should mass effect 3 have multiplayer ?

If ME2 has multiplayer, i will destroy the OP's entire family. [QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]

No. I want a 60+ hour RPG. Not a third-person shooter with multiplayer. They did enough to ruin the franchise already.

hurricaneMIKESW

All of the Mass Effect games clock in around 30-35 hours...

Could it have multiplayer?

Sure, as long as it's done right. Co-op could be fun if it works similarly to BG2, or evenPvP games if they are done well.

Should it have multiplayer?

Depends on if it will detract from the experience or not. Personally, I have faith in Bioware's abilities, since I love most of their games. I trust they will make the right choices when it comes to keeping or scrapping multiplayer.

"Should" as, it needs it? Not at all. The ME franchise has already proven twice that it's amazing as a single player experience.

A well-designed MP mode, that doesn't take ressources from BioWare or affects the SP (like a lot of shooters) could be something interesting.

In any case, what I want isanother great ME SP game, MP is completely secondary to me.

No God, please no!

skinny_man_69

im just going to steal the above link to show my attitude towards a mass effect mp crapfest

No God, please no!

skinny_man_69

[QUOTE="skinny_man_69"]

No God, please no!

Heil68

or we could go onto the other oh i dont know... million games that have guns mp and blasting each others heads off and not ruin a great sp experience

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="skinny_man_69"]

No God, please no!

or we could go onto the other oh i dont know... million games that have guns mp and blasting each others heads off and not ruin a great sp experience

Co-op, maybe.

[QUOTE="icyseanfitz"]

[QUOTE="Heil68"] but why? If it did we could play and I could blast your face off! :oIronBass

or we could go onto the other oh i dont know... million games that have guns mp and blasting each others heads off and not ruin a great sp experience

mp does not necessarily mean a ruined sp but for the most part it does take away from the sp game as the dev need to give time and resources to the mp and so end up neglecting the sp, as for a co-op mode the entire game will have to be reworked so that their is less conversations (i know i wouldnt want to watch two guys talking for 20 mins) more action scenes and then the skills will have to gimped so that the game isnt too easy for 2-4 players

mp does not necessarily mean a ruined sp but for the most part it does take away from the sp game as the dev need to give time and resources to the mp and so end up neglecting the sp, as for a co-op mode the entire game will have to be reworked so that their is less conversations (i know i wouldnt want to watch two guys talking for 20 mins) more action scenes and then the skills will have to gimped so that the game isnt too easy for 2-4 playersicyseanfitz

[QUOTE="icyseanfitz"]mp does not necessarily mean a ruined sp but for the most part it does take away from the sp game as the dev need to give time and resources to the mp and so end up neglecting the sp, as for a co-op mode the entire game will have to be reworked so that their is less conversations (i know i wouldnt want to watch two guys talking for 20 mins) more action scenes and then the skills will have to gimped so that the game isnt too easy for 2-4 playersIronBass

well the story in both Brotherhood and bioshock 2 are lacking compared to the games that came before them (my opinion) , also uncharted2 as well as they other two games are very much action games wheras mass effect is meant to be an rpg (which generally do not have mp as it doesnt click with the genre)

No

Don't even think AssCreed or Dead Space should have it.

cloudff7tm

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="skinny_man_69"]

No God, please no!

icyseanfitz

or we could go onto the other oh i dont know... million games that have guns mp and blasting each others heads off and not ruin a great sp experience

No it shouldn't. I wouldn't mind a FPS/TPS or even space combat spin-off set in the universe though; perhaps the first contact war or something.

Dear god no, I don't see it fitting for this series.

No mass effect is meant to be played as a single player experience. Multiplayer is uneeded.

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]

No. I want a 60+ hour RPG. Not a third-person shooter with multiplayer. They did enough to ruin the franchise already.

JangoWuzHere

All of the Mass Effect games clock in around 30-35 hours...

Totally. But it'd have to be like call of duty. Oh and also

[spoiler] Totally kidding [/spoiler]

It doesn't need it and it's probably going to be an underdeveloped mess unless Bioware significant improves on the combat system. Given their current attitude to their games, however, which is basically "strip all the essential bits down and add unimportant new stuff half-assedly" I don't have high hopes for it.

Still, what's done is done and my opinion isn't going to affect their development process one bit.

If it could be implented well Co-op would be fun especially split-screen otherwise it is fine as is. Please Bioware don't make it into a GEOW clone.

It doesn't need it and it's probably going to be an underdeveloped mess unless Bioware significant improves on the combat system. Given their current attitude to their games, however, which is basically "strip all the essential bits down and add unimportant new stuff half-assedly" I don't have high hopes for it.

