When Mass Effect 3’s first image was revealed (before we actually knew it was Mass Effect 3), people everywhere began speculating on what the image was for. A popular guess was that the image was for a multiplayer version of Mass Effect. In the end, the picture turned out to be a piece of the reveal trailer for Mass Effect 3.
Ever since then, the idea of multiplayer in Mass Effect has been rumored time and time again through various sources, such as Eurogamer and CVG. The latest bit of news regarding Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer is that it will feature four player co-op. This cooperative mode will be separated from the single player experience (Ex: Modern Warfare’s Spec Ops mode) and will include some form of “competitive elements”.
With Mass Effect’s refined gameplay mechanics, a multiplayer component seems like it would fit right into the game. However, many gamers aren’t a fan of having multiplayer “tacked on” without a solid reason (remember Bioshock 2?).
How would you feel having multiplayer added on to Mass Effect 3? Let us know in the comment section below.
chris
June 26, 2011 at 4:09 PMI have no interest in multiplayer, I would much rather Bioware just spend more time on the actual game.
Morhy
June 26, 2011 at 4:18 PMI hate it.
ha
June 27, 2011 at 11:06 AMit could be good as a seperate hoard mode where you can play as your sheperd online with other players sheperds.
Kenny
June 27, 2011 at 2:28 PMNot every game needs multiplayer. Mass Effect 3 is one of those games. Bioware needs to focus on the single player story, not pointless multiplayer!
kendall
June 27, 2011 at 3:59 PMmultiplayer for me3 sounds nasty. it could work in a game that ttakes place in the mass effect universe, but not for me3
Sekai
June 27, 2011 at 7:48 PMWhy? Why would you spend time on multiplayer when you can spend that time working on adding more content?
TheExile
June 28, 2011 at 1:09 AMThe time they could use to make a mulitplayer component could be used to improve upon the story or give the game more solid features or adding more content. I much rather have a rich story and experience alone than a tacked on experience with random people running around as commander shepard.
Laurence Kone
June 28, 2011 at 10:11 PMHell fucking, no. A lot of single-player games have shoe-horned multiplayer and often made the quality of single-player worse. Case points being Resident Evil 5, F.E.A.R. 3, and any Tom Clancy game in existence.