If you can't wait to see what's in the Mass Effect 3 demo arriving on February 14, you don't have to.
The single-player options serves up "roughly 1 to 2 hours of content" in two areas; "The opening level featuring the Reaper attack on Earth, and a level further into the game where Shepard travels to an alien home world to seek their assistance in the war effort", explains BioWare.
The co-op multiplayer portion gives you two maps, Slum and Noveria, and opens to all players on February 17. However, those who own Battlefield 3 and have activated BF3's Online Pass code will gain early access to this mode on February 14 by logging in with the same EA Origin account.
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metallicorphan on 11 Feb '12 said:
I played it earlier,no online yet apparently that will go live on the 14th as well(some have said only for BF3 owners while the 17th for everyone else),i was hoping for my Omniblades for Kingdoms of Amalur,but i guess that is the 14th as well
azz72 on 11 Feb '12 said:
Played it about an hour ago and it's Superb I must say,left me wanting more,roll on midnight march 8th.
PMIKE5 on 12 Feb '12 said:
And yet the title of this article says 50 minutes of footage. That's hardly an hour, never mind two!
azz72 on 12 Feb '12 said:
It's says footage not walkthrough
potnoodle1 on 12 Feb '12 said:
I'll leave the demo alone. I know I'll enjoy it so there's no point me trying it. This demo will just means plot spoilers for me.
Beetle Bum on 12 Feb '12 said:
poor kid
azz72 on 12 Feb '12 said:
There's no massive spoilers at least nothing you wouldn't already know mate.
metallicorphan on 12 Feb '12 said:
having played the demo,i agree with you,the spoilers aren't massive but i think it would of been better had i left the demo totally alone and experience it all when playing the game,the main reason i played the demo was to get the Omniblades for Kindoms of Amalur,but because the online part of the demo is not up yet i did not get the Omniblades at the start of at the finish
The Bossman on 12 Feb '12 said:
Kingdoms Of Amalur could be a genuine sleeper hit IMO, I only DLed the demo for the Mass Effect 3 armour but I might end up buying it a few months from now, good fun the demo, lots of stuff to collect, people to talk to, things to fight, XP to earn. Don't really care about the story though.
voodoo341 on 12 Feb '12 said:
Agreed.
Imaduck on 12 Feb '12 said:
^ What those 2 said
woodins on 12 Feb '12 said:
True dat. Mate of mine has an RGH Xbox and put it on casual like in his living room as he knows how much I love the series, so I promptly left.
S-Smith on 12 Feb '12 said:
looks boring like the 1st two games
flyfletch on 12 Feb '12 said:
You are having a laugh Right?
flyfletch on 12 Feb '12 said:
I cant wait for this game, i cant believe how good this looks, the graphics just seem to get better each time, how Bioware are pulling this off on these machines is a miracle, it shows you what they are capable of though. I have loved the Mass Effect series from the start. Hope they continue it on the next wave of machines!
Agent75 on 12 Feb '12 said:
As much as I like Mass Effect, I thought ME 2 was too much like ME, so I hope ME 3 is a lot different, but I can't see it from watching this vid. But I suppose you could say the same for a lot of games, like say Uncharted.
k-mysta on 12 Feb '12 said:
Not watching the video as its pointless if I can actually get to play it in a few days but I am definitely looking forward to it. It seems quite a few people are scared of spoilers but I doubt anything big is in it. I can't wait to try out all the classes and start thinking about the best way to use them. Since I'm currently replaying 1 and 2 on pc, I can also compare how much has changed. Roll on Tuesday.
Barry316 on 12 Feb '12 said:
Yeah, i was hoping Mass Effect 3 would be a racing game with puzzle elements that rewards you with gold stars after defeating a giant snowman as well.
Mmmmgrolsch on 12 Feb '12 said:
Black Mantis on 13 Feb '12 said:
Yes, I suppose you could...
To those concerned about spoilers, there's nothing major revealed here that would ruin the plot IMO, as the sequences were more action oriented. I'd avoid all links to concept art though, judging by reactions in the forums, some major spoilers in those.
Good demo, that's really got me anticipated to experiment with the weapon modification and branching skill tree segments.
ensabahnur on 13 Feb '12 said:
Was there a Kinect set up with the demo? Really wanting to see how the voice controls work for those of us with Scot's accents which voice controls seem to have a wee bit of a problem with. Kinect Sports 2 seems to work ok but there's a few times where your left yelling obscenities at the thing when it won't recognise the fact your saying "play darts, PLAY DARTS, PLAY f**kIN DARTS YOU USELESS PIECE OF s**t!".
I just don't want to be yelling sweary words at Liara's perfect blue arse.
Black Mantis on 13 Feb '12 said:
Yeah, Kinect controls are present. They work quickly and are pretty smooth. The best use of it, is getting your squad to use their powers, everything else is pretty much fluff.