Later titles became shooters with RPG mechanics but we’ll get to them later. I’ve always found this first game to be an RPG with third person shooter mechanics, which is ideal for me. It’s the story and world of Mass Effect that are its strengths. At the beginning of the game you are put forward to become the first human Spectre, a special agent for the Council which oversees all races to assume some form of peace. There is a lot of story that you can discover by talking to NPCs and reading the exhaustive in game Codex which has lots of information with regards to alien races and history. Humans are still relatively new to the table so the other races look at them with a tentative respect. It is the far future and after finding a Mass Relay humanity has advanced leaps and bounds and discovered that they aren’t alone in the universe. You play as Shepard, a male or female member of the Alliance who you can customise yourself, both their face and story background. The powers aren’t brought up to the usefulness of Mass Effect 2, let alone 3, but I still find Mass Effect has its charm. From what I’ve read however the shooting mechanics have been improved, as have the powers and just the combat in general. It’s been pretty much that long since I last played it so like I said in the opening paragraph, it plays how I remember it. The original Mass Effect came out back in 2007 so has needed the most attention with regards to modern upgrades. Being on the last gen system there is some loading involved but it’s nothing too offensive. Launching the game puts you into a menu where you can choose from each game and the last game you played will have a quick resume option to get you back into your save game with as few button presses as possible, which is very nice. You have to install all three which is a bit of a ball ache, with everything coming in at over 100GB but after that it’s a pretty smooth experience. In this collection you get Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. The original trilogy, following Shepard on his/her adventure to save the galaxy, with some tweaks and extra bells and whistles. Thankfully Mass Effect Legendary Edition is exactly that. If you’re buying a ‘collection’ you want the whole set and you want them to play as you remember them, which means actually improving them to modern standards as your rose tinted spectacles blur your memories. Konami are the masters of doing it badly, with the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection having Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 and the Silent Hill HD Collection also only having Silent Hill 2 and 3, and they weren’t even good ports. Jin PS4 / Reviews tagged biotics / Collection / mass effect / rpg / sci fi / shepard / spectre / tali best girl / third-person shooter by GarethĬollections of games are a great way to rediscover classic games, at least when done right.
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