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First Person Shooter MMO (A Concept Idea)

One of Sony's biggest announcements at E3 this year was the unveiling of MAG. Titled Massive Action Game the game is set to submerge players into large maps capable of holding two hundred and fifty six players all at once. That's over four times the current 60 player limit that only a hand full of multiplayer games feature. While the game looked impressive from an animation stand point gamers know not to trust CGI, and to wait for in-game footage to be released. As I watched the MAG debut trailer a spinoff concept of this title stirred my mind, and after a few days of laying around in the back of my head I've decided to lay it out as a concept idea to see what reactions I receive from others. The idea has no real name so for now I'll title it FPSM (First Person Shooter MMO). The concept takes a similar approach to MAG in terms of having numerous players interacting all at once, but in a more MMO stand point. The game consist of three factions, a full world rendered map, and an FPS experience beyond anything you have yet to get your hands on. Fasten your seat belts, and switch on your imagination because this concept idea is one of the most ambitious yet to pop out of my head.
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toughNAME - 499 days 1 hour ago
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I shouldn't have made this comment...that argument is getting old.
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kapedkrusader - 499 days 1 hour ago
1.1 - All of a sudden...
...I feel like playing RISK.
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Fat Princess - 499 days ago
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Um M.A.G. is not an MMO. How many times does Zipper Interactive have to clarify this for these morons? And it'll most likely be in Third Person just like their SOCOM games.
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saf100792 - 499 days ago
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actually it is an MMO and they never said whether it is first or 3rd person
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Fat Princess - 499 days ago
1.4 - /facepalm
As described by Rade Stojsavljevic.

"MAG is a new online shooter coming in 2009 where up to 256 players wage battles as 8-person squads in a new and unique World."

http://blog.us.playstation....

"MAG is a brand new IP and is not part of the SOCOM franchise so it won’t have that as part of the name."

http://blog.us.playstation....
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toughNAME - 499 days ago
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I guess that comment was worthy since I got my 6th bubble :)

Thanks guys, but all I really need is 1 bubble (with the exception of this article):P
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vdesai - 499 days ago
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The only way this is a MMO if Battlefield is an MMO, its just a bigger Battlefield being done at a level that we (gamers) have never dreamed of. Planet side, which has RPG elements is a MMOFPS. Because it is one world.
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Fat Princess - 498 days 22 hours ago
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Exactly! And is Battlefield considered an MMO? The answer is NO, it is NOT. M.A.G. isn't labeled as "Massively Multiplayer Online Massive Action Game" LOL
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supahbad - 498 days 19 hours ago
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i personally would call it an MMO, not an RPG, but it is a massive multiplayer that is online. no one can argue that but whatevs
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rhood022 - 499 days 1 hour ago
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Aren't both Huxley and the Agency FPSMMOs?
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IaMs12 - 499 days ago
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Yah was going to say Huxley is a new one that should be coming out on the Xbox 360 (Hopefully)
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Lord Shuhei Yoshida - 499 days ago
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Yes,I was planning to get Huxley for PC,but I remember the first time I heard about Huxley was from a PC Gamer back in 2005.But it still has'nt gotten off the ground.Annoying this waiting is.
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TheIneffableBob - 499 days ago
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Huxley is currently in open beta right now. I tried registering, but I got really frustrated at translating all the Korean and gave up.
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LightofDarkness - 499 days ago
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PLANETSIDE.

A concept no more :P

And for the record, Planetside had more than 100 players participating in battle at any one time. There were sometimes over 100 players in an outfit, and often servers would have outfit wars, resulting in 100+ vs. 100+ battles.
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Proxy - 499 days ago
3.1 - LOL.
I thought the same thing.

This concept isn't exactly a concept; it's been done already. Just another console gamer thinking consoles are on the cutting edge...
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Twizlex - 498 days 22 hours ago
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Agreed. While I consider myself a console gamer solely because I prefer a controller and take comfort in knowing a game was made to run on my system, I enjoy PC gaming and have had some of my best gaming experiences on the PC. It's a shame kids these days are so ignorant to what PC games can offer outside of World of Warcraft.
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vdesai - 496 days 1 hour ago
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Planetside was fun. It was amazing, but now its nothing new.
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lojtis - 499 days ago
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Check out http://www.battlegroundeuro...

One of my greatest gaming experiences.
Huge battlefield. Battles lasted for weeks.
Only negative points for me was bad graphics and 64 player visual limit.

Remember one guy ran from Kiel to Dunkerque (took him like 2 weeks)

Can´t wait for MAG.
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Killjoy3000 - 499 days ago
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It'll probably be something along the lines like servers are 3-4 hours long and you can leave & go as you choose. That would be pretty sweet.
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