GameSpy posted their review of Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds, giving it a lowly 2/5 stars:
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.
Hurmmn... well, if you want to read another opinion, check out our own review and supplement that with our interview with the developers, Secret Level.
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.
Hurmmn... well, if you want to read another opinion, check out our own review and supplement that with our interview with the developers, Secret Level.
