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Bad AI. Good Online or Multiplayer game!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Very Good Graphics. Uses lots of tactics and spells from card-game. Real-time strategy mixed with a fighting game. AI is either too easy or way to hard ruining the 1-player experience. Multiplayer and Online rule though!!!

Great strategy and fighting too

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 40 / 40
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Magic The Gathering Battlegrounds is NOT a card game translated to the XBox. It is a fighting game that is based on the environments and creatures found in the Magic world.

You can choose from various characters, each representing a different style of world. The demo only has 2 worlds represented, but the actual game has 6. Each has his own look and selection of spells and creatures.

The training mode walks you through the basics. You are in essence on a battleground split in half. You can only cast spells on your half of the battleground, and if you stay in your enemy's half for too long you take damage. You gather up mana to cast spells, and the more mana you get, the more powerful spells you can cast.

Some spells create creatures which either attack your enemy or sit still and defend you. Some spells attack your enemy and his creatures. Other spells give enhancements to your own creatures.

Unlike other fighting games, this isn't just about 'attacking blindly until he's dead'. You have to balance your spell usage between defending your own body, creating creatures, enhancing your creatures and taking out your enemy and his creatures. Since the mana supply is not copious, exactly how you balance your mana can make the difference between survival and death.

The quest mode lets you learn new spells and abilities, and practice your skills. The actual combat mode is where you move forward in the rankings.

The game is XBox live enabled (tho the demo is not) which should be the real key to this game. Sure, it's fun to play against computer generated characters - but the real joy will be taking your well-trained character and setting him against the world of other gamers, and seeing how well you rank in that world.

The graphics are rather good, and I really felt like my characters and I were a "team" working together to defeat an enemy. The game isn't complex in the "advanced RPG" way nor do the battles involve multiple button-mashing sequences like, say, Mortal Combat. Instead, it is a fast paced strategy game that exercises your mind as much as it does your fingers, and the winner will truly be the person who is the best rounded in ALL areas.

This Game is the Greatest!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: November 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Next to Halo this is one of the greatest Xbox games ever!!!Its bad points are when you cross your side you take damege ,and you should have more health this info is based on the demo,but over all this game is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!(-:

MTG:Battlegrounds: A good substitute

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

MTG:Battlegrounds is a good substitute for the real thing!

I started playing MTG in 1993/4 when the Legends expansion pack came out. I had all the beta Moxes and collected the sets. I stopped playing after Ice Age when they started reprinted the "good" cards. I've monitored MTGs evolution since but have not played.

Although there is nothing like sitting across from a cocky Magic player who thinks his deck is the ultimate thing, and devouring his life before his very eyes, MTG:Battlegrounds is a great way to visit days passed now that I have a family and no time to visit the tourneys. It has great spells and I look forward to its expansion sets in the electronic area.

If you like MTG, Battlegrounds is for you, especially if you've moved on in life and don't have the time or money to play the actual card game.

Super Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have no knoledge of the card game this was based on but I purchased this game having my doubts that it was going to be all that the reviews hyped it up to be...I was so wrong...I have yet to play a different game...There are so many good things about the game...Graphics are great, game play very smooth, unless there are a lot of creatures on the screen at the same time, the charaters and creatures look great, the voices and phrases could have used a little more work...Some say the game needed more spells, but for now its enough...playing on xbox live is great and much better than playing some computer AI...If your into the super-natural, witchcraft, sorcery, demons, goblins and just down right kicking someone's butt this is the game to buy.

good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If your tired of the teaditional fighting games and prefer to play a game that invokes your mind, try Magic the gathering

This game blows me away from buying it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 19
Date: December 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is certainly gonna be $20 pretty soon. If you want this game very badly, it's nothing much to be hyped over because the demo already sucks. This should just be like a happy meal toy from Mcdonalds or something, because I wouldn't give anymore than $5 for this. Probably be collecting dust if I ever bought it.

Fantastic translation

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: January 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've had Magic the Gathering: Battlegrounds for since it came out and I really enjoy it but anyone looking for an adventure game this isn't it.

If you have had any love for the Collectable Card Game Magic the Gathering then you will most likely love Magic the Gathering Battlegrounds available for PC and XBOX. Now it has been changed to be more accesible to Videogamers but this does not mean that it has been dumbed down.

A couple of the biggest changes are that this everything is done realtime and that you have to run around to grab mana crystals. When you begin a duel a mana crystal will apear on your side of the arena. For each crystal you grab you can hold up to one mana in the mana bar. Your mana bar will slowly fill up over time. After you grabbed the crystal a timer will start counting down and after runs out a new mana crystal will appear.

There are only about 70 spells total in the game and this while this is a tiny amount when compared to the massive amount of cards out there but each color is well represented. Green has beefy creatures some with regeneration or trample and it can gain a "mana" advantage. White has creatures with first strike, flying, and has gaind life spells. Red has creatures with haste can pump them up with some spells and has it's burn spells. Black has creatures that are, balance but will hurt you when they respawn, become stronger when they respawn, gain control over creatures that they destroy and also has destroy creature spells as well as drain life spells. Blue has small and big creatures with flying, the defensive horned turtle, and has bounce, counter/steal spells.

There are a few different modes of play available. You have Quest which has I believe up to 70 different single player challeges for you. You will have to play through this to unlock spells. In VS. mode where you can play against someone offline or online. In Arcade mode you play as certian duelist with certain spells and duel against 5 opponents before fighting a level boss and completing one level of difficulty out of four. In Practice mode you pick a duelist and an opponent to duel.

After going through the Quest mode you will have unlocked all of the available spells and with these spells you can create custom spellbooks. In these custom spellbooks you can use up two colors.

The graphics are alright though most of the enviroments are boring. The music is ok, but it would have been nice if they added custom soundtrack support. The number of spells is lower that I would like but they get the job done and more spells will be available through XBOX LIVE and the Official XBOX magazine.

Besides those short comings this game is well balanced, quick paced and alot of fun for Magic fans. The single player is good at training you but the multiplayer is where is at. It might be hard to get someone to play with because it can look intimadating. But even if you can't get anyone to play with you, you will be able to find someone on XBOX LIVE. If you have never heard of Magic and you would like something a little different this strategic/fighter might be for you. I really enjoyed this one.

Great fighting/strategy game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

It helps if you have played the Magic card game, because it will give you a jump on understanding the rules. It basically plays like a fighting game, but with a strategy twist. You can play through a single player quest mode which familiarizes you with the gameplay quite adequately. Most of these duels are fairly easy, but several of them are very challenging, and require thinking along with quick reactions!
The game also has a single player and Vs. mode arcade battle mode, plus the option of dueling online. It is definitely one of the higher replay and fun factor games for any system. I highly recommend it, even for people who haven't played the card game. It is a fun and challenging game.

magic review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a great game but there are some flaws in it.The flaws are:you have to have really fast reflaxes because the games pace is very fast.It is great to play with freinds and it is superb on xbox live.The quest is hard but beatable.

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