14 DAY TRIAL // BioWare has once again talked about the upcoming Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC that will be released for the sci-fi role-playing shooter this summer, saying that it will add lots of extra content to the game’s ending, not just new cinematics.
Mass Effect 3 was a stunning game with a great story but its controversial ending caused a lot of debate in the gaming community, with some people liking it while others started asking developer BioWare to change it.
Last week the studio finally confirmed that it would release Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut, a DLC pack that will provide more clarity to the conclusion of the game.
Speaking with Penny Arcade at the PAX Expo over the weekend, BioWare Producer Mike Gamble shed some more light on the upcoming add-on and on how, while it didn’t include a new ending, it would provide more details about the game’s conclusion.
"To be clear, the Extended Cut is not a re-imagining of the ending or a new ending. We're currently building it right now, our cinematics team is on it. Our writers are heavily involved. It's coming together."
What’s more, the add-on won’t just include new cinematic cut scenes, but also plenty of new things.
"It's more than just a few cinematic scenes. We're happy to be doing it... We want to give more closure about some of the questions you have, and in general we wanted to give the players a sense of personalization with the endings.
"Many people mentioned that some of the choices they made in the game are not necessarily reflected in the ending scenes. We're definitely going to focus on things like that. We want to make sure that when you see the ending of Mass Effect, you now have the information and context to be satisfied."
According to Gamble, he and the development team had no idea there was such demand from fans to see all this content included in the ending, but the DLC would certainly make up for it.
Expect to hear more about the add-on ahead of its release this summer.