Mass Effect 3 tweaked for "larger market"

As if it couldnt be any more casualized.

BioWare is in the process of realigning its Mass Effect franchise to appeal to a larger audience, according to EA boss John Riccitiello.

Speaking during an investor Q&A today, Riccitiello explained that Mass Effect 3 will boast greater mass appeal than its two predecessors.

"One of the things that Ray Muzyuka and the team up in Edmonton have done is essentially step-by-step adjust the gameplay mechanics and some of the features that you'll see at E3 to put this in a genre equivalent to shooter-meets-RPG," he said, "and essentially address a much larger market opportunity than Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2 began to approach.

"We're huge believers in the IP and are purposefully shifting it to address a larger market opportunity."

I have a bad feeling the game got delayed so multiplayer could be thrown in.

shorter easier story , more online and crappy controls? Thats pretty much what it will mean.

lol, I'm sure bioware fans will still defend this.

Sounds like itll be a flat out TPS this time then.

saw that one coming after DA2

I have a bad feeling the game got delayed so multiplayer could be thrown in.

Vari3ty

That doesnt sound good..I hope its not as blunt as he's putting it to say the least.

It'll be just as bad as the other two.

The original's RPG mechanics weren't even good to begin with. Doesn't bother me. AAllxxjjnn

As long as they don't change what they were originally doing and are only upgrading the shooting mechanics, that's fine. Let's not forgot about the rest of the good news that was just released last month.

Hey, fine by me, so long as it's actually good.

I had no problem with ME2 being "dumbed down" or whatever the hell else people have accused BioWare of doing to it. Truth is, it wasn't any more shallow than the first Mass Effect, save in a few superficial ways, and had vastly superior core mechanics, level design, and enemies.

The Mass Effect games are enjoyable because they have good atmosphere, music, and fun storylines which allow you to be either a badass hero who does mean stuff in order to save the galaxy, or a badass hero who does slightly less mean stuff in order to save the galaxy. They aren't deep role playing games, they're action packed space operas with nut-punching, alien sex, and super cool ethical dilemmas that challenge your, umm, system of morals, or something.

I hope ME3 has ten times more action than the last one and I do mean both kinds.

As long as the game is good, I really don't care if they try to appeal to a wider audience. :]

Maybe this one will play like Heavy Rain. ME2 was half shooting and half conversations, and the shooting did kind of feel a little too hardcore to me. I'd much rather just have them talk the whole time and action only take place in cutscenes. It would provide the ultimate cinematic experience

As long as the game is good, I really don't care if they try to appeal to a wider audience. :]

timmy00

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]The original's RPG mechanics weren't even good to begin with. Doesn't bother me. spookykid143

[QUOTE="spookykid143"]

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]The original's RPG mechanics weren't even good to begin with. Doesn't bother me. lawlessx

[QUOTE="spookykid143"]

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]The original's RPG mechanics weren't even good to begin with. Doesn't bother me. lawlessx

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="spookykid143"]And they could have worked on that but instead they took easy way out and just cut them out.

AAllxxjjnn

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="spookykid143"]And they could have worked on that but instead they took easy way out and just cut them out.

AAllxxjjnn

Well at least they're already letting me know that the first one will remain the best of the series.

I have a bad feeling the game got delayed so multiplayer could be thrown in.

Vari3ty

Which means more cutscenes, meaningless choices, corridors and deeper dating-sim mechanics. :P

Will somebody explain to me how they are "dumbing" it down or are some of you just looking for an excuse to complain about something Bioware related?

So they delayed something like 4-5 months to dumb it down? Cause that's the message I'm getting.Ace6301

No wait im sorry..that is dumbing the game down.:P

Which means more cutscenes, meaningless choices, corridors and deeper dating-sim mechanics. :P

RyuRanVII

Will somebody explain to me how they are "dumbing" it down or are some of you just looking for an excuse to complain about something Bioware related?

Avian005

One wonders how BioWare could make the game any less good, but seeing how they pretty much killed the Dragon Age franchise with one game, I'm not surprised.

Bioware sure has changed. Thanks to EA I guess.

Oh thank god! To think I'd actually have to play the game, now the game will play for me!

[QUOTE="Avian005"]

Will somebody explain to me how they are "dumbing" it down or are some of you just looking for an excuse to complain about something Bioware related?

Inconsistancy

One wonders how BioWare could make the game any less good, but seeing how they pretty much killed the Dragon Age franchise with one game, I'm not surprised.

DarkLink77

What were you expecting him to say, that the game is going to appeal to a narrower one?IronBass

What were you expecting him to say, that the game is going to appeal to a narrower one?IronBass

How about appeal to the same audience they've already had?DragonfireXZ95

The goal of most companies is to increase their success, not keep it the same. That's how the industry (any industry) works.

[QUOTE="DragonfireXZ95"]How about appeal to the same audience they've already had?IronBass

The goal of most companies is to increase their success, not keep it the same. That's how the industry (any industry) works.