The First Screenshots Of Zipper's MAG Are Surprisingly Gorgeous.

Why? Because they have to be lag-free, there's a lot of data to transfer, etc. etc. It's obvious that an online game has to be a little economical with its graphics. MAG is not aiming to be any online game though.

MAG is pitched as a 256 player online shooter. And these first screenshots confirm it looks absolutely gorgeous at the same time. We're really suitably impressed. When you promote a game as having such a vast amount of players, you expect the graphics to take a hit.

Aside from the visuals, the big story is that developers Zipper seem to have moved away from their third-person-shooter roots. MAG certainly plays from a first person perspective.

We're starting to believe in this project now. You can see the full collection of screens here.