Mass Effect: Legendary Edition | Spring 2021

[Blitzkrug]

Achievements are still bugged which annoys me. Usually I don't complain about stuff like that but I battled through 2 on insanity and didn't get credit for it or inexplicably romancing someone either.

I thought with the romance one it was because I screwed myself since I dumped Ashley's stupid ass for Tali but the description clearly says "reinkindle or establish" a relationship so it's got nothing to do with that.

They claimed they patched it a couple days ago but it didn't actually do anything

 

[Gecklund]

no but is the campaign that short in these games that you can beat them all in a few days?

The campaigns really aren’t that long it’s the side quests. It’s the same idea as a Fallout type game where you could easily beat the game in a day or two.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Yeah I think you can beat Mass Effect 2 in like four hours if you ignore all the side content.

 

[Blitzkrug]

Finally getting to play 3 with all the DLC. Holy SHIT Javik is probably the most broken squadmate in the trilogy.

Dark Channel completely ignores all protections and lets you detonate power combos regardless. And if that's not enough it will proc another enemy once you kill the initial target.

It definitely helps that I'm an adept so I get even more value out of it but shit even if you're running whatever and bring Liara as your second you can still wreak absolute havoc.

 

[NyQuil]

Finally getting to play 3 with all the DLC. Holy SHIT Javik is probably the most broken squadmate in the trilogy.

Dark Channel completely ignores all protections and lets you detonate power combos regardless. And if that's not enough it will proc another enemy once you kill the initial target.

It definitely helps that I'm an adept so I get even more value out of it but shit even if you're running whatever and bring Liara as your second you can still wreak absolute havoc.

True, but he also thinks you're an inferior life form.

 

[PALE PWNR]

Never got to play any of the DLC, I've really enjoyed this playthrough because of that. I will say, absolutely ridiculous that Leviathan and The Arrival were NOT included in the main game's storyline with how impactful they are to the actual story. The Arrival is literally THE reason that Shepherd is arrested between 2 and 3 and I never even saw or knew about that DLC til now, 10 years later. That's ridiculous. But I am thankful for new content that makes it a lot of fun to play through again.

I wish Kasumi was a more fleshed out character

 

[Harbinger]

"800 pound Krogan here providing the boom!"

Also Javik was day one dlc.

 

[TaLoN]

Yeah I think you can beat Mass Effect 2 in like four hours if you ignore all the side content.

Simply no fun in doing that. I'm 32+hrs into ME2.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I don't know what took me so long to get around to these games, I always knew I would and I finally did with the legendary edition and wow what a trilogy, I loved damn near every second of it except the dream sequences in Mass effect 3, I could do without those, they remind me of the dream sequences in Max Payne where you have to listen for the baby cry and that was slow and boring too.

but beyond the dream sequences in Mass effect 3, it was a fantastic trilogy

 

[Jovavic]

I'm glad that this release has brought in some new fans. Andromeda is pretty polarizing but still worth a try, I feel the gameplay is just as good as ME3 but the story/characters aren't as good as the trilogy so if you're a gameplay>story person like me, you might like it.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

I'm glad that this release has brought in some new fans. Andromeda is pretty polarizing but still worth a try, I feel the gameplay is just as good as ME3 but the story/characters aren't as good as the trilogy so if you're a gameplay>story person like me, you might like it.

I want to play it, I know it won't be as good, but I can't leave Andromeda unplayed not now

 

[Blitzkrug]

Andromeda is garbage. Lousy story, tedious quest progression where everything is a FedEx delivery (same shit other open world games do) and way, way too long for its own good. A decent playthrough will be at least 40 hours and most of that is trash busy work. The ability to mix and match powers and combat in general were very good however.

The first three games had it right with either small, unexplored planets or bigger hub worlds with stuff to do like Omega and the Citadel in 2. BioWare fell into the classic "more means better" pitfall that every Ubisoft game since like 2015 and pretty much every other open world game fell into.

 

[NyQuil]

I enjoyed ME Andromeda, personally.

It was a different kind of story from the ME trilogy, more along the lines of a Star Trek adventure, as opposed to holding off certain doom.

 

[Harbinger]

Insanity on ME3 is like a walk in the park when compared to ME2.

 

[Blitzkrug]

2's not even that bad on insanity.

The first like, 2 missions are a slog but after that it's fine.

If you can beat Horizon, the rest of the game is a laugher. The Cain is also your best friend since you can basically make the most difficult rooms disappear.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Yeah I think you can beat Mass Effect 2 in like four hours if you ignore all the side content.

No you can't

 

[Commander Clueless]

Finished up ME2's DLC. On to ME3 for me.

Good times.

 

[NyQuil]

Finished up ME2's DLC. On to ME3 for me.

Good times.

Do you actually notice any of the upgraded differences?

Or has it been so long that you can't remember if there's any real visual improvement?

 

[Commander Clueless]

Do you actually notice any of the upgraded differences?

Or has it been so long that you can't remember if there's any real visual improvement?

Honestly, no not really....other than it auto triggering HDR on my monitor.

That said, I lean towards your latter sentence being the reason.

 

[Commander Clueless]

I forgot how enjoyable the Citadel DLC for ME3 was. I remember rating it extremely highly, but it's just so great. Perfect levels of corny awesomeness.

After that it's the final mission time. Almost sad to see it end (again, for like the 15th time). I love this trilogy.


I know people hated the ending, but with the Extended Cut and Citadel, along with unquestionably the best gameplay in the series IMO, I still think ME3 is the best Mass Effect game to grace us with its presence.

 

[JaegerDice]

It still blows my mind that the Leviathan DLC wasn't part of the shipped ME3 base game.

Like "Here's this entire narrative thread that elucidates all the weird shit at the end of the game.... now pay us $20 after you've finished the game to retroactively insert it".

It's so mind-numbingly dumb that it HAD to be the result of a compressed development schedule and EA pressuring Bioware to just get the game done. If it was the plan all along than... jesus.

 

[Subban signed e5]

Just finished the Overlord DLC for the first time. I normally play renegade, but man that ending is something....

 

[JackSlater]

I'll probably start up on this on the weekend. I dislike re-releases in general but I never had all of the Mass Effect 3 DLC so it's probably worth it to go through the trilogy again but with everything included this time. Mass Effect 2 is always a pleasure regardless.

 

[NyQuil]

I'll probably start up on this on the weekend. I dislike re-releases in general but I never had all of the Mass Effect 3 DLC so it's probably worth it to go through the trilogy again but with everything included this time. Mass Effect 2 is always a pleasure regardless.

Citadel DLC is the best DLC I've ever played.

 

[JackSlater]

Citadel DLC is the best DLC I've ever played.

I am guessing that it makes MAss Effect 3 feel more complete. I was perfectly fine with the ending in 3 but other parts of the game felt unfinished.