Mass Effect Legendary Edition
OpenCritic Rating
Top Critic Average
Critics Recommend
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Trailers
Mass Effect Legendary Edition – Official Remastered Comparison Trailer (4K)
Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition Official Reveal Trailer (4K)
Critic Reviews for Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Overall, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition advertised itself as taking the already-popular trilogy, bringing it to modern consoles, and giving it smart improvements. There's a lot that it does to improve the games without detracting from the core experience, and that says something. The first game is 13 years old and the third game is 9 years old at the time of this writing, and Mass Effect: Legendary Edition makes them feel much more current and recent. It's hard to imagine making the original trilogy any better, but these remasters definitely make them much more current.
This three-games-in-one package is convenient, but I can't help thinking these games deserved to be remade separately over several years, ditching stuff that doesn't work like the minigames, reinstating cut content and filling gaps rather than just draping shinier skyboxes over them. Still, ME1 is better than it used to be. It's no longer tempting to skip straight to ME2, though once you leave the Citadel you should stick to the main questline and only do side missions when your squadmates ask. And play as a woman if you want to hear a really great voice performance.
Mass Effect 3: Legendary Edition brings the finale of this epic sci-fi RPG trilogy up to 4K code. The lack of multiplayer is a downer but there's a huge and consequential story here that wraps up numerous plots from the previous games
The Mass Effect: Legendary Edition's first chapter removes many – but not all – of the caveats from my strong recommendation to revisit BioWare's epic sci-fi RPG from the beginning (or to play it for the first time).
Mass Effect 2's Legendary Edition upgrades the graphics to near-modern standards and lets us immerse ourselves in the best game in BioWare's epic RPG trilogy all over again.
Even with small issues, I have absolutely no trouble recommending Mass Effect: Legendary Edition to anyone looking for a good RPG, a good story, or just a good shooter. The effort put into the original Mass Effect is commendable, especially considering its age, and Mass Effect 2 and 3 are as great as before but with better visuals and the ease of access of all being on the same disk. Like the title says, this is a legendary trilogy, and it’s one that everyone should play.
The Mass Effect trilogy's classic status is well deserved and while these remasters can't iron out every problem, this is still a hugely entertaining and forward-thinking trio of action role-players.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is a fantastic remaster of an already fantastic trilogy that's well worth the money.
Industry Coverage
Resident Evil Village was One of the Top Downloads on the PS Store for the Month of May
The top downloads for the PlayStation Store in the month of May have been revealed
Read more
Mass Effect's Normandy Spaceship Arrives In No Man's Sky For A Limited Time
While millions were celebrating the launch of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, the No Man's Sky was hard at work on implementing an easter egg in the game for fans to find. The first reveal has now arrived, and more fans can get in on the limited-time quest right now.
Read more
Mass Effect Legendary Edition will Support Old Save Files From Mass Effect 2 and 3
It has been found that players will be able to import their old Mass Effect 2 and 3 save files into the Legendary Edition
Read more
We Now Know How Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Run on Every Platform
It has been revealed how Mass Effect Legendary Edition will run on different platforms
Read more
