LOL, maybe they ARE trying to get back into the good graces of their fans, by doing what they do best when it comes to games design, concentrating on single player story based games. If @SofaJockeyUK is in any way accurate, and I can believe it is close, then putting effort into MP only really caters to 1/6 of the player base of their game. I personally would have rather they NEVER had MP and instead had put all the effort of it into polishing ME3 and maybe writing a decent ending....and yeah, the Original ending was worse by a long shot than the updated extended cut, but even the EC ending was pretty craptastic.
If you get your wish, they I am happy for you, but I likely will not play MP. If you don't get your wish, I am sorry for you, but I will not play MP. To me, yeah, Bioware needs to get it's groove back and get back into the good graces of it's player base, and I hope they do what they do best, make great story based single player games and leave the MP to other studios.
To anwser the question in the other thread.
No, they should do what they do best, making great single player games.
I understand that you are disappointed that there is no remastered MP mode in the LE, but nagging about other features that are added will not change that.
There is a working MP in Mass Effect, in fact there are two.
Implanting a new MP mode into a game is a costly and time consuming project, I prefer that Bioware is using the resources necessary for that in a different way.
If the sales of MELE are huge and the install base makes looking at it again worthwhile, I'd be all for that.
(think of it as DLC for the remaster - Squadrons added more content when that was successful, despite not planning to)
But even if they did this, it's worth remembering that the resouces to make it would need to be pulled from Dragon Age 4 or Mass Effect 5 development.
@holger1405Wrote: "...what they do best, making great single player games.
I understand that you are disappointed that there is no remastered MP mode in the LE, but nagging about other features that are added will not change that."
You sure about that? A squeaky wheel gets the oil... usually.
And what you call "nagging", I call voicing an opinion.
You also said, "Implanting a new MP mode into a game is a costly and time consuming."
Yeah well, you know what else is equally costly and time consuming? Having to remaster old games in order to recoup loses from failed franchises after listening to money hungry CEOs at EA... all the while hoping you haven't completely alienated the fan/player base.
Rebuilding trust appears to be what this remaster is all about.
And prioritising single-player even more as getting that right is more important than the multiplayer component.
We'll see what the audience reaction is in three weeks.
