Fri, Oct 28, 2011 | 13:08 BST
Mass Effect 3: “Multiplayer is very optional,” says BioWare
In a video interview with CVG, BioWare Edmonton studio GM Aaryn Flynn has sought to allay fears that there’s any kind of compulsory element to Mass Effect 3′s multiplayer component.
He said: “There was a statement made that the better you do in multiplayer, the better you are at single-player – and I don’t think that’s right.
“The approach we’re taking is that multiplayer is very optional for all of our fans and players. It’s a way to achieve certain things in a different way then you could if you did just the single-player campaign.”
His remarks apparently contrast to those made in a previous media release, in which the studio categorically said that success in multiplayer will bring a better single-player ending.
Who knows. Watch it below, then have a read of Stace’s recent go with ME3 co-op. The RPG releases on March 6 next year.
7 comments
#1
Kabby
28/10/11, 1:53 pm
Big up the new feature. Get some backlash from nerds. Play down the new feature.
#2
DX2Texas
28/10/11, 2:14 pm
I cant wait to try Multiplayer I love mass Effect
#3
Thalius
28/10/11, 2:18 pm
Lets see how optinal it is when the trophy/achievements list comes out…
#4
Gurdil
28/10/11, 2:32 pm
@3 Cause it’s mandatory for you to get all achievements/trophies? Of course there will be multiplayer achievements/trophies but that doesn’t mean this part of the game is not optional…
#5
OrbitMonkey
28/10/11, 2:58 pm
Although I like the ideas behind the multiplayer; I don’t think It should have any bearing on the single player game… kinda takes the fun outta things.
#6
hitnrun
28/10/11, 9:30 pm
Multiplayer changes the game, even if you don’t use it. That’s just reality. You can’t optimally design a game world for singular and plural use. Everything changes – balance, geometry, space, story.
Either the single player experience will be lacking something, as it is with most partner-games, or the multiplayer will feel poorly supported and tacked on.
#7
Mineral4r7s
28/10/11, 10:26 pm
Yeah I would like to play Mass Effect 3. I liked the previous games, not bad. But EA just doesn’t want my money. I can’t think of any other reason why they force Origin upon one. They just don’t want my money.