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[Arppis]

Ah yes... "compromises".

 

Hate them too.

[Larry-3]

Ah yes "compromises" we have dismissed that claim.

Me: Well I have not.

I suppose multiplayer's one exonerating circumstance is that it made the singleplayer story slightly more interesting.

I have just never been big on multiplayer. All you mainly do is shoot stuff, die, then respawn again. Why would I want to keep doing that hours?

I wanted all the attention on singleplayer because I like games with many paths, outcomes, and stories. Mass Effect 3 felt more... linear... and the amount of options we had in the first two compared to the third one was just... it just felt like all of the options we could have had were cut in half.

[Valmar]

I've spent nearly 500 hours (no exaggeration) in the multiplayer. It was one of the best parts of the game for me. Even after the heartbreak of the ending I still adored the multiplayer. Heck, I still play it from time to time. I even purchased it on a different platform just to keep playing more of the mulitplayer.

 

I would be sorely disappointed if MENext had no multiplayer. Some of the best co-op gameplay I've ever had. Tons of fun for me.

 

Also, I might be wrong but I seem to recall that the MP and SP dev teams were separate. It's not like they make SP guys stop working on the SP and focus on MP. I think they were even in completely different branches of the company. Any problems the singleplayer had were unrelated to the MP team, far as I know. Actually in my experience I greatly preferred the MP guys. They were fun and actually communicated with the fans. My experience from the SP side of things was more of a bitter one, what with the artistic integrity.

[katamuro]

I thought multiplayer was one of the best parts. Apart from the random loot drop. But otherwise it was quite entertaining, I think I have spent half of my time in ME3 playing it.

[teh DRUMPf!!]

 hee hee... is this official?

 

If so...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Daemul]

I hope it stays co-op, because after going through Mirror Match in the Citadel dlc, I've realised how a PvP mp would be a horrid experience. 

 

Actually, you know what, let's make it PvP, the carnage would be glorious. 

[RanetheViking]

Of course there will be a MP in the new game. Even without the success of the me3mp most games do have an online component these days.

 

Personally I was never big on MP's or online achievements. When I learned me3 had both I was not happy. I only played the MP at first to get the 'Platinum' trophy for all Achievements. 

 

But a couple of thousand online hours later ... Yeah I frikkin' love it.

 

I just hope the new game's MP is half as good.  ... and hopefully they update/upgrade the damn RNG store 

[TheJester000]

No resources are taken from SP for MP.

 

 

How long has your team been working on MP?

· Over two years. After Mass Effect 3 MP's success, we created a special team with veterans from the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises. Our lead MP designer and lead online programmer have been on the Dragon Age franchise since Dragon Age: Origins. The addition of designers, programmers, artists, audio, QA, and production from Mass Effect 3 MP will help us ship a really fun co-op game that suits our franchise.

 

http://www.dragonage...multiplayer-faq

 

This was talked about in the Dragon Age forums. Bioware has a specific team that works on MP now. If they were not being used for ME they would not be working on SP, they only specialize in MP and would just focus on another of their games.

[wolfhowwl]

Excellent news.

 

Hopefully they will also consider a F2P spinoff of the multiplayer at some point as well.

[DirtySHISN0]

how is this good ? So they basically took some of their veterans from both franchises to work on MP...
How does that not affect SP?

 

I can't believe people here support this ****

screw SP I guess

Now DA;I is out people not working on it will help with Mass Effect MP the same as those not working on Mass Effect did during DA;I's development.

 

You're not losing anything.

What is hard to understand?

[Valmar]

I agree MP doesn't belong in the ME series or DA for that matter, worthless

but what do you expect of EA?

at least CDPR won't include it in TW3 and I would be surprised (and disappointed) if a future Fallout/Elders Scrolls has MP

so at least some companies stay true and focus on things that matter (open world, story etc. basically a good singleplayer experience)
 

 

Actually Elder Scrolls has an MMO now.

