Multiplayer Mass Effect Rumors Bubble Up Once Again
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Somewhere, Shamus must be gnashing his teeth.
Part 3 of a story is a bad place to insert multiplayer. Trying to get new fans when you throw them in with a vague idea of the story (if that much) can not end well.
Part 3 of a story is a bad place to insert multiplayer. Trying to get new fans when you throw them in with a vague idea of the story (if that much) can not end well.
You basically took my thoughts and put them into a coherant sentence. Just replace "Goddamn"! with "gorram".RedEyesBlackGamer said:
OT: With barely 8 months to go, and this being the final game in the trilogy, I see it as too little time for them to make it the best they can without sacrificing the polish in the single-player and almost no time to properly market it.
I'm calling bogus. And if it's true, I'm not touching that aspect of the game.
I don't understand why everyone's dreading this. Worst case scenario, it sucks, but is still separate from the main campaign. They're not idiots, they won't get lazy with the solo game in the name of a tacked-on multiplayer element.
Colour me interested. If this works I think it will be great fun.
Colour me interested. If this works I think it will be great fun.
Bioware said that ME3 will be the end of Shephard's story but not the ME universe.Juuel said:
Co-op was the only form of MP that wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. Chaining techniques with buddies could be fun.
I'm not sure how EA can further penetrate the mainstream market after ME2 being voted the game of 2010 by virtually everyone and everything.
Which is a different team than the main production team? Phew what a relief! I was worried there for a second.Andy Chalk said:
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I'm interested, but they're cutting it awfully close to release for this to be true. I'd love a three-player co-op option for Xbox Live, though. That certainly seems doable.
And if they could make some solid versus gametypes, that'd be fine, too. I really liked the multiplayer in AC: Brotherhood, and I have more faith in BioWare to make games I like than Ubisoft. If anything, though, Brotherhood proved to me that a single-player franchise can transition to multiplayer.
Color me intrigued.
And if they could make some solid versus gametypes, that'd be fine, too. I really liked the multiplayer in AC: Brotherhood, and I have more faith in BioWare to make games I like than Ubisoft. If anything, though, Brotherhood proved to me that a single-player franchise can transition to multiplayer.
Color me intrigued.
I've actually been thinking it would be nice to have some sort of co-op multiplayer since Pinnacle Station came out for ME1. It would be nice if it works well but since it's supposed to be "separate from the main story" I figure it isn't likely that it will destroy the game. If they built the multiplayer into the core gameplay then I would be worried.
I always thought it would be a good idea to let a second player play co-op and play one of the squad-mates, limit it so they would be a tag along and not control the story, but it would be nice for couples so that they can enjoy ME and DA together. Jet Force Gemini had an interesting co-op where one person would control the main characters, and the other could control the flying robot "Floyd", they were glued to the first players shoulder but it was an extra gun and was quite powerful and fun to play 
Cool, if it's true.
[sub]Seriously people, calm down. God, sometimes you guys act just like children.[/sub]
[sub]Seriously people, calm down. God, sometimes you guys act just like children.[/sub]
Someone didn't read the article, apparently. The multiplayer is supposedly being handled in the same way that Co-op was in Modern Warfare 2, a separate game mode from the campaign featuring a series of co-op missions that have no connection to the main story what-so-ever except for maybe some similar locations or objectives. It's not the story mode, it is a, for lack of better wording, co-op challenge mode. From what the article suggests, there are a bunch of missions and maps where up to 4 players complete together that is not connected to the single player campaign at all.Aisaku said:
It is true that they said there would be more Mass Effect games beyond Shepard's story, it doesn't make sense to try and draw players to a game where they have no idea what's going on. Imagine going with friends to see the "Return of the Jedi" when you haven't seen the "A New Hope" or "The Empire Strikes Back." In my case, I was forced to go see the newest Resident Evil movie even though the last one I saw was the first movie and I haven't played a RE game since Resident Evil 1 on the PS1.robandall said:
See, I already said this in the thread that was on here yesterday discussing this: I don't want anyone else running around in MY universe screwing it up. You want multiplayer? Release a different game that takes place during the Reaper invasion of Earth. You play as part of a squad and your goals range from surviving, to saving civilians, to the final mission being you and your team hold the line while Shep and her crew prepare from take off, a-la Halo Reach ending.
I am guessing it will be set in some situation where you won't control Shephard, and you will probably play as squadmembers.
Honestly, I don't see why the entire game can't simply be available in 3-player CO-OP, where the two other people would control other characters during missions. It could be awkward to have to split the screen into three on consoles, but ME is not a very interface-oriented game, so I guess it could be circumvented.
Honestly, I don't see why the entire game can't simply be available in 3-player CO-OP, where the two other people would control other characters during missions. It could be awkward to have to split the screen into three on consoles, but ME is not a very interface-oriented game, so I guess it could be circumvented.
Whether or not this succeeds, I'm gonna enjoy the main game itself. March 6, 2012 can't come fast enough.
not a bad idea. people need to stop bitching, its not like its pvp. it sounds like itll be like l4d or something. mass effects combat is good enough to carry this idea, and its really not such a departure for the series.
basically just take the story missions and stick people in your party members. seriously this has been a long time coming, and its a pretty decent idea.
basically just take the story missions and stick people in your party members. seriously this has been a long time coming, and its a pretty decent idea.