Been loving going through Mass Effect again with the Legendary Edition!
The gameplay changes are mostly minor, the Mako is GREATLY improved however!
Changes in the inventory system makes it easier to keep it clean.
Thresher Maws are much more challenging, but they removed the xp penalty for fighting using the mako, and since you can now move while repairing it, I find it more enjoyable anyway.
The scaling changes in leveling up is very apparent. I'm playing in classic mode, and I can tell that I will easily clear level 60 by the end. Something that was impossible originally. Always needed a 2nd go around to reach that previously.
There are noticeable changes in the gun mechanics and sounds, for the most part improved, but they seem to have weakened the sniper rifles a bit... though you can shoot with them far more frequently.
I used to love it when I was charged unexpectedly by an enemy in the heat of battle, but got my sniper rifle over in time to catch them and watch them go flying back. Not very likely in the Legendary Edition unless you get a perfect headshot. The pistols also do a 3-4 shot rapid fire now instead of just the single shot per trigger pull. I am very much a fan of that change.
The graphical changes are many, but the texture and lighting changes are the most significant and noticeable. The lighting (especially in 4k with HDR) is fantastic! Looks much more real. Also the reflections on objects and clothing etc looks fantastic as well.
Another change I noticed, the drones in the 1st 2 stages of the Rogue V.I. mission are a lot tougher. The 3rd stage, previously noticeably tougher than the 1st two, felt easier than before, so likely overall they were just evened out.
(Another sniper rifle note, shooting out the nodes in this mission using the sniper rifle used to take only 2-3 shots, now it takes 8 - clearly showing the rifle is much weaker)
The load times on the PS4 Pro are crazy fast, thus they sped up the elevator speeds on the citadel. You now have the option to skip squad banter and news updates, but I prefer the seamless feel those provide, and some of the squad banter in the elevators are pure gold!
Literally the elevator trip takes only as long as those at the new high speeds they travel, so no way will I be skipping them.
The splash screens when landing on planets with the mako are short as hell, I can imagine on a PS5 you may only get just a flash of the screen at most vs the few seconds I see on the PS4 Pro... all this makes me wish even more that ME2 wouldn't have scraped the attempt at making it a seamless experience like the first tried for.
Will be jarring even more going from what is now a successful seamless ME1 experience to mission complete review screens all the time again.
Now excuse me while I go land on a few more planets, wreck some shit up, kill some more thresher maws and some Geth.
