Fortunately for BioWare, they find that coming out with DLCs for Mass Effect brings them nothing but a "win-win situation". In an interview with VideoGamer, Ray Muzyka expressed his thoughts on how the add-on contents do push them to improve on their craft.

"We always feel like we can get better," he said. "I think more telemetry in our game client allows us to see what players are actually doing, as well as listening to press feedback and fan feedback on the forums.

We're targeting different audiences with different DLC, and we actually use them as a test bed for innovation too - we try out new things sometimes. It's exciting to see the ones that appeal to a vast audience. It's challenging for the team sometimes to see the ones that don't appeal as much - but we learn from that.

We make it get better, and we're always striving to make great content no matter whether it's small, big, whether it's play-for-free or social, HD console RPGs, or MMOs - we're always striving for high quality in whatever form that takes."

The thing with DLCs, so he explained, is that it's actually "an extension of the game". So therefore , it's a matter of sustaining the gamers' interest in the universe they have presented in the full game, and making sure that they "remain engaged with the franchise for a very long time."



"We're definitely taking lessons, and we're trying to make a universe that players feel like they can be a part of for a very long time."

The third iteration of the Mass Effect series is set to come out early next year, and is being promised to have more RPG elements than ever before. It is also said that it is here in Mass Effect 3 where Commander Shepard's story ends.

Via [VideoGamer]

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