MAG

Been playing the beta for a number of weeks now. now, it's not a polished product yet, plenty of things the makers will improve and fix, but otherwise, it's brilliant. yeah, some gaming issues, it's not as slick as COD4, but it's WAR. huge WAR. huge maps. lots of weapons. and team work which is great.

i look forward to the finished product and hope it addresses all issues the Beta trials are showing up. it has potential to be simply MEGA.

Firstly, I have an Xbox 360 as well as a PS3 so this is not a biased review done by a fanboy. Also I have never played MW2 so am not going to compare it.
My first impressions when I first loaded the game and played the training level were not that great, the graphics seemed sub standard for the PS3 and there is no environmental damage like in some other FPS games. I reserved judgement until I had played a proper match, so after the training level, went on to play a supression round. This is really like a training excercise as well and again, didn't leave me realling any real excitement. It's a basic team deathmatch and, with the number of players you can have on that game type, didn't feel like anything new. It was enjoyable, but I thought it wouldn't take me long to get bored. Then I levelled up enough to enter into some other game modes, this is where my views changed. The game is simply amazing, I soon forgot about the graphics as the gameplay easily wins over. It's fast paced and slick with huge game arenas. With the large amount of players you can have on one match you can still find large areas to run around in without being seen. Head towards your objectives and you will find loads of players from both teams slugging it out in a fire fight. This makes it easy to be whatever type of player you want, be it a sniper that tries to hide from afar and pic people off or a gun toting maniac with a heavy machine gun and just go ploughing in mowing people down before you get taken out. Being a medic can also be rewarding as it gains you alot of experience healing or reviving your team mates. As you gain levels and rank you can control your squad, I've not got there yet as the girlfriend has taxed it off of me. Not because I can't put it down and she wants to spend time with me, but because she loves playing on it too. You gain skill points when you level up that can be used to improve your character or unlock new weapons. There are 3 sides to choose from as well, each with their own versions of the same weapons I presume (not sure on that as I've only played as S.V.E.R.), and also I would think this means that when your on certain maps like in your own territory, you will only ever defend. There is no swapping sides on the maps, this improves longetivity of the game as when you create a new character with a different team, you get to play some maps from a different angle. I have noticed no lag at all when playing and no issues connecting to game servers. There is so much more I could say about this game with the teamwork and objectives, but really you need to buy this game and see for yourself. I've given it 4 out of 5, as the gameplay is what makes this game and as nothing is perfect, the graphics have to make me deduct something. If I was giving an out of 10 score, it would be an 8.7. Definately one to have.

i've been playing the beta for a while now and give it a good chance to impress, and it just doesn't! when comparing to other top fps it just isn't as good it don't play as smooth and just don't look as polished, play mag then put modern warfare 2 straight on after and you will see what i mean. also it takes nearly a whole assault rifle magazine to kill a single enemy soldier, so if you come across 2 or 3 at a time which you will, you will be lucky to kill just 1 even if they don't see you until you fire at them, which also makes the sniper class pointless i have hit the same person 3 or 4 times without them dying! the game does have good points, big maps lots of players and some decent game modes!

First of all, i decided to take a break from MW2, so i decided to pick up MAG. And i wasn't disappointed! Great graphics considering the size of the map, people actually use teamwork! And campers are acceptable (in certain areas). After the first hour or so of playing it i didn't like it, because i was too used to the whole "SPRINT IN AND KILL EVERYONE" from playing MW 2 too much, but after a couple more hours i got the hang of it and was using strategies to help my team take points.

A must have for FPS fans!

Been playing the Beta now about 2 weeks - looks prime, playability is endless and the most important factor is the teamwork. Never experienced this before!

Can't wait for the full game to arrive - it's going to be SWEET. Finally a really good online FPS to give us PS3ers something to shout about!