Mass Effect Legendary Edition

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  1. Rotwah
    Jan 26, 2023
    6
    Well, this also contains Mass Effect 3, so I can't give it a super high rating.

    How about this: ME1 9/10 + ME2 9/10 + ME3 0/10 = 6/10
  2. Guilabraz2
    Nov 29, 2022
    6
    O jogo é interessante porem seu gráficos deixam a desejar. E suas animações n parecem de um jogo relativamente novo
  3. woody0454
    Jun 7, 2021
    5
    For £60 at release, I can't help but feel ripped off. The main improvement the re release offers is a slight improvement to graphics but nothing major. Many character skins look untouched and very dated, some sky boxes have been improved (luna ME1) and yet some look far worse (Illium ME2), some of the voice work needed reworking but left in and glitches/errors in gameplay ARE STILLFor £60 at release, I can't help but feel ripped off. The main improvement the re release offers is a slight improvement to graphics but nothing major. Many character skins look untouched and very dated, some sky boxes have been improved (luna ME1) and yet some look far worse (Illium ME2), some of the voice work needed reworking but left in and glitches/errors in gameplay ARE STILL PRESENT!!! I'm not sure how many people worked on this or time scale given to programmers to make this but its not good enough, especially for the full price game they're charging for it. It's obvious EA put this out to test the waters to see if there is still public interest with the franchise after the abysmal ME:Am… Expand
  4. Kai82
    Nov 6, 2022
    5
    They did not fix the ending of Mass Effect 3 and so it still hurts the experience. To be fair they used the “Extended Cut” which is an improvement (but no fix). Mass Effect was the (good) Star Wars for video games. It created a universe full of interesting characters, stories, history, conflicts, alien species, politics, technology, ideologies and cultures. The lore was so good that I hadThey did not fix the ending of Mass Effect 3 and so it still hurts the experience. To be fair they used the “Extended Cut” which is an improvement (but no fix). Mass Effect was the (good) Star Wars for video games. It created a universe full of interesting characters, stories, history, conflicts, alien species, politics, technology, ideologies and cultures. The lore was so good that I had many good discussions with friends and read many articles in the Mass Effect Wiki. You have also a codex in each game where you can look up things for more details. Then they had a unique idea for the Mass Effect games. You can import your decisions into the next games. This was as interesting as impactful. Many of us had again so good discussions and arguments what the best course of action was or which outcome the decisions will have. There were a lot of mayor and some minor decisions that gave you different results in the follow up games. Then came the conclusion for the trilogy that shatter everything. I mentioned in my reviews for the individual games that I wanted to replay all of them to get my favourite (and satisfying) outcomes. Now this is not enjoyable. Again to be fair the journey was beautiful and well worth my time while the end undoes nearly everything. Technical they overhauled the games and it hits more than it misses. I shorten it with you get what you expect. Overall I still feel a strong disappointment for the ending as this could be the best trilogy in gaming. I give a 5/10 and say that I loved the games.… Expand
  5. TaliMancer
    May 19, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I played all the games back in 2007-2012 and even named my daughter that was born 2011 Tali. That is how much I loved Mass Effect after having spent hundred of hours in ME and ME2. Then came ME3 and it sucked so hard that I did not touch the games at all again until now with the legendary edition.

    So how different do I think the game(s) feel now almost ten years later? Well, ME and ME2 are still good games and even still great from a story perspective but ME3 is still there to ruin the entire experience. Yes, there is a huge numbers of DLC included and they are supposed to make the last entry of this series more palatable than it was when I finished it back in 2012. But ME3 is still the retarded sibling to the great ME and the perhaps even greater ME2.

    ME3 lacks dialog choices and I feel like I am watching a movie with some exciting moments in it but my Shepard is more or less railroaded and does not feel like my Shepard at all in ME3, it feels like he just became a shadow or and imposter of my Shepard that I played through ME and ME2. This makes the game very disappointing despite the improvements to the combat mechanic that now with the Legendary edition is actually ok even in the first ME.

    The story that started out as a space opera that was all about hope and victory against impossible odds, not unlike the original Star Wars trilogy, sadly turns into an artsy fartsy attempt at being edgy in the last installment. ME3 is a very beautiful shell but a shell nonetheless and a very empty shell once opened at that. The ending of the different story lines is deeply unsatisfactory and the ending(s) of the ME3 and the entire saga is just as bad now as it was almost ten years ago, I would dare say it is even worse now as it feels so bad despite me being older and not as emotional as I was when I was younger.

