Grootse feature lijst voor MAG

De website van PS3center heeft een flinke lijst aan features gelanceerd voor de game MAG voor de PlayStation 3. Volgens de website zal het spel draaien op een framerate van ‘hopelijk’ 30 en zal men een PunkBuster kwaliteit cheating detectiesysteem ontwikkelen voor het spel. De game bevat de 256 speler dominator mode, waarin aanvallers en verdedigers het tegen elkaar opnemen in een grootse strijd, en nog 3 andere game modi, te weten Acquisition (128 speler escort-style mode), Sabotage (64 spelers) en Suppression (64 speler deathmatch). Je gezicht, voice en armor kun je naar eigen wil aanpassen. De gehele lijst met features is als volgt:

– 2 to 256 Players
– ‘hopes’ for 30FPS when all the action is going down at all times
– Dedicated servers with new network architectures to help reduce lag
– Streamline matches to reduce need to wait.
– All audio cues (planes flying by, air raid sirens) are actual players causing it or player triggered actions. This can happen in other regions and you can hear in distance.
– PunkBuster quality cheating detection. System tests for things like rate of fire/movement/damage to keep things in check
– First Person view only
– Set 20 years in future, 3 major PMCs bid for war. The power struggle of these 3 dubbed Shadow War
3 Factions, only 2 announced now: Raven(high tech weapons, most trained soldiers on planet. Will appeal to Halo/Resistances fans). Sver(fierce fighters from middle east/central Asia area. Battle harden warriors)
– 256-player Domination mode. Attackers and defenders. Outer layer of defense and inner layer. Once through the outer layer ‘hell breaks loose’. Anti-aircraft and radar are vulnerable. If your faction wins alot it gets the contract for that game mode and gets XP bonuses and perks.
– 3 other game modes: Acquisition(128 player escort-style mode. Steal 2 prototype armored transports and bring to extraction zone). Sabotage(64player, control 2 points for X time then a demolition objective is revealed which must be destroyed). Suppression(64 player team deathmatch)
– Customize face, voice, armor.
– No soldier class system, but has a free-form kit creation. Can save 3 different load-outs. Depending on your choice of weapons, it can be told by looking at you so others can tell. Change your load-out to match how the battle is going.
– Snipers can get more than normal XP for killing people in designated areas of importance
– Ranking up gives access to new weapons/perks/leadership positions.
– Recognizes issues with large scale maps and the traveling.

– 8 players in a squad, 4 squads in a platoon, 4 platoons in a company (US Military)
– Certain goals for each squad/platoon etc. Have secondary goals like blowing bridges.
– Veteran ranks can enlist into leadership roles, give orders to their squad, then platoon, then their company(OIC)
– Officer only communication channel to help organize the battle

– Want to be approachable to casual yet have alot of features for the hardcore.
– Developers have been running 256 player tests since Nov. 08 and plans to have closed/open betas.