On
April 5, BioWare announced the creation of the Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut DLC,
responding to disappointment from fans over “lack of closure” in the games
ending. The DLC will be a free download for anyone who purchases the game
before April 12, 2014. It is scheduled to be released this summer.
“Through
additional cinematic sequences and epilogue scenes, the Mass Effect 3: Extended
Cut will give fans seeking further clarity to the ending of Mass Effect 3
deeper insights into how their personal journey concludes,” BioWare said.
BioWare
said they will not be adding additional endings to the three available at the
end of the game franchise. The DLC will expand on the endings that already
exist. This is because “BioWare strongly believes in the team’s artistic vision
for the end of this arc of the Mass Effect franchise.”
The
announcement was met with mixed criticism in the gaming community. Many people were hoping for an entirely new ending, not just a revision of the current ones.Andrew
Quebbeman, a computer science major at Utah State University, said he wished
the ending had just been done right when it was released.
“It’s
good that they are going to release it for free. But they should have designed
it better to begin with,” Quebbeman said. “I know a lot of people that stopped
playing because of the ending. They had a good game with good replay value that
got ruined because most people got ticked off.”
Christopher
Brau, a researcher for Fisher Scientific, said that in addition to giving the
community what they asked for, Bioware is rewarding those who actually buy the
game, as opposed to playing a pirated copy.
“A
major issue in the industry is piracy,” Brau said. “Steam goes a long way to
providing the level of security to computer games that consoles enjoy, but
requires an internet connection. Free DLCs put a positive spin on actually
purchasing a game.”
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