worth more than a SP game just because it's more open ended.

But as IGN said, it seems that you can max out a level in 2 weeks-- which is probably another cause of so many people switching PMCs. I've always said MAG will be defined by the community so maybe after everybody has their trophies and whatnot they can settle in. However this has also been my concern because maybe people will be done with the game by then, which would lead me to resist purchasing the game in the future rather than buying it now on impulse.

I actually expected bugs to be a significant problem. There's only so much Zipper can cover with such a huge project and small problems are bound to seep through and become apparent.

Ultimately the review seems fine to me: you can't call it biased or early and in the end a review just outlines a player's experience.

Taking into consideration that this is MP only I expected a harsh review but even a 7/10 is not bad. Remember that MAG really didn't get AAA hype to begin with so you cant claim that it "failed" to meet hype. If it's one thing that gets the fans raging it's the fact that 360 fans will easy say that this game failed because it got a 7/10, but people really need to take a step back and realize that a 7/10 doesnt make a game atrocious.

@VileandVicious below

I havent played the beta. Do you have the full game? Maybe there are more bugs in it than in the beta. I was on the MAG forums and that's what one of the threads brought up. But bugs can mostly be fixed or patched-- again, this hurts MAG only because it's a MP game so the review can't make excuses for the game.

[jmare]

you can reach level 60 in 2 weeks and have any semblance of a life. In the time I played the beta the highest I got was Level 18 and that was the closed beta. I think it would take a reasonable person about a month to a month and a half to reach the level cap. But that is what veteran mode is for.

EDIT: I understand that, but from my experience it was nowhere near as easy to level up as the review makes it seem. I suppose that if you play it non-stop it could be done, but some of us have lives.

[-Alpha]

I assume he only leveled up one PMC.

But MP games are always open ended and the carrot-on-a-stick method shouldn't be used to judge longevity of MP games.

I forgot about Vet mode too.

Edit: Actually I think that's exactly what he did lol. Play non-stop.

Either that or he just simply made a calculation based on the time he has already spent on the game.

[frostypants]

Heh. Do your fingers have blisters after that post?

Anyways, yeah, one way to solve the imbalance is to either handicap the bigger team or reward more experience to players on the smaller/losing country. I'm assuming they aren't doing this already, of course. There's an online PC combat sim called Aces High 3 that works this way...if one side has too big an advantage, they lose access to certain planes. Works well.

[Pennywise]

Alpha, I am so sick of your long winded comments about MAG. Actually, Iam sick of your constant stealth trolling of all ps3 titles.

You don't own MAG, so why don't you quit talking about it. At least anything I lend my opinion to, I speak from experience...

[Ichiryoka]

Man...I have not commented in such a long time but you said exactly what I was thinking.

Thank you!

[iceman06]

Is not so much with the score. In fact, I don't put so much into review scores to begin with...unless they are unanimously below standards (like HAZE for example). My issue is with the fact that it seems like the reviewer was just frustrated at being on the losing side too many times.
Balance can be an issue. It IS an issue right now. But, that is because of the evolving nature of the game. Many of the BETA players realized that SVER had an innate advantage. So, they went with that. There are MANY new players that are still grappling with the idea of why each objective is important. They are pretty much lost on the battlefield and just fight what comes.
Seeing the same map will happen. However, it won't be the same team that is attacking or defending. This, in essence, changes the way that the battle is played out. Strategies that didn't work previously might actually be fruitful...or vice versa. In that respect, it's like chess...same board....same pieces...different opponent...NEW GAME.
As for the leveling. Unless you play the game relentlessly (7-8 hrs a day), I don't see anyone getting to level 60 in a week. I was in 3 BETA phases and leveled up to 40 (which was the cap at the time), but just barely made it each time. Those phases were roughly a month. I was playing 3-4 hrs. at a time and I would say that I am an average gamer (200-300xp per round where the high was usually 500-600).
As you said, that is one person's experience...this has been mine. MAG is a fun and different experience. It's not for everybody. If you like a more strategic approach to shooters...it's probably worth your time. If you are more into twitch style run and gun, you can play it and probably have fun. But, you will be surprised to find out at the end of a round that you are NOT at the top of the leaderboard.

[-Alpha]

Whine all you want about me "stealth trolling". I don't have the same opinion as you, cry some more because I really don't care simply because you make accusations without proof. It's very typical of people like you to simply label me a troll instead of actually ponying up to make an actual relevant response. The only troll is you, since you really don't say anything intellectual in response. What an amazingly easy world it is to just call people trolls and label them as fanboys instead of having a decent response.

I criticize the PS3, yet I also praise it. of course, you're never around when I do simply because it contradicts your assumption. And I think you know the saying about assumptions.

If you don't like what I said, then tell me what you didn't like and at least have the guts to make a counter response. Sick of me "Stealth trolling"? There's an ignore button. Use it.

[Morbid Bulldozer]

Pennywise is sick of trolling? Are you deleting your multiple accounts then?

[nycredude]

Alphamale22

Serious are you going to buy this. If not just stop wasting your time. If you are not sure a word of advice do NOT listen to these reviews just rent it or buy it and play it. It's better and more fun than these reviews make it seem.

I played for about 20 hours and I am at level 24. If you are good you will level up faster. When you reach level 60 you can change factions and then start all over again. you get a trophie for reaching level 60 for each pmc. This is to motivate people to rotate to other PMCs!

People just stop putting so much stock in all the media's reviews. Remember these are the same people who gave GTA4 10s and drools at the mention of COD! If online shooters are your thing this is worth the try! It's Counterstrike + Socom + steroids!

Stop dissecting it and just play it. that is what we do right? PLAY THE GAMES!

[LordMarius]

Blah you can have this one bots
MAG = flop....there

[Bungie]

yeah, It Only Does Everything

FLOPs included

[LtSkittles]

what happened "this is a great score," did that upset you too like people accusing you of multiple accounts?

[blitz0623]

Bugs, imbalances... Sounds more like MW2 to me.

[deadreckoning666]

Wow Marius thats sad. Ur saying that M.A.G is a flop because a couple critics u don't even know gave it a 7/10. BAAHHHH BAHHHHH!! *eats grass* lol.

[LordMarius]

hey the Beta was so uninspiring that I have to give IGN and every other site the benefit of the doubt

[ZombieRollz]

PS3 has two flops, Haze and MAG. How many does the 360 have? At least 30.

[happy_gilmore]

are we talking about mw2?
bugs: there's a new one every week
imbalances: a-kim-bo
lack of content: 4 hours SP

[kingdavid]

I wouldnt count MAG as a complete bomb like haze. Itd be more than playable id imagine.

[Trebius]

7 is a flop? 8 is a flop? you're all poor excuse for gamers.

[II-Reaper-II]

Unbalanced?!Why ?,because S.V.E.R actually comunicates and uses teamwork to their advantage ,therefore kicking ass right now and taking contracts.I've lost a lot of respect for Ign a long time ago even before this review.

