Second MAG dev diary talks framerate, inspiration for 256 players

by Andrew Yoon { Jun 24th 2009 at 11:00AM }

Are you excited for MAG? Zipper Interactive's PS3 follow-up to the SOCOM franchise will melt PS3s everywhere with its ambitious 256-player online multiplayer. In spite of the unprecedented number of players being tracked, Zipper's targeting a steady 30fps beat, even when all 256 players start converging on one point. The notion seems a bit staggering, and we have our doubts -- remember the framerate of 4-player N64 games?

Certainly, we want Zipper to deliver on all of its promises. The end of the dev diary makes us hungry for more, when the developers explain their vision: "In other first-person shooters, you might see big events, like helicopters going down, or explosions, and buildings on fire. Those things are all scripted; they're happening outside of the gameplay space. In MAG, it's the first first-person-shooter where all those things are happening around you as an effect of gameplay."

Gallery: MAG

Tags: dev-diary, fps, mag, zipper-interactive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jakko @ Jun 24th 2009 11:27AM

Only capable on the PS3. Poor poor Xbox fans :(

Spiderfish @ Jun 24th 2009 11:57AM

My only console is a PS3 and I always cringe when I hear this bullet point, because that's what it is. So please stfu. kthxbai

NoughtSoClever @ Jun 24th 2009 1:43PM

Agreed. Stop promoting fanboyism, douchenozzle.

Heavytoka @ Jun 24th 2009 11:42AM

I really want to try this game out

karlwulfekote @ Jun 24th 2009 11:46AM

This game will be awesome. I just hope people don't over look it for COD.

Copland @ Jun 24th 2009 12:00PM

The second paragraph really makes me drool :D
I can't wait to play this game!

bruce @ Jun 24th 2009 12:19PM

was really sold on this being a third-person shooter like socom. to make it more of a sim than an arcade-like first person which we will ALLL have in modern warfare2 which'll release around same time. mag better have more than just the #256 to throw around to make it worthy, atleast have an option of third person view to help take advantage of huge maps.

TekkenDevil @ Jun 24th 2009 5:12PM

Hahaha....CoD... god I'm really bored of people thinking that is the GTA of First Person Shooters.

Son, there are 2 types of Shooters.

There are massive-scaled, tons of balanced-classes, 50 ways to be helpful to your team, vehicles-enabled games.

Then there is CoD. With all it's RPG style upgrades glory, and other nothing-to-do-but-shoot games like CSS, TF2 and Resistance.

In fact, they tried massive-scale CoD in Resistance 2, and I fell asleep faster than you could say "Boring."

So no, not everyone agrees with worshiping CoD and no games are inclined to be like, or live up to CoD.

Lil_Mermaid_Girl @ Jun 24th 2009 12:47PM

I don't think more necessarilly means better, I'm very skeptical about this game, but that's just my opinion anyways.

Space Meat @ Jun 24th 2009 12:57PM

I really, really want to be excited for this game, but it's just not clicking. Maybe it's one of those experiences that you need to play to understand. A demo would really help me (and others, I'm sure) decide.

GameHero @ Jun 24th 2009 1:03PM

Come on...How can anyone NOT be impressed with this game???

baughgoth @ Jun 24th 2009 1:24PM

It's an FPS.

Some people aren't into that sort of thing unless it's story driven.

Still, quite impressed in a stand-offish "256 online, that sounds impressive, will it be playable? I'd like to see that." kind o' way.

FNG @ Jun 24th 2009 1:56PM

is anyone else having issues today with youtube and firefox? the video is really small in a very large black frame.

Chopper @ Jun 24th 2009 2:14PM

I am very excited for this game. Finally, an online experience to one up BF2 for the PC.

TekkenDevil @ Jun 24th 2009 4:58PM

Are the first person perspective hand and weapon animations final?
'Cause they look extreeeeemely crap. It reminds me of Half Life 1, but even worse. They're too far off to the right and it shows too much of the arms.

I also hope this will have the "Battlefield Experience" in it, having each upgrade tree for each class have completely different gameplay styles, much like in BF2142.

Either way, I'm looking forward to this, and I'm sure it's gonna be a major positive point for the PS3.