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[RoZh2400]

SP ending was incredibly disappointing, and there were numerous ridiculous moments (shooting Samara's daughter in cold blood after seeing Samara commit suicide. WTF? Shooting your awesome geth buddy Legion 4x in the head. Hell no. Who does that to his friend?) and other things I did not like. MP is much more fun. I mean, a solo Gold match at level 20 is more challenging than an Insanity run starting at level 1 in the SP.

[Najarati]

I play multiplayer because it's a way for me to enjoy the Mass Effect universe, something which the singleplayer campaign...

**POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT**






...unceremoniously kills. The ME universe is the greatest casualty at the end of Mass Effect 3 in my mind.  More so than Shepard.






**END POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT**

I've only gone through the ME3 singleplayer campaign once. For comparison, I went through the ME1 campaign twice and the ME2 campaign (including all the story-related DLCs) nearly a dozen times . Unless the Extended Cut drastically changes things, the multiplayer is all I have left.

UPDATE:  Also, I can play as a quarian in the multiplayer.  You can't do that in the singleplayer campaign!

Modifié par Najarati, 20 juin 2012 - 06:37 .

[Mgamerz]

Yeah, bioware screwed the ending up pretty bad (it makes no sense). The series itself suffered, but not horribly... but the ending sucked bad and it leaves a sour taste.
That said, multiplayer is quite addictive, but they really need to throw a lion in the house to shake things up because it's getting stale pretty fast.

[McKnight23]

I do play MP almost every day. I have tried other MP games and find what makes them particularly frustrating (player abuse/bashing and hacking) to not be big issues here. Also - its freakin' Mass Effect... and I can play an Asari Adept! I simply love the Mass Effect Universe and still cant get enough of it (except the ME3 ending - which I hate). I would love to see more in MP and have it expand - particularly with more enemies (collectors), and more maps.

PS -
Gameplay/FPS: ME2>ME3>ME1
Story/RPG: ME1>ME2>ME3

(edit: grammar)

Modifié par McKnight23, 20 juin 2012 - 06:31 .

[T1l]

I used to play for the progression but the novelty has worn off. The new characters don't inspire me.

[Shadow Shep]

moater boat wrote...

laudable11 wrote...

Its a break from COD, and no, I dont think BioWare did a great job with ME3.

But you TELL them that they did a great job with multiplayer everytime you play multiplayer

Fixed that for you. 

*Edit*

Somehow missed the Abram Smash.  Guessing OP is banned indefinately? 

Modifié par DJCubed, 20 juin 2012 - 06:47 .

[MinatheBrat]

I play MP because I really like the MP game.

Yes, I was really upset w/SP ending and I thought it was horrible. No I don't hate BioWare or want them to burn. I'm looking forward to the EC and hope they can do something cool with it to keep the replayability of the ME series.

But I support the MEMP team! I think they're doing a great job.

[moater boat]

Zero132132 wrote...

moater boat, what are you even doing here? You ask why people play the MP and turn it into a discussion about the single player campaign? If that's what you want to talk about, go back to the story forums or wherever whiners like you congregate. This forum is for discussion about the multiplayer. If people play the multiplayer, it's obviously because they enjoy playing the multiplayer. The single-player experience has no bearing on that enjoyability, and people aren't going to avoid having fun just because they want to send some sort of misguided message.

EDIT: YOU might, but that doesn't mean it makes sense. Bioware doesn't give a **** what one customer (IE you) does, and if you want to forego personal enjoyment out of some weird vendetta, that doesn't mean anyone else should tag along.

Why should we give two ****s about how pissed you are about the campaign here?

[that aside, fun fact: biggest plot holes in the series are in games 1 & 2, namely why did Saren need the conduit at all, since it lead to a place in the presidium that anyone could get to, why was Sovereign necessary if the collectors were around interacting with galactic society, and why didn't Sovereign recruit the Collectors as well as the Geth, since their stasis swarms could have eliminated all resistance inside? I still enjoyed the games, because I'm not a ****, and I understand the difference between fiction and reality.]

