I can’t believe I’m typing this, but the Mako was actually enjoyable to drive! And thanks to the new Photo Mode, you can take beautiful horizon screenshots like this: Even when it looked like it was going to flip, it bounced on its side back upright. After a while, I started to try to flip the thing over, and I never did, no matter how fast I had it zipping down a sheer cliff. For the Legendary Edition, BioWare completely redid the Mako for one smooth ride. It handled poorly, it flipped over if you looked at it funny, and it was all too easy to send it careening into rivers of lava. Even BioWare knew it was bad to the point that the Mako never appeared again until Mass Effect Andromeda, and that game made fun of the original. We did it, and all of the insane side quests too, but we weren’t happy about it. No one has fond memories of driving that Mako all over planets from the first game. So if you were expecting a gameplay overhaul, you aren’t getting anything major. The dev team learned its lesson by the third game, where mini-games for hacking were tossed out all together. Mass Effect 2 only slightly improved them, in that they had some variety (sort of).
You forget how bad it is until you get another one, and then you remember exactly how much it sucks while you’re under the needle. Those QTEs from the first game are like getting a tattoo. This also includes the idea of weapons overheating, Shepard running out of stamina while running, and those gosh-darned QTE mini-games. But good God Almighty, those original concepts were rough. This was one of BioWare’s earlier RPGs for consoles, and, well, they uh, tried? All three Mass Effect games have weapons and powers wheels, for better or for worse, and they improved over time. Let’s look at the gameplay, because I forgot how janky things were in the original game. Other issues pop up, like how Shepard looks while running (yeeesh), but it’s somewhat expected of a port of older games. Not to mention, the eyes issues and oddly fitting backgrounds clear up in the other two games. Those who played on Xbox 360 will remember that even though you could import your design from ME1 to ME2, for whatever reason, ME3 did not support that second import. Uh Lieutenant? What’s wrong with your eyes?īut hey, now my original Shepard design carries over across all three games.
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More than once, I had to turn away from my TV screen because someone’s eyes would creep me out. The biggest issue is the strangeness of the white of the eyes. For instance, the backgrounds look like green screens set behind characters, like it doesn’t really fit where they are. Things are highly textured for sure, but it comes with weird costs. That said, though, not all of the visual upgrades were improvements.
But now it’s up to par with Dragon Age Inquisition graphics from the PS4/Xbox One era. The first game released in the early days of the Xbox 360, and by the time the third game released the original was looking a bit rough. Upon starting the original Mass Effect, it’s impossible to miss the visual upgrade. Even though I love Mass Effect more than most people, it’s incredibly hard to recommend the re-released trilogy to newcomers due to how outdated so much of it is.
While Legendary Edition was indeed that palate cleanser, it also deeply showed the age of the games. After playing and reviewing Mass Effect Andromeda a few years back, I (and we) definitely needed a palate cleanser. It was an absolute honor to get to review the re-release of the trilogy, Mass Effect Legendary Edition. It wasn’t until after Mass Effect 2 released that I finally jumped into the first game-I ate Lost Odyssey up as soon as it arrived-and here I sit, multiple playthroughs throughout all three games and three Mass Effect tattoos later. She said she knew I would love these games, and had to give them a chance. Years ago, when I caved to the pressure and bought my first Xbox console ever, a friend who worked at Microsoft bought me copies of Mass Effect and Lost Odyssey.
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