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[Whiteshiro]

bioware i think you did a awsome job with this and i always wanted to play mass effect series with my close friends, and even this can have a rewarding fact doing so ect diffrent endings or extra things for sheppard fighthing against the reapers. tumps up for me! and thank you!

[SSV Enterprise]

Well, this sounds like it could be fun! The way the multiplayer is implemented sounds creative and could really add to the experience. Anyone who doesn't want to play as a turian or krogan is not really a ME fan.

Also, for those whining "RPGs aren't meant to have multiplayer!", remember: Baldur's Gate had multiplayer coop. Now how much did that detract from the singleplayer and the story experience?

[spiral trick]

Lard wrote...

Except the MP affects the SP, so it won't.

Let's imagine it in the context of ME2: You can either mine planets for resources to upgrade the Normandy, or you can play some co-op missions to earn the same resources. You're still achieving the same goal, just in different ways. I think what they're trying to get across is that you don't have to play the MP to experience everything to SP has to offer.

Bottom line, you will not miss out on anything in the story by refusing or being unable to play the co-op.

[LPPrince]

Digifi wrote...

LPPrince wrote...

I wonder if the Galactic Readiness Level is permanently raised if you completed those Co-op missions.

If not, that kinda sucks.

My reading of it is that it has a permanent effect.  The question is how is it tied to a campaign?  Do you have to pick a save to assign the points to or some other mechanism?

If it has a permanent effect, then that is WIIIIIIIN.

I imagine it'll be a slight boost, nothing more. No different than an import of the previous games giving you a boost in something.

[Kaiser Shepard]

didymos1120 wrote...

Lard wrote...

Except the MP affects the SP, so it won't.

Affects how exactly?  Details matter, and, well, we don't have any.

It affects it, that's more than enough info already.

[mango smoothie]

I love how this multiplayer system sounds can't wait to see how it's going to work.

[spirosz]

"Success in multi-player will have a direct impact on the outcome of the single player campaign" lol.

[Iakus]

ddman12 wrote...

Look Il Divo, I have no problem with you or coop games in general. However, you still have never given me a reason why a coop mode is necessary for a single player game? You think its fun? Great. Once again then I wish Bioware would make a complete coop game completely separate from ME3.

Indeed.  We may get a clearer picture on Wednesday, but the stuff I read here makes it look like this particular coop mode is some way to play ME3 without having to do all that "boring rpg stuff"

[didymos1120]

ddman12 wrote...
However, you still have never given me a reason why a coop mode is necessary for a single player game?

I don't see why establishing necessity matters.  What exactly is absolutely necessary anyway? 

[onelifecrisis]

Calling Mr. Chris Priestly! How about a little clarity here?

The key to saving the galaxy is the “Galactic Readiness” level, measured by Commander Shepard’s ability to apply every possible asset – people, weapons, resources, armies, fleets – in the final battle against the Reapers.

A simple question: does this "Galactic Readiness" level exist in the "standalone" SP game, or is it a completely separate GaW feature?

[Edge 7]

CannonLars wrote...

Progress doesn't mean reimagining a beloved franchise to be more and more like a shooter each year. Mass Effect hasn't had the decency of even letting have just one trailer with the mesmerizing synth music, slow and breathtaking scenes of locations, and lines from mysterious new characters and sights of explorable uncharted worlds. Not even a fog horn sunrise at the end like before.

You're going to have to explain to me how this two-game franchise hasn't progressed, and what marketing has to do with it.

Modifié par Edge 7, 11 octobre 2011 - 04:09 .

[cachx]

I would have liked separated co-op missions, with customization, leveling, rewards, etc.

like this, it seems degraded to planet scanning mini-game thing.

It's weird, but I look fordward to hearing more details.

[Fugiz]

Did anyone watch Hart of Dixie? The mayor and the other dude (dont know his name) were playing Mass Effect 3, probably the demo. But they talked as if they were about to play co-op but only against each other? thoughts...

[Gatt9]

Il Divo wrote...

ddman12 wrote...

That's ridiculous and you know it.

No, I don't. Demonstrate the flaw in my comparison. Bioware made the point that you would not, by necessity, need to engage in multiplayer to obtain that ending. Everything else is just window-dressing. Don't play Baldur's Gate multiplayer and don't play Mass Effect 3 multiplayer.

Bioware's said alot of things,  many of which aren't true,  between ME2,  DA2,  and ME3.  Not real sure why you're trying to use this as a point of debate,  it's like claiming that this time a politician really is telling the truth!

Lard wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

JeffZero wrote...

didymos has been doing so for hours now.

I'm done though. It's like arguing with creationists.

