Mass Effect 3 Delayed into Early 2012

Then I will have more time too play Skyrim. They better not kirkwall ME3.

Noooooooooooo

it's ok, long as they don't keep delaying like Duke Nu...wait, I mean, EP3

Q1 release worked pretty damn well last time.
Now if this comes out the same time as SWTOR I'm going to be a busy boy.

I was a little surprised when they announced the date that was not even 2 years after the last game.

Dammit, I want ME3 so bad...

Good, still time for me to play through ME1 and ME2. Also, we wouldn't want another Dragon Age 2....

This is not a bummer at all, people in the comments.

I wish this wasn't true but hey, Patrick is right. More time for Skyrim baby!

I'm okay with this. The "annualization" of a franchise a la Call of Duty is never a good thing - I'd rather see them take some time to improve the game. Bioware has a good reputation for listening to its player base, even if the wisdom of their recent decisions leaves something to be desired...

They should take that time to really polish the game up. They are going to have to work hard to top ME2.

Thank the gods for good developers.

Well that's a bit sad, but on the plus side, it gives them more time to make it better. After the luke-warm reception of DAII (which was well deserved), BioWare have hopefully decided not to take any risks with ME3. Dragon Age II was a good game, but still a disappointment. Shorter, smaller, and far more repetitive than the first Dragon Age. That's what you get with a development cycle of less than a full year - re-used environments and fetch-quests! Now that they are putting some more months in ME3, hopefully we can avoid the same fate that was awarded to DAII.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If it gives them time to refine things and make it even more amazing than 2, then I'm all for it. They really need to get more broad in the navigation and allow you to see more civilization and things you've never seen...and I don't want to see just recycled stuff from the second game either.

"awesome, this means the game is getting multiplayer. yaaaaaaaaay! i mean what good is a sci-ci rpg WITHOUT multiplayer? "

Not necessarily true. It could happen, but it's a little too early to speculate as to the cause of the delay. If it is because of multiplayer, it better be the most kick ass awesome multiplayer ever created because this trilogy never needed it in the past to be great and still dosen't.

If this is to make the single player better, then I welcome this delay (and many more) with open arms.

Giant Bomb's the only website where I can see "Mass Effect 2 Delayed" and laugh.

Sweet! This gives me more time to beat Mass Effect 1 & 2.

This was obviously going to happen

Portal 2 is now easily GOTY

i'm totally fine with this

More time for Skyrim indeed...

" @GrilledCheez01 said:

" Hopefully they sprinkle some depth onto it like the first one had (not gonna happen) "

I don't really understand how the first game had more depth..  It had an inventory system that was used for nothing except breaking down items into omnigel and a slightly more elaborate skill tree.  I really don't know how anyone could call removing clunky features to be dumbing down..

That said, DA2 was pretty poorly received and apparently ME3's been delayed to make it "appeal to a wider audience".  Some have taken to assume that means more dumbing down or adding multiplayer... But I'd guess that they've gone back to add more RPG elements.

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Damn, I really wanted this to compete for this year's game of the year

Cool, now I'll be able to fully focus on Uncharted 3.

" @dastly75 said:

" Good so this can allow    Dead Space 2 to be GOTY. "

I think you meant Uncharted 3 right ?    "

But, hey, more time for Skyrim!   

I am disappointed I won't be able to play it earlier, but appreciate giving it more time to make it better.

I don't understand why people are dumb enough to not see this as a good thing...

Sad trombone?  On the contrary, this calls for a happy fanfare.   This game must be good.  It must be polished.  The series deserves nothing less.  

sad face.

So lesson learned Bioware, good for you, take your time and make a good game like.

shit

I want this game to be the best story-driven game I've ever played. Take your time, Bioware.

I think this is for the best. I think they learned a lesson or two from DA2.

awesome, this means the game is getting multiplayer. yaaaaaaaaay! i mean what good is a sci-ci rpg WITHOUT multiplayer?

I'm actually relieved that this happened. Now I don't feel pressured to complete Mass Effect 2 as quickly as possible. That plus it'll give Bioware more time to polish it up even better.

Gives me more time to think about playing ME2.

Better to have a well-polished game with more maps and contents rather than some crap that was released a while ago.

Well, that clears the playing field a bit more for the other GOTY nominees.

I only beat the sequel less than a year ago, so I don't mind waiting.

its prob cause dragon age 2 that there taking extra time.

Hopefully the good kind of delay.

" Good so this can allow    Dead Space 2 to be GOTY. "

Let them take their time. At this point, I'll buy it regardless.

" Good so this can allow    Dead Space 2 to be GOTY. "

Maybe this means KOTOR is coming this year? don't want two sci-fi rpgs in the same season from the same developer now, do we?

Good so this can allow    Dead Space 2 to be GOTY.

Hopefully BioWare uses this time to improve on ME2 with more rpg elements. I can see the concern based off Riccitillo's comments, but it's probably difficult to hit that "sweet spot" between shooter and rpg.

Still, this delay  is probably for the best.