Mass Effect 3 PC requires internet connection, no local co-op planned
Slowly but surely, more Mass Effect 3 news is trickling out of BioWare. Firstly, the PC version of Mass Effect 3 will require an internet connection at launch, but will no longer require the connection afterwards.
Slowly but surely, more Mass Effect 3 news is trickling out of BioWare. Firstly, the PC version of Mass Effect 3 will require an internet connection at launch, but will no longer require the connection afterwards. Considering BioWare isn't owned by Ubisoft, we'll hold them to that.
Local co-op, whether it's split-screen on console or via LAN on PC, also will not be supported in Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode. That's a tad unfortunate, given how recent co-op games, such as Uncharted 3 and Gears of War 3, offer these features.
You also won't be able to create your own multiplayer server. "Because of a lot of the match making systems are quite server intensive, we have no plans anytime soon to allow the creation of an offline server," BioWare's Jesse Houston explains in a new Q&A.
If you love griefing your friends, you'll be disappointed to know that friendly fire is also not a part of multiplayer. "We didn’t believe it added a lot to the co-op experience," Houston explained, adding it may be available later as some sort of modifier to the game, but not at release."
Finally, Mass Effect 3's Kinect functionality will be stripped from multiplayer, mostly because you'll be using a headset to communicate with friends, not AI. "We'd want you to yell at them and not your TV," Houston noted.
Mass Effect 3 will be available on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 6th.
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Slowly but surely, more Mass Effect 3 news is trickling out of BioWare. Firstly, the PC version of Mass Effect 3 will require an internet connection at launch, but will no longer require the connection afterwards.-
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ME 2 had this? Didn't even notice..
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Mass Effect 2 didn't require you to be logged in. It just locked cerberous content if it cannot authenticate.
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Wait, ME3 is going to require Origin?
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Why would any new EA release not? If games like BF3 and FIFA12 already require Origin, Mass Effect 3 is a no brainer. Probably won't be on Steam, either. I think SWTOR is the only game confirmed as not requiring Origin, but that's an MMO with its own business model and login and launcher and patcher.
http://twitter.com/#%21/gtez/status/123534057320624128
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I sort of assumed (hoped) that origin will have failed by the time that me3 is released.
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Well that's just silly
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it's going to require it on consoles
from the accidental xbox live leak: http://i.imgur.com/SHhzO.jpg-
I want that Monitor and or TV, do you see the size of those edge bezels? They are no more than 5mm.
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Yeah... Shacknews forgets that most games nowadays require online activation. We only care if they don't let you play offline at all.
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You don't have Internet access on your computer?
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My internet at home has been super flaky lately. It's getting better but they say it's a problem in the area itself. I've heard of neighbors with the same problem. This argument is stupid anyway. We get it, you want to prevent casual piracy.
What I want to know is how much MORE piracy you're preventing when you add this kind of horrible DRM vs just the old CD-Key, or steam style. Nobody gives a shit about cd-keys.
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Point is, we don't want to have to crack it to play it. We bought the game, an always active internet connection is simply unnecessary. After all, that always active DRM worked so well for Ubisoft, right?
Oh wait...
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I will worry about that once I can play Mass Effect 1 at 1440x900.
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DRM every start?. Check. No LAN?. Check. Not even server files?. Check. Stupid excuses trying to justify it?. Check.
Sad to see companies like Bioware doing this. Don't you idiots realize that you're making the pirated version a ton times better than yours?. When pirates get better service at much better price, you have a BIG problem.
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