It could be a good setting and game for say an MMOFPS.

Mass Effect is a solo experience. The games are about Commander Shepherd. There's no compromise here. He fights like a Krogan, runs like a leopard - you just can't beat Commander Shepherd.

Mass Effect is good because of it's characters, Dragon Age is the same. The characters where mediocore at best in Dragon Age 2, and see where that got them?

Not everything has to be a MMO.

Originally posted by Unshra

Mass Effect was designed to run as three titles, the likely hood of them making another single-player Mass Effect game is very rare so it's natural evolution is to die off or evolve into something else. If Mass Effect became an MMO it is not going to lessen the likely hood of them making a single-player game they never intended on creating in the first place.

Bioware have made it pretty clear, even before this interveiw that Mass Effect 3 wont be the end of Mass Effect, its just the end of Shepard and that particular story. Heres one of the articles from august, there are other, older articles to, http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/08/28/bioware-with-mass-effect-3-commander-shepards-story-is-complete/

Bioware have "ambitious plans" to make more games, whether its an MMO or single player it doesnt say, although this article here seems suspicous, maybe Bioware asked MMORPG to see what the general opinion is.

Whatever happens we will see a lot more Mass Effect.

Originally posted by jdnewell

Not every single player game needs to be raped for every cent of profit by making it into an MMO that more than likely would be half arsed at best. Milking IPs for every cent IMO is whats wrong with this industry today.

If the thinking behind the scenes was more " lets make the best game we can" and less " lets see what we can milk the players for"  the industry would be more respected.

I'm thinking of Bobby Kotick and that stupid grin of his.

Originally posted by Shodanas

Originally posted by SaintViktor

If it looks and plays like The Old Republic then I'm passing.

What if it looks and plays like GW2 then? It would be an awesome MMO, right? Are you not tired yet poping in every thread which has the word "Bioware" in it leaving hate posts about TOR? We got it already, you're a die hard GW 2 fan, the MMO which will revolutionize the whole genre and bring joy to millions of MMO fans. 

You're missing the point. SWTOR is a generic MMO the likes of which we have seen since, oh EQ?!?

From what we know, GW2 is a very alien iteration of an MMO. It combines the old and the new. The combat system looks exciting and new, their take on PvP is AWESOME (no more retarded "rank" grinds for gear and have everyone higher rank than you stomp you in the process) and the personal story looks intriguiging. I could go on, but I won't. 

Seriously, stop your hate for GW2 from clouding your comprehension. To say that GW2 looks innovative, fresh, or promising will not take away from whatever merits SWTOR has. (Merits that I personally can't see, but every game has it's lovers so I'm sure those people can fill the blank in for me) 

Nope that is not a good IP for a MMO in my minds eye.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Nope that is not a good IP for a MMO in my minds eye.

Mass Effect is the perfect IP for an MMO, huge world with factions that settle their differances with guns, loads of races, defined classes and plenty of worlds and potential for a story that would justify an MMO.

Imagine being a bounty hunter in the Terminus systems or an Asari commando fighting Reapers/Collectors/Krogan/Rachni/Red sand smugglers or whatever else. Mass Effect is probably as perfect an IP as you could get.

Whether it would be good or not would be a failiure on the part of developers not the IP.

Mass Effect has everything a mmorpg needs, looking at it as a world/universe. Now on top of that, use obviously the Mass Effect style FPS-RPG gameplay and build the whole thing as a sandbox-themepark hybrid and we have a winner. Cant go wrong. Mmorpg-fps.

Originally posted by Kuinn

Mass Effect has everything a mmorpg needs, looking at it as a world/universe. Now on top of that, use obviously the Mass Effect style FPS-RPG gameplay and build the whole thing as a sandbox-themepark hybrid and we have a winner. Cant go wrong. Mmorpg-fps.

Why not just solve the world economic crisis while I am at it?

I think A ME mmo would be great.

Massive Universe to play in.

Third person cover based combat of ME2.

Deeper RPG elements than ME1.

A little crafting.

I would set the party size to four and make the only large scale content as open world type invasion style content (no Raids!).

Kind of like a war simiulation.

Also I would make it Pve only. 

If it stays faithfull to the main series atmosphere, art design and general gameplay - i would play it like crazy. But if it's WoW with krogan, forget it.

Yes the World is ready.

The question is..... are they ready to deliver a great MMO ? and not a wow-clone?

Maybe after Guild Wars 2 is released many will learn how to ;)

Nope, not until the same graphics and game tachnologies can be converted into a mmo

Originally posted by Z3R01

I think A ME mmo would be great.

Massive Universe to play in.

Third person cover based combat of ME2.

Deeper RPG elements than ME1.

A little crafting.

I would set the party size to four and make the only large scale content as open world type invasion style content (no Raids!).

Kind of like a war simiulation.

Also I would make it Pve only. 

 

So you're version of a Mass Effect MMO would be just Mass Effect 3 with maybe jump in multiplayer campaign?

Are we ready for a well made Sci FI mmo?

YES.

Originally posted by Precusor

Are we ready for a well made Sci FI mmo?

YES.

Does EVE not exist any more? lol

Originally posted by Halo-Bump

Originally posted by Precusor

Are we ready for a well made Sci FI mmo?

YES.

Does EVE not exist any more? lol

He said "well made"  whatever you want to call EVE noone in their right mind could call it well made.

It's doing well so far. :P

I would rather see a trilogy of Mass Effect Movies than a Mass Effect MMO. No not ready!! Better make the movies rather than the MMO. The guy from clash of titans could be a good Shepard.

Regards

Why do they have to use a game with a good story, i mean they allready did it in SW:TOR, so why the hell cant they just leave som of their stories to the good old RPG formula which doesn't suck ass?

Its like a MMORPG is just an excuse to say "hey guys we made these 3 single player games, so how about we make an MMORPG which will suck ass, and yet you will still play it for 4 months, and have the subscription running for another quarter after that, just because you feel some sort of nostalgia while playing the MMORPG"