MP fans are pretty deluded, I'll give you that.

Really? You're going with the "I know you are but what am I?" option?

If you want,  we could point out that it wasn't very long ago you were claiming Multiplayer wasn't in ME3 because Bioware said so instead.

[Lard]

Edge 7 wrote...

Lard wrote...

Throwing in flavour of the moment options to sell more DLC map packs is not progress.

Making the game more enjoyable is.

I'm curious, what's your opinion on Portal 2?

And throwing in MP doesn't make the game more "enjoyable".

Haven't played either Portal.

[Merci357]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

Lard wrote...

Except the MP affects the SP, so it won't.

Affects how exactly?  Details matter, and, well, we don't have any.

It affects it, that's more than enough info already.

No, it's not.
If it replaces, say mining as a way to gather troops and resources, what's the big deal? If it replaces something I could have done by other means in my SP game, why does it matter? On the other hand, if it rewards something that I can't do while playing SP, then I'd agree, we have a problem.

Modifié par Merci357, 11 octobre 2011 - 04:09 .

[didymos1120]

Kaiser Shepard wrote...

didymos1120 wrote...

Lard wrote...

Except the MP affects the SP, so it won't.

Affects how exactly?  Details matter, and, well, we don't have any.

It affects it, that's more than enough info already.

Um, how do you figure?  If it just makes some other non-central SP task optional (say, whatever the equivalent of scanning is), then I don't see how it matters in the least.  If it actually unlocks additional SP content that can't be seen by other means, then, yes: that is a problem.  So, yes: details absolutely do matter.

[AtreiyaN7]

sedrikhcain wrote...

Contraband42 wrote...

*sighs* Why?

$$$$$$$$. All you have to do is stick the words "multiplayer" on the front of a game box with an illo of some clown holding a gun and you're guaranteed to sell at least a few thousand more copies.

Of course, it might also stink so bad that it blows up in your face and kills the whole franchise but nevermind about that. The way I see it, they held off until the last game of the trilogy, yet they've told us there will be more mass effect, so it sounds like we can look forward to an endless stream of MP puss for years to come.

Oh joy.

I'm looking forward to something: the possibility of a mass exodus from the forums now that the horrible truth has been revealed. Maybe those people so adversely affected by the existence of co-op gameplay can start a colony for like-minded individuals somewhere in Antarctica. However, I'd feel terribly sorry for the penguins stuck listening to them squabble.

This is just as likely as your hypothetical "endless stream of MP puss for years to come."

Modifié par AtreiyaN7, 11 octobre 2011 - 04:11 .

[Digifi]

A little off topic, but I've got to wonder if whichever magazine leaked this before the embargo lifted and forced Chris, Jesse, etc to work on Canadian T-Day will get invited back to the Bioware studios?

[JeffZero]

Fugiz wrote...

Did anyone watch Hart of Dixie? The mayor and the other dude (dont know his name) were playing Mass Effect 3, probably the demo. But they talked as if they were about to play co-op but only against each other? thoughts...

I'm lost. Link?

[onelifecrisis]

Lard wrote...

Haven't played either Portal.

Don't. Puzzle game for nitwits.

/offtopic

[Fiery Phoenix]

Chris Priestly wrote...

4 player co-op multiplayer

Join your friends in the all-out galactic war to take Earth back. The universe of Mass Effect expands with the addition of new co-op multiplayer missions, playable over Xbox Live, PSN and PC internet. Players can choose from a variety of classes and races, form an elite Special Forces squad, and combine their weapons, powers and abilities to devastating effect as they fight together to liberate key territories from enemy control. Success in multi-player will have a direct impact on the outcome of the single player campaign, giving players an alternative method of achieving ultimate victory against the greatest threat mankind – and the entire galaxy – has ever faced.

I want this explained, and I want this explained now.

How exactly is this going to work? Should I play both modes concurrently to achieve that sort of success or does the fact that I have completed the MP at least once give me that edge on the single-player campaign?

[JeffZero]

didymos1120 wrote...
Um, how do you figure?  If it just makes some other non-central SP task optional (say, whatever the equivalent of scanning is), then I don't see how it matters in the least.  If it actually unlocks additional SP content that can't be seen by other means, then, yes: that is a problem.  So, yes: details absolutely do matter.

I bolded the parts that deserve emphasis.

[Jhanna]

I'm glad Bioware responded so quickly with a response!

I've got a question that's been nagging me about multiplayer mode.

I've got multiple Shepards, and some I'm actively working for a "bad" ending on. If I play multiplayer, will I have the option to distribute those points gained from that mode between them how I want, or even not give them points at all?