[4point7BillionLoss]

no one is surprized

[Lifendz]

No one was hyping this for more than A. We all knew the reviewers would kill this. Especially when Modern Warfare 2 is still getting much play.

[GLoRyKnoT]

I could clearly see MAG was NOT the game 4me.

btw: what took so long IGN?

[VileAndVicious]

In my time with the beta OR the final version I have witnessed NO bugs. 7 is a good score but MAG deserves AT LEAST an 8. But oh well. IGN gave halo ODST a 9 and Left 4 Dead as well I believe. To me that is unacceptable and thats why I dont take IGN seriously.

Lack of content? How many stages did Left 4 dead have again? 5 which you can beat in 3 hours.

Damn shame...

[callahan09]

I have no idea why you have any disagrees. I agree with you. 8 is too low for this game, and it definitely doesn't lack content. 15 maps that are all absolutely huge, you'll never see every inch of all of them. Seriously, this game is massive.

[callahan09]

And by 8... I mean 7. That was a typo. 8 would be a far more fair score of this game if you ask me.

[shaun mcwayne]

left 4 dead is awesome id like to see ya try to beat 5 campains on the hardest setting in 3 hours, l4d will still be huge after this is well forgot. mag looks and feels like ur playing ghost recon 1 graphics look poor enviroments also look poor. played the beta and it put me well off, dont get upset its just my opinion.

[snoopgg]

Gabe and that game suck arse!!!!!!!!!!!

[N4PS3G]

That fact that they changed the final score from 6.5 to 7.0 at last minute is questionable..what are you doing IGN?

[simplyRealistic18]

and this is the site you deem credible

[peeps]

pretty much sums it up, but am playing it to death atm. had some really amazing rooms tbh and some boring as hell.

also amazed at the hours i've put in already :| since i picked it up on thursday i've got around 24 hours already lol

[JonnyBigBoss]

I guess it's niche. My friends like it more than MW2 but that's just their opinion.

[callahan09]

I think it's much better than MW2. More addictive, more impressively designed, better maps, awesome leveling up and skill system, really unique and cool objectives for each game mode, this game is classic. I love it so much.

[EPdaJuiceman]

I'm trying to sell my copy of MAG on craigslist for $40 but no takers. Can't wait for BFBC2 though. That's gonna be awesome.

[Shadow Man]

The most respected video game review site in the world has spoken!

Case Close

End

[Orange]

does your dad own stock in Microsoft, or something? you sound so happy. weird.

[kingdavid]

IGN most respected? Whatever floats your boat...

I find the majority of their reviews pretty poorly written and their video reviews are really not in depth.

Id take a GT video review over them everyday of the week.

[smittyjerkins]

I was about to agree with you there kingdavid... then you put GT down as one of the sites you actually believe. Whew! GT sucks more M$ d!ck than any other reviewer out there! I lost so much respect for them I stopped going to their site months ago. With IGN doing the same troll reviewing bullsh!t, I'm gonna stop going there too. MAG>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>MW2, but MW2 got the higher score. Why? It had a worthless single player add on, tons of glitches, worse graphics (more colors of the rainbow=/=better graphics), multiplayer was sh!t with the host basically having the only good connection, spawns were a$$ and the balance of MW2's crap was absolutely terrible. I am just assuming that IGN gave MW2 the higher score because it was more explodey and focused on the whole mememememememememememememememe memem mentality that many CASUAL players have out there. IGN is completely out of touch with the hardcore audience, and should go kill themselves for reviewing games from the perspective of a 12 year-old. Back to Gamespot for me, it's where the REAL gamers go...

[4point7BillionLoss]

i's giving PS3 games 10/10 scores ...
Look what happened to EDGE ... they used to be cool once upon a time ... now according to droids they take M$ money to give PS3 game flop scores ...

Droids ... hold on to your floppers ....

[englandsbest316]

Without the biased pro sony reviews this would be languishing at around 70 by now on metacritic.

MAG is part of an elite club thats always showing growth though :-) the PS3 FPS FLOP club.

It joins other greats like Socom, Gimped Orange box, Resistance 1/2 & Haze.

[awesomeperson]

Hey mate, you have one too many bubbles, lets help you with that eh?

You are sad to think that Sony buys over some sites. If they WANTED to they would buy over the most INFLUENTIAL, ie IGN, which as you can see, they haven't. All the reviews for MAG have being 7 or 8's, it all depends on your personal playstyle.

You can't say Sony buys over reviewers from them giving the game a good score, reviews are PERSONAl opinion, maybe the guys that enjoy it love tactical action, while the people who hate it prefer more arcady, knife not shoot games (MW2...).

Reviews are personal opinion, kinda like your comment. Exept for the fact people care about reviews.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

Wow, Socoms a FPS? I didn't know that, because when i played it i could have sworn it was a TPS...

[chrisulloa]

I'm not going to flame PS3 owners for defending this game, but Zipper is a terrible game development company. They are so full of sh*t, they were slamming Xbox and other multiplayer games, yet their game failed to compete with any of the games they were insulting.

[callahan09]

Their game failed to compete with any of the games they were insulting? Says you. This game is incredible, I don't give a damn what some stupid critic at IGN thinks. I and thousands of other gamers are enjoying this game and finding ourselves crushingly addicted to it, with no desire to play any of those other games. The critics may be blind to it, but their opinions are not objective, they're subjective like everyone else's. However what IS objectively correct is that the netcode is impeccable, what they've pulled off is nothing short of amazing, and they should be getting praised for the accomplishments they've pulled off in making this game and making it WORK. The maps are very detailed and well-designed, and absolutely huge, and the objectives in each game mode are quite unique and add so much replayability to this game because there are literally COUNTLESS ways to go about completing your overarching objective by going for numerous sub-objectives in different orders each time you play a map to help achieve the main goal for that map. I have no idea what game these guys are playing, because I think it's an incredible game. If they don't like, hmm, OK, but just because they don't like it doesn't it's not a great game to many others.

[chrisulloa]

If it has a 78 metascore average, it's obviously not as good as a 90+ game. If it had 85+ it'd be understandable.

[callahan09]

All a matter of opinion, then, isn't it? Because I like it better than MW2. You can't say one is objectively better than the other, but I can say which one I'm enjoying more, and the answer is MAG. That will be different from one gamer to the next, but for me, this game is the pinnacle of online addiction.

[chrisulloa]

Fact is, MW2, Halo 3, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, and Battlefield Bad Company have less flaws than MAG.

[smittyjerkins]

Name a flaw in MAG for me please. I haven't found AT ALL yet, whereas I could name a sh!tload in MW2, a couple in Battlefield: Bad Company and a couple in Killzone 2. Stop believing what reviewers say or else you'll keep on buying crappy games like MW2 and ignore the good ones like MAG.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

If this game didn't only have multiplayer, the score would have been alot more im sure, but zipper needed that time to make sure the servers were top notch, and they acomplished that goal, because there is not console game out there that can handle 256 players, let alone 128 player in one small area goofing around.

