Mass Effect Legendary Edition review. (Contains massive spoilers.)

Mass Effect 1:

First let me start of by saying this was my first run of the entire series ever. When ME1 was first released I bought the Xbox version, but the disc broke shortly after landing on Eden Prime. So I had no idea what happens in that game or the rest of the series. Fast forward to May 13, 2021 and Steam notifies me that the Legendary Edition had been released. So I immediately purchased the game, and have been playing consistently ever since.

Now unto my review...

First let me say I enjoy the music during the character creation of the first game, it reminded me of music from movies from the 80's. Anyway I like all of the options we get especially in terms of backstory. For pre-service history I chose Colonist, because I like the idea of My Shepard to beat all odds and become a hero. For my psychological profile I picked War Hero, because I like the idea of my Shepard being a living legend before the game starts. I chose the default male Shepard and picked Soldier class.

Companions...

Kaidan:

Interesting backstory was using outdated tech for his biotics, I got the feeling he had a history of being unstable due to the outdated L2 implants. Anyway he is not much for conversation and is pretty much direct to the point. He pretty much stops saying anything new after the third converation.

Ashley:

Racist thought Shepard recruiting aliens would open her mind, but like Kaidan I hardly used her. She was more talkative than Kaidan though so there's a good thing.

Wrex:

Wrex is my boy love his look, voice, and attitude. Wrex and the plight of the Krogan's reminded me of Canderous Ordo and the Mandalorians in KOTOR series. Both races laid seige to the galaxy, and both races were reduced to mercernary work and thuggery, after losing a decisive war. But anyway I used Wrex a lot in the first game he was a powerhouse and could use biotics to top it off.


Tali: Love Tali, don't know but since I am a tech geek and she is one also I was attracted to her immediately. Used her a lot with Wrex especially in the Citadel.

Garrus: Another boy of mine really liked his backstory, voice, and look. Loved that he was a former C-Sec officer now turned vigilante like Batman.

Liara: Shepards LI across all three games. While being a tech geek I am also a history buff and always wanted to do archeology, and the fact that she is both a history buff and archeologist was icing on the cake. Immediately fell for her. Used her a lot also with Tali and Wrex.

Story....

The story is great, one of BioWare's best. I was immediately hooked when Joker showed the broadcast of the Geth attack on Eden Prime, and then when that bastard Saren killed Nihilus. I thought Nihilus would become a party member. But throughout the game I made Paragon choices, so even on Virmire and in the end I tried to talk down Saren despite my feelings. Oh yeah the twist that the ship Saren was on was actually a Reaper a sentient ship caught me by surprise.

Choices....

Here are the ones I remember and boy does this series have a lot of them.

Virmire: I talked down Wrex. I sent Ashley with the Salarian STG team. I chose to save Ashley. I felt bad for Kaidan but I did not think I could make it back in time. I thought there would be some sort of timer. So in the end I chose Ashley. I also believed that of the two she would have the most character growth throughout the series.

Beneath the Sky: This was a dlc but one I really enjoyed. In the end I powered off all of the thrusters, and convinced the leaders of the Batarians Balak to stand down thus saving the colony.

Endgame: I chose to save the fleet over the council. My reasoning was since the council never believed me, that humanity will and start preparing defenses against the Reapers. I also made Captain Anderson the new Counselor.

Bugs and Glitches....

There were two main ones. One was at the end of the Exo-Geni factory the game started to lag, and the second was sometimes one companion would stop following me, so I would have to do a save and reload. This mainly happened with Liara.

Closing Statements....

Loved the Mako but hated the Thresher Maws I killed 3 of the 4 I saw in the game. But the Mako was durable way more than the Hammerhead in ME2. It took me a while to the controls but once I did it was easy peasy.