Mass Effect Legendary Edition is such an enormous missed opportunity

I just wish they’d get more creative with it. If they can’t be bothered, I’d rather we never stepped foot in space again. 

Yeah the VS’s injuries seem kind of weird considering they’re wearing gear that’s supposed to protect them from gunfire. I think they should have skipped that altogether. 

It's dumb they have visible bruises, but getting a concussion or brain hemorrhaging from having your head smashed around at high G forces by a super strength robot makes enough sense.

It's also ME3, so logic had already long since left the building. Liara is in the same scene walking around on the surface of Mars in a breather mask.

When I saw those windows shatter on the Enterprise in Generation, my brain basically went out for some hard liquor. I just want these people to care a little bit more. I don’t think it’s too much to ask.....but then, maybe that’s quite a tall order these days. 

Even if Priority: Earth wasn't fixed (and yes, it needed to be fixed), I want bonus content in the missions before that point. I think the best thing you can do for the audience is to reward them for delving the depths of your game, and reinforcing positive choices. Here are my suggestions. 

I want extra missions that I could play if I keep my team alive in ME2. One for each. Tie them in with other missions in ME3, because seriously, there's a lot of missed opportunity. Feel free to mix in references to the multiplayer, like, for example, have Miranda talk about Project Phoenix.

This also ties into the Virmire Survivor, give me a mission that lets me meet either Rahna or Sarah, and have them die in the mission's conclusion. Reinforce that this war affects civilians the hardest, and they can pay the price for these horrors. 

I want a bonus mission where someone like, say, Kal'Reegar, is saved because I made peace with the quarians and the geth.

I want Emily Wong to join me on my ship instead of Allers (provided I completed all of her missions in her favor)

I want a bonus mission between krogan and salarians I can only get if I keep Wrex and Eve (or a Mordin playthrough). Naturally, I'm approaching it in a different way depending on who I keep.

well sheps suit does get breached in ME 2,Ashley in 3, and Ryder in Andromeda.

Some times things are on a logical level flaws but in practice positive attributes. Commando is one of my favorite movies of all time, and yet if you were to dissect it I am sure it would be riddled with flaws, but those flaws make it what it is. It is the ultimate expression of the 80s action movie one liner genre.

Shep's suit gets breached when a literal ship explodes around him. This is not the same on some random exploration planet.  Ryder's is the same thing after a massive fall and impact which necessitates the sacrificing of their father's life to save them.  I do not remember any instance with Ash in 3 were he suit gets breached. Then again I default to Kaidan because he is far more interesting a character out of the two.

Hmmm... wouldn't this wishlist just about double the size of the game? I can't see anyone signing off on that budget. OTOH, I don't see any reason to buy MELE either, so maybe this plan is better.

    
  What you both say makes sense.  However, BioWhore is only interested in a cash grab.  They want to put out the absolute minimum amount of effort.  They want the lemmings to run and grab the new shiny, throwing money all of the while.  I don't see this happening.  Why would there be that much interest with no new content?   There's STILL going to be a termi-reaper in ME2, no Legion/other character unlocks in early missions and ME3 will STILL have Priority: Earth and on with Thanix missiles and Starbrat.

  In reality, they are selling the same stupid games with the same stupid endings.  In fact, those of us with access to the Nexus already have a better version than the MELE - at least this is my sneaking suspicion.

  Bonus material and/or new missions is what would have saved Mass Effect.  Something beyond the minimum effort, something to spark interest.  Instead, they subbed out repair work on ME1 to up-resolution it and bork with the inventory.  Rest assured, they are "working hard" to make the game amazing by editing out Miri's butt.

  Talk about missed opportunities.....  This is the point where they could have shined.

  A "cash grab" is a minimum effort activity to get people to repurchase something that they already own.  For instance I don't remember how many different copies I have of the Star Wars OT.  I have the originals on VHS, I have a remastered SW where clouds on Bespin can be seen where there were once drab hallways...  the list goes on for a while.  Basically I kept up with the different video formats and editions as they came out.  (No matter how you cut it though, "Han shot first" is my stance.)  My point is each edition of the Trilogy was remastered, and those remasters changed the original content with each iteration.  Eventually the original was changed so much that Han didn't shoot first.   Enough about StarWars, but we can admit that it made George Lucas a LOT of money - because Lucasfilm put in the effort and people bought it.

  Remasters can change the content, and there are differing levels of effort that can be put into said remasters.  You want to put enough effort into your remaster to get people to buy it.  Too little effort is where I draw the line and declare something a "cash grab".  BioWare can make changes to the games.  They have that ability, even though they may not want to put in the effort.  That's why the whole deal about losing the source code for Pinnacle Station is a (sort of) big deal, because they can't polish it up.  Personally, I like Pinnacle Station and still play it on every single playthrough.  I like getting Geth Pulse Rifle X with 3 upgrade slots, and I ALWAYS equip one on Tali'Zorah as an inside joke.  It makes meeting her on Freedom's Progress that much more special.
   
  If I owned BioWare, I would make the Mass Effect Legendary Edition truly legendary.  I would change those endings, for absolutely sure.  I'd change the Termi-Reaper in ME2 into something a little less awful and lore breaking.  In all honesty I'd remaster ME1 and 2 and remake ME3 entirely.  Come to think of it, it would be smarter to remake ME3 first, and to make the L.E. (remaster) after that. 

  People used to love Mass Effect, and by extension BioWare.  ME3 changed all of that.  BioWare changed, too.  Andromeda and Anthem are proof enough.  This franchise could be re-ignited, just like Malkua's song said that it could.  The question is, can BioWare do it?

I will say this much, had BioWare done more than just spit-polish and tweak the game and actually dared to make some story changes, I would have been infinitely more intrigued to get something different than tread over all the same ground with a new pair of glasses. I never really understood all the hype around it. It’s nice to be able to play the game on newer consoles, but if it’s all the same exact stories 1:1, swell I guess.