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[MrTroubleMaker]

Multiplayer?
I never asked for this.

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[DownLikeBCPowder]

Raise your hand if you are "eagerly awaiting" ME multiplayer details.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Metal Gear Online is one of the best online games I've played this gen.

 

[Rodney McKay]

ME3 for PC on Frostbite 2 engine.

Destructible environments please.

 

[Beth Cyra]

Not a big Multpilayer fan.

So combine that with the fact that I don't think that Bioware has a combat system that is overly enjoyable I can't say I have any interest in playing that without going through the story.

Hopefully it turns out well for those who want it.

 

[Haunted]

meh if multiplayer

Because Mass Effect was supposed to be an RPG that was a mix of of investigation, exploration, and combat. But with 2 we ended up with a corridor shooter. I still like the game, but it's just not what it was supposed to be.

Well, "supposed to be" is subjective. It "could've been" is more appropriate.

Sadly, Bioware chose to take the franchise in the opposite direction. Entirely within their right, it's their franchise and everything, but still disappointing.

That said, ME2 was still a great game. Not showcasing the same level of ambition, not fulfilling the huge potential... but it was a polished title.

I'm sure I'll like the direction they're taking 3 in even less, but I'm also sure the game will still be entertaining.


With these kinds of decisions, it's better not to think about what could have been. It's just depressing.

 

[B-Dex]

Game as we know it was scrapped. Only planet scanning and running around bland procedural "planets" and "moons" on the old-school ME1 mako are what is left.

 

[Wazzim]

Multiplayer?
I never asked for this.

Some kind of Co-Op would be fun I guess..

 

[toythatkills]

Release delayed six months while it's converted into an FPS.

/obvious

/boring

 

[Zeliard]

Hm, big news that a lot of us have been eagerly awaiting? They fired Clint Mansell \o/

Are you a crazy person?

 

[Digital-Hero]

Jump in, jump out campaign co-op. Delicious. One can hope!

Hm, big news that a lot of us have been eagerly awaiting? They fired Clint Mansell \o/

Ha ha. No. Mansell is awesome.

 

[Solo]

Eat a dick, Bioware.

 

[Haunted]

Raise your hand if you are "eagerly awaiting" ME multiplayer details.

Game as we know it was scrapped. Only planet scanning and running around bland procedural "planets" and "moons" on the old-school ME1 mako are what is left.

You make conflicting points. First you mention the shitty planet scanning, but then you act as if the amazing Mako exploration in the first one was bad? :confused

I'd rather have procedurally generated rocks back instead of running through corridors littered with conveniently placed waist-high barriers.

 

[FStop7]

Well, "supposed to be" is subjective. It "could've been" is more appropriate.

I say "supposed to be" because IMO BioWare made it pretty clear what the Mass Effect games were going to be during their extended demos and trailers for ME 1, especially the 20-40 minute demo from E3 2006. Not to throw more wood on the Blame EA fire, but things really did change after the EA acquisition.

That big hint is referring to Tali's face. There's nothing else people have been waiting for from this game.

This was revealed years ago in the official ME comic book.

 

[Chinner]

i heard they're going to announce that mass effect 3 actually has a story.

 

[nel e nel]

I'm sure I'll dislike the direction they're taking 3 in even less, but I'm also sure the game will still be entertaining.

I think I will like the new direction more as well.

 

[Lakitu]

Why have we heard no Mansell music beyond that 10-second snippet in one of the clips? Frustrating.

 

[Haunted]

Why are people so against multiplayer?

Lots of games that were single player focused integrated multiplayer and it worked out great.

Uncharted
Assassins Creed
Grand Theft Auto
Metal Gear Solid (kinda sucks? People loved it)

Didn't like the multiplayer in any of these. Waste of resources and manpower.

I think I will like the new direction more as well.

heh, fixed it.

 

[Psi]

It's going to be co-op, and the game will turn into a linear corridor shooter so the other player doesn't get bored.

 

[Phonomezer]

WiiU

 

[Complistic]

It ain't going to be multiplayer. That's something you announce right off the bat when you announce the game. It's probably squad mate info or something boring.

 

[WrikaWrek]

It will be unfair, uncool, and infuriating if they pin the reason for mp's existence on "us", the fans.

Nobody asked for this shit.

 

[nel e nel]

heh, fixed it.

