Mass Effect 3 to have online multiplayer

[QUOTE="iammason"]

I realize many people seem to dislike the fact that many single player focused games are getting multi-player features (Assassin's Creed, Dead Space, BioShock), but why be so quick to judge? Multiplayer adds much more extra life to a game anyways, and by the way, it happens to be fun playing games with friends.

I don't know whether BioWare will truly implement a multiplayer feature in the Mass Effect series, but even if they did, it's not like all focus on the single player is lost.

There are to many hasty generalizations that suggest multiplayer ruins the developers focus on singleplayer which is not the case at all. All I wanna say is at least wait until you've actually played both the single AND multiplayer aspects of the game and then make your final call about which has recieved more T.L.C.

MuddVader

Yet you are quickly making asumptions of what the multiplayer may be like when we don't know anything at all about the third installment. How do you know the multiplayer will consist of a dialogue wheel? Are you saying it's co-op? How do you know?

Again, as I said before, peolpe are just making hasty generalizations and judging way too soon. So many people were upset that BioShock and Assassin's Creed got multiplayer features, and guess what: they are some of the freshest multiplayer experiences this gen; I enjoyed both thoroughly. And guess what else? They each also have anexhilerating single player component.

[QUOTE="emperorzhang66"]Yes. AC:B had awesome new multiplayer. Lets see what this brings.icyseanfitz

but the narrative was lacking in brotherhood compared to the other games which is what mass effect is all about

[QUOTE="MuddVader"][QUOTE="iammason"]

I realize many people seem to dislike the fact that many single player focused games are getting multi-player features (Assassin's Creed, Dead Space, BioShock), but why be so quick to judge? Multiplayer adds much more extra life to a game anyways, and by the way, it happens to be fun playing games with friends.

I don't know whether BioWare will truly implement a multiplayer feature in the Mass Effect series, but even if they did, it's not like all focus on the single player is lost.

There are to many hasty generalizations that suggest multiplayer ruins the developers focus on singleplayer which is not the case at all. All I wanna say is at least wait until you've actually played both the single AND multiplayer aspects of the game and then make your final call about which has recieved more T.L.C.

iammason

Yet you are quickly making asumptions of what the multiplayer may be like when we don't know anything at all about the third installment. How do you know the multiplayer will consist of a dialogue wheel? Are you saying it's co-op? How do you know?

Again, as I said before, peolpe are just making hasty generalizations and judging way too soon. So many people were upset that BioShock and Assassin's Creed got multiplayer features, and guess what: they are some of the freshest multiplayer experiences this gen; I enjoyed both thoroughly. And guess what else? They each also have anexhilerating single player component.

and both games where no where near the games that came before in terms of singleplayer story and narrative bioshock1>2 AC2>BH

[QUOTE="iammason"]Multiplayer adds much more extra life to a game anyways, and by the way, it happens to be fun playing games with friends.foxhound_fox

Also, I too prefer to play single player games over playing online; but I don't let it get me down when a dev "ruins" a game by adding these features. In fact, it's welcoming because once i complete the single player portion enough times, I can continue the gaming experience online.

[QUOTE="iammason"]Multiplayer adds much more extra life to a game anyways, and by the way, it happens to be fun playing games with friends.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="iammason"]

[QUOTE="MuddVader"] Have you played Mass Effect? The dialogue portions alone would be massacred. Imagine a multiplayer game with a dialogue wheel, and many conversations throughout the game that lasted several minutes and in which only one player could choose reactions while the other sat idly by.icyseanfitz

Yet you are quickly making asumptions of what the multiplayer may be like when we don't know anything at all about the third installment. How do you know the multiplayer will consist of a dialogue wheel? Are you saying it's co-op? How do you know?

Again, as I said before, peolpe are just making hasty generalizations and judging way too soon. So many people were upset that BioShock and Assassin's Creed got multiplayer features, and guess what: they are some of the freshest multiplayer experiences this gen; I enjoyed both thoroughly. And guess what else? They each also have anexhilerating single player component.

and both games where no where near the games that came before in terms of singleplayer story and narrative bioshock1>2 AC2>BH

I would love to continue this interesting conversation, but unfortunately I have a sociology exam (@#$% !!!).

Keep this thread bumped!

[QUOTE="shutdown_202"]

Would much prefer Kinect functionality than any online.

icyseanfitz

dont even joke about that nonsense.....

