The demo of the most awaited game of 2012 is now Live on XBL,PSN and PC.
Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer begins with character selection
You’ll be prompted immediately after starting Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer (well, after a loading screen anyway) to choose your character.
This means character name, spacesuit colour and your class and race. Initially you’ll only have access to the human race with six classes to pick from out of the traditional classes of Mass Effect. The classes are:
- Adept (Human Male)
- Soldier (Human Male)
- Engineer (Human Male)
- Sentinel (Human Female)
- Infiltrator (Human Female)
- Vanguard (Human Female)
Each match takes place through 10 waves
The demo only has access to two maps – Firebase Ghost and Firebase White. Each map plays the same, however, where you must fight through increasingly difficult waves of enemies, Horde-style.
This time there’s a twist, however. The type of mission differs between waves and is randomly selected. While the majority are simple hunting rounds as you pick off opposing forces, others task you with hacking a terminal, gathering intel from specific locations or killing targeted enemies – all within an allotted time.
It’s not much, but it does mix up the Horde template a little – forcing you to move out of a safe position.
Unlocks are bought through in-game ‘packs’
Earning credits is simple. Though you won’t earn anything for just killing enemies (though naturally you’ll get experience points), each time you complete an objective in a round you’ll gather credits.
These are amalgamated together into one pool, which can then be used to purchase different content packs. The first one is free, after that you can choose to get a pack for 5,000 or 20,000 credits.
Regardless of which you buy you’ll get five random items. This collectable card style system could drop a new weapon or character, while additional one-use items such as medi-kits or ammo crates can boost your in-match supplies.
How much you spend affects the grade of unlockable items – but there is an unassailable fear that this will lead to microtransactions to buy additional credits.
Each race has unique abilities and styles
Picking one race over another has quite a lot of consequences you might need to first consider. A human Soldier, for example, will have entirely different abilities when compared to the Krogan or Turian Soldiers.
Don’t worry, you’re not forced into a single character creation. You can switch character at any time outside of a match and they are all levelled individually, so if you don’t like one set of abilities you’re not locked in.
More than that, though, different races play differently. Humans can roll, for example, letting them evade damage and quick get to cover. Heavyweight Krogan’s, however, cannot but are instead able to deal huge damage with a charging melee attack.
Logged