 

Curious btw, did you ever actually play the multiplayer for Mass Effect?

[warblewobble]

I have no problem with multiplayer being an option as long as I don't feel like the game is pushing it on me. Given that there was some blowback from the fanbase about war assets and the ME3 multiplayer (prior to the patch that made it viable to attain enough EMS for everything without grinding it) I suspect that's why they took care to make it a completely separate entity in DA:I. You're not locked out of anything in the single player campaign as a result of not playing multiplayer and it's apparent that they weren't cutting resources from the main game to divert them elsewhere.

 

That being said, the bottom line is that online multiplayer is an additional feature that they can use to push sales and drive extra revenue by way of microtransactions. It's not only part of EA's business model but something that the industry in general is trending toward increasingly more as online functionality has become a standard of console gaming. (PC has had the infrastructure for that in place for a while.) Yes, many people don't have a reliable internet connection or simply have no desire to play online. However, developers and publishers are looking at the blockbuster numbers of multiplayer FPS games and weighing the cost of building in MMO features versus the potential profit they stand to make if they can entice even a slice of those people to take a chance on a genre of game they might not otherwise play.

 

The way I look at it is that DA:I has sold tremendously well and these figures were probably boosted in part by the online component. This has likely shown EA that there continues to be a market for blockbuster RPGs and will hopefully mean that with ME4 (or whatever it will be called) they'll once again allow Bioware to do their thing on the single player campaign and not try to make them push the MMO elements therein or require  a tradeoff in time and resources to offset the development cost of the multiplayer.

 

In short, successful multiplayer helps ensure that Bioware will have the freedom, the resources, and the opportunity to continue to develop RPGs with strong single player campaigns set in the universes we so know and love.

[Loufi]

Did you try the ME3 MP ? As you do, at first I didn't care about it, so I played exclusely the SP for 3 months from march to june 2012, trying desperately to save my Shepard. Then I realized that it was impossible without a save from ME1 (I'm on PS3), so I jumped into the MP just to get enough war assets. It was more than 2 years and a half ago and I'm still playing it, the ME3 MP was a great addition.

 

If you like this universe, how can you resist to the temptation to play a krogan, an asari, a vorcha   ? Bioware did a great job at modelizing the different races, you can really feel the weight and strenght of krogans when you play them or the speed and agility of drells.

 

I add that the MP community is great, I have encountered only a very small number of players who care only about their score and don't help for objectives. There's a lot less immature kids in this game than in some other.

 

I end by saying that, if you like the challenge, the MP can be a lot harder than the SP, even on insanity.

[NeonFlux117]

E3 will probably be Multiplayer Footage and maybe a single player in-engine trailer.

[Excella Gionne]

I'm pretty sure it's apparent to everyone that ME3 MP was what kept ME3 alive since 2012. People actually buy ME3 just to play the MP. Yes, you can say that's a pretty stupid reason, but if it helps attract newcomers I don't see a point in not putting it in the next ME. I certainly want it back since I liked ME3 MP along with the bunch of the MP buddies on the forums. Believe it or not,  what you despise is what helps with the game's longevity and with the current expectations of games such as these, people expect a multi-player so that they can enjoy it with friends. Some people will not buy a game if it does not have multiplayer despite everything about the game.

[Vazgen]

well then they shouldn't buy it
ME and DA are singleplayer franchises they can get back to playing Cod or whatever
buying ME3 for the MP is just stupid

OK, why is that stupid? Detailed explanation, please.

[Mordokai]

Did you try the ME3 MP ? At first I didn't care about it, so I played exclusely the SP for 3 months from march to june 2012, trying desperately to save my Shepard. Then I realized that it was impossible without a save from ME1 (I'm on PS3), so I jumped into the MP just to get enough war assets. It was more than 2 years and a half and I'm still playing it, the ME3 MP was a great addition.

 

If you like this universe, how can you resist to the temptation to play a krogan, an asari, a vorcha   ? Bioware did a great job at modelizing the different races, you can really feel the weight and strenght of krogans when you play them or the speed and agility of drells.

