I tried to refrain myself from playing the demo because I didn't want to spoil the game for myself. It's obvious to me that Mass Effect 3 will not disappoint being a fan of the first two games, so i wasn't overly excited about the demo, and I'm sure you reading this will either mean you're a fan too, or you are just curious. This blog isn't to explain the plot or to go into depth about the gameplay. Playing the demo I purposely skipped cutscenes to not spoil anything in the game for myself. I'm sure you'll have a vague idea of how the game will play. What I will talk about is the added game modes and of course, the online Multiplayer.

You can play the game in 3 different modes. Action; play the game in action formats where conversations play out as cutscenes, Role Playing; the way Mass Effect 1 and 2 plays, or Story; Role Playing but on easy difficulty.
The Action mode to me is pointless to Mass Effect fans. Mass Effect is an RPG that revolves around the player making conversational chooses to determine the way the story flows. If you choice this mode, you're basically not playing the game the way It's meant to be played. The mode strips the player from conversing in conversations and experiencing the flow of the story, as well as minor gameplay elements from the previous Mass Effect games. Fair enough if you want to play the game in this mode, but I'll never understand any fan of the series willing to play the game fully on this mode. I'm sure Bioware had their reasons for adding this mode, but It's just not for me.
Role Playing mode is the way to play Mass Effect. If you've played the series from the very start (whether you've played the first on the XBOX or PC, or played it for the first time on the PS3 last year), I'm sure you'll want to continue the experience and flow of the story and RPG elements.

Mass Effect 3 features an online multiplayer mode, which is new to the series. Online multiplayer is becoming a vast aspect in games nowadays. I'm always sceptical when it comes to online multiplayer, especially when it comes to single player based games like Uncharted, Dead Space and now Mass Effect. I'm not really a big fan of online multiplayer, purely because it suck at it. Don't get me wrong, I like playing team based games. I like working in a team and sh*t. Majority of the time when I play team based online games, other player tend to care more about getting the most kills etc. Online multiplayer is a competitive place where people care more about point they get, rather than points shared with the team. Maybe I've just been unfortunate with it comes to playing online games. The best online experience I've had where people I didn't know in my team actually worked together to win was in Killzone 2.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand; Mass Effects 3's online multiplayer. Is it good? Well, yes. Yes it is. It's enjoyable enough. Mass Effects 3's multiplayer is a team based game where 4 players must work together to fight off waves of enemies. You can play as one of 6 different c.lass, each having 4 different characters (male, female and two characters from the main story) and you customise your online character's appearance, equipment, power and weapons. Most of the features are locked of course in the demo version. Each c.lass holds It's own experience points gained from when play. Playing the game will grant you experience point from kills etc, which you can then use to upgrade your abilities for the c.lass your playing as. The demo features two maps, Bronze, Silver and Gold challenges, and you can host your own public or private game. As for the gameplay itself, it plays pretty much like single player. It is fun, and even more so when playing with three other friends, but I honestly do see me putting a lot of hours play into the online multiplayer. It's the singer player campaign I'm looking forward too.

~ Simon

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