Mass Effect 3 - Part 1

[Tron Bonne]

Well, I got the second game's CE, and it seems to have a good amount of content. So, what the hell. Everything's looking pretty good.

 

[The Squirrel]

I don't know how I like the idea of the holo-blade. They even say it's an hologram. So how do you hurt someone with that?

You turn the safety program off.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

I may actually pick the CE up - it'll be the first collector's edition I've ever picked up.

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I may actually pick the CE up - it'll be the first collector's edition I've ever picked up.

I'll deff pick it up and it'll be about the billionth CE iv purchased. I plan on getting at least 3 this year with this, Batman and Uncharted and I'll get one of Skyrim if they do one.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

I don´t know if this was already posted but, from what i read, Mass Effect 3 will have Multiplayer

■The game will feature a Horde style multiplayer mode with “crap loads” of maps.
■It will also have the regular modes such as Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag.
■The Horde mode will have objectives like Capture The Flag, King of the Hill, and simple shoot-to-kill ‘waves’ as well.
■Up to four players can play cooperatively in the Horde mode.
■Maps are “fairly small” but well designed.
■Players can choose from 6 different classes, or use a prebuilt one’s. Our source didn’t confirm what those classes were, but we reckon all those from ME2 will be present.
■There will be a level cap of 60.
■Some of the enemies were confirmed as well: Geth, Marauders, Husks, and a new enemy type called Brutes. The source described them as insanely “huge ass”.
■The game will also feature a ‘multiplayer store’. The store will carry upgrades for weapons, etc. and other items.
■Players will be able to buy said upgrades and items by earning in-game money based on their performance in the multiplayer. Our source wasn’t sure if the in-game money can be earned via the single player campaign as well, “but I doubt it. Seems like the (singleplayer and multiplayer) modes will be separate.”

http://tbreak.com/megamers/29135/news/e3-11-exclusive-first-mass-effect-3-multiplayer-details/

If it´s true, it´s a sad day for gaming.
You guys have no idea how hurtful MP in everything is.
There is a gigantic identity crisis in gaming in this day and age, companies are just forgetting what a video game is, what made this industry is unique.

 

[TX85]

Eh,As long as the storymode is as awesome or even better than before......I don't mind MP being added at all!!

 

[PWN3R]

As long as this didn't take away from the time the team had to work out the finer things with the campaign, it couldn't hurt.

Besides, this is most likely the future of the ME universe. I guarantee EA has Bioware put out some multiplayer heavy game set in the ME universe after this one.

 

[Erzengel]

I'd be into picking up a FPS of Mass Effect in the future.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

Besides, this is most likely the future of the ME universe. I guarantee EA has Bioware put out some multiplayer heavy game set in the ME universe after this one.

I´m expecting it also.
There are rumors of a Dragon Age online and Mass Effect online, even word that EA wants to make Bioware into their MMO maker.
If The Old Republic is a sucess, it´s a matter of time, and, if that days comes, Bioware is dead.
EA is so blind after Activision that is not even funny, they want a CoD killer and a WoW killer.

Gaming is dying, is just a matter that someone puts in the final nail....or a knight in shining armor appears and saves it....from itself.

 

[Master Chief]

Casey said there'd be no multiplayer but at the end of the day it's EA's call lmao and after the useless Dead Space 2 multiplayer I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be true.

 

[PWN3R]

^ Yeah, I do remember him saying that. Whatever. At this point, literally nothing can stop my nerd ***** for this game. I'm ready.

 

[Crockett]

Hmm, I'll wait for a confirmation but at this point I wouldn't mind with MP for the game, the SP is still the main focus so with this being the last game in the ME series (at least for Shepard's story) then the MP will add even more to the game. So this won't stop me from getting the game.

 

[Master Chief]

^ Yeah, I do remember him saying that. Whatever. At this point, literally nothing can stop my nerd ***** for this game. I'm ready.

If it ends up being confirmed the multiplayer still won't exist to me.

Unless there are achievements. I'll knock those out and then it won't exist again.

 

[Wolvieboy17]

Sure sounds like an official source, with quotes like "Huge ass"

 

[Soapy]

A website no one has ever heard of claims to have a ton of information on something that Bioware has said won't be in the game. Sure I'll believe this is legit and they're totally not fishing for hits.

 

[Matt]

Guys, if it were true, EA would've been flaunting the hell out of it at E3. So let's just take a breath. The game's producer has said no multiplayer. There was nothing to indicate multiplayer at E3. My guess is that it is false.

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

 

[Nathan]

Guys, if it were true, EA would've been flaunting the hell out of it at E3. So let's just take a breath. The game's producer has said no multiplayer. There was nothing to indicate multiplayer at E3. My guess is that it is false.

I won't be bothered if it's not in. But after they finished the Trilogy, I hope they branch out. I would love a game that is MP focused.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Ummm

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

 

[X Knight]

would be curious to see the individual class breakdowns in terms of fighting styles, abilities, etc.

I'm really interested in how Adepts and Vanguards will play......

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

This is all from:

http://e3.gamespot.com/live.html?tag=calendar;title;6

At the 17 min mark

 

[Nathan]

Mass Effect 3 Voice Control Makes You a Devil, Enables Pause-Free Combat

The Kinect integration in next year's Mass Effect 3 just might be a great idea. Pardon the skepticism, but after two Mass Effect games that did just fine without any connection to Microsoft's hands-free sensor, it is a surprise.

We found out on Monday, officially, that Mass Effect 3 includes optional Kinect support. (That had leaked earlier). But it wasn't until I rant into David Silverman, a BioWare developer working on the game, that I understood how useful the Kinect support can be.

Here are the key details:

-Players can use the Kinect mic in dialogue sequences. Traditionally, Mass Effect gamers pick phrases from the game's discussion wheel in order to direct the flow of protagonist Commander Shepard's conversations. You won't read Shepard's lines. You'll read the phrases that then make Shepard say his or her lines. This struck me as a bit odd, mainly because I've been playing the first two games in the series with a female Shepard. In real life, however, I'm not a woman. I am a man. Wouldn't it be odd for me to read the shorthand of lady Shepard's lines, I asked? No, BioWare's Silverman told me: think of yourself as the angel and devil on Shepard's shoulders. That made it *click*. I love that way of thinking about it. I'm whispering suggestions, one way or the other to this Shepard, and then she does them. I tell her to be a jerk, so she'll then say something obnoxious. I recommend that she be nice; so she's nice. (We've been waiting for this kind of ability to chat with game characters since last year; it's nice to see it evolving.)

-Kinect voice commands can also be used in battles. The BioWare developer I chatted with explained that, in combat, a player can verbally call for help and Shepard's allies will smartly do whatever is best to assist. That sounded like it might dumb combat down a bit, but it turns out you can still direct the characters manually by placing waypoints with a traditional controller. You'll also be able to use voice commands to swiftly change weapons, saying the names of your guns to suddenly see Shepard wielding it. Thanks to that set-up, Silverman told me, you don't have to pause combat if you don't want to. The voice commands can take care of a lot of what you used to have to pause combat to do.

I'm not sure how much I'll take advantage of either of these Kinect options in Mass Effect 3. But both sound like they've been smartly designed. I will try them when Mass Effect 3 launches in March.

Kotaku

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Why can't we do them through the normal mic? I remember Rainbow six games having this feature.