Will there be a beta/demo of the single player game?

Did they beta test Battlefields' SP mode?

Also, the beta testers for pre-release DAIMP (not nearly as wide scale as BF), missed some incredibly obvious bugs (key not dropping glitch is only one example), so that example does not create a good track record.

However, 13 million or so testers, if they indeed provide good feedback (not guaranteed), and it is followed (also not guaranteed), then it could be a very good thing.

I joined the DAIMP Beta testers for the addition of the new characters, and others gave good input that was mostly heeded by the dev's before release. So that is encouraging.

What's not to like about a bunch of free testers troubleshooting your game for you? I hope BW listens.

BF1 is a pvp multiplayer game with a rather high player count per match, so it stands to profit a lot from a public beta, as classes, maps and vehicles need balance testing. Of course, doing a public beta in the first place also requires that the publisher has confidence in their product, because a bad showing might well cost them sales later. Given how BF1 rolled in on a very positive hype train just because it dared to return to WW1 instead of being another run of the mill near-future military shooter, doing a public beta was probably a near no-brainer.

MEA's MP will likely be a co-op 4 player experience. No vehicles are present and classes don't need to be balanced against each other, they only need to be useful to take out the AI bots in some way. In my opinion that makes it a bit less likely that there will be a public beta. It might still happen though! Unless BioWare finishes their product last minute again and there's not any time to work on tweaks and fixes before release anyway.

I don't really think that is necessary, nor will it give the team enough time to fix anything (besides tech stuff) that they really need to fix. It is possible that they can give us a beta (of the MP only) on N7 day. That would give them a solid five months, still would be a little scary working around there at that time... But I think they could do it.

The entire reason BF1 went into an open beta was because they wanted to solve any tech problems that they had. EA has been plagued by tech problems in the past (remember ME3MP disconnects?) Also, keeps their names in the news.

unless they get swamped with masses of extra demand I don't suppose they will need server testing, unless its a cross platform MP (which they have talked about wanting to make at EA for a few years) the server side should be almost exactly the same for as for me3 and dai, with updates pushed to the server by them,

if they do try and cross platform it then I would hope the beta was out as open beta from November to work out the kinks rather than left till the last minute 

The only way I could see a beta of the "MEA SP campaign" happening (you'll see why I put that in quotes in a minute) is if the beta module was a completely isolated one-off that put us all in a familiar place, but with the new Frostbite engine and some of the new combat mechanics, leaving out anything that would compromise the novelty of the new game, but putting in enough to be a valuable test.

I could be something like Ryder Sr., in a visit to the Citadel, needs to loosen up and spend some time in the Armax Arsenal Arena. We never see Ryder Sr.'s face, since he always has an N7 helmet on. We see just the common area of the Citadel DLC that connects to the Arena. The Arena has been upgraded with some new sims, but all of the enemies are the old familiar ones, nothing from Andromeda.

As a nice easter egg, "Shepard" can be shown as having the highest score of 99999 on the leaderboard.

Not even really "MEA", more of a way to test out Frostbite and combat. And given how much work it would be to port even that little bit of the Citadel DLC, about a 1 in a 1000 chance of happening. Still, it is within the realm of possibility.

While I would agree with that in general, history has proven that thought process wrong every time a games been released. Anytime your setting up a new network/login server it doesn't seem to matter how 'it's just like the last time, we got this' it is... it's gonna fail.

I don't think there is anyone out there that knows that better then EA/DICE at this point. It's happened with every battlefield/beta they've done since recent memory. Hell its happened with on the same platform which MEA isn't on the same platforms it was on. They can't just use what they used for ME3MP, they'll have to be setting up something new just for MEAMP. Granted they use P2P, someone hosts, everyone connects to them and all that.

I'm just saying it's new - though familiar - territory on there end for this. Even if it's just some login server and match making routines a beta can help. Especially if it's a full open beta like EA has been doing recently where theres like 1-2 days of 'people who signed up' then it's just open to the public for a week and a half. That shits been fantastic, draws in a hell of a lot more people.

The only major downside to it is having to section off the MP part for a beta it's self. It's like a demo to some extent, it'll never be as up to date as the game is upon the betas release so half the shit going wrong may of already been fixed. But it should be able to help test the login server stress and can drum up a lot of extra early sales.

I volunteer! I would love to beta! I don't care if it's shitty with bugs. SP or MP anything goes!

I'm convinced. I had forgotten that they already set a precedent for doing beta with MP. If they are planning MP for MEA at launch anyway, it's a no-brainer.

The ME3 pre-launch came with MP and the SP Earth segment at the beginning of the game. IIRC.

So now that the game is nearly here dont you guys an gals think its time we had the beta/Demo?
I dont know when the perfect time for gathering info from a beta is best but personally 3 monthes is not that long,unless there is a set time to do this in?

Also will the beta/Demo be a level from multiplayer or a story driven scene ? Or even both.

I doubt it since there wasn't one for DAI