Mass Effect could definitely benefit from it. After all, Mass Effect 2 is a TPS / RPG hybrid, with squad-based gameplay. So it's naturally a fit for cooperative play IMO.

And I agree, Morganfell. It's funny to see people saying NO to co-op in a game like this for once, when it's a game where it would make the MOST sense. Double-standards, much?

Maybe not for ME2 but I personally think co-op is a plus for games that present squads. GEOW did it and the one thing that disappointed me in both was the lack of 4 player co-op. Heck just play L4d2 with the computer and then you see just how much better the experience gets with real people. I just don't see how having guys run around with you the whole game not doing anything but scripted crap can immerse you.

Same old expectations brought on by a market saturated with shooters. Now any game with a gun in it *needs* co-op despite genre. It's not a perfect solution for a RPG.

Its an rpg of course it does not need co-op what kind of stupid question is this. If you want co-op in rpgs go play mmos.

Yeah, because there's nothing I enjoy more than playing through conversation trees with all my best buddies.

Seriously, how exactly would co-op benefit Mass Effect (or most any RPG that isn't MMO)?

The author even says: "When a game´s experience comes solely from the strong narrative and story-line I really don’t think it´s necessary to include any sort of multi-player mode." - ok then, so *why* are you saying ME2 needs it? I agree with the idea that co-op is an often misused feature, but I don't agree that ME2 should have had it. The whole point of the game is the narrative and building your character through progression and all of the conversation trees. That is the core of the gameplay, it's not something that really lends itself to co-op. How would that even work?

And as for the TPS sequences, yeah, I agree it would probably be cool to have a real person controlling your AI partners in the TPS sequences, but it's a *highly* impractical request for this game. How would they implement something like that? Your friend joins your game to play with you only while you're involved in a battle and then leaves once the action is over so you can get back to the conversations and story? That's not what the game is about.

For those of you that don't think it was fair to criticize KZ2 for a lack of co-op, are you nuts? Not only would co-op have been *easy* to implement in KZ2, but the game is practically begging for it. The entire game you're paired up with one or more of your teammates, right down to the final battle even, the lack of a co-op option was mind boggling for that game - not only did the gameplay call for it, but so did the narrative. That's not to say that it detracted from the game as a whole, but it could have been a great feature if they did it and it would have made perfect sense. Then you have a game like Halo with co-op that makes *absolutely no sense* in the context of the narrative.

Absolutely not. The gameplay is near perfect as it is. I think the only thing I want to see in the DLC are new storylines and hopefully new weapons/upgrades/powers. I don't care to see new party members either, but would love to revisit and do quests for characters from the first game that we don't get to see in the second game.

Well, if they can patch it in just like it was done with Unreal 3 (based on the same engine and whatnot), and make it work like they did with the Baldur's Gate series; multiplayer that doesn't affect the story at all, I don't see why anyone would be against having the option. Somehow I doubt it would cost Bioware many man hours, that would be at expense of other DLC.

Does it *need* it though? No.

Short answer: No.
Regular answer: Hell No!
Long answer: Stop making stupid blogs.

Killzone 2 is a FPS, Halo is a FPS, Gears of War is a 3rdPS, Uncharted is a 3rdPS, Rainbow Six Shooter, Ghost Recon Shooter: & the beat goes on! To All Stupid People: MASS EFFECT IS A ROLE PLAYING GAME (RPG for the STUPID)!

Its an RPG that has fantastic interactive activity, the way games should be, not a JRPG, where you push a series of buttons & stand around to watch your character hack a small helpless chicken with an ENORMOUS SWORD! How stupid is that?

And Yes: Killzone 2 should be a co-op game as well as Uncharted 2, but the PS3 cant make a game co-op through the campaign because it would have to sacrifice graphical fidelity because the memory is split. That is why the PS3 doesn't have ONE GAME that is co-op through the campaign that looks good. The only games are cell shaded & Operation Flashpoint that looks like crap on the PS3 & 360.

So, you'll never see a co-op campaign based game on the PS3 that looks like Killzone 2 because it cant be done!

STFU noobs, I'm sick of games being dumbed down for this A.D.D generation of gamers that demand co-op and multiplayer in each game. Go die, Mass effect is an RPG. Please name the last multiplayer RPG you played. The entire genre will be ruined if co-op is added, like tacked on multiplayer it will become a new standard.

Just f-ing stop, go play halo and scream at each other over your headsets while you shove pizza down your insolent little throats.

Both Dragon Age and Mass Effect are perfect for co op why Bioware didnt add them I have no idea. However both are also the 2 (3 if you count ME1 & 2) best rpg's of this gen