BioWare: Mass Effect MMO "Makes Sense"

[Luke5515]

With a universe as large as Mass Effects is and could be, it only makes sense.
I want to play as an elcor =3

 

[RatRace123]

So, in other words, exactly opposite of what Blizzard did with WoW. Which still annoys me sometimes. Though to be fair, Mass Effect is planned to be a trilogy - it's not going to continue forever, and an MMO seems to be a decent way to keep using the world while not continuing the main franchise. After all, anything other than the main trilogy likely won't have Shepard, and you'll never be better than Commander Shepard!

I would almost certainly play one of these. I'd like to play as a Turian or a Krogan, and it might be nice to play around in the ME universe without something of galaxy-dooming importance going on.

Oh I know that the series can't go on, and I fully expect the trilogy to end Shepard's story. I'm just hoping when they do decide to expand the series, they don't focus solely on an MMO.
I'd personally like a huge open galaxy game where you can play as whatever species you want and just do stuff, become a bounty hunter or join a gang or an army or become a pirate or get inducted into the Spectres, etc...

Basically an MMO without the other people and a monthly subscription.

 

[v3n0mat3]

A Mass Effect MMO would be awesome. As long as I can play a non-heretic Geth (Legion).

 

[AceAngel]

Still, people believe that Bioware is the patron saint of good stories and gaming, and that EA is the culprit here...pfft, that ship sailed ages ago lads.

 

[Therumancer]

I see a lot of potential for developing the Mass Effect universe. I can see the potential in them developing it as an MMORPG project, but with "Old Republic" out there, I can't see it coming anytime in the near future. If "Old Republic" fails, then they aren't likely to be given the development capital to try a similar scale of game for a while. If "Old Republic" succeeds then we're probably talking a 5-6 year life cycle at a minimum since it's success is being judged in WoW-like terms.

I agree with RatRace123 about what would be a cool root for them to take, which is pretty much an updated "Space Rangers" set in the Mass Effect Universe. Of course by definition that's not the multiplayer game they are talking about.

Right now I'd think the most likely avenue for them to go in is for them to try another Facebook "MMO" like they did with "Dragon Age: Legends". Of course the idea of that kind of underwhelms me, even if I think that one isn't too bad for a Facebook game (I stop in to do some moves once in a while).

 

[Daedalus1942]

Good, create a place for all those people who liked Mass Effect II to go, then focus on making a decent single player experience like back in the first game.
Go on and create your CoD ripoff, sell out like you know you want to, Bioware.
Then after all this retarded money grabing you might actually make Mass Effect III good, rather than that travesty of an expansion you guys called a sequel and made me pay $120 for.
-Tabs<3-

 

[DustyDrB]

I hope the MMO city doesn't become the place where my favorite BioWare franchises go to die...

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Hm, EVE Online meets Tabula Rasa?

But for fuck's sake Bioware, put less fucking dialouge! Yes I know an immersive RPG should be heavily story-based, but when I'm sucking up to the chick in my party 80% of the time I play, with the rest evenly divided between walking and fighting, the game needs mroe combat!

Pshh, go out and play Dragon Age 2. Its almost the inverse, where EVERY FUCKING QUEST is a hackfest. Even the sidequests. There's no variety at all.

I WAS talking about DA2. Ok yeah I rented it and had to go on a roadtrip like 2 days after I got it, so I don't know if theres more combat later on. But still, I was getting really bored really fucking fast, I only rented it because they didn't have Just Cause 2 then.

Well then don't expect much more variety. You have two types of quests: Go kill people quests, or "bring home this stupid piece of crap" quests. That is it. Running and hacking.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Good, create a place for all those people who liked two to play, and go back to creating a decent single player RPG experience.
Create a CoD ripoff, sell out Bioware, like you know you want to.
Then maybe you will focus on making Mass Effect III actually decent, and nothing like that expansion travesty that wasn't even a sequel.
-Tabs<3-

i imagine you must have sever neck problems from what i have read from theat post.

What...? :S
That makes no sense whatsoever.
-Tabs<3-

 

[Catalyst6]

I played Mass Effect as Commander Shepard, a man that went against all odds and brought together a small team of elite soldiers, each more interesting than the last.

Except the taurian. He was the best, and you got him close to the beginning. But I digress.

I played as this stalwart captain, the man that fought against death itself, defeated the Geth, and tried to overcome his crippling disability of only being able to control two companions at a time. The single man that would take the fight to the enemies, and would not only be victorious, but will do it with style.

In other words, I played as a hero.

I do not want to play as a random person in the universe. I want to be the warrior. I don't want to have to group up with a tank and healer to be competent. I want to be the savior. I don't want to collect fifty people to take down a boss. If my comrades go down, I want to take them on myself.

In other words, I want to be the hero.

And that's why single player is really the only way to go, eh?

 

[mjc0961]

Yes because an open universe with a myriad of alien species, only two of which having females, makes perfect sense.

Human
Turian
Quarian
Drell
Krogan
Salarian
Asari (if you count them all being female, or at least looking female)

And those are just the main races. I have to ask: have you actually played any of the Mass Effect games? If you have, you might want to give them another run and spend more time talking with your various squadmates. There are a hell of a lot more than two species that have females.

 

[Vault101]

"but obviously multiplayer is something we want to do more of in the future as a company."

hmmmmm Not sure I like sound of this...then again it is bioware

 

[kasperbbs]

I don`t see a mass effect mmo happening anytime soon or ever. They havent even released that star wars thing yet, which i think is just another grindfest MMO with a different skin.

 

[Fenixius]

I'd prefer a tabletop RPG campaign setting and rulebook. The lore is there, the classes are there, all we really need are some mechanics!

 

[Wharrgarble]

...I'd probably play it.

I just can't help myself sometimes. Granted, I'd wait to hear how it does, but if it were to be even moderately well done I'd most likely end up trying it for a while.

I'm weeeeaaaaaakkk...

 

[aashell13]

I played Mass Effect as Commander Shepard, a man that went against all odds and brought together a small team of elite soldiers, each more interesting than the last.

Except the taurian. He was the best, and you got him close to the beginning. But I digress.

I played as this stalwart captain, the man that fought against death itself, defeated the Geth, and tried to overcome his crippling disability of only being able to control two companions at a time. The single man that would take the fight to the enemies, and would not only be victorious, but will do it with style.

In other words, I played as a hero.

I do not want to play as a random person in the universe. I want to be the warrior. I don't want to have to group up with a tank and healer to be competent. I want to be the savior. I don't want to collect fifty people to take down a boss. If my comrades go down, I want to take them on myself.

In other words, I want to be the hero.

And that's why single player is really the only way to go, eh?

Agreed. besides, MMO's have a habit of being subscription based, and in addition to being a misanthrope i am also miserly...