Mass Effect 3’s Multiplayer Has Been Cut; Galactic Readiness Works Differently
Yep, it’s bad news all around if you’re a fan of the original Mass Effect 3’s surprisingly great co-op multiplayer mode. It didn’t make the cut. Speaking with Game Informer, BioWare explained how bringing back the multiplayer was an extremely complex task.
Not only would it have been challenging to even do it all, and take a bunch of time, but it also raised new questions they didn’t have answers for like what do they do about the last-gen versions that are still up and running.
So that’s out. But then that also means Galactic Readiness and the War Asset system would need to be tweaked as well as multiplayer factored into that equation in the original game.
As of the Legendary Edition, the amount of content you complete across all three games is going to factor heavily into your final ending in Mass Effect 3. If you choose to skimp through content in the first two games, make wholly bad choices, or just skip the first two games entirely, you’re going to need to make up for it big time in Mass Effect 3 if you want to end the game with minimal losses and have all the final choices open to you.
You’ll need to basically do everything there is to do in Mass Effect 3 and make good choices if you choose not to play the first two games (or just comically botch it up). Keep that in mind before starting Mass Effect 1 this weekend and begin your journey through the trilogy once again.
