I think you're in a very small minority with that opinion. Dragon Age 2 on the other hand...Deathmageddon said:
Does Mass Effect 3 NEED multiplayer?
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No. Shut up. Stop talking right now. They are not pulling "time and money" away from the single-player to work on the multiplayer. If you'd take ten seconds, just TEN, to do some looking into it for yourself, you'd know that the multiplayer portion of the game is being handled by BioWare Montreal. The main body for the single-player portion is being handled by BioWare Austin, which is where the company is headquartered.spartandude said:
At any rate, that right there is absolute bullshit and anyone that spouts it off has no idea how the gaming industry actually works.
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Of course it doesn't need multiplayer. But it does sound like it'll be fun. And on top of that, I think Bioware might be using this as a test to gauge interest for a Mass Effect MMO.
Just saying that I don't see the point in developing a redundant mode, a horde mode style multiplayer mode. I have Gears 3 for that.Snotnarok said:
Bioware have stressed that the multiplayer and social aspects of ME3 are entirely optional, and that you can still get the best ending in the game from playing singleplayer exclusively. The multiplayer games do tie into the story, but are not key to the progression of the narrative (basically as shepherd in singleplayer you capture strongholds at certain points in the story, and in the multiplayer you play as other soldiers defending said strongholds). So yeah, It wont detract from the story, so why shouldn't they add it in. Bioware's writing and narraative is their claim to fame (Birds fly, fish swim, the ESA fuck cows and bioware games have good writing) so of course they would never make any move to jeopardize their best selling point.
Do you need Mass Effect 3? No. But you'd like it. And so would many other people. It's optional, so there's really no reason to worry about it.
Much like Bethesda games, my one consistant wish for Bioware games is the ability to play them with a friend and experience them at the same time instead of talk about things our respective characters did after the fact. I'm happy they are including a multiplayer compenent in ME3.
But to answer the OP's question, no it wasn't necessary. I still had a ton of fun and enjoyment playing them by myself. They're story driven games and in particular a story you shape yourself and make your own. As much as I like the idea of playing them co-op, I was still happy with what they were before and if you play the game co-op you lose some of the exclusive ownership of the story you had before.
But to answer the OP's question, no it wasn't necessary. I still had a ton of fun and enjoyment playing them by myself. They're story driven games and in particular a story you shape yourself and make your own. As much as I like the idea of playing them co-op, I was still happy with what they were before and if you play the game co-op you lose some of the exclusive ownership of the story you had before.
It's a matter of opportunity cost. Bioware has a finite amount of manpower and resources, as far as I know. Ergo, they have to make decisions in what they use that manpower and resources to do. If we boil it down to a simple choice, given a portion of their budget, they could either use it to A) fund multiplayer development, or B) do something else. Now, "something else" can be anything- adding content to Mass Effect 3, refining existing content, working on a new project, retirement plan for Ed in the janitorial department, I don't know. What is is irrelevant. The resources that have gone into the multiplayer could have gone into something else. As the shrill voices on this thread will attest, this has not been a horribly popular decision.Ordinaryundone said:
Now don't get me wrong, it could still be a good game, and the multiplayer could be good as well, though I really wouldn't know about the latter. It's not going to deter me from waiting out in the cold on release day. I'm just trying to provide the best reason as I see it that people are getting their various undergarments contorted about this.
Its the last game in the series so possibly for longevity, maybe if they let people have multiplayer over lan and internet it could become a great shooter outside of the rpg-shooter of the main game.Lord Revan 117 said:
I don't want it to be in here, but I don't think the game date will be moved back any further, so I'm kind of content with the situation now, so long as the single player comes first, and delivers, then yeah its all good.
The people who think themselves clairvoyant enough to determine a feature's quality before it is released make me rather sad. I'm saving judgement for release day.
Does it NEED it? No.
Will it imporve the experience if done well? Yes.
I'm looking forward to testing it.
Does it NEED it? No.
Will it imporve the experience if done well? Yes.
I'm looking forward to testing it.
Assassin's Creed, GTA 4, and Red Dead most certainly did not have "tacked on" multiplayer. Assassin's Creed was unique, GTA 4 had free mode, come on, and Red Dead was really fun just simply because of the mass of stuff to do, poker, horse racing, raiding bandit hideouts, finding treasure, etc.Ordinaryundone said:
DO WANT.Xpheyel said:
It'd be like playing Asteroids... in SPA-, uh, I mean, DEAD SPACE!
Anyways, from what I've read about how the ME3 multiplayer ties in with the single player campaign, it seems like the team put some thought into it rather than just shoehorning something in.
And in any case, if you can play as a Krogan Vanguard in multiplayer, I'd be quite happy.
It could be another division of bioware or EA doing it, or one team could be finished with their part of ME3 and they decided to put them to work on this. It's not so cut and dry like that all the time. Just think of it as a needless extra, it's there, it could be fun (don't know yet), let's just hope for the best eh? Eh? EH!? :ULord Revan 117 said:
So long as it's not imperative for me to play in order for my FemShep to save the galaxy, I could care less (and yes, I really could care less). Otherwise, in the words of Yahtzee, it can "fuck right off".
If I may play devil's advocate for a moment, according to Xbox 360 Achievements [http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-9954-Mass-Effect-3-Co-Op-Hands-On-Preview-%E2%80%93-For-the-Good-of-the-Galaxy-.html], the multiplayer segment(s) of ME3 are EXACTLY like Gears 3's Horde mode.Snotnarok said:
A better analogy, perhaps, is that they say it plays like an updated, multiplayer version of the first ME's Pinnacle Station. But you don't have to take my word for it; read the article yourself. Although it is possible that x360a played an alpha version and the end result is nothing like what they played.