Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Review

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Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Review

Mass Effect 3's cooperative mode is a surprisingly solid multiplayer experience.

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[Scorekeeper]

I'm enjoying it far more than I ever did Horde or Firefight.

 

[Sovereignty]

Nice review.

It still felt tacked on to me. I guess new things are always good, but still seemed like a quick dash to say, "Our game has multiplayer now too!"

 

[Henson]

Now if only I knew what the "Repears" were...

#corrections

 

[WanderingFool]

Now that sounds like fun. I was a little iffy about MEMP, but I guess its not all that bad.

 

[BeastofShadow]

I'm defiantly in the category of it not sitting right with me. I don't have a gold account on my Xbox anymore (I play pretty much exclusively story driven games) so I can't get the full single player experience because I can't play multiplayer? That doesn't sit right with me at all.

 

[rapidoud]

One of the laggiest pieces of, I have ever played. It rivals metal gear online and Crysis 2 in terms of lagginess, which isn't helped by how many americans play it.

I found myself pressing charge at least 7 times (no exaggeration) before it would actually work on an enemy in front of me, out of cover, in full LoS.

You can get the full single player experience without it, you don't need it to get the best endings.

If you're not american, give it a pass.

 

[Frostbite3789]

I'm defiantly in the category of it not sitting right with me. I don't have a gold account on my Xbox anymore (I play pretty much exclusively story driven games) so I can't get the full single player experience because I can't play multiplayer? That doesn't sit right with me at all.

Except that's not true. It's been stated so many times I'm not sure what else to say, other than you can still experience the full single player game without touching the multiplayer.

There have been many topics and news stories on this very site about that.

 

[Radoh]

Okay, so it helps the single player, but isn't a necessity? When I get it, I suppose I could spend some time on it, it looks fun.

 

[Korten12]

Okay, so it helps the single player, but isn't a necessity? When I get it, I suppose I could spend some time on it, it looks fun.

No it's not, it just can make it so you don't need to get as many Military Assests, which are already sooo easy to get.

 

[Kingjackl]

Multiplayer would be awesome, except for the fact that there's no local splitscreen. You have to be on Live or Origin, which is frustrating. Why can't I just play the game in my living room, on my couch, with my friends?

 

[Radoh]

Okay, so it helps the single player, but isn't a necessity? When I get it, I suppose I could spend some time on it, it looks fun.

Actually...that statement is misleading. Some might call it a lie.

Someone did the math on the war assets in the game...so...

..I can't say I saw this myself: so take it with a grain of salt.

There are a potential 8000 War assets in the game if you do EVERYTHING.

You need 5000 for the "good" end.

If you don't play multiplayer your Readiness multiplier stays at 50%:
Meaning you get only 4000 points.

And thus you CANNOT get the best ending without playing Multiplayer.

I'm curious if the reviewer even checked this or he just trusted Bioware isn't lying.

So rather than check your own information, you come here to inform me that it is impossible to do without the multiplayer which flies in the face of people who have done it.
Has it occurred to you that the fifty percent multiplier is actually a multiplier, as in, it boosts your war assets as opposed to reducing it?

 

[Radoh]

Okay, so it helps the single player, but isn't a necessity? When I get it, I suppose I could spend some time on it, it looks fun.

Actually...that statement is misleading. Some might call it a lie.

Someone did the math on the war assets in the game...so...

..I can't say I saw this myself: so take it with a grain of salt.

There are a potential 8000 War assets in the game if you do EVERYTHING.

You need 5000 for the "good" end.

If you don't play multiplayer your Readiness multiplier stays at 50%:
Meaning you get only 4000 points.

And thus you CANNOT get the best ending without playing Multiplayer.

I'm curious if the reviewer even checked this or he just trusted Bioware isn't lying.

So rather than check your own information, you come here to inform me that it is impossible to do without the multiplayer which flies in the face of people who have done it.
Has it occurred to you that the fifty percent multiplier is actually a multiplier, as in, it boosts your war assets as opposed to reducing it?

Don't get your jimmies in a rustle.

I did say citation was needed and that you need to take it with a grain of salt.

My Jimmies are most certainly not in a rustle!
I did take it with a grain of salt, as made clear by my questioning of it, I just don't like it when people bring hearsay into a discussion and make a supposition that the person doing the review as part of their job must be wrong because of it.

 

[Korten12]

snip.

I don't think you understand the Galactic Readiness. It doesn't make it so you can get more assests, it makes it so you don't need as many to get the better ending.

 

[Sushewakka]

Okay, so it helps the single player, but isn't a necessity? When I get it, I suppose I could spend some time on it, it looks fun.

Actually...that statement is misleading. Some might call it a lie.

Someone did the math on the war assets in the game...so...

..I can't say I saw this myself: so take it with a grain of salt.

There are a potential 8000 War assets in the game if you do EVERYTHING.

You need 5000 for the "good" end.

If you don't play multiplayer your Readiness multiplier stays at 50%:
Meaning you get only 4000 points.

And thus you CANNOT get the best ending without playing Multiplayer.

I'm curious if the reviewer even checked this or he just trusted Bioware isn't lying.

So rather than check your own information, you come here to inform me that it is impossible to do without the multiplayer which flies in the face of people who have done it.
Has it occurred to you that the fifty percent multiplier is actually a multiplier, as in, it boosts your war assets as opposed to reducing it?

Don't get your jimmies in a rustle.

I did say citation was needed and that you need to take it with a grain of salt.

My Jimmies are most certainly not in a rustle!
I did take it with a grain of salt, as made clear by my questioning of it, I just don't like it when people bring hearsay into a discussion and make a supposition that the person doing the review as part of their job must be wrong because of it.

Here's some discussion about this theme going on:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/347/index/9693363/1
So far, no proof has been produced that the best ending can be reached by single player alone. Several completionist runs have been completed, staying shy of 4000K. So either there's no wiggle room to reach the "best" ending, or that MP isn't needed was a bald-faced lie to push sales.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

The guns all sound like freaking tinker toys.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

I really enjoy the multiplayer, and I don't really play the likes of Halo's firefight or GoW's horde mode.

Quarian Infiltrator's FTW!