Multiplayer Mass Effect Rumors Bubble Up Once Again
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Are you kidding me? It might have a multiplayer. How the fuck is this going to ruin the game?Alucard788 said:
Sorry...-_-Necromancer Jim said:
I guess my heads still stuck in 'old school' mode today. I suppose it would but...how are they gonna pull it off?
Attack of the Shep clones?
Impossible! Things can't be good! We are gamers, and thus know the future and it is always bad and complaining wildly while still purchasing what we're complaining about will always make things better.Spot1990 said:
Can it qualify as clones when each individual Shepard is most likely both physically and psychologically different (player decisions)?Alucard788 said:Sorry...-_-Necromancer Jim said:
I guess my heads still stuck in 'old school' mode today. I suppose it would but...how are they gonna pull it off?
Attack of the Shep clones?
Presumably: Here's a mission, you are either a custom character or a random soldier. Do shit.Alucard788 said:Sorry...-_-Necromancer Jim said:
I guess my heads still stuck in 'old school' mode. I suppose it would but...how are they gonna pull it off?
Attack of the Shep clones?
It might even just be a simple survival mode for all we know.
Dude...chill...just chill ok?Necromancer Jim said:Presumably: Here's a mission, you are either a custom character or a random soldier. Do shit.Alucard788 said:Sorry...-_-Necromancer Jim said:
I guess my heads still stuck in 'old school' mode. I suppose it would but...how are they gonna pull it off?
Attack of the Shep clones?
It might even just be a simple survival mode for all we know.
If no one had a bit of nerd rage boards like this wouldn't exist ok? I'm now going to hold my judgement and hope that this is wonderful, chocolaty coated, super awesome with a cherry on top addition to the game...for your sake.
*backs away slowly*
What the fuck. I don't even know how that could have come across as angry.Alucard788 said:Dude...chill...just chill ok?Necromancer Jim said:Presumably: Here's a mission, you are either a custom character or a random soldier. Do shit.Alucard788 said:Sorry...-_-Necromancer Jim said:
I guess my heads still stuck in 'old school' mode. I suppose it would but...how are they gonna pull it off?
Attack of the Shep clones?
It might even just be a simple survival mode for all we know.
If no one had a bit of nerd rage boards like this wouldn't exist ok? I'm now going to hold my judgement and hope that this is wonderful, chocolaty coated, super awesome with a cherry on top addition to the game...for your sake.
*backs away slowly*
And all I'm asking is that we stop shouting "RUINED FOREVER" anytime someone says anything is happening in Mass Effect 3.
So...like every other multiplayer in which you shoot a dozen people for ten minutes, then the same on about ten different maps?Andy Chalk said:
Ugh...Mass Effect is the kind of game series that not only will it not benefit from multiplayer, but also the kind of game in which multiplayer just wouldn't really work. Kind of like The Darkness, or Dead Space.
I think it was your icon...Jack Black...I figured you were screaming it all. ^_~Necromancer Jim said:What the fuck. I don't even know how that could have come across as angry.Alucard788 said:Dude...chill...just chill ok?Necromancer Jim said:Presumably: Here's a mission, you are either a custom character or a random soldier. Do shit.Alucard788 said:Sorry...-_-Necromancer Jim said:
I guess my heads still stuck in 'old school' mode. I suppose it would but...how are they gonna pull it off?
Attack of the Shep clones?
It might even just be a simple survival mode for all we know.
If no one had a bit of nerd rage boards like this wouldn't exist ok? I'm now going to hold my judgement and hope that this is wonderful, chocolaty coated, super awesome with a cherry on top addition to the game...for your sake.
*backs away slowly*
And all I'm asking is that we stop shouting "RUINED FOREVER" anytime someone says anything is happening in Mass Effect 3.
Sorry about that...no harm I hope.
Considering that Mass Effect 3 is already getting three additional months of development time than what they had originally scheduled, I'm not worried about this at all. I could easily see a Battlefield-esque multiplayer for the series, but from the sounds of what exatly they're adding on (stuff that can be played repeatedly), it sounds like a vestigial add-on more than anything else.
People, this game ships in 9 MONTHS. And judging from what we've seen at E3, we've got nothing to worry about on single-player development schedule.
People, this game ships in 9 MONTHS. And judging from what we've seen at E3, we've got nothing to worry about on single-player development schedule.
I have another.Thaius said:
NOT EVERY GAME THAT HAS MULTIPLAYER IS RUINED FOREVER, ESPECIALLY NOT WHEN THE MULTIPLAYER COMPONENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SINGLEPLAYER AND IS BEING DEVELOPED BY A DIFFERENT STUDIO.
Ahem, caps lock off, anyway, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, the singleplayer, albeit shorter, can be argued to be as good or better than AC2's singleplayer, and the multiplayer is just great.
I was talking mostly about the second paragraph. I agree with the first, but I also agree with yours; adding multiplayer is only a bad thing when it takes away from the single player, which is by no means guaranteed, especially if they go with a multi-disc format again.
What I agree with fully is that their attempts to bring in a new audience in the third game is just stupid. I don't think it will ruin it, and Mass Effect 3 will still be one of the biggest releases of the holiday season and early next year for me. But to try and cater to new players this far into the franchise only does the actual fans a disfavor. The best/worst example is the final episode of Trigun, which recapped the entire series in the first half and stuffed an extremely unsatisfactory ending into the last half. I doubt and really hope this won't be as big a disaster as the end of that otherwise truly amazing anime, but the point is that catering to those new to the story in the final installment of it is never a good idea, and there is no good reason to do it.
I'm confused by a few things.
1) They're adding a stand alone multi-player option. If you don't like it, don't play it. Yeah, it is possible they spread themselves too thin, but I suppose if this is true it's why the release date got pushed back. Personally I'd love to try co-op mass effect. The co-op missions in CoD:MW2 were my favorite parts of the game.
I would also like to know how one would determine that the single-player being subpar is necessarily caused by the addition of multiplayer. Not saying that it can't be the case, but how could you be sure that's the reason?
2) Why wouldn't EA want to bring in people during the third game in a trilogy? If they like it they'll probably go and buy the other two games. The latest game in the series is likely to be the most refined. Trying to hook people with an untested, brand new IP is hard. But a series that already has a lot of people talking about it? That's easier.
1) They're adding a stand alone multi-player option. If you don't like it, don't play it. Yeah, it is possible they spread themselves too thin, but I suppose if this is true it's why the release date got pushed back. Personally I'd love to try co-op mass effect. The co-op missions in CoD:MW2 were my favorite parts of the game.
I would also like to know how one would determine that the single-player being subpar is necessarily caused by the addition of multiplayer. Not saying that it can't be the case, but how could you be sure that's the reason?
2) Why wouldn't EA want to bring in people during the third game in a trilogy? If they like it they'll probably go and buy the other two games. The latest game in the series is likely to be the most refined. Trying to hook people with an untested, brand new IP is hard. But a series that already has a lot of people talking about it? That's easier.