Dude its probably going to be free. What a ludicrous and extreme response to something we know very little about. You have made me laugh good sir.IronicBeet said:
If its free. Yes. If not. Im not touching that shit.
Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer to be released as DLC: Bioware stopping all discussion
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If its free. Yes. If not. Im not touching that shit.
What a bunch of absolute garbage. I hope the Jimquisition gets ahold of this. Anyways, I am most certainly buying Mass 3, but (and I cant believe I am going to say this) I think I need to avoid buying this DLC to prove a point. I hope ALOT of people feel the same way, and follow suit.
Mass Effect is mainly a single player game, and the idea of introducing a multiplayer component as DLC makes sense. It's an experience that is fundamentally different from the rest of the game. So you pay a smaller additional fee for a very different play experience. Sounds like a cut and dried, obvious example of how one SHOULD do DLC. I'm not sure if this is a great business decision: Multiplayer included would be an excellent way to boost sales, and that opens up the option for additional sales from map packs down the road, not to mention possible sales to people who are just getting into the series now (And possibly inspiring them to get sucked into the single player, encouraging them to go and buy 2 more games to round out the story). But yes, I think that charging money for what is functionally a separate game makes sense.
Don't want the multiplayer? Don't buy it. Do want the multiplayer? A company just decided to charge you money for a product that they created that you want and are willing to pay for. That's pretty much the absolute basics of an economy.
Don't want the multiplayer? Don't buy it. Do want the multiplayer? A company just decided to charge you money for a product that they created that you want and are willing to pay for. That's pretty much the absolute basics of an economy.
Well. Let's put aside from the fact that ME doesnt really need a Multiplayer. Seriously its space opera story. For one person. Stop trying to f it up EA.TheGuy(wantstobe) said:
DLC Multiplayer modes? Thats not exactly unheard of.
Sure, it could be done without resources being diverted, either by bringing in a new team or taking a team that is done with whatever they were tasked to do and having them start on multiplayer, but that is a concern that most people are afraid of. That and the fact that disc space that could be used for singleplayer is being devoted to a (possibly shitty) multiplayer mode. Fortunately that fear is averted since it is going to DLC (apparently).Salad Is Murder said:
It might not be 6 months for every game, it may be closer to say, 4 months, but there is a good bit of time between when a game is finished being made and when the game hits the shelves. And that time is usually used for something productive, such as developing DLC or beginning work on a sequel or a new game all together.SirBryghtside said:
Personally i find multiplayer to be a blight to single player gaming so i couldnt really give a rats ass about Multiplayer DLC. It can be free, it can be paid, i wont be downloading or using it.
In fact the way ME3 is looking far more like an FPS with 'rpg elements' than an RPG i might not even bother getting it at all.
In fact the way ME3 is looking far more like an FPS with 'rpg elements' than an RPG i might not even bother getting it at all.
It's EA, the leading team of bullshit money making inventions, the only thing that surprises me they went so long without this.
Pretty much this. Though, at this point, pretty much any BioWare related topic is pure popcorn.Zhukov said:
inb4 the single player suffers because they waste time adding multi player.
Not sure why everyone is acting so offended by this. I'm annoyed that the game will have multi player, but at least I don't have to bother with it. I don't need nor want it taking up the disc space which could be used for the single player.
Not sure why everyone is acting so offended by this. I'm annoyed that the game will have multi player, but at least I don't have to bother with it. I don't need nor want it taking up the disc space which could be used for the single player.
They've had 8 years to get the story down. Watch interviews with the writers. They've had the end planned for a while. And Casey Hudson at Comic Con said don't worry about the story, when someone asked about multiplayer. He said something along the lines that Mass Effect is still a game for the single player and their experience. The only thing that is being slapped together is the multiplayer. So..well, maybe I'm just an optimist.
I am trying to look for a reason to hate this because, well....EA. But I don't really feel it.
EA does a lot of incredible stupid things lately. Project 10 dollar is handled poorly, no one is excited for Origin etc.
But a large portion of the ME fanbase doesn't want multiplayer in ME, especially at the risk of it ruining the singleplayer experience. Now, people who don't want multiplayer don't have too, meaning I can fight the reapers in peace.
.....unless there is some really good story connected to the multiplayer, tied in with the singleplayer in which case CURSE YOU EA.
TL;DR: I can actually kinda think this is a good move.
EA does a lot of incredible stupid things lately. Project 10 dollar is handled poorly, no one is excited for Origin etc.
But a large portion of the ME fanbase doesn't want multiplayer in ME, especially at the risk of it ruining the singleplayer experience. Now, people who don't want multiplayer don't have too, meaning I can fight the reapers in peace.
.....unless there is some really good story connected to the multiplayer, tied in with the singleplayer in which case CURSE YOU EA.
TL;DR: I can actually kinda think this is a good move.