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Mass Effect 3 To Feature Four Player Co-op?

According to a report Mass Effect 3 will feature four-player co-op portion. The co-op portion will apparently be “standalone” and will feature “competitive elements”.

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himdeel5110d ago

Hmm stand alone separate from story im okay with that.

RedDead5110d ago (Edited 5110d ago )

Considering it's dropped the Rpg side of it with ME2, maybe it is

Depends on the game. It USED to be just you know...havel a leveling system and stats be the focus of the gameplay. ME has dropped that completely anyway to the bare minimum, it has as much leveling up as God of War.

FF doesn't exactly give you a choice on what you do next does it? Play the story with some side missions and some sense of character progression.

Mass effect 2 is a third person shooter with minor RPG elements and exploration(sort of)

omi25p5110d ago

doesnt role playing mean you play the role of the character and make his choices. So having a conversation wheel and choosing which missions to go on ECT mean its still an rpg?

Charmers5110d ago

Ah tacked on multiplayer mode FTW eh, yeah ME 3 mp is going to have a long and healthy life. All this will do is anger the existing fan base and do hardly anything to attract new customers to the franchise.

I remember reading an article a few days ago where they acknowledge they screwed up with DA 2 and lost a lot of loyal fans and they had learned their lesson. Obviously from all these MP rumours they haven't learnt their lesson.

Solidus187-SCMilk5110d ago (Edited 5110d ago )

meaning that they took time out of making the game the best it can be to make a garbage multiplayer mode that true fans dont have any desire for?
If this gme has any flaws then I will blame bioware for tacking on some garbage multiplayer that nobody asked for instead of spending that time on the SP.

I wish they would just put out the best SP game they would for the final game. but whatever, they want to attract the COD crowd, even thought they will never try a game like ME.

Whatever, I hope this isnt true but this will probably be the last bioware game I buy for a long time anyways.

jrbeerman115109d ago

It did get delayed, so it is entirely possible that single player has already been finished and they are taking the extra 4 months for this mode.

Would rather have the game nov though

GodGinrai5110d ago

I think a spin off set in the ME universe with 4 player co-op would be cool..it would be like borderlands in space..but better. and borderlands was good.

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BioWare Co-Founder’s Dream: Transforming EA from Within Through SWTOR Success

BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk reveals his unrealized dream of transforming EA from within, with hopes pinned on SWTOR’s success.

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LordoftheCritics107d ago (Edited 107d ago )

for us gamers

Dragon Age 4: A Dream Unrealized

SWTOR was a great game on a bad engine.

JunonZanon106d ago

Agreed, SWTOR still has some of the best dialogue from any Star Wars work. I think we all miss this old Bioware the most.

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Mark Darrah: stop harassing devs because you don't know what caused "the thing that you're mad at"

Former BioWare executive Mark Darrah says "be a human being, have some empathy."
Fans don't know who is actually to blame.
Darrah throws up a hypothetical that someone might not like how an actor delivered a line. Sure, it could well be down to the actor, but it also might be down to who was directing them, how the writer asked their work to be delivered, or maybe that was the only take they got.

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-Foxtrot112d ago

This line from the video though

"Maybe the CEO of the entire company really wanted his nephew to be hired as a script consultant and this guy with literally zero experience was coming in and pushing for mandatory changes"

Like others have said that seems far too specific to just be an example...

Eonjay111d ago

Exactly. And the crazy part about this is that the people there just doing their job and trying to make a living are the one's getting hurt and losing their jobs. I am also not a fan of targeting specific individuals. Its poor form. These are video games.

RiseNShine111d ago

If only there was a single problem with this game, it was a train wreck waiting to crash and burn.

thorstein111d ago (Edited 111d ago )

As usual, common sense falls on deaf ears. I mean, he thinks this article is about Dragon Age Veilguard. He rejects logic and evidence.

What possible logic or evidence can you provide to convince him otherwise.

Notellin110d ago

The community has spoken and would like for you to stop instead.

Armaggedon110d ago (Edited 110d ago )

@Thorstein

Cant expect people to see reason now a days.

