I, like most people, have never participated in a 256-player virtual battle (or, due to its uncannily enormous amount of participants -- is it a
war?). Though Zipper Interactive's
MAG is built on incredibly strong first-person shooter foundations, incorporating fast-paced combat and a plethora of unlockable character modifications, the takeaway impression from my recent time with the game during a Sony preview event at
PAX is, as you might guess,
it is enormous.
The game does an excellent job of partitioning players off into smaller, 8-man squads. Though most of your contact is with your immediate teammates, there's a constant sense that you're part of something bigger. There's nothing intangible about the cause for that feeling -- you
are a cog in a much larger military machine, rewarded for spinning in accordance with your higher-ups' orders.
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