Mass Effect Legendary Edition (General Discussion)

Too be fair up through M3 all the sex scenes were pretty tame. It was DAI on they started really showing stuff. I'd prefer for future titles they roll back to more ME1 levels but I suspect I am in the minority on that so whatever.

If anything people just made fun of it because of how bad the models looked. Things were different back then, there wasn't this ridiculous drive to remove anything slightly feminine from games (and media in general) back then. The worst you had was someone complaining about "boob armor" before they were laughed at by everyone else. Wow, things have really gone down the crapper since then. Guess enjoy what you can while it still lasts before everything is made into androgynous blobs all wearing matching grey jumpsuits. Oh what fun...

Well, I can't relate. I never had anything against the butt shots, it never took me out of the game, regardless of what was being discussed. That scene included. And apparently it is the same for a lot of people. I get that it bothers you and some other people, but as I said, it is more than ... it is exactly the type of approach Bioware takes to why they did it that rubs me the wrong way and I don't accept it. And I understand this situation is a problem to you, but it is a problem to me, too. My problem is what this means for the future and future Bioware titles specifically.

Well you did, just offscreen according to the dialogue.

Hey, I can't help it if I keep having birdmanxhuman images flashing in my head!

Oh, I would greatly challenge that notion. In terms of fanfiction, perhaps, but there's no matching the sheer amount of black latex clad Cerberus butt and bouncing blue titties art out there.


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Which is why I say I am weary what this turn means for the future. Not just in terms of sex scenes, or camera angles, but also character design. Which, if I am allowed to say, I find incredibly bland and generic in Bioware's recent past, to even absolutely forgettable.

Yes. If they continue doing the things they have been doing. Which is why I said that if Bioware goes back on this camera angle change, I will buy the remaster, which I had no intention of buying, just to show my support. Even if I never even download the game or run the launcher.


Well, maybe this will be a starting point, since, as Mac Walters put it, they have "evolved". Not to say that the human species hasn't "evolved", but in just 10 years, wow. That's some jump in the evolutionary scale. I wonder what species they are now. Homo Superior? I hope Mac got some cool powers along with it. Maybe he got Biotics.

I know how the Steam ME2 DLC system works. I wrote the top-rated Steam guide on it years ago and made a YouTube tutorial (currently at almost 50,000 views) to go with the guide. 


- You have to register your Steam ME2 key with EA, then purchase the DLC bundle on Origin, and download & install the DLC manually from EA's help page.
- Owning the game (registering your Steam key) is a pre-requisite to purchasing the DLC bundle. 
- If you don't purchase the DLC bundle, you can install all the DLC you want but it won't detect the installed DLC as legit (and will lock you out from accessing them until you purchase the DLC).
- Registering the Steam ME2 key provided a free copy of ME2 on Origin. So EA couldn't tell which platform you were using (Steam or Origin) to log in to the Cerberus network. Just that when you logged in, it checked whether the content was registered to your account, and allowed you access to what you owned.

Now the only option for Steam owners of ME2 to legitimately acquire the ME2 DLC is to REPURCHASE ME2 on Origin - because there is no Steam game key to register with EA. EA cannot know that someone owns the game on their account unless it was purchased on Origin. This isn't an issue for ME1 since there is no online login and the DLC are free, but for ME2 Electronic Arts is currently forcing Steam customers who purchase ME2 to double-dip if they want to play more than the base game. 

I think the real reason for the 'atmosphere' and red unclear lighting was more engine weakenesses or graphical problems they were having at the time. IE they probably wanted it to look more like what it is in the LE but couldn't afford it. And also make it look more like it did in Mass Effect 3 as well which one of the...videos I was watching...speculated that was the entire point and it does work. Yes I am going to miss the energy crackling effect on Soverign, that is definitley a point off and the lens flare is probably another half a point but its not that bad of a change and if it makes Eden Prime consistent across the board a net win.

Besides we can also see smoke in the distance so who knows what else they will do to make it look like a proper warzone.

Well, I don't think there's anything else to discuss here. You have your opinion, I have mine, I am not going to pretend that you aren't set in yours and have no intention of changing it, any more than I am. Thank you for your understanding.