The end result has a strange jankiness that's actually somewhat endearing. The studio faced a unique dilemma when bringing its combat up to 2021 standards - go too far and you lose the game's original charm, but don't go far enough and you risk alienating new players (and frustrating old ones). Mass Effect 1 came out in 2007, so the echoes of BioWare RPGs from that time resulted in unreliable weapons and clunky combat. The civilizations of the galaxies call it… Mass Effect
At around 40 hours across three games, I've got a lot left, but I've also got a great idea of how Mass Effect Legendary Edition stacks up. That's why we published a Mass Effect Legendary Edition review-in-progress last week, to allow for more time to marinate in the shinier worlds of Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3. Then there are 100+ hours of game time packed into Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which turns a review from time-consuming into all-consuming, especially for those of us who want to complete every side quest and chat up every alien in all the corners of the galaxy. Platform(s): PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox OneĬonsider the cavernous gap that spans the original trilogy and its re-release: there's a console generation and a half lying between the last game in the series and Mass Effect Legendary Edition (Mass Effect 3 originally released for Xbox 360 and PS3).
