“Third time’s the charm,” say people who know things about stuff, and Mass Effect 3 is prepping to be just that. BioWare gets only one shot at its Empire Strikes Back, and this is it.<\/p>\n
“This is definitely the best chance we have in the series to really break out and go truly blockbuster,” BioWare marketing boss David Silverman tells CVG.<\/a><\/p>\n “We’re hoping for a big hit. It’s the best game we’ve ever made at BioWare Edmonton. The stuff we’re doing – making the gameplay more action-adventure-y, making it on a par with some of the best action games you see today, whilst on top of that adding in these RPG elements that maybe people were upset we didn’t focus on as much in Mass Effect 2 – it strikes a balance.”<\/p>\n Asked if the game will include more in-depth RPG features this time around, Silverman says “absolutely,” adding that the company has done “a lot of research” about what fans liked not only about the first two games, but also Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed, Halo, Call of Duty, and “lots of RPG games”.<\/p>\n “We’ve looked at all these games to see what’s resonating and what’s not. On the one hand, we don’t want to go too far down the RPG rabbit hole where Shepard starts rolling dice, but on the other hand we don’t want to ignore that coolness – where people can customise parts of their character and making them feel that it’s them in the adventure. We capitalise on that in spades in ME3.”<\/p>\n Mass Effect 3 is due out next year.<\/p>\n