[QUOTE="icyseanfitz"]

[QUOTE="emperorzhang66"]Yes. AC:B had awesome new multiplayer. Lets see what this brings.thespywholied

but the narrative was lacking in brotherhood compared to the other games which is what mass effect is all about

[QUOTE="icyseanfitz"]

[QUOTE="shutdown_202"]

Would much prefer Kinect functionality than any online.

SecretPolice

dont even joke about that nonsense.....

it would be great if the game could pick up whatever you say but we are no where near that yet :(

Then don't play it. Besides, I highly doubt that a multiplayer feature will ruin the awesomeness that is the Mass Effect story. iammason

[QUOTE="SecretPolice"]

[QUOTE="icyseanfitz"]

dont even joke about that nonsense.....

icyseanfitz

it would be great if the game could pick up whatever you say but we are no where near that yet :(

[QUOTE="skrat_01"]It's a rumour. Personally some sort of imaginative online integration with the singleplayer like Demon's Souls could be very interesting.... Than the usual tacked on 'look it's the same old thing in our universe' as almost every game that adds multiplayer does..h575309

[QUOTE="iammason"]Then don't play it. Besides, I highly doubt that a multiplayer feature will ruin the awesomeness that is the Mass Effect story. foxhound_fox

I do like multiplayer but i love it even more when a developer focuses on a strong single player campaign.

[QUOTE="MuddVader"][QUOTE="iammason"]

I realize many people seem to dislike the fact that many single player focused games are getting multi-player features (Assassin's Creed, Dead Space, BioShock), but why be so quick to judge? Multiplayer adds much more extra life to a game anyways, and by the way, it happens to be fun playing games with friends.

I don't know whether BioWare will truly implement a multiplayer feature in the Mass Effect series, but even if they did, it's not like all focus on the single player is lost.

There are to many hasty generalizations that suggest multiplayer ruins the developers focus on singleplayer which is not the case at all. All I wanna say is at least wait until you've actually played both the single AND multiplayer aspects of the game and then make your final call about which has recieved more T.L.C.

iammason

Yet you are quickly making asumptions of what the multiplayer may be like when we don't know anything at all about the third installment. How do you know the multiplayer will consist of a dialogue wheel? Are you saying it's co-op? How do you know?

Again, as I said before, peolpe are just making hasty generalizations and judging way too soon. So many people were upset that BioShock and Assassin's Creed got multiplayer features, and guess what: they are some of the freshest multiplayer experiences this gen; I enjoyed both thoroughly. And guess what else? They each also have anexhilerating single player component.

Yes, it MIGHT. Doesn't mean it will. Just have some faith in BioWare. They know what they are doing (although I know many people will disagree on that because of BioWare's so called "casualization" or "dumbing down"... I personally think it's genious to make a game more accessible).

iammason

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

[QUOTE="iammason"]Then don't play it. Besides, I highly doubt that a multiplayer feature will ruin the awesomeness that is the Mass Effect story. iammason

im probably one of biowares greatest fans played just about every game they have had a hand in since the black isle days and they have never created a game with good mp (no mp really unless you count the lobby system in nvn which wasnt good) so why start on a game that needs to end with a great sp experience just like the previous 2 games before it?

I wonder if you're able to romance your online partner, they might have something here.

[QUOTE="Rougehunter"]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1139585p1.html

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Publishers and devs need to realize that not every game needs multiplayer. We have games like Halo, CoD, Battlefield etc for our multiplayer needs. So why do we need a bunch of games with a singleplayer focus with multiplayer?

sts106mat

That seems like a bad idea to me if its true. It's really an rpg hybrid and those games don't generally do well in MP. Besides, does its fanbase really want a MP mode?

The worst part about this rumor isn't the rumor of a possible multiplayer mode in a single player series. It's the part where Bioware has not debunked it yet.

Even if the multi is made by another team, in a different building, I'd rather they tell them to play test it to make it as bug free as possible instead of wasting time with multiplayer for a game that doesn't need it.

It's a rumor for one thing. Another thing is that it is a different dev team at Bioware working on this project, which could be ME related because Bioware stated ME would not be confined to a trilogy.

So please stoppasting the same thread.

That article says "rumor" in big shiny letters right at the top...

[QUOTE="iammason"]Yes, it MIGHT. Doesn't mean it will. Just have some faith in BioWare. They know what they are doing (although I know many people will disagree on that because of BioWare's so called "casualization" or "dumbing down"... I personally think it's genious to make a game more accessible).

foxhound_fox

I cant believe how badly they mistook several of the complaints. You could go to any board and find the same thing which really puzzles me.