@Notellin
Sure. Go ahead and bury yourselves beneath your own ignorance.

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thorstein111d ago

This article isn't about that game.

Gamingsince1981110d ago

Veilguard was complete trash though anyway.

Notellin110d ago

Then don't use it for the thumbnail. It's misleading on purpose to draw this reaction.

thorstein110d ago

Or...I don't know... read the article.

staticall111d ago

Personally, i think we should always blame and criticize the management (especially top management; like with EA - every screw up should be blamed on Andrew Wilson and his goons). They're the ones with the power, the ones who have the last say in the matter - whatever is the plot details, gameplay, microtransactions, budget and «It's ok that it's buggy and crashes constantly, release the game ASAP, we'll fix it later».

Harrasement is not ok in my book, although, nowadays, many people paint every type of criticism (whatever warranted or not) as harrasement. Which is a very narrowminded and waters down actual harrasement problems. But, i guess, it makes it easier to ignore everything bad you see aimed towards yourself.

I would also like to add, that this topic is a double-edged sword, some developers are being mean to their customers, calling them names or any sort of -isms, that happens. In that case, don't be surprised, that, when you're «firing shots», customers are «shooting back» at you.

SimpleDad111d ago

We do want better games, and we get them by criticizing bad ones.

Eonjay111d ago

No you don't. Everything is criticized by somebody these days. By that logic everything is bad. Thats just more fuel for the echo chamber. The way you get games you want is by supporting the types of games you want by buying them. You want more games like Astrobot? Buy Astrobot. Recommend it to others. Its not about bashing what you don't like. its about supporting what you do like. Money talks.

SimpleDad111d ago

Absolutely, I buy my games cause subscriptions are also part of the problem. I don't criticize myself personally, but by observing criticism by others, I avoid purchasing games with problems.

TheColbertinator111d ago

No we don't. FIFA and Madden get criticized every year and the games get worse and more overpriced.

Christopher111d ago

Lack of profit is the only way to do it, but people are fine buying shit games every day, just not the shit games we talk about regularly here. We distract ourselves with this stupid 'social mirage' issue and the corporations get to keep doing less and less but selling it for more and more.

Armaggedon111d ago

“Better game” with big air quotes. What you like more, makes more sense.

Gamingsince1981110d ago

Says the only guy in the world that likes vanguard, I bet you like avowed aswell huh

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leahcim111d ago

Empathy has no value when it comes to killing a franchise loved by thousands.

Eonjay111d ago

Empathy always has value when dealing with other human beings. This includes empathy towards the fans who feel scorned and the devs who worked their asses off.

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EA Planned To Make Dragon Age A Billion-Dollar IP, Reveals Former Dev

The former Dragon Age head has disclosed EA's intention to transform the series into a billion-dollar property. The publisher also intended to release three new games for the series, with merely 18 months of development between them in 2016.

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Profchaos126d ago (Edited 126d ago )

We want to make Dragon Age a billion dollar franchise so let's hire the same writers responsible for mother fkn watch dogs legion 🤮

babadivad126d ago

Also hire an ideolog whose never worked on an RPG as the director.

goken126d ago

Well they were targeting the modern audiences demographic… remember these people are paid millions in salary to come up with these decisions

RaidenBlack126d ago

"Make Dragon Age great again."
~Make Larian develop next Dragon Age for it to be great again.~

tinchotin126d ago

Why waste them on that? Their games are much better than all Dragon Age games

RaidenBlack126d ago

Baldur's Gate is a Bioware developed Obsidian (previously-BlackIsle) published IP.
Dragon Age is a Bioware developed EA published IP.
(And I am talking total hands-off approach from EA. Just pure publishing.)
Trust me, this is the best combo in the world of gaming-RPG but has the slightest of slightest chance to actually happen.

Toecutter00126d ago

Name me a publisher whose intention is not to make a billion dollars from their IP. The intention should be to make a good game and then find ways to milk it out of legitimacy.

Profchaos126d ago

Night dive and lrg is more hey let's keep the lights on and play some classics.

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