[QUOTE="IndianaJones414"]Do you guys really think that Mass Effect is a game that needs multiplayer, look at the Elder Scrolls games, they are probably the most well made games and they don't have multiplayer in it. Why would they put it in ME3?rallydrifter
Needs multiplayer? Definitely not.
Do i like that they added it? I dont know yet, but I do have to admit that its looks like fun.
Its been stated that bioware has wanted to implement multiplayer since ME1, so they were going to do it no matter what.
Do I think they could have done something better than multiplayer? Probably, but I'm never going to know what that might have been.
If I end up not liking multiplayer then I don't have to play it, but I'm happy for everyone else who enjoys it.
@Indy. Was it needed? No, absolutely not, I think ME3 will be fantastic for those who chose to never utilize the multiplayer aspect of the game. BioWare have smartly developed the multiplayer gameplay in a way so as to make it completely optional. Whether players engage it or not the game will go on successfully. So it wasn't necessary that they developed it in the first place, it wasn't needed. But that being said neither was the Cerberus Network or much of the DLC and for many players they loved the game just as much without it. Let's not forget that not everyone has XBL, Playstation Network or an internet enabled computer that's strong enough to handle these games. Many, many people have played ME1 and ME2 as it is just out of the box. GASP!!
BioWare has always included extra bells and whistles with this game series. Most game franchises have just the games but this one has books, print and online comics, some still in the works movies, a variety of different versions that offer various extras and all sorts of tie in goodies. Think of that ugly as hell Dragon's Age armor that you could pick up as a tie in with that game. It made Shepard looks as if he was about to get on a horse and go jousting but it was really kick a$$ if you were playing an Adept with it's 15% biotic bonus.
@rallydrifter. But as rallyD pointed out, the game devs have stated that multiplayer was something that they envisioned for the series from the very beginning and because the game has grown and changed with each installment, now is the perfect time to include their vision. Furthermore, the game was developed by the BioWare folks in Canada and the company wanted them to remain completely focused on the core of the game to the very end so the multiplayer was given to the new BioWare developers in Texas. This ensured that there were no distractions during ME3's development and the game without multiplayer remains uncompromised. So, to paraphrase rallyD, if multiplayer sucks, we don't have to play it.
But let's face it, I think everyone is going to at least want to try the multiplayer and the Galaxy At War system.
Except me because as of today I still haven't been able to replace my game console. (Sound of inconsolable sobbing)
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