    So my recommendation to all players that love the ME-universe is this, play the first two installments and consider Shepard’s and his crew and love interest story finished after ME2. By killing sovereign and destroying the collector base you made the reaper invasion impossible and you stopped the cycle and Shepard and his friends can take a well deserved vacation and Shepard and his love interest can live happily ever after. Because what is so wrong with a happy ending? There is too much sadness and doom and gloom in the world right now and even back in 2012 and I still feel that Shepard and the players that loves or loved this franchise deserved to be able to get a happy ending to the epic story but instead we got the equivalent to Luke Skywalker committing suicide by flinging himself down the reactor pit instead of fighting the impossible odds and defeating the Empire.

    I know that games and stories where the main protagonists ends up winning is not “modern” but I still really believe that one of the colored endings should have given just that.

    ME1 10 points and ME2 10 points but the disappointment that is ME3 really sours the entire dish as the landing of the entire trilogy actually matters a lot, it is not all about the journey because the destination is also important. And this journey felt like flying first class just to crash land in taliban controlled parts of Afghanistan. So I cannot in good conscience give this package more than 5 because of the terrible last installment and the even worse ending to what could have been the best sci fi and space opera experience of the **** century.    … Expand
  6. Gamejournossuk
    May 15, 2021
    5
    Thanks to The last of us part 2 we have to wait to review and warn people about games but anyway let's get to this. I've played the whole series before and the controls for the first one were weird or feel off and that was improved in this version but it still feels off but not as much as before. The graphics are better but it's like slapping on mods and now your paying for it. The 2nd andThanks to The last of us part 2 we have to wait to review and warn people about games but anyway let's get to this. I've played the whole series before and the controls for the first one were weird or feel off and that was improved in this version but it still feels off but not as much as before. The graphics are better but it's like slapping on mods and now your paying for it. The 2nd and 3rd are not that noticeable in the improvements but they did warn us before about that. Dlc is missing but it's not one that'll you'll miss. A certain part was changed and made me go back and load it up again on my PC and made me think "really? You guys don't have the budget to add a better ending or put the missing dlc but you can censor or change the camera angle because of the times?" And it went a little downhill from there. I know the next Mass effect will be less spicy to "protect" themselves from fake backlash. The game is not much of a improvement but it's good enough until you realize they'll change things. I won't support changing to shield yourself from problems but FF7 remake I'll accept due to not failing me before. Time will tell if future mass effects will be anywhere close to 1-3 or be a huge mess and almost ending the series hype and faith. Overall just play this on PC the original and run on the highest settings with a few mods to improve it and you'll get the same thing or better. I know I'm being harsh but I was expecting the original just upped and with a tiny hope of a different ending or add on like Persona 4 golden but guess I'll move on. If you truly want it buy it if not read more reviews and make up your mind from those. The times change but the way games stories are made shouldn't.… Expand
  7. Boczeko9955
    May 17, 2021
    5
    Almost perfect, but why i cannot have eng voice and my own country sub? Fix this and will be 9 coze it deserve it...
  8. Detjones
    May 24, 2021
    5
    Here we go again, ok combat, ok story, nothing particularly special but people seem to love it.
  9. Lordmorales
    Aug 28, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Hello, I found my copy of Mass Effect for the 360 (Platinum Hits) in a Wal-Mart and at $17, I had already bought ME2 and I wanted to experience the full package the first time and I loved it. Then I played ME2 and my expectations were high for the third game and they almost got true.
    The Legendary Edition brought back massive memories of the locations and various characters but it reminded me of the story faults: in ME1 (which is were 90% of the work went into) qe get to choose who to save on Virmire (Ashley or Kaidan) but in ME2 there is still only one cameo scene with them and a letter if they were your Love Interest only to have a bullrushed development in ME3 without much player feedback afterwards. Bioware didn't even bothered to list the death of Emily Wong and hence you'll have to explore Twitter for why she wasn't in ME3, Corporal Tombs MIA, a big number of bugs both bew and from the original releases are in the game and Bioware hasn't bothered to keep up woth maintenance, they might be reading our comments requesting official support but there hasn't even been a social media post by Bioware if thwy are tracking the situation or they will be moving to the next game completly and another thing, in the original ME2 players could pursue a Romantic relationship and earn the Paramour Trophy after the Collectors Base assault but now all it happens is that the screen turns to black:
    [link omitted per site rules]    … Expand
  10. Rashman75
    Feb 13, 2022
    5
    Absolutely loved mass effect, just got this on Xbox one and loved replaying the old mission again!
  11. biffthebaker
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    Big Mass Effect fan. Can't stress Mass Effect enough, because 2 & 3 have been and remain utter garbage, an insult even to the core fans of the franchise and BioWare itself. The fact that I paid $70 on release for them to simply update graphics, and have them not even take the time to fix known bugs is shame-worthy and a bit of a disgrace, as well as a nail in the coffin, of what that wasBig Mass Effect fan. Can't stress Mass Effect enough, because 2 & 3 have been and remain utter garbage, an insult even to the core fans of the franchise and BioWare itself. The fact that I paid $70 on release for them to simply update graphics, and have them not even take the time to fix known bugs is shame-worthy and a bit of a disgrace, as well as a nail in the coffin, of what that was once an honored company, known as BioWare.