For example, when the first released alot of people said they did not like the frequent elevator scenes. We werent saying they were bad (party banter was great), just that there were too many. ME2 comes around and Bioware promises to improve the situation. All they did was replace the elevator scenes with long load screens. NO-ONE asked for it yet this is how they interpreted it. And on another note, you didnt even need to watch the elevator scenes in the first game if you used Citadel transport.

Again with the Mako and planetary exploration. We said it was a bit wonky, improve it. They get rid of it all together.

Its pretty funny, i remember jumping for joy at the prospect of a ME2 reveal but now I dont really care about the 3rds announcement.

EA strikes again !! Yet another brilliant game is gone down the toilet because of the worst publisher in the history of video games

Again with the Mako and planetary exploration. We said it was a bit wonky, improve it. They get rid of it all together.

shutdown_202

Come on now, they got rid of it with good reason and replaced it with the hammerhead along with driving only sections that were a great alternative to the massive landscapes filled with nothing.

As for the multiplayer, I really fail to see what´s the big deal. They could very well getting support from another studio focusing on the multiplayer portion of the game.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

[QUOTE="iammason"]Yes, it MIGHT. Doesn't mean it will. Just have some faith in BioWare. They know what they are doing (although I know many people will disagree on that because of BioWare's so called "casualization" or "dumbing down"... I personally think it's genious to make a game more accessible).

shutdown_202

I cant believe how badly they mistook several of the complaints. You could go to any board and find the same thing which really puzzles me.

For example, when the first released alot of people said they did not like the frequent elevator scenes. We werent saying they were bad (party banter was great), just that there were too many. ME2 comes around and Bioware promises to improve the situation. All they did was replace the elevator scenes with long load screens. NO-ONE asked for it yet this is how they interpreted it. And on another note, you didnt even need to watch the elevator scenes in the first game if you used Citadel transport.

Again with the Mako and planetary exploration. We said it was a bit wonky, improve it. They get rid of it all together.

Its pretty funny, i remember jumping for joy at the prospect of a ME2 reveal but now I dont really care about the 3rds announcement.

this is why i've lost faith with bioware and why im not too excited about Dragon Age 2. Instead of improving their games and fixing the complaints people might have had with them..they scrap them. They caved

There was nothing wrong with the idea of the mako,inventory system,elevator rides,etc..so why get rid of them?

[QUOTE="iammason"]Yes, it MIGHT. Doesn't mean it will. Just have some faith in BioWare. They know what they are doing (although I know many people will disagree on that because of BioWare's so called "casualization" or "dumbing down"... I personally think it's genious to make a game more accessible).

they turned DA2 into a hack and slash

ME2 was as some call "a dating sim"

Bioware are overrated

hopefully TOR flops really hard, not just for bioware, but for EA aswell

Bioware is the casual king now!

Seriously I'm so disappointed with bioware right now...... Turning ME3 into an inferior gears of war isn't cool.

hopefully TOR flops really hard, not just for bioware, but for EA aswell

HaloinventedFPS

Yeah it will be a lot of fun seeing all the people involved loosing their jobs.......

This rumor needs to stay a rumor.

This rumor needs to stay a rumor.

psn8214

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1139585p1.html

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Publishers and devs need to realize that not every game needs multiplayer. We have games like Halo, CoD, Battlefield etc for our multiplayer needs. So why do we need a bunch of games with a singleplayer focus with multiplayer?

Rougehunter

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

This rumor needs to stay a rumor.

skinny_man_69

[QUOTE="skinny_man_69"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

This rumor needs to stay a rumor.

psn8214

Seriously. Mass Effect 2 took 2 discs (on the 360 anyways) and that was JUST for the single player. If I find out in a couple of months that Mass Effect 3 is going to only need one disc, WITH multiplayer....Gaming is dead to me

"Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth."

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/10/mass-effect-3-outed-on-ea-store/

I'M READY!

Please...no...don't let it be so...I will cry if it is...

Seriously. Mass Effect 2 took 2 discs (on the 360 anyways) and that was JUST for the single player. If I find out in a couple of months that Mass Effect 3 is going to only need one disc, WITH multiplayer....Gaming is dead to me

skinny_man_69

Agreed. I might cry. :P

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

This rumor needs to stay a rumor.

skinny_man_69

EA strikes again !! Yet another brilliant game is gone down the toilet because of the worst publisher in the history of video games

Caesar-124