[MetalGearRising]

Definitive Review IGN 7 / 10...........That's a seal of approval which makes this game a FLOP.

[tiamat5]

Yes of course. Listen to IGN because it's a bad review. Ignore the 8s and 9s that it got before this review. The review for a PS3 game is only offical when the score reaches 7 and below. However any high score on any site on the web for an Xbox 360 game is offical.

[SCEA_]

IGN always give ps3, bad reviews, they love xbox

[LordMarius]

umm Uncharted 2 says hi

[ambientFLIER]

umm MGS4 says hi

[caffman]

Haze says hi
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oh wait.....

[mistajeff]

Well, it needed to be done. 256 players on a console is a DAMN impressive feat, even if there are bugs (I don't have the game so I have no idea how buggy it actually is). But nothing seems to be game-breaking, and that's incredible. Regardless of how polished it is, it's a step that needed to be taken.

[younglj01]

...

Join as a Noob
Join as a Soldier

[BlackTar187]

which surprised me but i have ran into no bugs i get lag spikes about 1 a match and so far all at insignificant times. But the one is issue i ran inot was i Paratroop into hard left on a map and landed in a box i couldn't get out of but they have the cool kill self feature so it was no biggie.

I have not had any bugs and other then IGN never even heard of any bugs.
I don't question the review as it is there opinion but i would like some bugs at least listed.

Also im SVER and it is pretty even now to be honest i play raven and valor all the time dont lose often but Raven bases on Acq. are a pain in the ass and i think Valor has the best guns. Def. going Valor when me and my clan hit 60. People who play with a terrible squad and blame the game for there short coming are losers. I have no doubt i will be able to keep winning as Valor with my buddies.

Honestly most of the time the opp. team is all snipers on a sab or something and we don't even get push just a bunch of campers i bet some people would blame that on the balance when i blame it on Arcadey Shooters that have you basically only caring about KDR

But to each his own.To me its just a review but i would like to know what bugs so i can watch out for them

[SCEA_]

IGN is a xbox fanboy, they always give it out bad reviews

[ClownBelt]

Bad game is bad game. No way around it. Lmao

[callahan09]

For now I'll just ignore my opinion that this review is unfairly critical and unappreciative of the incredible things that MAG does do, and just focus on this bit: "7.0 Decent". That's what it says right there on IGN. Last I checked Decent =/= Bad.

[callahan09]

OK, guys, SERIOUSLY, what is going on here? If I even remotely defend MAG from the "it's bad" or "it's mediocre" type of comments that are being levied against it by people on this site that have likely never even played it, I get disagrees. Give me a break. And they say this site is loaded with PS3 fanboys, well I can't even go into an article based on a game that I bought, play, and enjoy the crap out of, and say something positive about it or defend it from what I perceive as unfair criticism without getting a majority of disagrees. It's getting ridiculous.

[chidori666]

ign lost all respect after the review of ninja gaiden 2..

the opinion of ing is irrelevant in this days ;)

[Obama]

The meta is close to HALO ODST, so if this is a flop ODST must be a flop as well.

[Shadow Man]

LMAO droids are running out of ideas.

[deadreckoning666]

LMAO, did Obama just mention ODST??? What are you 7? Look we know your insecure right now but at least try to hide it with some dignity.

BTW, u mentioned meta! So u use OTHER peoples opinions to determine whats good and whats not?? Dude, ur worse than Marius. If u think review scores determine how good a game is, then YOU lost the console war a LOOOONG time ago :/

[Drakes_Fortune]

I only played the beta and the demo and at first it was really hard to get into the game. I ended up having some fun, but it could have been a way better game. 7 is a fair score for MAG.

Not a bad game, but not a very good one either. The only FPS ill be getting this year is BFBC2. But for those who bought MAG, have fun :)like i said, its not a bad game.

And i hope gaming reviewers stop giving very high scores and prefect scores for no reason. Sure many of these games are really good, but almost every big game gets a 9+ these days. This makes games like these, with 7-8 scores look like total crap, when 7-8 is a good score, or at least should be.

But game review scores are broken, if you heard over to metacritic, on the last months and 2-3 years, games with a score of 90+ increased a lot. Maybe its true that games are getting better, but that is normal and part of the natural evolution, i think they should adapt the scores. Next gen, games will be even better, so will the normal score for every good game a 100%?

/rant or whatever that was.

[mp1289]

7.0 is not a flop and 8.0 is the industry average...gamespot takes reviews more seriously than ign...they are still testing the game.

[gamingisnotacrime]

but the $60 tag kept me away from it, because im not an online player, i barely play the online on Uncharted 2, KZ2, etc and this game fun factor relies on the community and interaction with other gamers, which is what got me thinking if my $60 could be used in a game that was more suited for my gaming habits (like AC2, or ME2 etc)
as for the ign review, i think the low score on graphics and pointing at bugs after letting Modern Glitchfare a free pass is what makes ign so untrustworthy.

IGN shows its dirt again, not because the 7/10, that is fine, but because they pointed at faults that they let go on other overhyped junk

[simplyRealistic18]

IGN are hypocrites, if you going to review and deduct point for the lag and glitches, be consistent, don't let gear2 and mw2 get a free pass because they are high profile game, this i why i never even go on that site , their reviews don't matter to me anymore

as a guy who bought and still own mw2 and gears 2,i think they deserve a lower score if we're criticizing about glitches

[AliTheBrit19]

Video Review:

[jmare]

He wrote there are only 3 maps, but according to the MAG site there are 15. There seem to be a few inaccuracies in this review. Also, he got the number of modes wrong.

[pixelsword]

That was another thing I wanted reviewers to notice: the maps are so big that each spawnpoint and objective is it's own map, technically. On some maps, some spawnpoints have vehicles. Others you have to walk in on foot. Some bring you into direct fire, others with heavy cover. Some with easy access to a bunker, others you can run right to detonation targets.

But one thing I would like to point out, no one's dumping into SVER, and right now, Raven is leading Acquisition and has so for the last few days; but like I said, it's going to take a couple of weeks.

Game concepts this new have to be reviewed in new ways.

P.S.

I'm not even going into how he said the game was broken or glitchy; I've experienced none of that... or, you can go to youtube and maybe find out if he's telling the truth or not.

[peeps]

true pixel. defending in 1st platoon on 1 map is a pretty different experience to 2nd platoon, or even different squads.

and the 3 map thing... theres only 3 maps per mode, and 1 map is 'your' map so u always defend on it

[BlackTar187]

I think i was playing with you. Are you SVER (well differnt squad)i only know cuz i have a Pixelater on my friends list so i saw your name and checked but saw the difference and im like where do i know pixelsword from and bam here you are in a MAG article.

