Mass Effect Legendary Edition Update Fixes Bugs, Makes Improvements, and More - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 June 2021 / 1,546 Views
Publisher Electronic Arts has released a new update for all versions of Mass Effect Legendary Edition. The update makes a range of improvements, bug fixes, and more to the game.
Read the patch notes below:
- English spoken dialogue can now be selected separately from subtitle language
- Resolved issues with unlocking some achievements/trophies, such as the Paramours or kill count trackers
- Corrected pre-rendered cutscenes that were darker than intended after the previous update
- Wireless headsets/devices no longer cause issues with the Xbox launcher
- Improved PC performance across various hardware configurations, including on Virmire
- Fixed an issue on PC where non-standard characters in the operating system’s username would prevent the game from launching
- Removed the dependency on the AVX instruction set in the launcher
- Other minor calibrations and fixes, including some instances of crashing
- Fixed an issue that prevented players from reaching the max level
- Fixed an issue where tier VII Spectre - Master Gear was inaccessible
- Various collision improvements
- Fixed an issue that would prevent the ability to interact with objects
- Lowered audio volume on Mass Relay load screens
- Improved eye animations for male characters in some scenes
- Toned down the intensity of fog on Illium
- Fixed an issue where a character’s eyes at the end of the Overlord DLC were unintentionally red
- Reduced the max credits that can be carried from Mass Effect to Mass Effect 2 down to 100k for more balanced early-game progression
- Credit carryover maximum now matches carryover from the original release
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- Resolved an issue where English dialogue no longer played during the Citadel DLC for German and Italian localizations
- Fixed an issue where some key characters weren’t appearing as intended during the Citadel DLC
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is available now for the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and Origin.
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more fixes than they do with the madden sereis
Still no FOV slider? It doesn't really matter for me personally, as I modded my own custom FOV, but still seems weird there's not an official option from Bioware. Capcom did the same with RE8. Weird stuff.
RE8 at least had lighting elements tied to the FoV that kind of justified them not to bother. I'm not sure if the same applies here.
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