In all seriousness though, I really did miss the inventory management in ME2 (although the organization was horrid in ME1), and by all accounts so far they have been showing what appears to be a happy medium between streamlined combat and dithering RPG elements.

 

[CrazyDude]

It's going to be co-op, and the game will turn into a linear corridor shooter so the other player doesn't get bored.

Mass Effect 1 was already that.

 

[Mindlog]

Mass Effect horde mode. Only Zaeed survives.

 

[Snuggles]

Yeah, it has to be multiplayer. At this point, I'd be shocked if it wasn't included with the game in some form. They gotta sell cheap DLC/prevent those trade-ins somehow!

 

[mxgt]

It will be unfair, uncool, and infuriating if they pin the reason for mp's existence on "us", the fans.

Nobody asked for this shit.

Maybe the lunatics on their official forums asked for it

 

[Dresden]

Man, I really don't care about Bioware anymore.

dropped like a rock.

 

[brandonh83]

It will be unfair, uncool, and infuriating if they pin the reason for mp's existence on "us", the fans.

Nobody asked for this shit.

It would be so great if, in the press release it says something like "You've begged, you've pleaded-- and Bioware listened."

 

[Danny 117]

 

[ScepticMatt]

Yeah, it has to be multiplayer. At this point, I'd be shocked if it wasn't included with the game in some form. They gotta sell cheap DLC/prevent those trade-ins somehow!

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I'd love something different (i.e. FemShep media), but I would be really surprised if it isn't multiplayer.

 

[CrazyDude]

I agree

 

[Chinner]

christopher nolan will be directing all of the action scenes!

 

[WrikaWrek]

It would be so great if, in the press release it says something like "You've begged, you've pleaded-- and Bioware listened."

Don't want to imagine.

 

[Psi]

Mass Effect 1 was already that.

No more exploration or walking around cities and talking to people. They're taking inspiration from FFXIII.

 

[Rodney McKay]

It's going to be co-op, and the game will turn into a linear corridor shooter so the other player doesn't get bored.

Maybe it will be a "girlfriend" co-op mode like Mario Galaxy has. You play as Shepard and your co-op buddy grabs objects in the environment with Kinect and throws it at enemies.

They basically take over your magic power.

 

[Chinner]

dating sim you can take your romance to the space-cinema or go to the space-restaurant and kate perrys E.T will play.

 

[Kinyou]

I'm guessing it's the multiplayer unveil.


Source: http://www.ea.com/news/ea-vegas-game-show-to-be-live-blogged

 

[MCD]

Demo maybe?

 

[Painraze]

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lol

 

[Solo]

Demo maybe?

Nope.

 

[krameriffic]

The MP in Mass Effect is going to drop like a rock. Just like Bioshock 2.

Why'd you have to remind me of that miserable fuckpoop.

 

[IoCaster]

I'm having a hard time feeling excited about anything Mass Effect these days.

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[Dorrin]

I'm going all in that it has something to do with multiplayer.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Co-op? Okay

Competitive multiplayer? No thanks

This, all over.

I honestly don't even want to think about how competitive MP would work in ME. :_(

 

[nomis]

i heard they're going to announce that mass effect 3 actually has a story.

christopher nolan will be directing all of the action scenes!

 

[Deified Data]

I'm having a hard time feeling excited about anything Mass Effect these days.

This. I've already deleted my old save data - I won't be needing it for imports. It wasn't one thing that broke the camels back, just a continuous cycle of bad news and stupidity that just made me say "Fuck it, I'm done".

Looking forward to what they do with Dragon Age III (maybe), but Bioware is sort of a non-entity to me nowadays.

 

[Totobeni]

Co-op with Shepard on Shepard romance option.

deviantart will be ruined if that ever happens

 

[CrazyDude]

This. I've already deleted my old save data - I won't be needing it for imports. It wasn't one thing that broke the camels back, just a continuous cycle of bad news and stupidity that just made me say "Fuck it, I'm done".

Looking forward to what they do with Dragon Age III (maybe), but Bioware is sort of a non-entity to me nowadays.

I don't get what is so awful about what they have announced with ME3?

 

[Snuggles]

I honestly don't even want to think about how competitive MP would work in ME. :_(

I predict that it'll be predictable: there will be perks, an xp system with unlocks, load-outs specific to each class, and all the standard competitive MP modes (deathmatch, capture & defend and so on). Boxes will be checked.