[lrn2hate]

I say if you have a ps3 rent the game and see if its worth buying. I bought it and I love it. Its very addicting with a clan or with competent players. I do get annoyed when I'm stuck with players that think its Call of duty and just run and gun and don't do the objectives.. Only to hear them whine at the end of the match and wonder how we lost..

[iceman06]

How someone with 35 kills and 5 deaths can be beat by a person with 12 kills and 12 deaths. It's all about following the FRAGO objectives. You do that...you get the experience. You go lone wolf...well...you are literally going to suffer in the end. I had a kid that was livid with me for exactly that. When I told him what happened...he just cursed at me and said "That's why I like MW2 better!" As if that would somehow hurt my feelings or change the outcome!!!

[younglj01]

And for them to give this a 7 and for them to give MW2 9.5 or 10 or whatever they give it.I will never visit that site again.MAG is a great tactial shooter and should have atleast a 8 score.

Anything lower is nothing but bs and dont give a fuk what any hater think.

Join as a Noob
Leave as a Soldier

[etownone]

A lot of butthurt fanboys today being that is well known for being the most respected reviewers around.

I still give props to the game, and the PS3 community..... 256 players is def something I have never seen.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

I been saying this way before any review has been released. I have some time with the beta and MAG was and still is an average shooter. Lots of better options out there.

More players doesn't mean more fun kiddies.

[Cyrax_87]

Stop lying to yourself, it only makes you look more stupid then you already are. I've seen you in the Twisted Metal topics saying "I will buy a PS3 for this game". So obviously you don't have a PS3 and you haven't played the beta.

[Hanilugtehul]

there you are again with your bla bla bla yadah yadah bla bla hot air and more bla bla bla please be quiet little child and GO TO YOU ROOM AND STAY THERE!

[mopground]

just got owned by cyrax..... in the ass

[BlackTar187]

Cant even lie good enough to not get caught on it.

Man thats hilarious how sad of you is this what you call a Life trolling on topics telling lies and then getting caught how Very Very sad of you.

[nycredude]

Another person who thinks he is the shizzle in Halo or COD and gets owned in Mag and then hates it cause he sucks at gaming. HAHAHAHA LOL! Come on to Mag more noobs to frag.

[Halo3 MLG Pro]

LMAO! And where did I say that I own a ps3? My roomate has a ps3.

DOH! PWNAGE!!!!

[TheTruth2009]

If a website gives a PS3 Game a GREAT score:
"This is the first TRUE rating that I've seen."

If a website gives a PS3 Game a BAD score:
"They're paid off by Microsoft and are X-Bots."
"They haven't played the game all the way through!"
"Everyone hates Sony!"
"It's difficult to gauge an online-only game!"
"Scratch (Website Name) off of my list of favorite VideoGame Websites."

"A SEVEN isn't a bad score. That means it's a decent game."

Rule changes now? Pathetic.

M.A.G. SUCKS.

I tried to tell you months ago that I saw this game and it's putrid. Sad. Soulless. And a fake Modern Warfare with worse graphics.

But you're such false Gamers that you won't even admit it when a PS3 Game happens to fall short. You're so blinded by fanboyism that your brain won't allow you criticize your GOD A.K.A. Sony. And it's one of the most pathetic things that I've ever seen. I think that it should be a medical diagnosis... Sony Fanboyism - Simplex 1.

So here's your chance.
Stop with the criticism of other posters.
Don't bring up Microsoft and RROD.
Halo: ODST has nothing to do with this rating or this article.
Cease to trying to deflect the topic of conversation.

M.A.G. failed.

And here's your chance to say it.

And I'll count the number of TRUE PS3 Gamers that criticize it for falling short. And credit should be given to the PS3 Fanbase that "keeps it real".

For example, I think that Crackdown 2 may fall short for Microsoft in 2010. And if it does, I'LL SAY IT. That's a promise.

The ball is in your court.

Man up.

[LtSkittles]

Ok, I'll play ball.

I just don't understand why you compared it MW? I mean both are FPS games, yeah, but MW is glitchy as hell, on everything(PC,360,PS3). I mean it did have to be shutdown for a little while on launch, I'll give you that, and other people have said there were no issues with it. I did play the beta, for one phase, I d/k which phase it was, but it didn't interest me in the slightest, and I won't say Mag sucks, because I haven't played the final build.

[Prototype]

Again your talking out of your ass; let me clear this up for you.

When someone posts a score on a game depending on the reasons determines how someone reacts to it. You can rate a game a 7/10 and have no real substance on why - just 7/10 for small things (his hair is a shade darker in 2 screens), or you can give a game 7/10 and really hit it hard on certain points (like graphics, story, etc) it all depends on why. I've also noticed lately a lot of sites grade certain games differently than other games for various reasons with no one set system of consistency.

You keep bringing up the Sony fanbase being hypocrites when we ask why a certain score is listed and there's no real justification from the author; the xbox base is the ones that keep going on about "FLOP" and "2 million sales = bad game" and other childish behavior. I'm not saying we're saints but we at least like to know why someone gives their score regardless of it being 10/10 or 5/10; the xbox base is happy with something being above 8 apparently then brag about how perfect it is.

Majority of gamers like me base buying a game mainly on someone else having it, or some type of video, or renting/downloading a demo - that way time is wasted not money if we don't really like it (someone can argue renting $5-10 but that's a Mc Donalds meal). I personally could care less what someone says about a game - everyone has different tastes and if a game fits what I'm looking for I'll buy it. I've played good games rated 4/10 and I've played games I don't care to ever look again that was rated 10/10 and hyped as the second coming.

I will give credit your slowly going away from the whole sales argument but you still need to at least think of what you say before you start posting; there's a reason why you only have 1 bubble.

[FwanK]

And they gave Army of Two the 40th Day 8.5

a lagfest with 248 less players

[Punch-o]

People need to start having minds of there own.I understand people work hard for there money and always want the best.But people are missing out on good games because of what IGN or Gamespot and other websites my say.They are (people) just like you.What makes (there) opinion more important than yours and what you like.

Like when you go to the movies, do really care what so called movie critics say about a movie you really want to see?

And if they say its bad but you go anyway and you end up enjoying it.

Thats how i see it.

For example
Look at Smash bros 64 the most played 64 game i had...7.5 gamestop.

http://www.gamespot.com/n64...

If i went by reviews and only played games with scores 8 and above from some website i would have missed out.

[gamingisnotacrime]

i bought
ICO
SotC
Folklore
Demons Souls
Valkyria Chronicles
FF 7

My point is that by observing the tendencies on N$G, from Gamers i have been exposed to a great selection of titles that otherwise i would have passed. N4G tendency as of now is the MAG is awesome and i trust that a lot more than a review from some "profesional: that is inconsistent in its job

[BlackTar187]

good point when i was growing up a 6 was still a hey its not terrible but its not great.

Hell one of my Favorite all time games Tenchu 1 on ps1 got like 6's or something.

Good for you that your a gamer first i respect that.

