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I'm not saying that things can't surprise me, I stated it actually somewhere that things can, but BioWare hasn't done co-op anything before, and that gives me grave cause for concern. I'm not taking it personally, but what I'm sick of is studios tacking things on last minute, and they turn out to be poorly done, have numerous bugs, and generally turn out to be a waste of time and money. I state that if it is done right, then there won't be a problem, but if this was added as an afterthought, then there could be issues. We don't know how long they've worked on this and if it was just in three odd months, then that really gives me cause for concern.

The issue of lying is something that is quite apparent. We had every BioWare staff member saying there would be no multiplayer, and even forums on the Social Network being locked to prevent spreading of false information. Then we get this just a few months after all of those statements, actually a few weeks, we get this. There's no way that they could have turned it around that quickly and therefore they were lying at some point not just telling the truth as it was at the time.

However as you pointed out, I still have some hope, and what gives me that hope is if Epic gave them a hand as the Gears 3 four player co-op is good. But again, no multiplayer experience, and especially no co-op experience, gives me a lot of concern. We all know that BioWare can pull off a great single player game, but again, co-op is a new territory for them and unless they got a hand from Epic, then I do have a lot of cause for concern. I did say my final judgment will probably be made later, and I may even end up liking it, but for now, experience, knowledge, and a lot of other things, mentioned here or elsewhere, give me a lot of concern and doubts. I did say I'd wait and see, but for now, with everything I've seen, read, heard, and played, my doubts are quite high.

Again, though, something can surprise me, but what I've found is that things rarely do.