MAG For $29.99?

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#51 WilliamRLBaker
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[QUOTE="RogueShodown"]

As far as I know, It sold pretty well, but I haven't heard much about sales since it released. According to this article, it sold 500,000 by February, which isn't recording breaking, but far from what a so-called 'generic FPS' would and should sell in that short amount of time [QUOTE="RavenLoud"] This. I was going to pick it up until I heard there wasn't a headset bundled. Seriously, what was Zipper/Sony thinking?Rockman999

You know, it's easy to find a good-enough, decently priced headset with minimal searching. There are tons of bluetooth headsets you can get for ~$20 or less. Chances are that if you bought MAG on release and wanted to communicate with others, you'd already either have a headset or wouldn't mind buying one. I think $30 is the right price for this game, even though you could find better games for a cheaper price if you look around. It is a new game, though, and I doubt that the community will die out any time soon. It also has an advantage over other multiplayer FPSs for the amount of people that can play online and how it's heavily based on teamwork and completing objectives. If you're into that stuff, you'll like it.

I thought it was good, not great, but I'm not a team player and I don't really care for completing objectives, so I played 32 vs 32 team deathmatches rather than the other modes. It's really not for people who tend to play DMs and TDMs in FPSs over modes like Search and Destroy and Capture the Flag. You should probably rent it in that case. When I played this game for the first few weeks after it launched, it seemed like 4/8 of the individual squads had headsets, which is more than enough people IMO.

The biggest problem I could really see is that it didn't have enough variety. You'd play the same map every time if you are in Raven and are fighting SVER in the same mode. However, the best thing about this game is how fast you start games. It amazes me how fast you can get into a room of 256 people. While you're waiting you can go into your barracks and change your presets.

Official PS blue tooth>>>any generic sub $40 blue tooth. If Sony would have given MAG the same treatment Socom got, then you would have ended up only really paying $10 for the game if you got the bundle($60-$50 headset =$10 game).

actually the official bluetooth ps3 headset is quite crap, all it has is decent sound quality otherwise its battery life, ergonomics, and every thing else completely blow. I've never had something start hurting my ear because its nothing but hard angles like the official ps3 bluetooth headset. as for the topic at hand....its not surprising Mag totally blew in beta, and at retail. I've never seen a game that has 99% of the bugs and glitches and problems the beta had still in the retail product.
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#52 benbeckman
Member since 2010 • 702 Posts
terrible, overrated game buy warhawk instead
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#53 GrannyGoat
Member since 2010 • 1190 Posts

mags a flop

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#54 BiancaDK
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actually the official bluetooth ps3 headset is quite crap, all it has is decent sound quality otherwise its battery life, ergonomics, and every thing else completely blow.

I've never had something start hurting my ear because its nothing but hard angles like the official ps3 bluetooth headset.

WilliamRLBaker

It started hurting your ear?

Say, are your ears grossly disfigured by any chance?

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#55 mitu123
Member since 2006 • 155290 Posts

terrible, overrated game buy warhawk insteadbenbeckman
I don't see how it was overrated when it wasn't rated that high and bashed before it came out...

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#56 PSP107
Member since 2007 • 18983 Posts

mags a flop

GrannyGoat
how is the online community?
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#57 silversix_
Member since 2010 • 26347 Posts
Why in hell would someone play this over BC2? Seriously the game feels so early 2000. I guess the price is acceptable and is what it should've been when it was launched.
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#58 Matryx_Renegade
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BC2 is a shooter with what? 32 players max? MAG's smallest game mode is 32vs32 and their biggest game mode is 128vs128. Yeah the graphics aren't on par with some of the other games but it's all in the game play. People that usually think this game is horrible just haven't given it enough time or just aren't good at the game. This game has huge learning curve and can scare away new players because it's so massive. This isn't you're generic run and gun shooter where you play alone. This is a team based tactical shooter. Put like 30 hours into MAG and try to go back to BC2 or MW2. Those games have a huge amount of aim assist. MAG has basically no aim-assist and that's why most people quit the game. They come into the game thinking of it as a MW2 but with 256 players and just see the re spawn screen all the time because keep dying. MAG takes a lot more skill and is more for an older audience.
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#59 donalbane
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I got it and enjoy it, but wish there were more maps. Plus, honestly, I really only play Sabotage because the larger game types (the games main draw) are too hectic and unorganized. I do love the maps that they have, the team work, leadership heirarchy, and leveling system, though.
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#60 JohnF111
Member since 2010 • 14190 Posts

should've started around that price, being MP-only.

or at least include a headset and charge full price, like the SOCOM games had.

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#61 MFDOOM1983
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Apparently it takes 15 minutes to start matches.
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#62 donalbane
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Apparently it takes 15 minutes to start matches.MFDOOM1983
I've never waited more than 2 minutes. The add on game type probably takes a long time because nobody plays that game type, but I wouldn't know because I don't own - or want to own it.

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#63 -ArchAngeL-777-
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If you play Domination or Sabotage it doesn't take long to get into a match. If you play Acquisition or Interdiction modes, then it could take a while. Not as many people play those. MAG has been added to the Greatest Hits collection which explains the price drop. I think they are trying to get more people in the game before MOH and Black Ops. They have some DLC on the way. MAG is most definitely worth $30. It is unlike anything you have played up until now and very much worth the experience. If you hook up with a good group of people to play with, it is a blast.
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#64 WreckEm711
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Apparently it takes 15 minutes to start matches.MFDOOM1983

You've obviously never played then. Longest I've ever waited was 2 minutes or so max, most of the time its under 30 seconds

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#65 xXDrPainXx
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[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

actually the official bluetooth ps3 headset is quite crap, all it has is decent sound quality otherwise its battery life, ergonomics, and every thing else completely blow.

I've never had something start hurting my ear because its nothing but hard angles like the official ps3 bluetooth headset.

BiancaDK

It started hurting your ear?

Say, are your ears grossly disfigured by any chance?

Don't mind him he likes to bend over and take it like a champ from the might Microsoft Shaft.