Mass Effect Legendary Edition (General Discussion)

I'll be interested to see what the full details are for what they're doing.

Since months it was said the legendary edition was going to be a remaster not a remake and that it would not have ME3 multiplayer, yet people get confused and angry and throw tantrums.

This remaster has the console players in mind and those PC ones who can't or don't want to mod, regardless of how easy it might be.
It does not invalidate the OG MET or all it's wonderful and many excellent PC mods. They are still here, they still work, they are still being improved and new ones developed.

nobody is forcing anyone to buy it. If you don't like it, it's ok not to buy it and enjoy whatever version(s) you might already have.

"downgrading" a game to the Nintendo Switch hardware is quite costly, time consuming and not so easy as it sounds.
I'm sure EA made the calculation and it's just not viable for them.
Game streaming or a halfway decent laptop/Surface type device with a controller gives you options for on the go, even today.


Rant over...

I'll be picking up the Legendary Edition for sure for one of the new Xbox Series X/S or PlayStation 5 consoles and appreciate the freedom to choose the console I'd prefer and have an updated MET available to enjoy. I will keep my modded MET on PC and enjoy that too.

sidenote: I've had the PS3, Xbox and PC versions of the MET, the later two platforms physically and digitally.

Yeah I'm skeptica las well as t owhether I'll be getting it tbh. I agree tha ttheir needed to be a rerelease fo rthe Playstation due to no backwards compatibility. But for PC and Xbox player's I'm not suer it was really needed. If it's going t oget moer an minor interest though it's going t oneed t obe moe rthan just a texture touchup. Which tbh I suspect that's all it will be.

They may hope to attract new players but some of them will be asking around; hey is this any good? And out comes the spoilers; yeah, it's good for the most part except for the !!!!@@bobobobo rainbow at the end. No prizes for guessing new players' reactions / response.

I mean this is basically a 4K texture pack for the trilogy with some optimization for newer systems. I’ll probably get it, but I think everyone should have appropriate expectations.

I'm not sure why people are catching feelings so hard about this. It's not like people weren't asking for a remaster, and now they've [BioWare] done one. They're not going to change the ME3 ending, and even if they did, then people would just complain that BioWare can't help but retcon major plot points of their franchises. Changing the ending of ME3 would also invalidate the reasonings behind the Arks being built in order for the Andromeda Initiative to move forward. No galaxy threat means no reason for MEA (which I know some people would want).

Damn near every remaster is a "Same shit. Better graphics," experience. Nothings changing folks, and the dynamics behind the game are as simple as "buy if you're interested, or look the other way if you're not". Not sure if I'll pick it up since I've gotten dozens of playthroughs across ME2 and ME3 alone. I'm sure there will be the relatively younger crowd, or those who never thought to play it, who will give it a shot.

I really don't understand how by now people don't understand what a remaster is and what to expect from it.  I have read a few different boards today and I think this is why we cannot have nice things, BioWare is being upfront on what this is going to be and what they are including in this package. 


Sadly these reactions are probably the biggest reason why I was skeptical BioWare would want to do this, but hopefully its just a small group and those that are interested wind up purchasing it so future remasters might happen.

Myself? I will be buying it I love the franchise so.... if you won't? quit complaining simple

Is that picture for the Remaster in 4k? I would like to use it for a custom wallpaper on my PS4.

Yay!!! Another cash grab!!

Exactly.

I mean, putting aside for a second the endings (which I don’t personally think would’ve changed anyways, even with a remake.) it’s obvious that a remake would be better, for numerous reasons. 

On the point later made on being a ‘cash grab’...every remake or remaster has this as their primary goal. They want to make money off highly successful and popular games from the past. Granted, a remake is better because you can likely fix the mistakes made in the past, or modernize some mechanics, but for a full remake, you need a lot more of money and time to work on it, and on those matters, the decision is in EA’s ballpark, not Bioware. 

Returning on the topic of the endings, as I said, I don’t think they’d have changed them even in a remake situation. As they did with the EC, and Leviathan, they could’ve worked more on giving more information, foreshadowing or explanations in the game, or not have them being a simple A,B,C choice, but I don’t see any scenario where they’d have changed them, because, as far as I know, they never said that they were wrong.

I don’t honestly see this remaster as a ‘fuck you’ from BioWare, but I can see why lost of people won’t buy it because it’s not a remake.

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