Thu, Mar 15, 2012 | 18:11 GMT
A standalone Mass Effect FPS almost happened
The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3 just went live but already there are some very interesting stories coming to light about the development of the series’ third installment.
One such story is that of Mass Effect: Team Assault, which according to Kotaku was to be its own fully functional multiplayer FPS that eventually ended up becoming the Mass Effect 3 multiplayer that we see today.
According to Keighley’s documentary, the goal was, “To create a standalone multiplayer experience in the Mass Effect universe that would mix the play styles of Unreal Tournament and Battlefield 1943 — and likely be released as a downloadable game.”
Isn’t that interesting? Yes, yes it is.
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Posted in: Action, RPG
Tags: bioware, fps, geoff keighley, mass effect, ME3, multiplayer
7 comments
#1
ItsFade
15/03/12, 6:20 pm
Nope nope nope nope nope, not everything needs to be a damn FPS. I’m glad they dropped it.
#2
triggerhappy
15/03/12, 7:01 pm
@ItsFade: “Nope nope nope nope nope, not everything needs to be a damn FPS.”
Agreed.
“I’m glad they dropped it.”
Well if it was a standalone project that didn’t interfere with any of the main entrys then i mabey would have had a look at it, but only because is was Mass Effect… not really that into FPS’s.
#3
Gadzooks!
15/03/12, 7:25 pm
I would quite like it if they split the franchise into pure shooter and a more focussed RPG to be honest, but then I’m firmly in the ME1 > ME2/3 camp.
#4
OrbitMonkey
15/03/12, 7:26 pm
Who’s willing to bet that this will be back in development when Bungie/Activision announce their new sci-fi fps?
#5
YoungZer0
15/03/12, 8:24 pm
@4: Just imagine a Mass Effect Game … by DICE!
#6
revolting
15/03/12, 9:06 pm
While I’m no fan of the “everything must be an fps” bandwagon, I’m glad they looked at it if the ME3 multiplayer is the result; just like the Assassin’s Creed multiplayer addition, I expected it to be pants and pointless, and just like AC, I’m happily proven wrong; it’s hellishly fun.
#7
Fnoros
16/03/12, 2:24 am
i like the gameplay in mass effect just the way it is right now, but the option to play from a first-person perspective would be cool.