Is there any advantage to not spending all your cc?
Ok, that means I need to take a step back to plan my skill tree. Is there a global view available on the net ?
War broke out on my Playstation 3 last night, slowly unfolding like a deadly blossom over the course of seven hours.
That's seven hours without break, or nearly a day's work playing the PS3's massively first-person shooter MAG and loving every minute of it.
That's one of the things about MAG, it can't really be played as a typical shooter. The objectives are complex and designed strategically to require genuine group efforts to complete them. Get in with a squad of guys who want to spend the whole time laughing about how they ran each other over with a tank, and you'll never win. Get in with a team who bark out orders and sniper positions and you're going to win. It's also going to be some of the most fun you'll have in a shooter.
There are plenty of other things I like about the game as well. The skill tree allows you to create what are essentially custom classes. The inclusion of upgradable healing and repair abilities adds a neat level of play to the game for those of you not as into running around shooting people.
The ability to airdrop into a map as you push forward, and be shot out of the air by enemies, is fantastic.
Mostly though, MAG feels to me like the proper marriage of World of Warcraft and, dare I say it, Counter-Strike. Sure it's no Counter-Strike, nothing is. But it's a very solid, well designed shooter.
A very, very important important thing to note: A microphone is an absolute must in MAG. If you don't play with a microphone you might as well not play MAG. Seriously.
I played last night, well this morning, until 2 a.m. or so, killing 130 people, and accruing enough experience points to be a "senior trooper" that is within striking distance of the 1,497 points required to hit level eight.
Can't you guys get a B3D crew together for this? Seems like the perfect game for it.
I'm still on the fence myself on this one. Gah if only I had time for the demo when it was around. Maybe I'll just grab it, but I need some more B3D reviews up here to guide me.
Screeching Halt – Awarded when a player kills 50 of a certain specialty: Rapid Assault