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MAG Thing - Part 02

Our coverage continues as we hit level 8 and venture into the Great Unknown.

Jan. 28 2010

Cast: Jeff, Ryan

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

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Edited By Bennyishere

Yay, time to get killed again!
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Awesome!

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third! >_>

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WIN!

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The game doesn't look to good to me. I especially dislike the way you throw grenades, o looks like something from pre-Call of Duty 1..

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Man, Space Neon Lobster is everywhere. They're in the Federation, they roll with a military force . . . I fully expect them to make toilet paper at some point for Travis Touchdown.

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lucky number 7!

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Edited By Cazamalos

still don't know whether to buy this Game or not,  guess i'll wait until all reviews go out, and see if SVER keep kicking other PMC ass's 

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Space Neon Lobster, now going for world domination.

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is there gonna be an actual review for this game?

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It took Jeff a real long time to realize the game locked up.

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Well these videos will save me some money at least. Might take a look when it hits Platinum, if the community is still strong in Europe.

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This doesn't look that fun actually, just lots of running.
 
Oh and Jeff, your gun sucks.

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I really want to see some of the leadership gameplay

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this game is way better when you play it with a clan/friends. 

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i love how they go straight from their weird haphazard star trek online multi episode stuff to this very detailed slower pace MAG multi episode review thing. I hope they do this sort of thing more often from now on.
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@jadeskye: Come on, we don't need people saying the order of their comments on GB thank you very much.
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Edited By Tortoise

 I think I preferred it when you could take more than 1 hit in FPS games before dieing (unless it was a railgun that you got hit with, in which case fair enough).

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Enjoying this a lot more than slow ass MMO.

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Edited By FuzzYLemoN

Thank you guys so much for doing this. This is one of those games that needs something like this. :D

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Edited By NocturnusFatalis

Could you guys make this more than three? I'd like to see a lot more of what this game has to offer before buying it... or not. Maybe try talking to some of the guys on there? Get a better assault rifle?
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welp...it looked better today than it did yesterday.  Maybe the more open maps are fun because it doesn't seem so completely chaotic getting shot in the back all the time.  Sounds like Jeff is more-so enduring this game than enjoying it tho.

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@HeyLookIJust said:

" haha I didn't think he would actually join the silly clan I made on there suprised he did "

 If you've made a clan go invite a bunch of other giantbombers to the bloody thing so they can get a proper experience. MAG is a completely different and much more enjoyable game when you've got an organised squad working together, and it might encourage Jeff not to just wandering around aimlessly.
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LMAO I that u would be like lvl 20 or something like that :)))
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Edited By Vorbis

The reason S.V.E.R are so popular is because the beta info was released saying they were the underdogs in terms of population but had the highest win rate.
 
Players will always flock to the winners, something learnt in Planetside.
 
This is a good reason why you can't have several characters on different factions, would lead to too much faction hopping.

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@girdz: 48th! >_>
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Edited By wrecks

Why Sony didn't make a headset a standard feature on the original PS3, and then even more importantly on the relaunch PS3 Slim is fucking beyond me. Such a wrong move.

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Edited By kamikaze_tutor

I really really dislike that you die so quickly in this game.
 
And defusing bombs is quicker than planting them?

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Wait until you guys see the 256 player matches. Mental.
 
I'm really enjoying the game. Up to level 12 now.

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Also after watching this whole thing, i'm just like "Jeff- what the fuck, turn up your sensitivity on your pitch/rotation." ALSO i hate it when people fucking BLEED OUT WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT THERE (this happened more times than one in the making of this video). Pisses me off.

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@HooliganTuesday: Agreed. It'd be great to get some GiantBomb squad action going for Jeff.
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LOL the Superhappyfuntimeshow clan (will to fight)got iced

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@Vorbis said:

" The reason S.V.E.R are so popular is because the beta info was released saying they were the underdogs in terms of population but had the highest win rate.  Players will always flock to the winners, something learnt in Planetside.  This is a good reason why you can't have several characters on different factions, would lead to too much faction hopping. "

The Beta has a lot to answer for in terms of faction imbalance, a lot of it came down to in the beta lots of the kids who were playing it for free thought "I'll go Raven they look kewl! or I'll go VALOR i like MW2" which lead to teams of retards running around and the people who didn't want to be associated with either group ended up going SVER, as a result SVER won a hell of a lot of matches thanks to people who don't run around like they're playing MW2 and actually worked together.
 
After that the convential wisdom turned into "Everybody go play SVER they always win"  
 
@Kamikaze_Tutor said:

" I really really dislike that you die so quickly in this game.  And defusing bombs is quicker than planting them? "

You die easily to encourage you to move as a squad, work together, use cover instead of just charging in and revive your team mates, running around like a tard on your own is a great way to die a lot and end up doing lots of running back from spawn. 
 
Defusing and planting takes the same amount of time, it'll go faster if you buy the advanced explosives upgrade.
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Haha. The game crashed. Ooops.

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Edited By Citizengamer

On a side note, the actual GB clan of sorts is "Arrow Pointing Down," and most people are SVER
 http://www.giantbomb.com/mag/61-21116/mag-online-gb-comunity/35-382511/#96

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I am sorry, going to stop sugar coating it, this game looks like ass.

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lol at crash

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It's really great that you do MAG justice with this extensive multiplayer coverage.
 
Please do the same for Battlefield : Bad Company 2's multiplayer component at release.
 
I'd love you guys so much more for it!
 
Do the right thing. Please.

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Space Neon Lobster is officially sanctioned by Jeff! Hurray!

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Im enjoying these videos way too much

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Ah , The Rock.
 
The movie that just keeps on giving. It's a quote machine.

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I still can't work out what to think of this game... 
Probebly just wait for BF:BC2, but the number of people in MAG reminds me of BF2... hmmmm

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I dont believe it crashed at the end, what if this happens regulary

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I'm still on the fence, but if I can get in the GB clan and have people to play with (none of my friends own a ps3) I think I'll be all in. Waiting for next video to make my choice.

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@Tortoise said:
" I think I preferred it when you could take more than 1 hit in FPS games before dieing (unless it was a railgun that you got hit with, in which case fair enough). "
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@Citizengamer:
Awesome, it'll be good to join a GB clan for this game!
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@F_14_D_TOMCAT said:
" @Tortoise said:
" I think I preferred it when you could take more than 1 hit in FPS games before dieing (unless it was a railgun that you got hit with, in which case fair enough). "
"
bleh I hate that.  Why I never could get into Resistance 2 MP.  Unload a full clip into a guy to kill him.  Then while your busy reloading you get shot in the back. 
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That music is kind of awesome 

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That little bit of shredding.. makes me want to play it

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@girdz said:
" @jadeskye: Come on, we don't need people saying the order of their comments on GB thank you very much. "
seconded...