Still, what's done is done and my opinion isn't going to affect their development process one bit.

Barbariser

Depends what kind of multiplayer they are talking about. If you are talking about some kind of MUD, hell yes. If you are talking about a Shooter, hell no. They better spend their time on better things.

[QUOTE="Barbariser"]

It doesn't need it and it's probably going to be an underdeveloped mess unless Bioware significant improves on the combat system. Given their current attitude to their games, however, which is basically "strip all the essential bits down and add unimportant new stuff half-assedly" I don't have high hopes for it.

Still, what's done is done and my opinion isn't going to affect their development process one bit.

MFDOOM1983

Did I say that Bioware did it with Mass Effect 2?

[QUOTE="MFDOOM1983"][QUOTE="Barbariser"]

It doesn't need it and it's probably going to be an underdeveloped mess unless Bioware significant improves on the combat system. Given their current attitude to their games, however, which is basically "strip all the essential bits down and add unimportant new stuff half-assedly" I don't have high hopes for it.

Still, what's done is done and my opinion isn't going to affect their development process one bit.

Barbariser

Did I say that Bioware did it with Mass Effect 2?

joke thread confirmed

I mentioned it before...

I am alright with multiplayer if it doesn't take away from my personal involvement of the main storyline. Which means, i complete the story my way, my party is mine, my stats are mine, my equipment is mine, my quests are mine.

What I wouldn't mind seeing is something similar to Fable 2 and Fable 3 in which everyone playing the game in the same region as you appears, and perhaps you are able to join up and participate in player driven quests that don't use your own party, and only perhaps benefit equipment junkies. But for the love of god, leave my story to me.

No, ME3 should not have multiplayer...although i'd be all for some form of MMO styled game. I mean the ME series is a perfect setting for one.

No, it's mechanics aren't special online. Only offline

Dear God, no. Firstly, I don' think BioWare even knows how to do something like that, and secondly, Mass Effect is a single player experience, first and foremost.

Not everything needs multiplayer, EA. :evil:

Dear God, no. Firstly, I don' think BioWare even knows how to do something like that, and secondly, Mass Effect is a single player experience, first and foremost.

Not everything needs multiplayer, EA. :evil:

DarkLink77

Actually, all of Bioware's PC-exclusive RPGs had multiplayer long before they signed up with EA. Even Dragon Age was originally supposed to be multiplayer-focused, but they dropped that after it went multiplat, as far as I can tell.

Also, the multiplayer modes didn't hurt the Baldurs Gate series, which many consider to be Bioware's best games. So...I'd say that they can pull it off, as long as it's co-op and not deathmatch (or something silly like that).

No

ME3 does not need multiplayer. Not every game needs MP.

I think you can differentiate between these types of games. games that innovate on story,cinematics, choices and consequences etc. And games that mainly innovate on gameplay. It doesn't mean games can't do both things but mass effect clearly has the former as its goal. And adding multiplayer would be just plain silly.

Am I the only one who thinks it would be fun to use the combat system (upgraded hopefully) could be fun for competetive multiplayer? You can choose from the six classes, each has their own abilities and without pausing the action when you switch weapons/use powers. Again, I think it could work. Much rather they focus on the single player alone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s

theres your answer.

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]

No. I want a 60+ hour RPG. Not a third-person shooter with multiplayer. They did enough to ruin the franchise already.

JangoWuzHere

All of the Mass Effect games clock in around 30-35 hours...

So you play RPG's without playing any of the side quests?

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]

No. I want a 60+ hour RPG. Not a third-person shooter with multiplayer. They did enough to ruin the franchise already.

AdobeArtist

All of the Mass Effect games clock in around 30-35 hours...

So you play RPG's without playing any of the side quests?

[QUOTE="JangoWuzHere"]

[QUOTE="EVOLV3"]

No. I want a 60+ hour RPG. Not a third-person shooter with multiplayer. They did enough to ruin the franchise already.

AdobeArtist

All of the Mass Effect games clock in around 30-35 hours...

So you play RPG's without playing any of the side quests?

He's actually right, finished mass effect in like 39h with only 2 sidequest missing and mass effect 2 in 36h with every sidequest + DLC done. Thats without skipping dialogue too.

I finished both games in under 30 hours and I did everything. What's do surprising about that?DarkLink77

Really? My first playthrough took about fifty hours and I did everything too. Maybe 'cause I played on hardcore or whatever.

No.

I shouldn't have it, but I wouldn't mind it. In every series that gets a multiplayer it doesn't need, I seem to like it more than games that should. Bioshock 2, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and Uncharted 2 are all great examples of this.