I'm not rating this remaster cause it doesn't overhaul the game to such a degree that it warrants it, but I will list my summary on each game's remaster, as well as general stuff

Mass Effect 1)

Without a doubt, the best way to play this game now. I was weary when the lighting reveal hit (and granted, some of it still looks pretty bad, ESPECIALLY the lens flare use), but the QOL, a plethora of bugfixes, and a majority of the visual upgrade are more than satisfactory enough to carry it. I was already a defender of ME1's combat, but now I can safely say most people can play this game without too much issue.

Mass Effect 2)

More or less the same, though the game's yellow color tone is a little subdued cause of the lighting change, the lens flare is a little more obnoxious here, and I actually ran into two or three crashes (though they were far between each other and didn't impact too much). Still, this also has some QOL and new updated textures, plus I'm pretty sure the morality dialog mechanic here has been patched up so that some stuff doesn't require going all-in w/ Paragon or Renegade, or just holding them out til later. Plus every DLC for this (as well as 1 and 3) are baked in, so I don't have to deal with stupid ass installers like I had to for the Steam version of OG!ME2

Mass Effect 3)

I, and gonna assume every PC owner, went into this with the conclusion already in mind: Play the LE version cause of convenience and some new tweaks, play the original for mods. It's still gonna take time for popular ones like Expanded Galaxy to reach their full potential in LE, but what's available is at least enough for a vanilla+ playthrough. All that said, it's weirdly more janky than the original, even WITH the Community Patch mod installed, so heads up on that. Finally just.. OK I get removing the multiplayer, even if that's such a weird decision, but keeping the 50% TMS point instead of making it a full 100%, as well as altering the amount of War Assets needed to get the endings (you now need ≥7400 to get every ending unlocked, as well as the Perfect Destroy variation), meaning I'm now basically required to do fetch quest BS and other Citadel shenanigans is really egregious. Thank god for the DLC WAs, at least.

Finally, why is there no FOV option for the remaster on PC? I can see how they accidentally skipped some of the legacy bugs and such, but not including this in the launcher for a rerelease at launch just, confuses me, but at least there's a mod for that to hold over until they (hopefully) patch it in. Speaking of, there MIGHT be some achievement bugs for Paramour and Insanity II, and while I didn't have such issue, make some back up saves just in case

Reviewed on Jan 02, 2022


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2 years ago

Are you BlazingWaters from Rap Genius forums years ago?
@WuPac omg I just now noticed this reply now I am so sorry man, yea I am!! I think gamemast15r also chills on this site from time to time.