Mass Effect 3 Will Be Friendlier To Newcomers

 

Bioware has admitted that newcomers to the Mass Effect series were overwhelmed if they started the second game without playing the first. This led to confusion and, ultimately, many people simply stopped playing shortly after starting. "In all honesty, we didn't do a really good job of new player orientation," the studio said recently. "If you didn't play the first game then 2 was pretty jarring for the first half hour. If I'm a new player and some guy walks up to me and is like 'Ohhhh Shepard! Remember that one time?' I would be like 'No. I don't remember that one time.'" Bioware has promised that it will provide more help for first-timers in the upcoming Mass Effect 3.