Sony just released the public beta of MAG, a new type of FPS. MAG’s claim to fame is that it will allow up to 256 players in a game world at one time. This would be the largest FPS to date. Aside from this technical achievement, there are no others to be had for this game. If this game only played 24 or 32 players, no one would be talking about this one at all.

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The game’s interface is not slick or polished and features one of my biggest pet peeves. So my question… why do all games that show some type of computer display on-screen, and as part or the GUI or in-game experience, show a flickering screen with scan lines? Hello? CRTs have been dead for years. There are no scan lines in LCD screens, which obviously is the equipment depicted in the game. Seems this game is trying to capture the realism of displays 15 years in the past. Enough already. You can also see scan lines when you are connecting to server, deploying to your missions, and a few other places within the interface.

The interface looks dated– badly.

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