Mass Effect Legendary Edition Launches May 14 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 March 2021 / 1,879 Views
Publisher Electronic Arts and developer BioWare announced Mass Effect Legendary Edition will launch for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Origin on March 14. The game will also run on the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5 via backward compatibility.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition includes the single-player campaign, over 40 story DLC, weapons, and armor packs from Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3. The game supports 4K resolution with HDR.
"It’s been an incredible journey revisiting the stories, characters and iconic moments of the Mass Effect trilogy, enhancing the experience for modern platforms while staying true to the spirit of the original," said Mac Walters, Project Director on the Mass Effect Legendary Edition and lead writer of the original trilogy at BioWare.
"Remastering a game, let alone three, is a huge undertaking as there’s over 100 hours of gameplay included, but we wanted to do this for our fans as well as a new generation of gamers looking to jump into the iconic story of Shepard."
View the official reveal trailer below:
Here is an overview of the game:
Experience an amazingly rich and detailed universe where your decisions have profound consequences on the action and the outcome.
Relive the Cinematic Saga
Heart-pounding action meets gripping interactive storytelling where you decide how your unique story unfolds.
- Three Games – One Launcher – Play through the single-player base content and over 40 DLC from all three games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs.
- Remastered for a New Generation – Experience the trilogy in 4K Ultra HD with enhanced performance, visuals, and graphics, all available in HDR.
- Visual Improvements on All Three Games – Updates include enhanced models, shaders, FX, lighting, and depth of field.
Experience the Legend of Shepard
Create and customize your own character, from appearance and skills to a personalized arsenal then lead your elite recon squad across a galaxy in turmoil.
- New Shepard Customizations – With improved hair, makeup, eye color and skin tones you can create your Shepard in a unified character creator with all options available across the full trilogy, or choose to play as the iconic Femshep from Mass Effect 3 now available in all titles.
- Gameplay Enhancements for the First Mass Effect Game – Enjoy improved aiming and weapons balance, sound effects, better Mako controls, input/controls, squad behavior, cover behavior, and gameplay cameras.
Reflect on Your Choices
Your choices seamlessly travel from one game to the next. Each decision you make will control the outcome of every mission, every relationship, every battle—and even the fate of the galaxy itself.
- Visual Enhancements for the First Mass Effect Game – The game’s been given a full world-building pass including environmental art, VFX, and level relighting.
- Performance Mode Options – Supports ultra-high refresh rates on PC, and offers a choice between “Favorite Quality” for increased resolution or “Favor Framerate” to boost your FPS on consoles.
- PC Updates – Enjoy a modernized PC experience across all three games with native controller and 21:9 widescreen support, user interface navigation improvements, and DirectX 11 compatibility.
Included Content
Mass Effect Legendary Edition includes single-player base content for all three titles (Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3), your favorite story downloadable content, promo weapons, armors, and packs:
- Bring Down the Sky
- Genesis
- Zaeed – The Price of Revenge
- Kasumi – Stolen Memory
- Lair of the Shadow Broker
- Firewalker Pack
- Overlord
- Normandy Crash Site
- Arrival
- Genesis 2
- From Ashes
- Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut
- Leviathan
- Omega
- Citadel
- Equalizer Pack
- Aegis Pack
- Firepower Pack
- Cerberus Weapons and Armor
- Arc Projector
- Mass Effect 2 Alternate Appearance Pack 1
- Mass Effect 2 Alternate Appearance Pack 2
- Mass Effect 3 Alternate Appearance Pack 1
- Firefight Pack
- Groundside Resistance Pack
- Recon Operations Pack
- Collector’s Weapon and Armor
- Terminus Weapon and Armor
- M-21 Incisor
- Blood Dragon Armor
- Inferno Armor
- Recon Hood
- Sentry Interface
- Umbra Visor
- N7 Warfare Gear
- AT-12 Raider
- Chakram Launcher
- M-55 Argus
- M-90 Indra
- Reckoner Knight Armor
- N7 Collector’s Edition Pack
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Surprised at this point there isn’t a dedicated PS5 and Series X version.
Not really needed given its basically a remaster with visual tweaks. But even using BC they could improve visual settings.
It says there is a performance and visual quality mode. Ideally the next gen version would simply be quality graphics mode at 60 fps.
Do I still need to do the horrible multiplayer thing for the best army in ME3?
Does the 'readiness' scale properly? If you did everything in ME3 but never played MP you could only ever get like 70%.
I was hoping it was coming out a bit earlier since I need that Mass Effect itch to be scratched, but at least it's not coming out on N7 day.
Secondly, just noticed X1X/PS5 have a performance mode. What? They can't run this this at 4k/60
Its not the exact same visuals as last gen, so its gonna be more demanding.
Not played any of the Mass Effect games. Just got a new laptop so guess I'm picking this up, sounds like a great deal.
I'll probably wait for more news on the sequel before deciding on this. If that's the way the story's going to end, I'm not going to play through it again. I just can't muster the energy to play/watch anything where I know the ending's going to be bad. If the story's going to continue (which idk how they can do without changing the ending) then maybe I'll play it out of hope there's something better afterwards.
I forgot if it was part 2 or 3 where you go after the reapers. Dissapointed with the ending.
seriously? no 60fps?
Sounds like 60 fps is just for premium consoles and next gen. If it were the original 7th gen graphics then 1080/60 fps would be easier to achieve.
Absolutely keen.
Next stop Dragon Age if this is a success?
Been waiting on this for years. Hope it delivers.
Damn, no Switch version.
yeah.. will be waiting for that
Its sticking with Unreal Engine, so a Switch port should be easy.
100% buy from me, however, pathetic job. Better be cheap, looks identical.
Lol. It doesn’t look identical at all. But it’s a remaster, not a remake. If Super Mario 3D All Star can be sold at full price with barely any job done to the original games, then a trilogy of games that have received character models rework, improved textures across the board, better lighting and shaders, along with plenty of QoL tweaks and improvements, can probably get away with a similar price tag.
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