Game ON

[ChulHakSan]

something i noticed recently all the reviews about a ps3 games that feels fishy are done by the editor, instead of the PS3 team (Greg Miller generally reviwes PS3 games), I first noticed this with the Uncharted 2 review, and now this one, As far as Im concerned right now I don't trust any reviewer, especially IGN.
EDIt below: what happen He does gadgets or what I didn'y knew he was moved, In my opinion he made good reviews

[LtSkittles]

I think Greg Miller is no longer on the PlayStation team.

[Chaos Striker]

There is nothing fishy about another person besides the PS3 team reviewing this game. And please don't give me this crap that they are biased. The reason why someone completely different is reviewing it is because they had 1 person dedicate his whole time to play MAG online. So, his sole job is to review this game based on as much time as he can get in (which is a good idea since the other reviewers only have so much time due to reviewing multiple games). Hence, this review is a sound reflection of his play time (again subjective, but reviews are subjective anyway).

Moreover, they recently got rid of the idea of the console teams, so anyone across IGN can review what ever game is available rather than having them silo'ed up.

*my source is from their PS3 podcast

[Alan Wake]

Flop heheheheheh FLop!

Crapstation 3 owners enjoy with flop of the year

256 players ?? My a$$

[Punch-o]

Man im glad i went ahead and got this game(i have my own mind) i like what i see.IGN is full of it.I've already played this game more hours than MW2 14 hours, Mag 18 hours.To me IGN is all for games that has alot of hype and being popular.I'm not a fanboy or nothin i had my doubts about this game to but a 7 its better than that really.

Idk maybe MAG one of those love/hate games.

[dreadneck13]

6.5 Lasting Appeal
You can feasibly reach the level cap within a week or two, though more casual players will likely quit in frustration before then.

I'm confused by this - I don't play online games a lot and would consider myself a casual of the multiplayer variety, I play mainly single player games. I do enjoy multiplayer and have played COD MW1&2 online a little so I figure I'll buy MAG. I really don't see what is frustrating about it at all. Also I think is a very fun game and I'm glad I bought it and can see myself playing for a long time. If you like multiplayer I think you'll like this game. In fact I'm going to play some MAG now - Later

[Rocco Siffredi]

FLOP, LOL

[ThaBlackBaron]

MAG is just another average shooter.

O well I'll stick to playing MW2

Next up 2 try is B:BC2

[simplyRealistic18]

yeah because IGN speaks for the whole world, wow your so whipped on their mind control it's hysterical

[divideby0]

I reserved MAG, but didnt pick it up..
I have NOT seen some of what this dude is talking about, not in the 3 betas I have played.
The overall balance is why I didnt pick it up so quick. I realized the team jumping would happen by those who just play for stats and uber ups. I needed to see some sort of penalty for team jumping and other penalties to keep the integrity of the game.

[iceman06]

The community will settle in and it will be great. It is STILL loads of fun now...unless you are one of those ultra-competitive types that throws controllers at every loss. I was in the BETA's and picked it up. Right now SVER is dominating...as expected. But, as the new players get experience...the battles are changing. No more MAJOR DEFEAT in less than 3 minutes!!!*L*

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

In the end of things, this game is amazing; just that people complain about what it isn't instead of what it is. I can't count the number of games that get high scores for doing the same things over again, while other games actually try they never make it through the crowd.

I have to say this is the most players I have ever seen that isn't a persistent online game.

[pixelsword]

...I never thought about it quite like that before. That's pretty brilliant.

Since I never got an XBL subscription (I am a diehard Net Neutrality supporter), I can blow one game a year without guilt.

Maybe I'll see what all the Hoopla is about for Crackdown; it's probably less than $60 by now.

[Time_Is_On_My_Side]

And the thing too, every game will have some kind of problems. I just think some games their problems get ignored while others are emphasized.

[UP]

how many of you have played the game for a considerable amount of time and/or even like tactical shooters?

Also take in mind that this was Zipper's first ps3 game they will improve themselves on MAG and their next game in the future.

And what is with some of you people who say they wont buy a game without multiplayer but they wont buy MAG because it only has multiplayer.

[simplyRealistic18]

i don't know why you people hail ign as the credible site, when gears of war 2 came out they didnt deduct point for all the glitches and horrible multiplayer (which they had many), but they sure criticized socom and mag for the little glitches it had compared to gears2,

you guys need to stop relying on reviews scores(which are opinion) and pay attention to what they criticize and is it game breaking or just nitpicking , if a game doesn't have the much problem that effect the fun i would have, i buy it anyway regardless what ign says

[Light Yagami]

256 players = gimmick

[project76dodo]

i didnt think this game would hold my attention
but zipper has made a solid shooter
it blends battlefield and COD with the spirit of Socom ps2
i have been having a blast with mag
SVER!!!!

juliafrom1984

[Araceae]

Ok, I don’t want to sound like a fanboy but MAG is getting underscored. I don’t think a 7 is horrible or anything, but the reasons behind the low scores aren’t even accurate most of the time.

I’ve spent a lot of time in the game and I’ve seen no bugs, no glitches, and only experience brief lag in two Domination matches. The game runs better than some single player games I have played, and it is online only. I don’t see how it gets knocked down marks for supposed technical problems when other games have launched with actual online problems and have received much higher scores.

As for the graphics... I think it looks great for what it is. Of course it doesn’t look as good as other PS3 games, but it does look as good as other games this generation. Also I have never seen an texture pop-in, so I don’t know what IGN is talking about. I have seen it in a ton of other games they have rated higher than a 7. I just don’t get how they justify that.

I am not a FPS junkie, or an online multiplayer guy but there is just something about MAG that makes it feel different than the other games. The tactical gameplay, RPG like leveling, teamwork, and scale all coalesce to make something that I have been addicted to. So if MAG can make an RPG fan into an online multiplayer fan I think it is doing something right.

Overall, I think anything below an 8 is too low for this game. But whatever, I don’t buy my games solely based on reviews. MAG is going to be in my PS3 a very long time.

[TukkerIntensity]

He sounds like he's 8.

Not a very deep review - didn't even mention FRAGO's or Skill Trees, didn't explain the chain of command or anything. Weak review by an 8 year old.

[DigitalAnalog]

Now it's all up to the purcahses of the game to determine the outcome.

-End statement

[jerbil666]

The guy reviewing could not have taken too much notice of the game modes since its not called suppression its Sabotage he describes suppression is basically a TDM within your own faction WTF IGN :P

PS I agree IGN is xbox fanboys check out all there reviews and that Jessica Chobots youtube channel many videos diss PS3 even on IGN Daily Fix they diss PS3 there's always more Xbox new shown on there as well !!

[pixelsword]

...it only counts if you need other people to think for you.