I think it is wrong to say that the single player experience has no bearing on the enjoyability of mutliplayer. I mean, Mass Effect is for all intents and purposes ruined, nothing you can do in single player or multiplayer can change that. Don't you think that by playing multiplayer you are sending the wrong message to Bioware?

[moater boat]

ckriley wrote...

You can't honestly see the folly in your question to begin with? First, why does it matter to you why we like multiplayer? The correct answer is because people have fun and enjoy it. Period. Yet to you, that is the wrong answer.

You seem so bent out of shape that in your OPINION the main game was so bad that the fact there are tons of people enjoying the MP game is somehow sending BioWare the message that they are happy with the final product.

THAT's the context of your OP. And THAT'S why it has nothing to do with MP at all. You're just unhappy.

Why does it matter to me? I'm just trying to understand why people don't stand up for themselves.

[moater boat]

DiebytheSword wrote...

I enjoy the MP portion as a seperate dish from SP. A more apt description would be to order a seven course meal and be dissapointed that the bottom of the entree was burned, even though the rest was succulent.

The appetizer, service, drink, soup, salad and sides were to die for, despite the glaring flaw in the finished meal.

No, that's a horrible comparison. Mass Effect is an RPG franchise. The multiplayer, regardless of how fun it may be, is just an add on, a bonus, a little side dish or garnish.

[moater boat]

justin_sayne1 wrote...


You basic premis is wrong.  They made a great game.  I assume you did not like the storyline in the game, but the game, itself, is awesome.

If you think the game was great, that's fine, but don't make the mistake of thinking that you are in the majority. But if you did enjoy the story then I can completely understand why you would like multiplayer too.

[moater boat]

Malditor wrote...

I don't understand why the OP posted anyway. Obviously people play MP because we enjoy it. It isn't the same thing as saying we all agree or like the endings *though I actually thought they were fine*. All it does is tell them we like this aspect and they did a good job on this side of the game.

But is that the message that Bioware needs to be getting right now? Is a pat on the back going to be the best thing for the fanbase in the long run?

[R Rarzy]

imo, it is quite ridiculous to call ME as a whole 'ruined' because of the ending. Even I wasn't the hugest fan of how ME3 ended, but that didn't change the fact that the whole game up until the end was phenomenal. And the end of ME3 sure doesn't make ME1 and ME2 ruined either.

Personally, I love the ME universe as a whole, and nothing will change that. I love playing multiplayer and have always wanted to play a Krogan since ME1 came out. ME3 fulfilled that and I couldn't be happier.

If you feel people are sending the 'wrong message' to Bioware by continuing to play MP despite how they feel about single player, I feel you might be taking the whole ordeal a little too personally. There's nothing wrong with playing the game and supporting the developer. I doubt it was Bioware's plan to 'disappoint' and 'betray' its fanbase. They were just trying to make a great game. And they succeeded, even if the ending ended up being a misstep in most people's eyes.

If your favorite sport's team lost a season championship, you wouldn't suddenly jump ship and hate the team, and refuse to support them anymore. Only people who take it way too personally would do that.

My two cents.

Modifié par R Rarzy, 20 juin 2012 - 08:59 .

[moater boat]

LeandroBraz wrote...

moater boat wrote...

It seems to me that playing multiplayer is the same as telling Bioware that you are happy with ME3...


For those of you that weren't happy with the way ME3 turned out, aren't you kind of sending the wrong message to bioware?

Edit:
maybe I am not being clear, don't you realize that by playing multiplayer you are telling bioware they did a good job, when they obviously didn't?

I'm sorry if I have a brain, I didn't mean to, I born with it. Having a brain, I can think by myself, I can analize something, not by the last ten minutes, but by everything that was done

- Bioware did a good job with the MP. There's problems, sure, but it's fun, it's addictive, it's something I wanted since ME1: A way to play ME combat whatever I want, without the need to start a new playthrough, better than what I was looking for, I can do it with friends!!

- Bioware did a good job closing the most important arcs of the trilogy before the very end, being the genophage arc the best by far.

- Bioware did a good job trying to do something different. They lacked some corage in the last round, but when was the last time that you saw a trilogy where you played the third game with the same char you started in the first one? They didn't reach all the expectation they created in the public, but it can be called inovation, it can be called something fresh, a bold project.