    If you have never played the franchise, which you should at least entertain, I suggest either buying this on-sale, dramatically, or waiting for a re-release of Mass Effect (1) alone. Don't play Andromeda, and don't even bother playing the sequels. Trust me.    … Expand
  12. TheGrackle
    Jun 7, 2021
    4
    All three entries are more buggy than the originals. Hopefully they make a patch to fix this. But knowing EA's history with the Mass Effect franchise, I doubt it.
  13. Maugaran
    Jun 7, 2021
    4
    Bad german Voices, boring Missions, too Disney like, cant understand the hype
  14. BulgarianCritic
    Jan 22, 2022
    4
    This review is mostly about the so called Remake and ''fixes'' that EA has done and not for any of the 3 Mass Effect Games ( We don't talk about that abomination Andromeda thankfully)

    Pluses: The 3 games are pretty compact and put in 1 place which saves you space and time. The Edition almost has all of the game's DLC's which is great (no need to buy them) There is a bit    This review is mostly about the so called Remake and ''fixes'' that EA has done and not for any of the 3 Mass Effect Games ( We don't talk about that abomination Andromeda thankfully)

    Pluses:

    The 3 games are pretty compact and put in 1 place which saves you space and time.
    The Edition almost has all of the game's DLC's which is great (no need to buy them)
    There is a bit improvement in regards to how the cinematic looks and some overall Visual Character improvements.
    Some area's with bosses are now better due to added cover.
    Loading times for the most part have been shortened.

    Minus the :O

    Why the hell are you forced to run EA's crappy Origin to play Single Player games on steam? Bad Move EA no micro-transactions for you.

    For ME1 there have been barely any improvements in regards to the quality of the product I can't even say that its a Remaster to be honest. The entire game is as always very janky and the Mako is still incredibly awful when you control it over terrain, combat is also the same broken mess as the previous version.

    For ME2 Visually it looks great and the missions handle very well for the most part. My only issue is with the Camera angles which are worse than the original ME2 which I did not know it could be possible, characters phase or become fully invisible in some parts of the conversations.

    For ME3 I cant say that there are improvements on it visually and it looks like the original version.I keep experiencing camera issues when having conversations with the characters which I think never showed up on the original game.

    Overall it's fine if you want the entire collection + DLC on your steam Library but I can't say that there is anything really ''REMASTERED'' as they claim. I would suggest buying this on sale ( around 50%-60% off).    … Expand
  15. D6k6g6
    May 25, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. isto é por não ter legendas em português BR já que vem de uma imprensa muti bilionária como a EA.… Expand
  16. motchymotch
    Jul 4, 2023
    4
    I was looking forward to an easy platinum but I found myself running around talking to npc’s for the first few hours.

    Very frustrating you need to manually guess where to go next using the journal and that the game doesn’t indicate where to go to next on these mazes of space ships. Did they pay for good ratings on this game ? It is no way near an 86 !!!! I gave up and am returning    I was looking forward to an easy platinum but I found myself running around talking to npc’s for the first few hours.

    Very frustrating you need to manually guess where to go next using the journal and that the game doesn’t indicate where to go to next on these mazes of space ships.

    Did they pay for good ratings on this game ? It is no way near an 86 !!!!

    I gave up and am returning it this week.    … Expand
  17. Geopan
    Feb 25, 2023
    3
    Too much hype, very overrated. Maybe I was expecting too much for an admittedly old game, but I found it absolutely unattractive, and I do not mean the graphics and the gameplay mechanics.
    I really wonder why people find the story interesting. For me it was a complete mess and I simply did not "get" it.
    Perhaps my IQ is too limited...
  18. marcelo2809
    May 25, 2021
    3
    Não tem legendas em PT-BR como o andromeda tinha independente das melhorias feitas o publico brasileiro merece legendas para jogar um jogo
  19. AnderTr
    May 17, 2021
    3
    Por que não tem legenda Português BR? Absurdo. O Brasil tem milhões de pessoas que compram esse jogo!
  20. brgrlrd
    May 22, 2021
    3
    I will buy it only when you make it possible to choose the language of voice acting and subtitles
    I’m big fan of the Mass Effect, but now I don’t want to play it
  21. GaryW1231
    May 16, 2021
    3
    This is a Mass Effect fan’s dream. I played through the original trilogy years ago, so I wanted to play through it all again.
    The improvements made to ME1 are night and day, made what was an already enjoyable experience even better. Itching to play ME2 once I platinum ME1!
  22. THX740
    May 17, 2021
    3
    There is no normal language selection option! Add the ability to separately select voiceovers and subtitles. For example, English voice + Russian subtitles.
    In Russian localization HORRIBLE voice acting !!! Why add voiceovers to one game without giving it all? This is stupid.
  23. JAI5EV
    May 17, 2021
    3
    The graphics are ****, and the character faces haven't even been updated, sure, it looks far better than the version made in 2007, but it still looks like a game made in 2010
  24. Xenzero
    May 25, 2021
    3
    Espero que o jogo receba pelo menos legenda em português, a dublagem não espero já que nem legenda tem.
  25. TheForumTroll
    May 24, 2021
    2
    ME1+2 is like a corpse with make-up. No way to skip cutscenes, no new animations, no fixes of the clunkiness, etc. Surround sound is utterly broken. Look at Reddit for info but TL;DR the front speaker sound is in the back speakers. Don't have surround sound? Even worse, now you cannot hear half the game.