By your post, I think you could be better at his job than he can ever hope. :)

[Raoh]

shame they didnt like it..

i'm playing it right now, played all weekend, great game..

instead of blaming ign on the review, i'd like to see the reviewers other games he scores.. i know people that would ffvii the worst game in existence. doesnt mean they know what they are talking about..

the factions are balanced.. the people playing them are not..

many of the current sver players were raven or valor in the beta so they (and I) went with sver this time around just for the sake of trying something new, also i pre ordered from gamestop and the bonus was for sver..

like i said, no need to argue, some like it some dont, i'll enjoy it either way

i urge warhawk and socom fans to come and play it.. go to the MAG forums and trust me, there are plenty of people loving the game..

[subzero-08]

As soon as I saw the score they gave MW2 I quit taking it seriously. I don't really agree with their MAG review based on the Beta. Anyways, I think I'm still going to pick this game up.

[SeNGSouVaN]

The game is very fun, IGN is always too hard on PS3.

[devilhunterx]

Parachuting into the battlefield = Must buy for me

[Raoh]

dont forget you can get shot while parachuting in...

damn snipers LOL

[Justin_bristoe]

ok ign gives it a 7.this game sux......lol sike bots wish! valor will rise! watch out sver!!!

[ELite_Ghost]

lol funny 360 fanboys...

[Shortstop]

I used to take scores at their true value, but MAG, properly played (ie. with lots of buddies, lots of communication) is the best PS3 experience right now, for me personally.

There just isn't any other game like it out there on the market.

And to be fair since I'm sure xboxers out there are gonna be against it since it's a PS3 game, I plan on getting Mass Effect 2 at some point; just for the PC.

Right now though, MAG is the best FPS experience out there.

[Socomer 1979]

And forget it's mind controled followers suckin igns a$$.
Just compare MAG to Left 4 Dead Reviews.

Use Your own judgement.
Game informer lost my respect with motorstorm pacific rift.
Gamespot lost my respect with ratchet & clank.
Edge lost my respect since day 1.
Gametrailers lost my respect since graphic comparisons.
X-Play lost my respect since Killzone2.

IGN lost my respect with MAG.

I'm not mad. I know we don't relate. I see eye to eye with n4gs ps3 gamers.
Gamers that like the games I grew up with. Games I like to play.
I'm a ps3 / psp long time Gamer. I only play the Best.

[chrisulloa]

You do indeed get along with ignorant, blind, mindless PS3 owners on N4G.

[Killman]

The technical aspect of the game is worth an 8.0 by itself. Bugs? Glitches? I have barely seen any! Wheres MW2 IGN?

[DJ]

I experience far more glitches and lag in Modern Warfare 2. Though MW2 does have one advantage over MAG. It consistently drops me from matches due to host migration. I've never been dropped from a match in MAG, thanks to Zipper's obvious incompetency.

[willie32]

I agree that the multiple glitch comment made me laugh, especially when you compare it to MW2. I really enjoy the game and can't put it down. However, I do agree with some of the apparent problems with the game. I would love to be able to attack/defend on either map. If a particular PMC keeps losing on a map, maybe it is time to actually fight to take it back? I am sure that would be easy to implement. Suppression has to be the worst. Why can't I play on the other 2 suppression maps. How many times can you honestly play the same map on team death match? Second, I want to see more maps in general. Finally, they need to balance the Sver faction.

[DJ]

Yes, I would definitely like to see more variation in how the games are set up, as well as the ability to spawn outside the center of the map in Domination. Once those burnoff towers are gone, it's fairly difficult to avoid racking up enough damage to lose the game.

Map variations, a la Warhawk, would also do wonders. How tight would it be to have 256 player matches in a map 1/4 the normal size?

[DJ]

"Annoyingly, there is no sound or animation when you are revived, so if you're not paying attention, you may just end up standing there long enough to get killed (again)"

Did the switch from Black and White to Full Color not clue them in enough? Or the switch from flailing on the ground in pain to standing upright with their gun?

"I shot a helicopter from about ten feet away and had the rocket ricochet off and explode on the ground below."

Yeah, that's not a glitch. You need a good amount of distance to have it explode. The grenade launchers on Modern Warfare 2 have the same rule applied.

"There are nine maps total, and although the maps are large, many share the same set pieces"

Wrong, there are 15 Maps. Read the PlayStation Blog.
http://blog.us.playstation....

[kewlkat007]

that's one less of that Magic "256" persons playing the game. That's why you got the game or those that didn't, go play/buy and enjoy.

[Paradise Lost]

Fanboys need to get their head out of their @$$ and play the damn game instead of waiting for a review.

It's very addicting no doubt about it.

[Sikct9a]

Great game, a must buy for those who love shooters.

[ATi_Elite]

Just Kidding! I know we all use reviews as a way to see how a game is or get an opinion of if we should buy it or not. So don't get worked up on some review.

We all should be smart enough to see the MEDIA bias towards certain companies. They will say the same exact thing about two games but give them two very different scores.

Anyway I played Mag (at my neighbors house) and I was very happy to see that 256 people could play online without lag and with above average graphics, solid control, and a lot to do to level up leading to long game play.

MAG is an achievement just for doing that with 256 players. It needs some balance though cause my squad was full of rookies facing a bunch of 2 star veterans and we got crushed but it was fun.

Mag is a great game, not perfect, not worth $60 but $40 but worth getting.

Until Battlefield Bad Company 2 comes out then the game has NO CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mikeyy]

I cannot believe people rely on reviews soo much that they wont even just try a game. RENT IT, do not cheat yourselves guys.

Since when do a reviewers tastes = Your tastes?

[Koromaro]

Since when do Reviewers Review Right? They Always follow the hype and give some games all the love *cough MW2* 60 bucks don't justify the content? I paid 120 bucks for the same game *cough MW 1/2*
Plus IGN fails out of all the Reviewers =/

[Justin_bristoe]

you cant switch teams and play with ur friendsss?? awww

IF MY FRIEND STABBS ME IN THE BACK AND JOINS SVER OR RAVEN THEN MY FRIEND MUST DIE EVERY SINGLE TIME WE CROSS PATHS!

hopefully this wont be the case....stop being panzies. and what customization do u see in any other shooter as far as characters clothes????

mega super over drive fail!!

[ClosingRacer]

I played the public Beta when it came out on the 5th i think...and took me forever to download and then install then do the update..after that i started it up and played for about 30 minutes and decided it sucked...Yes it is a good thing that the PSN can handle 256 players but really is it necessary? I have a feeling the only reason why they made this game using millions of dollars to attack Xbox live...The game is extremely boring i rather play my Modern Warfare 2 on My xbox then play MAG and i hate modern warfare 2....

[retrofly]

Pwned!

[bunfighterii]

I'm still lukewarm on this game and that review didn't help. Maybe I'll pick it up it a month or two and wait for the community/strategies to develop a bit.

[TheMailman]

IGN can try bring it down, but MAG is already in the iconic gallery of FPS...

MAG, time is on your side... brilliant game…

[psycho360]

poor man's battlefield. Even Frontlines was better than this game. 256 players with ps1 era gameplay doesnt make it a success.