 I can go on and on. They did a amazing Citadel in ME3, they made Normandy even more interesting, bringing interaction between the squad, they made a better combat system, better enemies, bring more personalization.
Mosty important of all, They made a emotional game, I never cared so much about a universe and about characters of a game. I cried a lot, I laugh, I felt for every single character, even Jacob. That's one of the reason the the mediocre end had all this impact. We cared, we cared a lot, and we felt. They did it, they build it before the crap 10 minutes, so yeah Bioware, your game was amazing.


I will keep playing the MP, I will play the extended cut, the DLCs, and I will be there for a ME4. Hope they keep what is good, and learn where they failed.

Without being drawn into a discussion about the merits of the campaign, i will just say that if you go the the campaign forums and try to explain to everyone how the game was great except for the end, there will be no shortage of people ready to disabuse you of that notion.

[Total Biscuit]

I still play Multiplayer because I've always loved Mass Effects combat system, and it's mix of Gunplay and Powers, and ME3 is easily the best fun with its additional power evolutions, close combat and agility upgrades.

I don't play singleplayer, which I'd vastly prefer I be able to, because the ending ruined the entire franchise, and made doing so completely pointless and unenjoyably. I can't even play ME1&2 anymore, both of which would still be more fun than MP, because the ending taint is so bad it ruins every single moment of Mass Effects story.

Multiplayer is the sad, sad shadow of a once amazing game series, but at least it doesn't make me feel sick to even think of it.

It Bioware wants to pretend I'm happy with their game and how they chose to end/destroy it, then they can look at the dozens and dozens of playthroughs I did with their first two games, and the one, single playthrough I did of ME3, and lie to themselves all they want, that's their prerogative. They've lost me as a customer either way.

[Yoshiyuki Ly]

Because I have OCD about maintaining 100% galactic readiness. If this mechanic wasn't in the game, I probably wouldn't play multiplayer.

[VII Revenant]

Playing Mass Effect 3 multiplayer as much as I have should tell BioWare that I am personally very happy with the multiplayer aspect of the game, though I do wonder why it's on both discs of the Xbox 360 version, which seems like a waste of space to me. I have no problem using only one disc for multiplayer that also happens to have some of the single player content on it; no need to have it in two places, especially considering the need to use an online pass, so it's not like I can pass one disc to a friend.

My enjoyment of the singleplayer campaign does not translate at all into my enjoyment of the multiplayer game.

[moater boat]

MoElfarri wrote...

moater boat wrote...

It seems to me that playing multiplayer is the same as telling Bioware that you are happy with ME3...


For those of you that weren't happy with the way ME3 turned out, aren't you kind of sending the wrong message to bioware?

Edit:
maybe I am not being clear, don't you realize that by playing multiplayer you are telling bioware they did a good job, when they obviously didn't?

you are being ignorant and incapable of understanding the whole point of playing Multiplayer. The reason we play multiplayer doesn't necesseraly send out a message to bioware stating that they have done a great job this time, but that they rather have been able to construct a really great storyline. Obviously many people does not like the ending and I am one of those people, though I still give them a chance and do not seem to be as sensitive as other fans which actually are overreacting if you ask me. You do not like the ending? I get it, I  don't either but I am being patient about it and if you want to have a new ending stop flaming at bioware coz they've heard the whole community for the last 3 months, be more supportive, and that is my answer to why I am playing mp. It is because I am being supportive and care about the Mass effect series as i have played the 3 games.

I'm not being ignorant (and be careful with insults, they can get you a 24 hour ban). I fully understand that people don't play multiplayer for the purpose of sending a message. I am saying that regardless of why you play, that message is still being sent. You want to show your support for Bioware by playing the MP, I guess that makes sense if you think that it will be interpreted that way. I don't. I think bioware are adults, not children, and therefor need a kick in the butt rather than a pat on the back, but maybe you have more faith in them than I do.

[cronshaw]

moater boat wrote...

