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Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds

Battlegrounds is a nice change of pace for hardcore gamers because it combines elements from fighters and RTS games but I'm not sure if your average gaming schmo will be able to get into it. The interface and control is simple enough but the depth of this sucker will likely be lost on most. I can't help but thinking the best of what this game had to offer was left in the development studio somewhere for fear of overwhelming gamers who might not be ready for all it had to offer. It seems to me that it barely offers enough to get the attention of serious gamers but hardcore Magic The Gathering fans will likely want to stick to the card game that already know and love. We give Secret Level a ton of credit, however, for doing the obvious and including Xbox Live play in a game that demands it. Most developers would've just skipped it altogether and offered some lame excuse about user base or something.

Any way you cut it, Battlegrounds is a unique, chaotic experience and one that is worthy of a purchase if you are a fan of the card game.

Battlegrounds is een interessant soort kruising tussen strategy en mortal kombatachtige fighting, waarbij de nadruk ligt op timing en strategisch omgaan met resources, in dit geval mana. Een titel die niet iedereen zal bekoren in verband met de enigszins complexe Magicregels, maar voor strategy spelers die eens wat anders willen, een hyperactief spel met een lange levensduur door het uitgebreide spell-book. Magic, The Gathering in realtime? Ondoenbaar? Deze Magic, The Gathering Battlegrounds bewijst dat het kan.

Battlegrounds a réussi le pari de retranscrire l'univers de Magic dans un jeu de stratégie en temps réel. Il est vraiment agréable à jouer et dispose d'un moteur 3D efficace. Le seul bémol concerne sa durée de vie qui risque d'êter limité si les développeurs ne prévoient pas de nouveaux sorts en téléchargement.

Si vous avez déjà joué au jeu de cartes Magic vous ne serez pas déçu et si, comme moi, vous ne l’avez jamais fait vous serez conquis.

Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds could have benefited from a better interface, but at its core, Battlegrounds is still a decent game. People who are slightly familiar with the basics of the card game will take to the action a little faster, but, with a little practice and help from the quest mode's hints, even someone completely unfamiliar with the source material can understand the spells. It isn't the most strategic form of Magic: The Gathering, but if you're a Magic fan who is interested in more action-oriented games, Battlegrounds is a fair choice.

Öfter mal was Neues! Das dachten sich die Entwickler von Magic - Battlegrounds offensichtlich, als sie aus dem erfolgreichen Trading-Card-Spiel Magic - Die Zusammenkunft eine Mischung aus Stategie und Action strickten.

"Magic: The Gathering Battlegrounds" é um esforço louvável para mostrar para os não-iniciados no jogo de cartas como suas regras são interessantes e funcionais. Mas a falta de polimento na implementação dos elementos de ação e uma adaptação feita às pressas matam o grande potencial de um conceito interessante.

Le principal défaut du titre d'Atari, outre son système de jeu confus au possible et son gameplay défaillant, est de ne pas permettre de retrouver l'esprit du jeu de cartes d'origine. Il ne reste qu'un vague soft de duels en temps réel qui impose trop d'entraves pour favoriser la réflexion. On attendait beaucoup mieux en guise d'adaptation du fameux jeu de cartes de Wizards of the Coast.

Trotz Lizenz erinnert Battlegrounds weniger an das Sammelkartenspiel Magic: The Gathering, sondern eher an eine Echtzeit-Variante von Etherlords. Zwar stehen sich hüben und drüben zwei Hexenmeister gegenüber, diese bekriegen sich aber anders als im Original in einem hektischen Action-Duell, in dem schnelle Reaktionen mehr zählen als taktische Planung. Auf Knopfdruck werden Kreaturen beschworen oder dem Opponenten Zauberformeln um die Ohren gedroschen.

Battlegrounds is ultimately an ill-conceived attempt to bring the Magic card game license to a PC action game. It goes halfway towards inventing a new genre, but it can't decide whether to invent the action-RTS or the tactical-fighting game, so it ends up just awkwardly defying any sort of established gameplay conventions. Sometimes this sort of innovation is admirable. But in a case like this, it smacks less of bold design and more of people sitting around a meeting room thinking of ways they can make more money from their lucrative franchise.