Hands-On Preview: MAG (Massive Action Game) Very positive

[SHMUPGurus]

Euphoria14 said:

SHMUPGurus said:
What I hate about this one is that you have health bars. So, basically you kill one guy and then you kind of have to die (can't go all out).

Still a pretty fun beta though!

Why would you have to die? Find some cover or something and/or if after killing someone and possibly be in the clear just press L2 and use your medkit to refill your health?

I tend to find some cover, poke out shoot someone, go back into cover, heal up, poke back and continue. I move my location every once in a while though to help prevent me from getting surrounded.

 

On average I die 7-8 times per game while getting 18-25 kills. On one ocassion I had 18 kills and 0 deaths.

It all depends on how smart you approach the battlefield.

Wow wait, you can regenerate your health à la Battlefield: Bad Company 1 style? Dayyyumn. I need to play with the controls a little bit more I think!

But from my experience, it reminded me of GoldenEye and Perfect Dark times (didn't play multiplayer PC shooters at the time). Some good, some bad. But like you said, you find cover and poke out to shoot someone sometimes (or as I call it "camp"), then move out after a while and repeat. So I guess my point about not being able to go in the fray still stands.