Mass Effect 3 to Feature Timed Dialogue

Hip Hop Gamer hosts the video of a press interview with Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk from the VGAs in which they answer questions on BioWare’s upcoming titles. It’s worth highlighting for one reveal brought on by a question from Hip Hop Gamer:

Hip Hop Gamer: There’s something I really like about Mass Effect, when you’re talking with people you can choose what you want to say and make it more personal. I like that you can do that, but I didn’t like that there’s no time limit. I can fall asleep and the person will just be standing there with no answer. There’s a game, Alpha Protocol, that gives you that pressure, you’ll have to answer it real quick. Will we see that in Mass Effect 3, to add more intensity and realism to confrontations?

Muzyka: Yes. I think it adds a sense of visceral excitement to the experience, it’s really critical. There’s various ways to do that, but that’s always real cool.

Additionally, they answer noncommittally to another question on the game featuring multiplayer.

>Zeschuk (on multiplayer): I can verify one thing, there’s shooting in Mass Effect 3.

Muzyka: Y’know, if we integrate features that are brand new innovations for the franchise and platforms that we’ve worked on in the past we always try to make sure they’re integrated really, really well.