Wow! The vid is on gt.

I don't see it working tbh

quote Silver Mirror

And to think when I first came here people said there would never be games which had hundreds of people in a single match online. Your all fools

Nothing is proven yet. And bandwidth is still a problem. Unless they are going to do some MMO type stuff to get it working. Though to be honest I have seem terrible lag in a few MMOs when to large a group gets together. In City of Heroes I was once involved in a 30 man group trying to take down one of the gian monsters in the game. The lag was awful with 30 different powers going off all at once every few seconds. Just terrible. And I was on a 8Mb cable connection. So it could work, but we will see how well.

quote Alpha_Joe

I don't see it working tbh

Depends on how it is setup. Like I said MMOs will let hundreds on at once and as long as they aren't clustered together everything is fine. The reason this doesn't work as well for FPS is because you want everyone clustered close together to keep the action going. 16 people on a giant map wouldn't be much fun. 256 people on a giant map could be fun but if you're all clustered up in a tiny corner of the map there could be problems.

MAG, more like LAG!!!!
256!!! Woooooo when I heard that number I was like wtf?
Why couldn't it be 251 or 253? :sarcasm:
They should of made it 200. Because like someone said everyone is going to be doing there own thing. No teamwork and that means more death. Imagine deathmatch you spawn and bam you die! Hopefully they create big maps, and fix it up so it won't lag a lot. I have a feelin this game is going to restart the online gameplay just like SOCOM did. Sounds cool hopefully it dosnt let us down

quote MAP_quest12

MAG, more like LAG!!!!

Fail

I just love the idea of so many people, all with different roles. Actual designated snipers on the rooftops, choppers dropping off soldiers, tanks rolling through and blowing shit up, only to get owned by some noob running around with an RPG. It really sounds great. I want it now.

quote MAP_quest12

Why couldn't it be 251 or 253? :sarcasm:

Because 256 is divisible by 8 and therefore easier to work with in programming terms.

2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512. All numbers that are easier to program. 200 not so much.

quote Koloth

Why couldn't it be 251 or 253? :sarcasm:
Because 256 is divisible by 8 and therefore easier to work with in programming terms.

2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512. All numbers that are easier to program. 200 not so much.

Owned by Koloth.

Dear MAG Doubters and Haters,

It has come to my attention that you seem to be hating on a game that hasnt come out yet. And may I remind you that you are the guys that probably complain about how games are never creative and not innovative.

May I call to your attention that this is something pretty fresh and the only thing we have close to this is resistance 2 with a similar 8 person squad massive battle scenirio. But by the looks of it Resistance 2 and MAG are going to be 2 different games completely. Resistance being a fps shooter and MAG being rumored for third person as of right now is the general consensus. Would the game sound appealing at all if they said 32 person online? They're trying to break some new ground here. Cut them some slack and show them some ethusiasm and support.

Resitance FOM had 40 person games with relatively no lag compared to its smallers scaled battles. Plus this is zipper teamed up with sony. Some amazing stuff can be done. Dont forget that they're working with the ps3 exclusively with this title. So you kinda think of this as part of the potential of the ps3 that everyone has been talking about.

All in all my post has gone on long enough and to sumarize. I bet they wouldnt put 256 people in the game if they couldnt handle it. I bet this is going to be a pretty damn good game. It'll have its flaws for being the first of its kind but it's going to do alot of damn groundbreaking.

Sincerely,
Lupin the Third

p.s. I hope MAG is a temporary name. Doesnt really sound to good in my humble opinion.

Aww third person? Booo

And yes, i really hope they change the name. They should just call the game MMOFPS and just get it over with.

^
sorry but that sounds worse...
also, MAG reminds me of a magazeine, or "ammo clip".
so the title makes sense in two ways.
ammo magazeine, and Massive Action Game.
atleast i think its massive action game...

Yea it is Massive Action Game.

I just used the mmofps to say how having a *bleep* acronym like MAG is just lame

its lame, yet it makes sense...
im scared.

quote Koloth

quote MAP_quest12

Why couldn't it be 251 or 253? :sarcasm:

Because 256 is divisible by 8 and therefore easier to work with in programming terms.

2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512. All numbers that are easier to program. 200 not so much.

A power of two to be more precise.