It's not just the multiplayer that will effect your single-player game, but apparently all the other space junk that's released alongside the game - presumably Facebook, iOS, and the like. Gosh, it sounds maddeningly and unnecessarily complicated.Īnd it seems the links are even more complex than first thought. However, if you're completest enough in the SP, you apparently won't need to take part in the MP at all to receive all the same bonuses. "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." The quote from OXM, as reported by Stick Skills, reads: Which in turn means you can better supply Shepard in the SP, and so on. Success in single-player side-missions and even the main plot will gain you "War Assets", which can then be used in the MP to get stuff like allies, fleets and facilities. During this you can progress your character, as well as having an effect on your single-player success, sort of, if you want.īut it works both ways. This will, apparently, take the form of a survival mode, where you face increasing waves of enemies. They be: Human, Krogan, Asari, Drell, Salarian and Turian (the only right choice). There's six classes to choose from (for of which are Soldier, Infiltrator, Engineer and Sentinel), from six races. As we already knew, you play as one of a team of Special Forces soldiers, protecting resources and assets for the war. It all takes place in the form of four-player co-op. That's the beginning of the latest game, and the Galaxy At War multiplayer all ties into this.Īnd according to OXM in the US ( via PCG), you'll be able to bounce back and forth between the two modes. Things have taken a turn for the worse, and according to the details released by EA today, the entire galaxy is "on the verge of extinction". Which makes it quite a big deal that it has been captured by the Reapers.
Unlike so many universes, where Earth lies as a wasteland, in ME it's a jewel in the galaxy. It's not so great for the poor, although genetic disease is mostly eradicated, and pollution's been dealt with.
A couple of hundred years have seen the weather get a lot worse, but life for the well-off is super-fine. This time they're talking about what Galaxy At War might be, and much more information has arrived from elsewhere.Īnd it seems that the single player game could well be affected by playing not just the multiplayer, but any number of side-projects BioWare tack on to the release of the game.Įarth is pretty idyllic in the Mass Effect universe. More details have emerged about Mass Effect 3's surprising decision to include multiplayer.