Rumor: Australian Magazine Confirms Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer
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Ordinarily I'd agree with you, but adding a new multiplayer mode to a series that already has a strong multiplayer focus isn't really the same thing as adding a multiplayer mode to a series that has been exclusively single player until now.Zhukov said:
Why not? They each constitute an additional feature that was not previously present in their respective series.Logan Westbrook said:
But for some reason it seems to be multiplayer in particular that gets people up in arms.
Imagine if they had announced that there would be, say, some sort of exploration mechanic that lets you pilot the Normandy around. Would people still be running around like headless chickens exclaiming that it was going to divert attention from the elements that made the previous game(s) good? Somehow I doubt it.
But multiplayer? Commence the wailing and gnashing of teeth. Not sure why, maybe it reminds people of Call of Duty or something...
Ah well, proof of the pudding and all that.
As long as theres no achievements/trophies linked to multiplayer and it has to be unlocked via completing the game on insane mode using only a pistol and no armour/shields i dont mind multiplayer in the game....obviously this will never happen since the idiots who want multiplayer/co-op in mass effect are to wussy/lazy to ever actually want to earn the mode first, why they couldnt save multiplayer for a spin off game(maybe set during the first contact war) is a mystery but im sure it wont be something thats tied into the single player game much(if at all) so i really dont care, but will never bother to play any co-op or multiplayer modes added to the game as to me its a single player story about 1 man/womans fight to save the universe not a bunch of random prats dicking about instead of saving anything(which most co-op modes end up degenerating into 9 times out of 10).
Well, this scares me a lot. I'm screwed if I have to rely on multiplayer to get the full story, as that means relying on my brother who thinks the graphics on Battlefield 3 automatically makes it the best thing the gaming community will ever be capable of, just as Black Ops was before it, and that anything that isn't Call of Duty- or Call of Duty with a different name- isn't worth looking at. Mass Effect is something to be enjoyed on my own terms.
I think you're being a little disingenuous there. Piloting the Normandy around would - in theory - add depth and compliment the the single player game. Multiplayer, on the other hand, isn't really going to add anything at all. If anything, it could detract from the single player game - which, don't forget, is what made the series popular in the first place.Zhukov said:
You ninja'd me Mr.Westbrook!Logan Westbrook said:
EDIT: Also ME3 is supposed to be the final installment of a Trilogy, there really is no point in tacking on multiplayer. If you haven't played the first two games I doubt adding multiplayer on would make someone buy the third.
Seems like a waste of time to me. If they haven't got something really fucking unique then it'll go the way of virtually every other multiplayer component (especially TPS multiplayer components) - that is to say, fucking nowhere.
Still, I don't really see it adversely affecting the single-player in any way. It does smack a little of BioWare - once again - trying to make themselves everything to everyone.
Still, I don't really see it adversely affecting the single-player in any way. It does smack a little of BioWare - once again - trying to make themselves everything to everyone.
You won't.Random berk said:
I think that's a really important distinction, actually. Compartmentalising adds nothing overall, you more than likely get a half-baked multiplayer, and whilst nothing is taken away from singleplayer, its certainly doesn't benefit from the MP addition.Logan Westbrook said:
Bioware has done an excellent job of making me not give a crap anymore.Packie_J said:
I'm not even expecting ME3 to wrap things up at this point. I'm expecting the real ending to be reserved for DLC, and even for that to be a half-assed ending to make way for more ME. I'm expecting another plot that really only serves as a framing device for your companions' stories and for whatever the devs think COD would do. Most of all, though, I'm expecting none of my choices made at any point to matter.
So, really, I don't feel like I'll be missing anything by skipping ME 3.
I agree, I don't want them to remove features from the single-player game but many people seem to be under the impression that because it has multiplayer (an extra feature) that means the single-player stuff will be worse. (I don't care about multiplayer but I can just ignore it... what's so hard about that?)Zhukov said:
Fair enough I suppose.Logan Westbrook said:
There's no denying that multiplayer doesn't add any value to those of us (like me!) who just want the single player. But I think of it as a extraneous addition to be ignored rather than some sort of resource-sucking cancer created to destroy the series.
Hope its not something crap like death match as i dont see why they would add something so pointless to ME3. Although if its the for a second player to take control of one of your team....that wouldnt be to bad.
Provided this doesn't take anything away from the single player story mode I'm fine with it. I think the fears people have are that it could end up similar to Call of Duty or Gears of War in the sense that the single player campaign is cut short and the multiplayer aspect of the games are given a lot more development time and resources.
Actually, it would be worse, as it would mean that the singleplayer would have to be more directly designed around co-op being a viable mode of play.SonOfVoorhees said:
Well done. You did leave out "Console scrubs ruin another game by demanding co-op in everything", "Cancelling my pre-order and selling my ME2 collector's edition" and "Lulwhut do they even have internet in Australia", but otherwise I think it's been covered.Zhukov said:
And at least three people have already completely missed the point.
I don't care if they include a Cooking Mama style "cook for the crew of the normandy and meet all their dietary requirements" mini-game as long as the single player game doesn't suck.
Please Bioware. Don't Dragon Age 2 this. Please.
Please Bioware. Don't Dragon Age 2 this. Please.