    The AI is also either as stupid as in the original or worse (it somehow feels worse    ME1+2 is like a corpse with make-up. No way to skip cutscenes, no new animations, no fixes of the clunkiness, etc. Surround sound is utterly broken. Look at Reddit for info but TL;DR the front speaker sound is in the back speakers. Don't have surround sound? Even worse, now you cannot hear half the game.

    The AI is also either as stupid as in the original or worse (it somehow feels worse but that's hard to prove). This makes that game into a total bullet-sponge because otherwise you could complete it with your eyes closed.

    I haven't tried ME3 yet. Think I'll refund. I should have known better than to buy a game from EA. They all feel like they are forever stick in EA (early access...). Only for extremely hardcore fans.    … Expand
  26. houjo2000
    Jan 7, 2022
    2
    Thanks for censoring one of the best trilogies of all time, EA and twitter warriors banding together to let you know what big tech says is ok to think about and see.
  27. Steyraus
    May 15, 2021
    2
    As a huge fan of the origional trilogy and preservation at great games seeing a studio that didnt create the content tamper with the content can be problematic. And unfortunatly there been alot of tampering here. Idealy have this trilogy get 1X enhancement would have been better.Unfortunatly we got a bare minimum upgrade that seems like an excuse for a quick buck and to tamper with theAs a huge fan of the origional trilogy and preservation at great games seeing a studio that didnt create the content tamper with the content can be problematic. And unfortunatly there been alot of tampering here. Idealy have this trilogy get 1X enhancement would have been better.Unfortunatly we got a bare minimum upgrade that seems like an excuse for a quick buck and to tamper with the origional games that were masterpeices..
    MA 1 was an RPG, now is a generic shooter. I played all 3 game right before this remaster was released and just limethe Sillent Hill HD collection, changes have been made that effect , mood, context, even some conversations have been messed with.    … Expand
  28. Syntrax
    May 17, 2021
    2
    Why i Cant choose English Voices and Russian sub in my Game?! Why when i played on my PC and PS3 console in 2015-2017 years, i could choose this and play with pleasure, but now IS NOT ?
    I've been waiting for a re-release of the game for several years (this is no joke!), And now I can't play it!
    Why did the developers lie that we would be able to choose the voice acting of the game? why    Why i Cant choose English Voices and Russian sub in my Game?! Why when i played on my PC and PS3 console in 2015-2017 years, i could choose this and play with pleasure, but now IS NOT ?
    I've been waiting for a re-release of the game for several years (this is no joke!), And now I can't play it!
    Why did the developers lie that we would be able to choose the voice acting of the game? why this was stated before the exit of the game, but in fact it is a lie!?    … Expand
  29. Nareba74
    May 17, 2021
    2
    There is no subtitle in Portuguese, so for me it deserves this low grade. And in the middle of 2021 this is unacceptable! Brazil is one of the biggest consumers of games and we deserve respect!
  30. KrevenRess
    May 16, 2021
    2
    Its a shame nowdays to not give players a possibility to select VO and subtitles separately. In my case only ME1 has russian VO. This VO is disgusting! And I don't have an option to change it to english VO and leave russian subs!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 44 out of 46
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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2022
    100
    Mass Effect: Legendary Edition offers the comprehensive experience that the whole trilogy rightfully deserves. Thanks to this, you can easily forgive it all sorts of small ailments associated with the age of individual parts and you drown dozens of unforgettable hours in the game without blinking an eye. Yes, even after such a long time.
  2. GameCritics
    Dec 14, 2021
    90
    The Mass Effect Trilogy is incredible. The overarching story and its characters are excellent, and each one was better than the last. I wasn’t sure if these games would hold up in the current environment, but they absolutely do. They’re still worth playing, I recommend them, and to anyone about to jump in — play at a slower pace. Do not rush through. Explore everything they have to offer and relish in their richness.
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  3. PLAY
    Jul 5, 2021
    90
    No fan of Star-Trek-style science fiction should miss Mass Effect – and this package offers the best version of the trilogy currently available. [Issue#3, p.144]
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