Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds

Publisher: Atari

Publisher 2: Hasbro Interactive

Developer: Secret Level

Category: Strategy

Release Dates

N Amer - 11/01/2003

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GameZone's Review

7.4
GZ Rating

Gameplay	8.5
Graphics	6.8
Sound	7
Difficulty	Medium/Hard
Concept	8
Multiplayer	8.3
Overall	7.4

Reviewer: John Wrentmore

Review Date: 12/11/2003

"Even with a fairly solid game experience, many gamers will crave more."

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Avg. Web Rating

6.5

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Michael Lafferty - 05/21/2003

Options abound in Magic The Gathering: Battlegrounds, the latest addition to the card-game series

News

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Description

An important aspect to Magic: The Gathering – Battlegrounds will involve the player’s mastery of the five colors in the development of his/her duelist. Each color has a proficiency at certain types of activities, such as attacking, defending and healing. Players will be able to select up to two colors and utilize creatures, spells and enchantments in any combination from those schools. For example, a red duelist may choose to augment the attacking powers of his Lava Dragon by adding powerful green enchantments to his arsenal or increase his resilience by using white’s restorative powers instead.

Magic: The Gathering – Battlegrounds will feature an engrossing single-player Quest Mode featuring a plot that includes characters from Magic: The Gathering storylines while also introducing a variety of new characters and locales. Single-player Quest Mode will be comprised of six chapters, each featuring up to 15 quests. Most quests will involve battles with resident duelists, sub-bosses or bosses who often control a particular creature or spell that the player has not yet acquired. As the player progresses, the resident duelists get tougher and control more powerful spells.

Hardware Requirements

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP Pentium III 800 MHz (Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or higher recommended)128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)1.4 GB free hard disk space 8X speed CD-ROM drive 32 MB hardware T & L video card* (64 MB hardware T & L video card recommended*)Windows 98/Me/2000/XP compatible sound card* DirectX version 9.0b (included) or higher* Indicates device should be compatible with DirectX version 9.0b or higher