[mopground]

no wonder he had so many negative things to say, he joined valor! for the first week sver dominated all and raven was the worst but, its completely different story right now

[Gimped Hardware]

unless heavy rain/ god or war3 takes that title

i suppose that rubbish exclusives on a gimped console doesn't do any favours to the ps bots on this site.

i love those salty tears.......

[MyWordIsGospel]

Once again another month passes us by and IGN rates another PS3 exclsuive poorly, I really dont know where they are coming from with BUgs etc, I play the game daily since launch and rarely notice any bugs that IGN seem to think are prevelant. Regardless IGN cant be trusted no longer, I have not bought their magazine in donkeys and the website is just poor. Bad reviews biased towards certain devs (infinity ward basically own IGN) this is the same IGN that gave COD MW2 9.5, yes thats right one of the most overhyped games in history and they gave it 9+ so by that definition of biased, narrow minded reviewing IGN Can no longer be trusted, shame because they used to be a great independent source.

[Rowsdower]

and I enjoy the game immensely

its not a perfect game by any means, and playing with folks who refuse to act as a team can make a match frustrating and boring. When everything clicks though the game is thrilling and very fun. Give it a try and allow yourself to rank up to level 8 so that all the modes are open to you, then make your decision.

[Forbidden_Darkness]

On games like this, i feel reviewers should play it for a month before reviewing it. Yes i know reviews are ment to tell people if the games worth it or not by getting it out soon after the game comes out, but it doesn't give games like these a chance, if you dont even get to fully realize what it has to offer. Thats like playing 1/4 the way through Mass Effect 2 and giving it a review based on that alone. Its completely stupid how reviews miss the whole online only thing.

Im not disagreeing with the score at all (because i havent even gotten the chance to play it), but atleast reviews should give a game like this a chance...

[EPdaJuiceman]

Men lie, women lie, numbers don't. Average game at best.

[BlackTar187]

but #'s are skewed and manipulated all the time. The truth may still be in there but if you dont tell people how to find it not many will.
Hard Data doesnt lie

[Bengoshi-San]

The reviews and feedback to this game remind me a lot of Confrontation. Sad, but I think the reviews are onto something. When the price drops, I plan on picking this game up, but for $60, I'm going to pass.

[horndog]

I can see why the droids are so desperate to get some xbox exclusives their way such as ME2,SCConviction. Their exclusives suck a$$. Its o.k droids we told you ahead of time that MAG was going to suck but at least you have last years DLC to look forward too.

[josh14399]

scores don't bother me i'm addicted to mag and its the best online console fps i've played. i just hope it sold well so the devs will keep supporting it.

[DirtyLary]

You can't spell ignorance without IGN

[Ashby_JC]

"Conversely, if you do something extremely unexciting for a living, like absolutely nothing, chances are you'll be more drawn to a chaotic, stressful game like MAG."

I dont have a problem with reviewers in general but can you just review the game and its content instead of comments such as above.

By the way ...I love MAG and a 7/10 is a solid score in my opinion

He complains about not hearing a sound when your revived or NOT knowing you GOT revived because your not paying attention.

Umm does anyone see a problem with this statement?? WHY would you NOT be paying attention when your bleeding out? I always rotate my camera in anticipation that will be revived and be ready to get in cover or shoot someone!!!

I do agree with the problem in the game if everyone runs to join SVER. I have won alot of matches with Valor vs SVER and can say that I havent played against Raven much.

[gameraxis]

i'm sorry to say it, but i have to agree...

I'll stick by any game i think deserves it, but i just cant get into this game after playing COD(s) or BFBC2 or K2, and i played ALOT of confrontation when it came out, and thought that was an awesome game, but when you go to first person, there are certain aspects that i have come accustomed to that just aren't there.

I'm not hating here people, and i envy those of you who love it, i really do, i just cant get past the graphical/animation/precision issues

[BLADE_X8]

No disrespect to IGN, but I prefer Gamtrailers.com, 1UP, and Cheat CC reviews more than any other site. The reason being is simple: these three sites give way more information to why they score this way.

I won't go into the PS3 hate conspiracy, but a lot of people are "lost sheep" controlled by the herder. (I'm not just talking about games either..."The Matrix is all round us, and you have to see it for yourself.") Anyway, I'm planning on buying MAG...even though I know I will suck at it. I can't speak for all gamers, but I get tired of the same types of games and need to change things up, from time to time. I won't abandon COD 4 (My favorite of the current/next gen Call of Duty games), Killzone 2, or Uncharted 2, (Only have a PS3 right now...my last 360 RROD on me), but I still play SocomC and Rainbow 6 Vegas also. People should not get mad at the IGN score, it's just their opinion, NOT everyone's. (Maybe the person reviewing this game doesn't like MMO shooters, PS3 (System or controller), or the miliary... which could impact his review. SocomC sold alright, and people still play it, the same thing will happen with MAG.

[BLADE_X8]

ALSO, it's fair to say that MAG is a one of a kind game. The PS3 is running a game that currently is not an option on either competing consoles or the PC. (OF COURSE THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PS3 IS THE BEST CHOICE, JUST TRYING TO GET TO MY POINT.) I believed that the reviews would be around the 7.5 to 8.5 range, because of the accomplishments of this title.

I know opinions vary, and instantly...people will argue about Halo, Killzone 2, and Modern Warfare 2 type of games...HOWEVER, the fact that Zipper delivered on a 256 player MMO/FPS title is a huge step forward in this genre of gaming, something that people should talk about more often. (Same Kudos to Bioware, with it's evolution from KOTR to Mass Effect 1, to the incredible Mass Effect 2) I would have liked to have seen IGN at least give this an 8.0, but it's all good though. (They won't play it, it's for the fans.) All fanboy stuff aside, It would be interesting to see what the score would have been if this was either a Halo or Call of Duty MMO-FPS? (Just getting to the fact that big named games, regardless of who thinks they are good or not, get a lot more respect on sites like IGN.) Halo Wars got a 8.6 from IGN, I believe...without most of the great elements of the either Mass Effect games or Demon Souls.

[J-Killer15]

IGN is a reliable source for reviews when they give Uncharted 2 Game of the Year, but because of the fact that they didn't enjoy MAG as much as some of you did the website is bogus strictly because of how they rate PS3 exclusives all of a sudden? I don't get it at all.

I believe that this review wasn't all that of a well written piece but at the end of the day it's his opinion. So if every PS3 exclusive doesn't receive a 9 it's a conspiracy? I can't fathom that.

If you bought MAG and enjoyed then good for you, but don't bash a reviewer for the simple fact that their opinion doesn't coincide with yours.

I hate this immature fanboy era.

