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[EpicBoot2daFace]

But why bother? I mean, Skyrim proves you don't need multiplayer for an RPG to sell very well.

[eyesofastorm]

EpicBoot2daFace wrote...

But why bother? I mean, Skyrim proves you don't need multiplayer for an RPG to sell very well.

Because wider audience!

[Wulfram]

EpicBoot2daFace wrote...

But why bother? I mean, Skyrim proves you don't need multiplayer for an RPG to sell very well.

Going by ME3, to make money from microtransactions.

edit:  I don't really care about MP, just don't do mess with stuff in the SP to accomodate it.

Modifié par Wulfram, 20 juillet 2012 - 08:45 .

[bzombo]

deuce985 wrote...

I was browsing Bioware careers and noticed this:

www.bioware.com/careers/edmonton

Notice in programming jobs they're looking for a Online Programmer, Senior Gameplay Programmer and Gameplay Programmer. Online Programming speaks for itself, however, more interesting is the two job openings for Gameplay Programming is giving preference to devs with MP/Co-op experience.


Additional Skills:

• 
  The ideal candidate has shipped at least one video game title; and has
  a minimum of three years of technical experience in the video game or
  related industry
• 
  Preference given to candidates with multiplayer or coop experience, including replication
• 
  Avid gamer with a passion for creating top-quality games
• 
  Experience with assembler (MIPS, VU Code), scripting languages (Perl, Python, Lua, Ruby) and interpreted languages (C#, Java)

Also, all these job listings are very recent. Within the past month or two. Edmonton houses both the DA and ME teams. I'm pretty sure they're not ramping up a ME game anytime soon and DA3 is suppose to be going in full production...so yea. I noticed the Senior Environment Artist position has been filled and one other is open too. I guess that means Bioware is sinking more resources into level design?

Anyways, what do you guys think on this or the possibility of MP? I personally don't mind it at all if it doesnt take resources from SP development. I was highly skeptical on ME3 getting MP but it didn't seem to hurt SP and I actually enjoy it, surprisingly. A MP similar to ME3 but allowing us to get full customization would be cool. Like full armor/weapon/bigger skill tree customization...I'd like that. Not sure if the survival formula would work well in the DA universe though.
 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Bioware say they were looking to add a multiplayer something like what Baldur's Gate 2 had?If it's done like that it's no biggie to me. I have little interest in mp for single player games.

[EricHVela]

Eurogamer Italy said that "Dragon's Dogma is a great fantasy game, where the lack of a multiplayer experience is compensated from an impressive single player."

I think this would apply to Dragon Age, too.

Modifié par ReggarBlane, 20 juillet 2012 - 08:54 .

[EpicBoot2daFace]

ReggarBlane wrote...

Eurogamer Italy said that "Dragon's Dogma is a great fantasy game, where the lack of a multiplayer experience is compensated from an impressive single player."

I think this would apply to Dragon Age, too.

It would apply to any game, really.

[Wulfram]

The fact that they say that the "lack" of multiplayer is something to be compensated for is a pretty bad sign. It shows that multiplayer is part of the expected feature set, whose absence will result in the game being marked down.

Modifié par Wulfram, 20 juillet 2012 - 09:44 .

[EpicBoot2daFace]

Wulfram wrote...

The fact that they say that the "lack" of multiplayer is something to be compensated for is a pretty bad sign. It shows that multiplayer is part of the expected feature set, whose absence will result in the game being marked down.

What it implies and what it is are two different things. Skyrim wasn't marked down for lack of a multiplayer component.

[DarthEmpress]

I really hope they don't put MP in the next Dragon Age...I mean, if they want to make a separate DA game that is only MP then okay (I won't be buying that) or even an expansion that is MP. I found the MP aspect of ME3 to be really jarring considering the previous games were strictly single-player so I really wouldn't like that to be the same of the DA series.