Mass Effect: Legendary Edition

I was a young boy who had never played the Mass Effect trilogy. I tried to play the first one and like a fool I grew impatient with the controls and ordained it an obsolete game. Cut to a month ago when I bought this collection and decided to indoctrinate myself into the Mass Effect lore. This game gave me chest hair and turned my water into hard whiskey.

If you've never played these games, please don't sleep on them. If you're looking for a game to sit down and spend hour upon hours playing, look no further. Some of the finest sci-fi to ever be made. Also bonus point because of Miranda.

Even in 2025, this trilogy is one of the best. I was looking for a game to play that had depth and length and story, so I decided to buy the legendary edition. Up until now, I had only played Mass Effect 1, so I felt this would be a great purchase and, boy was I right. For me, Mass effect 2 is the best out of all 3 as its story and depth are huge and was amazing. I would love this as a film franchise or TV series. But after playing this recently, I am hoping for a fourth. One of the best RPG game franchises to date.

I must say the voice acting and story are spot on, and I would recommend anyone who hasn't tried this game franchise to give it a go, even if you played it back when it first came out, the legendary edition is a must.

The Mass Effect Trilogy is a testament to writing in games how we can be transported to other worlds and taken on the adventure of a lifetime and find ourselves on a journey that we experience with unforgettable characters who melt and break our hearts through untimely deaths to tear-jerking goodbyes, the Mass Effect Trilogy has it all.

I have been with the series since the first game back in 2007. And have been replaying the trilogy countless times seeing all the different outcomes ( Of which there are many) and have been a die-hard fan ever since.

There is so much good I can say about the game but it's best if I start with its strongest aspect, The characters, and races of the Mass Effect World.

Mass effect features a wide range of interesting and diverse characters from the regular everyday human, to the Big brody Turian with a heart of Gold, To the isolated Quarian who shines through all, and to the beautiful Asari and their cunning intellect, as well as The Salarians, Batarians, Volus, Elcor, Hannar, Vorcha, Protheans, Krogan, and Drell. There are so many characters featured across all the known races.

The main side characters that accompany you throughout your journey are what makes these games great each game gives you a selection of characters to get to know and to take on missions with from fan favorites Garrus Vakarian and Tali Zorah you will form bonds with your crew as you journey through the Milky Way Galaxy. Talking to them and learning their backstories and alien cultures are what make this game extremely immersive, the world-building is spectacular through dialogue with characters to the scenery via combat and the hub worlds.

The combat in the games evolves from game to game and sees drastic improvements in the 3rd game. The gameplay revolves around a 3rd person cover-based shooter with tactical elements thrown into the mix, you can command your squad of two to use their abilities to help you progress through the levels.

The choices you make throughout the trilogy define what kind of experience you will have and it will be unique to you when you play the journey should feel your own so make the choices that you feel you would. The game has nail-biting life-or-death decisions that could result in the loss of a companion or saving the life of the character you care about.

This is my favorite Si fi franchise of all time I have loved it since 2007 and I still love it in 2022.

Absolutely masterful! Love this trilogy so much. Had an absolute blast playing through these games! ME2 is among the greatest singular games I've ever played and this having all 3 on one game makes it even better. When I finally reached the ending with the character I had played all 3 games with, it brought tears to my eyes. 10/10.

The Mass Effect games are set in the 22nd century. The discovery of ancient technology developed by the extinct Protean race has enabled humanity to realize its dream of interstellar flight and, as a result, find its place on the Citadel, a giant space station that serves as a center for politics, trade and commerce. The main character of the series is Commander Shepard. A defender of peace, we can also choose the image, gender and background story of the protagonist. Depending on the player, our main character can also be a villain.

From the first game it becomes clear that the real mortal danger to the races inhabiting the Milky Way is an ancient race of machines that cyclically harvest the galaxy from organic life. In the second part of the game, Shepard enters into an alliance with Cerberus to solve the mystery of the disappearance of entire human colonies on the outskirts of the Milky Way and begins to track down a race of Collectors who are trying to hasten the impending invasion. In the third installment of the series, we can observe the invasion as Shepard must gather as many allies as possible in order to win, or at least try, in the final battle.

In the games included in the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, the action is played from a third-person perspective. The driving force behind these games are the overarching missions that push the plot forward, accompanied by numerous side missions. Along the way, Commander Shepard is joined by other companions, with whom she eventually forms friendships and romances. Our command center is the Normandy, a state-of-the-art spaceship that we use to travel by selecting targets from a map of the galaxy. In addition, it's a kind of mobile base, where we can move freely during breaks in the execution of missions. Although in the second and third installments of the series we move only on foot, in game 1 we can also use a four-wheeled vehicle, the M35 Mako.

An important feature of the series is of course the combat. Battles take place in real time, during which we can not only shoot accurately, but also use various combat skills, telekinesis-like biotics and give orders to our comrades. By eliminating enemies and completing missions, we get experience points and advance to the next levels, gradually developing the protagonist and accompanying characters. In addition, many missions can be solved by talking, not by violence. And here we make choices that affect not only the course of the story, but also the character of our hero and his relationship with the team.

All games in the enhanced version support 4K resolution at 60 FPS. Character models, animations, textures, shaders and more have been refreshed and improved. Numerous gameplay elements have also been improved, the developers' goal was to modernize the somewhat dated formula of the first Mass Effect and unify the mechanics across the trilogy. Shooting and inventory management were improved, the balance of experience points was rebalanced and the character creation screen was modified. The combined version of all three games has a gameplay time of between 60 and 120 hours. It is also highly replayable with endings that change depending on the choices made.