Mass Effect 3

[MachoMyers]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I've been playing games for quite a while and haven't played a bad Bioware game yet. They can do what they want and I'll enjoy it, multiplayer or not.

[Flawless]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer Details Revealed

• Mass Effect 3 multiplayer has been planned since the original Mass Effect.
  
• Mass Effect 3 represents the first time that Casey Hudson had felt comfortable implementing multiplayer into the series.
  
• The multiplayer experience boils down to a four player co-op survival style mode that lets you fight increasingly difficult waves of Cerberus foes.
  
• The enemies you’ll encounter can range from your most basic foot soldier to “assassin-like Phantoms and even the hulking metal titan-esque Atlas mechs”.
  
• Each “stage” allows you to go up against eleven waves that must be finished in order to complete that section. The mode reminds quite a few of Gears of War’s horde mode, allowing you to net experience points regardless if you finish the wave alive or not.
  
• The “Galaxy at War” mode gives you a reward system, character-progression suite, and a “stake in the larger battle that’s taking place in your single-player campaign.
  
• How you perform in the multiplayer missions has a result on your success in the main storyline as Shepard, but only if you want it to.
  
• Everything you do in the singleplayer campaign will earn you in-game currency called “War Assets”. War Assets allow you to purchase things such as allies, friendly fleets, or even a facility such as a radar station.
  
• Successfully completing various side-missions, larger plot points, and destroying your enemies will net you the War Assets needed to purchase the upgrades.
  
• “The more you play and build up your multiplayer characters to survive increasingly tough odds, the more power and influence your single-player Shepard will wield by the time the endgame comes based on the amount of War Assets earned.”
  
• If you’re one of those gamers that loves to complete every piece of a game, then you’re in luck. By doing enough in the singleplayer campaign, you will be able to earn enough War Assets, you won’t have to participate in the “galactic war”.

• While you’re going through a variety of locations in singleplayer, you’ll see first-hand how the war has hit different colonies. Galaxy at War mode follows suit, allowing your individual character and team to take up arms to defend these various locations. Your squad is under the command of the Alliance Navy officer Admiral Hackett, making his return from each game. Fighting in each various area will and successfully defending it will “win for interstellar freedom”.
  
• As you complete each area or defend newly freed areas, your progress will be detailed on a color-coded map that you’ll be able to view while you’re in the game or a few other platforms. iOS devices, Facebook, and more will allow these to be viewable and have their own “unique hooks” into the Galaxy at War mode.
  
• In the build described in the magazine article, four character classes were mentioned: Soldier, Infiltrator, Engineer, and Sentinel. The final version of the game has been confirmed to have more classes than this to initially choose from, as well as unlockables.
  
• Each class that you select from will allow you to select from a variety of races. Ranging from the likes of a Krogan to a Drell, you’ll have a good bit of variety to choose from. Yes, a Drell, the same race as Thane from Mass Effect 2.
  
• As you can probably figure, each class will allow you to possess “specific abilities” as well as the ability to upgrade a few. Krogan soldiers were described as being able to use a charge attack to knock down enemies, along with Soldiers being able to use the Omni-blade for a few rather lethal attacks. For those wondering, you’ll also be able to choose your gender when choosing any class.

• There’s a set level cap of 20.
  
• While you can stockpile characters, the experience you earn only records for that character’s specific class. Once you level up, you’ll be able to assign those earned points to different abilities.
  
• Before heading into action, you can select your weapon & biotic-powers from the available options.
  
• Armor and weaponry can be upgraded to your individual tastes.
  
• Points can and will be earned for assists, kills, and other similar actions during multiplayer.
  
• When an ally goes down, you’ll have a limited amount of time to revive them. The article mentioned “spamming the A button” while down to increase the amount of time before bleeding out.
  
• Along with killing your enemies, mission objectives will be sprinkled here and there. Retrieving data packets around the map and protecting an ally while they hack a series of terminals were a few of the described mission objectives.

[Flawless]

Re: Mass Effect 3

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[Fresh Tendrils]

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I would definitely be down running this co-op with you guys here.

[Altimus]

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I think my first and main play through will exclude the multiplayer element of it. Not sure yet.

[LambertandHam]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I think my first and main play through will exclude the multiplayer element of it. Not sure yet.

The only thing that'll keep me out of the multiplayer is the fear of the main game being spoiled by getting too far ahead.

[Altimus]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Mass Effect, Battlefield style.

[RedPhazon8]

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That pic would of been complete if it had the reapers in the background, or something to fill up the sky.

[thaima1shu]

Re: Mass Effect 3

So ... who's buying this?

http://biowarestore.com/m8-avenger-assault-rifle-replica

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I have yet to use an AR for my characters in either game. Maybe if it was one of the handguns...

[soltrain]

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So ... who's buying this?

http://biowarestore.com/m8-avenger-assault-rifle-replica

That would look quite awesome in my game room.

[thaima1shu]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I have yet to use an AR for my characters in either game. Maybe if it was one of the handguns...

As much as I've loved the series, this makes me realize that none of the weapons stood out to me. Well ... except for the M-920 Cain. Now if they had made a replica of THAT, I'd shell out so much money for it. But this AR ... I've never used.

[Altimus]

Re: Mass Effect 3

So ... who's buying this?

http://biowarestore.com/m8-avenger-assault-rifle-replica

Quite the price tag but I'd lie if I said I didn't want it.

[LambertandHam]

Re: Mass Effect 3

Via Kotaku, the Mass Effect 3 singleplayer and Multiplayer beta will be out in January. If you pick up Battlefield 3, you get in a couple days early.

[DerkontheOS]

Re: Mass Effect 3

I'm sooo excited for this game the first two where my favorite games hands down and I can't wait for this. I might start a play through of the first two games so I can import him into ME3.