Comments on: MAG Developer Diary – Episode #2

By: Dannehkins

Dannehkins — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:52:21 +0000

It’s without a doubt that it’s innovation to a first person shooter on a console and I think that’s what FPS are lacking now since Call of Duty 4, innovation.

It’s looks a fantastic game and I hope that it delivers what it promises. A great video.

By: bartekma

bartekma — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:43:36 +0000

Are You gonna implement any training/tutorial/bots to learn how to paradrop/fly any aircrafts etc?

By: TehPhilosopher

TehPhilosopher — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:12:21 +0000

“This is… it!” should be the tagline for MAG – so succinctly and appropriately put there by Steve Suhy. Any hardcore FPS player would concur, if MAG delivers what it promises.

Very nice video, some solid info along the marketing hype. I appreciate how deeply the guys at Zipper have delved into the genre. Ed Byrne’s comment on tackling the challenge of making a 256-man battlefield rewarding, yet challenging was particularly insightful.

I see the vast scope as a benefit there: you can set numerous goals at different levels of the game – individual, squad, team, etc. -, that it is possible to create a compelling experience for even the losing side. Even though you might end up on the losing side, you might make squad of the game, or gain rank in a weapon. I’m opposed to all current implementations of experience points in FPSs, but sounds like MAG is on the right track.

I’m curious to hear more about how persistent the world is in a future installment. Will we be battling the same battles every time, day and week? Or will there be more or less persistent benefits from winning the game for a side/squad/person? And how do clans come into play in all of this?

By: Guapozzo

Guapozzo — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:27:33 +0000

spettacolare!!!!!!!

By: xeeki

xeeki — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:21:29 +0000

This game is one of the reasons I’m buyin’ a PS3 this summer.
(Yeah, I’m registered here without a PS3 yet, so what?)

By: Andy-McK-4ever

Andy-McK-4ever — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:52:46 +0000

Can’t wait until this comes out. We probably won’t see a release until Spring next year though. I can’t wait that long!!

By: IdodgerI

IdodgerI — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:41:26 +0000

How does the kill notifications work? Because I mean, with 256 players, are you really gonna want to see every single kill appear on your screen…it would cover up all the gameplay! Are you making it just so that the kills in your squad pop up on your screen?

Looking good so far though. Some of the animations weren’t great, such as when jumping, but lets hope thats polished for the final game.

By: qwertyuiopasdfgh

qwertyuiopasdfgh — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:16:52 +0000

Please make sure that we have an option to set up the controls just like in COD 4 (ie R1 to shoot, R2 grenade, L1 to zoom in, etc.).

Also, is there any possibility of split-screen online (ie have a guest at your house and go online together)?

By: Elliott "Shijima" Martin

Elliott "Shijima" Martin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:37:52 +0000

Screenshots and videos are available to view on http://www.mag.com.

By: Stonesthrow

Stonesthrow — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:19:04 +0000

very excited about this game, eventhough the 256 players sometimes seems more of a gimmick (in other words, thats not why the game looks so interesting) it could have a great value to the atmosphere and general feeling you got when playing the game..; for example pc shooters always seemed a lot bigger and more immersive, these are elements im also seeing in this game, by being able to tell how the battle is going kilometers away just by the smoke (or the lack of it..) and stuff like that

i just hope they can get the graphix up to par with present shooters, eventhough it looks great already

By: Diablo_Rosso

Diablo_Rosso — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:10:13 +0000

There’s one thing that I think is wrong so far. The lack of real guns. The current weaponary looks dull.

By: makingdamage

makingdamage — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:57:03 +0000

Is there any options for the HUD? It´s looks kind of messy now.

By: RadioactiveMouse

RadioactiveMouse — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:33:42 +0000

Wooo a shot of a sniper in game

Now just for some actual sniping gameplay and I’m quids in

Looking great though,

Thanks Shijima

By: IIIKAGEIII

IIIKAGEIII — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:33:28 +0000

will the controls be like cod4/killzone2 or will they be like socom controntation. because socoms confrontantation controls suck. its too hard to switch weapons etc.

By: mony24

mony24 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:31:49 +0000

Can’t wait for this looks Amazing

By: TRS-T

TRS-T — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:17:33 +0000

Sony should just release the Beta on the PlayStation Store for everyone to download.

I mean, 256 players per game.

The servers will need some serious testing

But, this won’t be able to compete with Modern Warfare 2.

It wouldn’t be a wise move for Sony to release this in November.

Do they really want to compete with the beast that is Modern Warfare 2?

By: DTS_MAN

DTS_MAN — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:16:25 +0000

a few things…256 all converging in one place and no frame rate drop…..hmmmmmm…this is interesting…i mean EPIC games cant even handle 10 players in multi-player without chronic lag.
And please tame the jumping it looked a little halo (can i say that) the guys jumping in the video near the steps after running looked a bit too floaty..yeah floaty.
Other than that its looking MENTAL! Im in the UK can i ask now that i want in on the BETA?

By: Liamario

Liamario — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:08:10 +0000

How much weight is there to your character. I mean are we talking Killzone 2 or Call of Duty? I’m concerned that the character will feel like cardboard eg- Resistance 2

By: beenii

beenii — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:30:25 +0000

hopefully this will satisfy all our expectations…
BTW expectations…Firmware 2.80 is coming tomorrow. (i assume, cause the debug one seems to be up already). heard there will be changes for the invitation system, but much more important for us would be: can we expact crossgame chat with it, or in the near future?
thank you very much

By: digitalpowershot

digitalpowershot — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:29:38 +0000

2 5 6 Players … just release the game already!