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Batarian Spotted in 'Prepare for Platinum' Teaser - Mass Effect: Andromeda Videos - MMORPG.com
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Batarian Spotted in 'Prepare for Platinum' Teaser - Mass Effect: Andromeda Videos - MMORPG.com
Bioware has sent out a new trailer for Mass Effect: Andromeda and multiplayer. Platinum difficulty will be added soon according to the video, but what is most interesting is that it closes with a Batarian, a race that was not present at all in the single player campaign.
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Doesn't follow.
The update indicates that people have been working on the game and - maybe - they will move on to doing a SP update.
DLC specifically will depend on whether EA feel they will make money and/or drive the brand. This MP update may bring more people in etc.
So way to early to draw such a conclusion imo.
I have play all ME and also play MEA sure MEA have problem but still i play and in hole i enjoy it and honest i would really pay more money for more DLC content then the MP shit and honest i really dispoint in BioWare and EA for total chicking out on MEA and the cant be man about it and acknowledge the frack up and instead of try to fix game by make more DLC the send out MP update for the think that what we want when god damn whole internet is wonder WTF why not gave us DLC and dont even get me start on god damn Anthem shit
interesting
The MP is actually pretty solid.
That said they also didn't say much about ME:A in their May quarterly results beyond their commitment to making Mass Effect: Andromeda better. To be fair however their were other major titles they didn't say much about either. If it had been a huge hit I think it would be reasonable to assume they would have given it a call out; on the other hand I think there would have been questions if it had been a huge fail. So maybe the suggestions of a million plus sales were right; the times when 1M+ used to be a big thing are no more however.
So what lies ahead?
The MP is a sign that work continues. And updates / fixes have been implemented.
The game itself has been built in EA's Frostbite engine - which means that people in studios other than Montreal could be drafted in to do the heavy lifting if - if - EA decide to push ahead with "another chapter".
Will they? A "decent sized" DLC or two could be used to drive a "re-launch"; the original now with multi-player plus the all new adventure. Wouldn't be the first time this has been done; its a proven approach and one that can work. It will depend on costs, potential return, what other titles EA have in the pipeline. And maybe whether EA want to "preserve" the Mass Effect brand - think Square E with FF and Zen with ES. If a brand - which has value - is at stake companies will go the extra mile; is ME a big enough brand however? Well there still is - or at least has been - a (small?) team working on the game.
Which is why I think it is to early to say there will be no DLC. ME:A didn't crash and burn but nor did it set the world on fire.
I think a decision has been put on hold; delayed whilst work is done on fixing the shortfalls. After that there will be the hard question: is it worth spending more money; what is the potential (financial) return?
LOL! And why was that you think? Maybe, just maybe because everyone (especially in the first 5-6 months or so before that "specific" patch) was forced to do Multiplayer to get a favorable ending. /facepalm
Meh. I've played a few matches, all of them ended in failure somehow. They seemed to be timed or something. I was not impressed.
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Bioware has only a skeleton crew at their Montreal offices (were the bulk of ME:A was made. And announced that they maintain a team for multiplayer balancing, bug fixing, and to finish planned multiplayer DLC packs. This very site reported on the dev team reassignments and nearly-shuttered Montreal office. There's no actual work being done for the game at this point. Only a small team adding finishing touches to MP DLC.