Without being drawn into a discussion about the merits of the campaign, i will just say that if you go the the campaign forums and try to explain to everyone how the game was great except for the end, there will be no shortage of people ready to disabuse you of that notion.

Your comments and this thread belong in the single player forum. This froum is for people that enjoy playing MP and want to get information about it. You aren't really interested in why people like MP, you just want to tell them they shouldn't play it because you thought the SP campagin sucked, that type of stuff doesn't belong here. And frankly your entire effort seems like flaming to me.

[moater boat]

Indenter wrote...

Nobody is sending anyone a message.

Yes they are, just because it isn't your intent doesn't mean it isn't interpreted in some way by Bioware.

[Draining Dragon]

moater boat wrote...

dysturbed0ne wrote...

so I fail to why you are complaining about something you got for free??

So if you went to a restaurant and ordered a burger and one half of the patty was burnt and the other half was raw, you would just say, "Hey, it comes with a pickle!" and then happily eat the pickle and tell the cook how good the pickle was?

No, it's more like saying... it's like... wait, what exactly did you say?

[Draining Dragon]

moater boat wrote...

Indenter wrote...

Nobody is sending anyone a message.

Yes they are, just because it isn't your intent doesn't mean it isn't interpreted in some way by Bioware.

ME3 WAS a great game. That doesn't mean I liked the ending.

[Draining Dragon]

moater boat wrote...

MoElfarri wrote...

moater boat wrote...

It seems to me that playing multiplayer is the same as telling Bioware that you are happy with ME3...


For those of you that weren't happy with the way ME3 turned out, aren't you kind of sending the wrong message to bioware?

Edit:
maybe I am not being clear, don't you realize that by playing multiplayer you are telling bioware they did a good job, when they obviously didn't?

you are being ignorant and incapable of understanding the whole point of playing Multiplayer. The reason we play multiplayer doesn't necesseraly send out a message to bioware stating that they have done a great job this time, but that they rather have been able to construct a really great storyline. Obviously many people does not like the ending and I am one of those people, though I still give them a chance and do not seem to be as sensitive as other fans which actually are overreacting if you ask me. You do not like the ending? I get it, I  don't either but I am being patient about it and if you want to have a new ending stop flaming at bioware coz they've heard the whole community for the last 3 months, be more supportive, and that is my answer to why I am playing mp. It is because I am being supportive and care about the Mass effect series as i have played the 3 games.

I'm not being ignorant (and be careful with insults, they can get you a 24 hour ban). I fully understand that people don't play multiplayer for the purpose of sending a message. I am saying that regardless of why you play, that message is still being sent. You want to show your support for Bioware by playing the MP, I guess that makes sense if you think that it will be interpreted that way. I don't. I think bioware are adults, not children, and therefor need a kick in the butt rather than a pat on the back, but maybe you have more faith in them than I do.

Calling someone ignorant can't get you banned. Neither can making ridiculous arguments that make no sense, or else you would have been gone long ago.

[david_demos484]

jbauck wrote...

I already paid for it, and MP has all the things BW got right (combat) and none of the things BW got wrong (plot, Shepard, conversation wheels ...). I'm not giving them a dime, and if the EC turns out to be what I think it will be, I'll stop playing MP, too.

So, for me, playing MP is saying that I haven't given up on this franchise yet. I still have this very faint glimmer of hope. I'll wait until the EC crushes that last glimmer of hope before leaving entirely.

Sorry I am not caught up on my acronyms.. what is EC?

[Draining Dragon]

david_demos484 wrote...

jbauck wrote...

I already paid for it, and MP has all the things BW got right (combat) and none of the things BW got wrong (plot, Shepard, conversation wheels ...). I'm not giving them a dime, and if the EC turns out to be what I think it will be, I'll stop playing MP, too.

So, for me, playing MP is saying that I haven't given up on this franchise yet. I still have this very faint glimmer of hope. I'll wait until the EC crushes that last glimmer of hope before leaving entirely.

Sorry I am not caught up on my acronyms.. what is EC?

Extra Cheese. It's the downloadable content that will push the franchise even further down the toilet fix the ending.

Modifié par Draining Dragon, 20 juin 2012 - 09:16 .