At first, I didn't really like MAG...but then it turned out awesome once you reached lvl 10. You forget the crappy graphics, thanks to the awesome action going around you. It is very team based and it feels really war-like...
I recommend you guys sticking to the game until level 10, that's where the fun starts kicking in!
Oh and yeah what faction did you guys choose and why? I chose Valor because I liked their background story and just noticed that I am very familiar with their weapons in every FPS war games...