Mass Effect 3 May Have 4-Player Co-Op
The latest Mass Effect 3 rumor claims that the game will have a Horde-like, 4-player co-op multiplayer mode.
The latest rumor surrounding BioWare's upcoming Mass Effect 3 is that it will include an online-enabled, 4-player co-op mode. The news follows an announcement made by EA during E3 2011 that the game's release date had been pushed back from its original late 2011 launch to March 9, 2012. Mass Effect 3 was originally announced back in December 2010 during the Spike TV Videogame Awards.
According to the rumor, the 4-player co-op mode will be a separate component so that it doesn't compromise the single-player portion of the game. It also won't mimic the campaign experience, but will instead be similar to Horde in which players must face wave after wave of rushing enemies. So far BioWare has refused to comment on the rumor directly.
"We haven't talked at all about multiplayer in the Mass Effect franchise, but we're exploring multiplayer in all of our games and all of our franchises," BioWare co-founder Ray Muzyka told Eurogamer. "It's always an idea we're interested in. The short answer is we have no comment on that. But we're interested in the idea of multiplayer."
The latest rumor probably has nothing to do with previous reports of a possible Mass Effect MMOG. BioWare's executive producer for the Mass Effect franchise Casey Hudson hinted to the idea back in April after revealing that multiplayer definitely has a future in the Mass Effect franchise. He also acknowledged the fans who have requested an MMOG over the last few years.
"A lot of people say that they want to see an MMO, I think that kind of makes sense for this universe," he said. "I think Mass Effect has that quality to it. If you get rid of the Reapers and win that, wouldn't it be amazing to just live on the Citadel or just take a ship to Omega? That makes sense."
Is the story copied from Battlestar galactica?
You should play the original one first for the story which i think is better than the second although the second has better graphics.
Why is most of the games I am waiting for going to Origin? First SWTOR then BF3, now ME3? ...sigh..
this game was supose to be out by now or at least soon.
ea delayed the game to make it more main stream
IS THIS WHY I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE GAME????????
on a side not im SO glad ea didn't f@#$ with the story and the 4 player online is separate from the main game.
You should definitely play the first one first, as it pretty much immediately precedes the sequel.
Can't wait to ge 2 from Steam, need to find $20!
Multiplayer would be awesome!
P.s. I wish all these companies would stop trying to come out with there own steam clones. Steam is the best. Just making it harder for us. Like i really want 10 different download and game clients.. Sheesh!!
I'll be spending enough on BF3 and TOR through Origin for my PC.
Very excited about ME3, ME1 was much better in most ways then ME2, I hope they go back to more of the ME1 story structure, class/level system, and get rid of the stupid ammo and make the inventory better then ME1 but not as limited as ME2.
I haven't played Mass Effect, but I enjoyed Drew Karpyshyn's novels about it. And yeah, I liked BSG too. I don't think they're related. Mass Effect novels were particularly interesting to me because they had all these weird aliens. There are no aliens in BSG, just humans and their mad robots.
As for the similarities derived from many sci fi shows. The concept of FTL exists in SGU and BSG. The space station concept comes in from DS9 and B5. The travel system seems similar to all of the SG series. The main military character in SGA was named Shepard. The AI lifeforms (Geth/Reapers) and their story could be Cylons.
Many SciFi stories have tech that might make them seem related, but I assure you....NO.
Play the games. IMHO ME2 has one of the best "Main Story" endings ever in a video game.
According to the legal department, no
But in reality, yes