MAG Review

Post by Steve Farrelly @ 12:07pm 23/02/10 | 21 Comments

Sony's PlayStation 3 ambition reaches critical mass with MAG, an online shooter that can have up to 256 players all smashing it out at one time across one map. Yep, 256 players.

It might seem like overkill, but they've pulled it off and we offered review duties up to our very own Amos Hong, who dissected the game from an objective viewpoint to see what makes it tick, how your role within such a large game is defined and how well the whole thing holds together.

Click here for the full review.

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boba
Posted 01:56pm 23/2/10

I don't mind this game, but it's come out too close to BF:BC2 so dunno how well it will do once this comes out

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Killa
Posted 04:29pm 23/2/10

Interesting read, I'm not really a console shooter kinda person, but I might pick this one up.
I haven't seen this reviewer before, is he new? I like his writing style. Sounds like how my mates talk.

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FraktuRe
Posted 04:49pm 23/2/10

Amos Hong! Wasn't he the discmaster for PC Powerplay for many years? I <3'd his work.

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HyperJ
Posted 05:50pm 23/2/10

Wasn't really much substance to the review.....

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groganus
Posted 05:53pm 23/2/10

yes, but is that a reflection of the reviewer.. or a reflection of the game...

lets take a moment to think about that.

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DM
Posted 06:21pm 23/2/10

256 players!?! Jesus titty f*****g christ. I'll have to check this s*** out. Wonder if you can use a keyboard + mouse on this?

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whoop
Posted 07:02pm 23/2/10

wtf kind of internet would you need to support 256 players? That's gotta be some chinese gigabit s*** right there.

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ctd
Posted 08:50pm 23/2/10

If you are keen on a superior PC gaming experience on a PS3 you can try these things.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/1335197.html

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DM
Posted 09:05pm 23/2/10

Wow that seems like a pretty cool little thing there. May have to look into it.

EDIT - These things are getting a pretty good rep. Damn you for telling me about them though as I want one now. Nooooo I don't want to be a console convert!

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ctd
Posted 09:13pm 23/2/10

Also thinking about getting one. Just waiting on a game that is worthy. Maybe that Red Dead Redemption... it looks like the go.

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DM
Posted 09:21pm 23/2/10

When/if I buy MAG i'll pick up 1 of these as well for future fps games. Whats another controller in my already crowded room. I bought a hori RAP3 which I only used for 4 days before my ps3 broke like 4 months ago or more and a IIDX controller for Beatmania 11 which I could never get the hang of. Least this seems to have more use.

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ctd
Posted 09:26pm 23/2/10

There is also a competitor called the FragFX which has 2 different models. One of them is wired. Most people seem to prefer the Fragnstein. When I buy one I might have a better look at reviews and opinions.

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nexus6
Posted 04:26pm 24/2/10

biggest problem i can see with MAG is you have to choose a side and then you are stuck with it. no changing teams to play with your mates, or changing teams to better balance the game .if you change sides you loose all your unlocks/upgrades. seriously stupid idea that!

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Zylox
Posted 06:59pm 24/2/10

My mate lives downstairs and he got MAG. He wont shut up about it despite me clearly having no interest. I have dont see the point of consoles unless you got kids.

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Khel
Posted 07:54pm 24/2/10

Yeah, you're right, I often thought to myself while playing Assassin's Creed 2 "this would be a great game for kids".

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HERMITech
Posted 08:14pm 24/2/10

^ Y'know, I just played it on my PC hooked up to the 46" tele an it was y'know
better than on console cause my rig could run PhysX "smoothly"

One of the few 3rd person games I'd actually endorse

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ravn0s
Posted 08:18pm 24/2/10

how do you have AC2 on pc when it hasnt been released yet?

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weedy
Posted 11:49pm 24/2/10

MAG is suprisingly good.

No lag issues at all on 8mbit ADSL and playing with lots and lots of yankies and the odd frenchman so it would seem from mic chatter.

Also its not difficult to determine enemies from friendlies at all, i think the reviewer might have been drunk at the time of reviewing.

It has a lot more depth then an average shooter and there is always something interesting to do or switch up, im really enjoying it atm just need to find the time to play it more :)

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trog
Posted 11:54pm 24/2/10

I wonder where they run the servers from

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pixem
Posted 10:05am 25/2/10

There are severs all around the world, La, East Coast, Japan, and even some in Australia :)

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boba
Posted 10:16am 25/2/10

yeah but you're never guaranteed to play on the server in your region though.

Here's how it works:

MAG currently sends players to the server closest to where the majority of those queued in the game are located. So, for example, if you are playing a game that's 40% American, 30% European, 10% UK, 10% Japan, and 10% Oceanic, you're going to play on an American server.

That's how the setup works right now. Going forward, it's definitely possible this could change, but right now, there's nothing to speak of.

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Jeremy Dunham
Sr. Comm Manager, Zipper Interactive
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also new patch

http://blog.mag.com/blog/2010/02/patch-alert-mag-v1-03/

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