 

I add that the MP community is great, I have encountered only a very small numbers of players who care only about their score and don't help for objectives. There's a lot less immature kids in this game than in some other.

 

I end by saying that, if you like the challenge, the MP can be a lot harder than the SP, even on insanity.

 

Word. I mean, as much as vorcha are considered comic relief, playing as one in throes of bloodrage can really show you how dangerous and survivable the are. Not many characters can take a grenade to face and come back swinging... vorcha can and angrier and meaner then before.

 

The drell zipping around the battlefield, asari's grace and biotic booms, the krogan headbutting phantom and blowing her head away with Graal, the batarian skewering the brute with wrist mounted shotgun... I believe multiplayer actually added to the MEverse, not took away from it. Sure, they are just avatars on screen, but it's not hard to come up with backstories for each and every one of them. And while you can make different vanguard Shepards, or Sentinels... or any class, really... the difference between batarian, asari, krogan and even two human vanguards is even greater. They each feel unique and the word is richer because of their addition.

 

well then they shouldn't buy it
ME and DA are singleplayer franchises they can get back to playing Cod or whatever
buying ME3 for the MP is just stupid

 

Once again, you're making an assumption that CoD=ME multiplayer, which is far from truth. I've played both(granted, the former on PC and the latter on PS3, where it's harder to cheat) and I can tell you... the two games are nothing alike.

[Loufi]

well then they shouldn't buy it
ME and DA are singleplayer franchises they can get back to playing Cod or whatever
buying ME3 for the MP is just stupid

That's a very definitive judgment. I heard that ME3 has been on sale at 5$ on Origin, and I'm pretty sure you can find it for only a few more dollars on consoles in a second-hand store. A few bucks for a game with easily hundreds of hours of playability seems a good buying to me.

 

Word. I mean, as much as vorcha are considered comic relief, playing as one in throes of bloodrage can really show you how dangerous and survivable the are. Not many characters can take a grenade to face and come back swinging... vorcha can and angrier and meaner then before.

 

The drell zipping around the battlefield, asari's grace and biotic booms, the krogan headbutting phantom and blowing her head away with Graal, the batarian skewering the brute with wrist mounted shotgun... I believe multiplayer actually added to the MEverse, not took away from it. Sure, they are just avatars on screen, but it's not hard to come up with backstories for each and every one of them. And while you can make different vanguard Shepards, or Sentinels... or any class, really... the difference between batarian, asari, krogan and even two human vanguards is even greater. They each feel unique and the word is richer because of their addition.

 

 

Once again, you're making an assumption that CoD=ME multiplayer, which is far from truth. I've played both(granted, the former on PC and the latter on PS3, where it's harder to cheat) and I can tell you... the two games are nothing alike.

Exactly how I see it. Headbutting bad guys with krogans and equiping them with Bloodpack weapons, doing a full asari team game on Goddess and hearing them saying "for Thessia !", giving to my characters names inspired by the SP, etc., made me love even more the ME universe. 

[Vazgen]

 

because not long ago ME was a singleplayer only franchise

and even though it has MP now since ME3 buying it for that is silly

 

its like buying COD or Battlefield for singleplayer lol

You buy ME for its singleplayer - one aspect of the game. Someone else buys it for multiplayer - another aspect of the game. I don't see anything stupid about it. Just as buying COD or Battlefield for singleplayer. People have different tastes. You may prefer playing RPGs with 100+ hour long campaigns with a ton of dialogue and character development. Someone else prefers a 5 hour-long COD campaign where you don't bother with dialogue and play through an already established story, like watching a movie. Especially with Kevin Spacey starring in the latest one. Telling that either you or him are stupid is forcing your opinion and wrong. 

[RatThing]

ME3 multiplayer was excellent. It's definitely a good idea to bring mp back to the new game. To connect it again to singleplayer however would probably not be such a good idea.