[BLADE_X8]

Fanboys are very reliable sources at times. (Of course we know that they get out of touch with reality as well.) a lot of PS3 fans are very high on MAG, mainly because of what Zipper was bringing to console gamers. (I'm a loyal PS3 fan, but like all systems...PS3 gave me Blu Ray, game variety, and free online, so it was my choice this time around. That doesn't mean that I won't give other games/systems credit for great stuff....like Mass Effect 2 and Resident Evil 4, when it 1st dropped on the Gamecube)

Anyway, I feel that MAG deserved around a 8.0 score, mainly because of what Zipper achieved with this game. (Actually, it doesn't matter what a game's score is anyway. You and I both know that there are some very highly acclaimed games, that are no where near the hype...and visa versa.) PS3, 360, PC, and Wii fans are the one's who drive games, and created the spectacle of E3, Tokyo Game Show, CES, Gamescom....ect. Instead of hating on Gears, I just talk about what Uncharted 2 did well. (Same for comparing Mass Effect 2 to Lost Odysee or Demon Souls.) If someone makes a good point, I concentrate on countering them...rather than saying an ignorant comment. In most cases: If someone drops a insult or slur, it's because they are under-educated in the mentioned topic....so I just ignore them as irrelevant. (You can prove you point, but can't make ignorant & close minded people use their intelligence.)

[NiiGhTx]

Mw2-7/10
MAG-9/10

But these blind fanboys don't see it.

[Bobby Kotex]

I bought the game 2 days ago and I've been playing it non-stop. I'm definitely having more fun with this game compared to MW2. The first thing I noticed is that there are WAY fewer kids playing. At least on SVER. Not everyone cooperates, but people are way more inclined to work together in this game.

I don't know why the reviews aren't better, but I could care less. For me, money well spent. Also this is a very popular game, so I can see a solid community for quite a while.

[bigjclassic]

gave MW2 a ridiculous high rating, even though it is the most bug ridden game this entire gen?? Same can be applied to Gears 2.

I only count the overall scores on sites like Metacritic and gamerankings.

[cmrbe]

whatever IGN. The game is a solid 9.

[MetalProxy]

I dont buy games for other people to play. I enjoy MAG and hate MW2 (to small, boring) and thats all that matters..right?

[labwarrior]

Generic and movie games are not what gaming is about and it shows

BTW i though gaming was all about having fun playing. It is not about admiring technical achievements that bring nothing to the fun factor

[Quadrix]

The main thing that worries me about MAG is whether or not the players will cooperate with the leader. I can just imagine a bunch of jerks going around doing as they please.

[exnihilonihilfit]

7 does not = flop. It's not true of Xbox games, and it's not true of PS3 games. 5/6, those are flop scores. The problem is that people only have eyes for 8's, 9's and 10's, so they begin to think that every game has to score that high. But most importantly, IGN is not the definitive game reviewing site. They highball pretty games, and they lowball gritty games all the time. Game reviewers are a pretty extreme group, and that's why people don't realize that 7 is the true average score, since no one gives out 7's; it's either 4,5,6 or 8,9,10. The other problem that many don't seem to realize is that MAG is not to be compared to other shooters normally. It's a highly experimental game. End of the day though, I have to agree that he game could have benefited from a touch more polish an some additional content. As a result of this it's mass appeal is somewhat limited, but it's niche appeal is extremely high. For your average video gamer and FPS player, MAG probably is a 7, but for those who love massive online multiplayer FPS action, it's an 8 or 9.

[MysticStrummer]

I normally consider IGN to be one of the reputable sites, but this review is odd on a couple of points. First of all, I'm not sure where some of the commenters here get 15 maps when they play MAG, but I'm also not sure where IGN gets 9 maps as stated in the review. There are 12 maps, but you will only play on 10 of them since the Suppression mode is against your own faction on a map that is unique to that particular faction. Secondly, I have been playing like crazy since the midnight launch and while I have detected a few bugs I have not seen any of the bugs they describe. I have seen moments where I am unable to heal someone, or where I am stuck with a grenade in my hand until I throw it, but these have been very rare. Their contention that they saw squads of people who were nothing but medics is strange also. I have never seen this. From my own loadouts I guess what they saw was a squad of people who all had the more advanced medical kit and the Resuscitation skill unlocked. This is not a bad thing. I am happy when I see this happen and it doesn't mean a thing about any other weaponry or armor they might have. I'm more dismayed to see someone carrying a repair kit during Sabotage mode, where there is nothing to repair. My last complaints about this review can be applied to many of the lower reviews I have read. One is the "online only point deduction". This is applied to online only games, but only rarely will you see a "single player only point deduction". I have already spent more time on MAG than I did with Bioshock, so which has more lasting value? Another common point I see in these lower reviews is about the graphics. To say that they are only adequate is to ignore the number of players and size of the maps. Where are the points added for putting the player into a huge battle? This is something that no other online console FPS does, yet it's only mentioned in passing and seems to have no effect on the score. MAG deserves nothing less than an 8, and I personally would give it a score somewhere in the 8.5 to 9 range. My urge to play and keep playing MAG is something I have felt with only two other online games, those being the original Socom and Warhawk. MAG is the only online FPS that has made me want to play it so much. That includes the Halo series, the Resistance series, the Killzone series, and the Call of Duty/Modern Warfare series.

[TheObserver]

MAG is a great game for achieving that numbers of player. Even the PC have hard time running 256 players at the same time on an FPS.

I worship the source engine and even the mighty Source engine have a hard time running half the players. Look at the video.

Give credit where credit is due. IGN is retarded, they have no credible standards.

[itswar]

hahahahaha lol hahahahaha lol.hold on what did that say oh sorry i ment 7/10 hahahahaha lol hahahahaha

[ilovecake]

MAG is awesome, fanboys are gay...PS3 and XBOX 360

[TehCell]

"WUT? ma ps3 gaem got below 9??? FUUUUUUU!!!"

[squeeb]

I think the reviews have been fair. I wouldn't call it groundbreaking and revolutionary, although the player limit is quite awesome!

That said, I love it so far. It lets me do what I enjoy in shooters like this - find some bushes, go prone, and snipe the whole round away. Kind of the same reason I loved the Battlefield series.

I just got the 2nd tier Rifle, with the bipod upgrade..so much fun.

[mario8888]

IGN reviewers play MAG like a noob gamers and never really tried to learn the game or they just plain sucked from so many years of playing auto aim games like MW1 and MW2.

MAG is a No Auto Aim game with very, very, very little auto aim when scoped up. MAG has a steep leraning curve for those of you are used to games like Call of Noobie. If you practice you may be as good as me one day. But I doubt it . My skill come from many years playing no auto games since the PS2 and xbox 360.

Look at this video . There are very few people that can play as fast as I do. This is real run n gunnin. You MW2 gamers that like to run n gun will need to hone your eye and hand coordination if you want to play at my level in MAG.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...
70 kils and 23 deaths. I know I make it look easy.

MW2 = Twitch skill and auto aim does the rest.
MAG = Twitch skil, eye & hand coordination becuse there is no auto aim assist.