The Daily Grind: Going out to pick up MAG tonight?

1. it isn't an MMO
2. it sucks

As long as it isn't just running around with dual shotguns.

From what i read this game is more on the lines of Global Agenda than Planetside. With all the players separated into smaller maps. I'm not sure if Seraphina is getting paid to advertise for this crappy game or she was in beta or what, but this Ra-Ra buy this game because it's shiny and new is getting old. People want innovative and fresh idea's not scams like 256 players one map when it's really only 16.

This game blogging site is starting to disappoint me.

really people stop hating ok it is 256 player online and it a online only game i have the beta also and it lag free just get over it the ps3 is amazing just look at heavy rain lol iv never seen that much detail on my $2500 pc and i play crysis ect f u guys you all just fanboys

one last thing it doesn't mater how dame fast are powerful you amazing pc is no game it made to run on it the has not and never will be a game that is optamized to run on your hadware so stop with the hole pc bull ps3 can do 16x MSAA and so much more and has all the best exclusives -Uncharted-heavy rain- little big planet- god of war- killzone 2- resistance- flower -Gran Turismo 5 -Heavenly Sword -Lair-Metal Gear Solid 4-Motorstorm -Ninja Gaiden Sigma-Valkyria Chronicles-Warhawk -Afrika-EyePet: Your Virtual Pet-FinaL Fantasy Versus XIII --inFAMOUS -MAG-Ratchet & Clank:-Siren: Blood Curse-SOCOM: Confrontation
-WipEoutHD -HOME ect.....really people grow up ps3 owns 360 and pc in many ways

also you tards a game does not need to be an rpg to be an MMO since when does MMO stand for role playing game

Good idea, VERY bad execution (and frame rate). It's a no go for me.

^ you have obviously never played the game before. Rarely framerate problems, executive very well, and is very well polished. Graphics are surprisingly good for such a large scale fps, and the different game modes are 16v16, 32v32, 64v64, and 128v128. Also, in the 128v128 games, when pushed back to your main base if you are defending, everyone does spawn on the same point so watching 50-100 players spawning and charging to the objectives at once while airstrikes are raining down on you and you are dodging sniper fire is very epic and immersive. After playing 2 betas and the IGN tournament, I give the game 7.5/10, with the actual release it might be as high as 9/10...

I'll say this: I played in the beta and tourney after and I'll be picking up MAG on Tuesday (not going at midnight tonight.) I thought it was pretty well done, graphics arn't GREAT but it ran well, and the 256 matches wern't an exclusion. That being said... the 256 number is a pretty big gimmick. The maps are big enough and spread out enough that you'll probably not see more than half your team and theirs at any given time. Still, fun game.

Now, as to it's status as an MMO, I can't see how you would classify it as such. 256 is by no means massive when we are talking on the scale of any real MMO, servers generally try to hit thousands, let a lone a lot of the instancing/sharding that goes on behind the scenes now for games like WoW and Eve, where you technically have tens of thousands of people that can meet up in game somehow (cross server dungeons, etc).

MAG also lacks any real kind of persistence. Sure, there is something called the Shadow War, but really, it's just a big score board, nothing else. So you have stats and levels, but that doesn't make an MMO. Really it's just an FPS with a lot of people and a level system....

... fun game though.

The game lacked the "stickiness" factor of other shooters like CoDMW and the Battlefield series. Also -- when I first heard 128v128, I had in mind something along the lines of Normandy, not 32v32/32v32/32v32/32v32.

That looks a LOT like my local bestbuy- is that the one in Yonkers, NY?