Why Mag Is Not Dead To Me

I edited it a tad, as I felt the need to share it with more than just the comment thread in the discussion of the article.

Have you played MAG? If so, and you're like me, you've enjoyed it the past year and couple months. The servers are still far from empty, and will most likely be quite lively for at least another year, which to me, is an exceptionally long run for a multiplayer shooter, especially given its need for a large number of players for their large games. On average with most shooters, 6 to 8 months is the max a title will see before players move on to another game and average players online begins to decline. Now, MAG is no exception to this, as the servers are most definitely not as full as they were a year ago, and we have mostly Killzone 3, Uncharted 2, and the host of other online exclusives for the PS3 to thank for this. So, yes, you're right. 256 players may have seemed like a gimmick to some, and it was its main marketing tool, but MAG did deliver, is still delivering, and will for at least another year. It has received countless updates averaging 1 major update every 3 to 4 months, the most recent being this past Feb. 23rd.

http://blog.mag.com/blog/20...

Other current shooters like Gears or Halo were designed for great 4 v 4, 8 v 8, etc. MAG was designed to be a great 128 v 128, or 64 v 64 depending on the game type of course. So as a daily player on MAG, I believe they've done a perfect job at maintaining a user base big enough for 256 players. I'm sure my clan of 100+ who I play with each day and the countless larger clans we play against and deploy with will vouch for that as well.

I've never had to wait long to join a game. Personally, if you ask me, most of the players still on MAG are very pleasant to play with as they are mostly made up of the really good dedicated veteran type, who always have mics, and will work with you. After playing MAG for so long, I start to recognize a lot of the players I play with who aren't even on my friends list. It's pretty cool when I can jump in a game by myself and have some random guy be like hey, I remember playing with you, let's group up.

So, I'll say it for the last time: MAG is far from dead.

On a random note, since it's bothering me, when I said:

"It's pretty cool when I can jump in a game by myself and have some random ground be like hey, I remember playing with you, let's group up."