Why multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 will not be such a bad thing

Many Mass Effect and Bioware fans alike are in rage about the possibility of multiplayer in Mass Effect 3, however because the multiplayer would be done by Bioware Montreal and not Bioware Edmonton, competitive multiplayer in Mass Effect 3 might not be a bad thing but a great addition.

[dizzleK]

no, adding competitive multiplayer to this game would just be dumb. spin that shit off into a "mass effect chronicles" game or something. what is with developers? do they just wake up one day and forget what made them good? i didn't hear ANYBODY asking for multiplayer in this series.

[blizzard_cool]

You know what, the said that mp in UC2 would be bad but I had my shear of great fun with it. If this will have mp, at least give it a chance before judging it. Maybe it will be good as the sp...

[MikeTyson]

Agreed, same thing with the Metal Gear Series (well in my opinion) Mgo!

[wiggles]

I'll give it a chance as long as the mp doesn't take away from the single player experience...

[Megaton]

Not the same thing. UC2 is pure action/adventure TPS. Lends itself perfectly to multiplayer. Even with BioWare gutting most of the RPG out of ME2, it's still not the same.

If it's co-op they're adding, it needs to be separate mini campaigns like Resistance 2. I don't want anyone else making my decisions for me in the main story.

If it's competitive, I just don't see how it could be any good. They'd have to tweak the biotics to a point of uselessness in order to make them not totally overpowered. Otherwise you could be unstoppable just by slapping everyone with a singularity.

[T9X69]

How would it be dumb? There adding more to the game, your not forced to play. Jesus, since when did adding more gameplay to a game become a bad thing

[Gamingisfornerds]

Since more often than not, the SP experience suffers. That's why. I completely agree with the notion that I don't want MP for Mass Effect, so it adds nothing for me, but possibly hurts the SP.

Not a good thing imo.

[Immortal321]

if you don't have to take away from the story?

which is why blu ray is needed.

this article proves it.

@soad

why do all that?

[SOAD]

Add an another disc, and bundle the game with a free harddrive (Microsoft's treat, of course) and now everyone who wants can install the discs onto the drive and play the game.

Microsoft may also need to add a transfer cable so gamers can transfer their profiles to the new drive.

[SOAD]

"Why do all that?"

Well, although it seems like a lot, it would be easier to do than to add a Blu Ray drive to the 360, and it would be great fanservice. There are several games in the works that will require multiple disks. Rage is one of them. It would be a good thing for MS to do, and I don't think it would cost them a lot. How much do those hard drives cost them?

[XactGamer]

SOAD = troll

[ThanatosDMC]

If it's separate from the main story then it's fine. I want all the loot.

[Galaxia]

Multiplayer will ruin ME3 so much.

Even if it's just competitive multiplayer not in the main game. Because then Bioware will still have to spend lots of time tweaking the mechanics and end up focusing most on the cover systems and shooting mechanics instead of the actual story and RPG elements.

I want ME3 to be more like ME1 than ME2. Go back to the infite ammo with cooldowns, and being allowed to choose armor for everyone and finding tons of weapons. That was always great fun. I don't want it to be more of a shooter than ME2 was.

[MikeTyson]

I agree, it really can't hurt the story mode. More bang for the buck is the way I see it.

[Charmers]

I would prefer the "more bang for the buck" be put into the single player game myself rather than tack on a multi player mode I will never use. Mass Effect is a single player game and it should remain a single player game till after Mass Effect 3. If Bioware want to branch out after that and do a multiplayer Mass Effect game then good luck to them, I won't bother with it myself just like I won't bother with Mass Effect 3 if it has multi player.

[jacksonsgames]

It can only make the game better.

[solar]

SEE BioShock 2. SP games should be SP games. not every game needs MP ffs. it's a gimmick to get you to buy the damn game.

[Rucury]

I liked Bioshock 2 Online.

[solar]

you are the only one......

:P

[iamgoatman]

I can imagine Rucury running around on his own, shooting at shadows, thinking "well this is fun".

[EfanOne]

Resources and time that could have gone into lengthening or polishing on the single-player part of the game will be diverted to the multiplayer part. Sure, some games turn out awesome, like Uncharted 2, but there's a risk right there.

[Socomer 1979]

Just like bioshock 2.
Playing a single player only game when you pay for xbox live is a waste of money.
You're on the meter which is why the SP games don't sell as great. How can you focus when you've got 3 days until xbox live runs out?

Look at Alan wake & then look at God of war & heavy rain.
Gow & heavy rain sold because it's stress free of bills.

[crapgamer]

MP games sell better, people want more out of a $60 game then a playthrough or two. Sometimes they even buy add on's, so the games cost even more. So I say through in some cheap online and get a few more buyers. It worked with Uncharted 2 and probably Assassins Creed. Was Uncharted 2's online any good? Nope, it was lame. But people could at least feel like they weren't cheated.

[iamgoatman]

Local SP co-op would be nice, having a couple of friends play as my team mates would be good fun.

Competitive online multiplayer? No thank you, it's not at all needed and would probably turn out to be some gimmicky attempt to extend the life of the game.

[games4fun]

I cant wait for Mass Effect 3. I hope the multiplayer is either online co-op with a horde mode or an MMO online where your not Sheperd I just finished Mass Effect 2 today.

I think they need to tweak the formula again mass effect 2 improved on presentation and flow/story while taking away what made ME1 awesome too. The planet exploration was lame, they should have made it a 3 disk game. The combat as well as the leveling system took a big hit. I think they should compromise and find a middle ground. They reused alot of assets in some missions. Another annoying thing was the ammo problem i want cool downs and more customisation in my skill tree. Also i liked how they handled XP in ME1 not 2.

Also there should be like four levels of weapons or equipment and the others are found filling as halfs in power level like 1.5 and 2.5 and so on up to 4.5 while you buy level 1,2,3,4 guns and equipment. It would make it a great comprimise.

Edit: One of the greatest Rpg series. I hope it turns into a FF or chronicles with sets of trilogies each carrying over decisions and things that happened like before.