Mass Effect - Legendary Edition (Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster) Announced

[Fahrenheit]

Playing on an Xbox Series X.

I’m about 7-8 hours playing into ME1LE with no issues, crashes, glitches or anything so far. Squad mates have walked in front of me while I was firing once or twice, and one got separated from the team further than should have been normal while running the space station.

So far it’s been a fun walk down memory lane. I played all the originals when each first came out, but after beating the games never went back for subsequent play throughs, so it’s been nice. Games seem to hold up pretty well.

[Lahis]

Where does everyone place the monument to the Normandy Crash Site?

Mine is here:


To me, putting it in front of the CIC's hull where the ship's name is visible is just the right spot.

It can be placed elsewhere?

[Easo]

It can be placed elsewhere?

Yep. According to Wiki it can even be moved afterwards.

[Selastan]

From memory the possible locations are:

By the hull (as pictured)

By the Mako

By the Galaxy Map

By the pods

By the bridge

[Darsithis]

It can be placed elsewhere?

Yup, quite a few places, as posted above. You can move it at any time. I just love the spot I always put it.

That’s the one DLC that always makes me emotional. Pressly, the ship, seeing Kaiden’s memory…

[DarkAmbient]

I got so used to holstering my weapon when I'm exploring in the previous games, it feels really dumb to be walking around pointing a sniper rifle at everyone/everything when I just want to loot stuff or talk to people (ME3). And they butchered the captain's quarters music, every track is terrible, doesn't feel the same as this beauty

[DesoPL]

Sooo ummm... Tali again is highest popular companion?

https://twitter.com/destructoid/stat...21814900776960

Like really? Well at least, they changed portrait in Shepard cabin in ME3. No spoilers.

[DarkAmbient]

Tali died in my playthrough because she became disloyal after I allowed Legion to upload the data. I don't really miss her much as I find others are more useful squad members anyway.

[Jastall]

Sooo ummm... Tali again is highest popular companion?

https://twitter.com/destructoid/stat...21814900776960

Like really? Well at least, they changed portrait in Shepard cabin in ME3. No spoilers.

Link is broken for me, but that's not surprising TBH. Tali and Garrus have historically been the most popular squadmates, and she has some particularly... devoted fans as well. Me, I'm an Ashely, Garrus, Wrex and Mordin man.

[Lahis]

Sooo ummm... Tali again is highest popular companion?

https://twitter.com/destructoid/stat...21814900776960

Like really? Well at least, they changed portrait in Shepard cabin in ME3. No spoilers.

Dunno if this is for whole trilogy or just ME1, but for ME1 there is purely technical reason: you need high Decryption and Electronics skills to loot everything and Tali is the only squadmate who has both talents open from the start. Garrus and Kaidan need to unlock them by going deep into other talents first.

[Selastan]

Sooo ummm... Tali again is highest popular companion?

https://twitter.com/destructoid/stat...21814900776960

Like really? Well at least, they changed portrait in Shepard cabin in ME3. No spoilers.

What's her new portrait look like? By all means spoil me. I don't plan on doing a Tali romance any time soon with the remake and I'm curious.

[ati87]

Dunno if this is for whole trilogy or just ME1, but for ME1 there is purely technical reason: you need high Decryption and Electronics skills to loot everything and Tali is the only squadmate who has both talents open from the start. Garrus and Kaidan need to unlock them by going deep into other talents first.

Also personally when I played the orginal game I would mostly go with the female teammates because well they are hot but also Tali as tech and Liara did something that I as a soldier couldn't.

[Unlimited Power]

One question about ME:1 in the LE.. Are there still achievements that give you combat bonuses or did they get rid of those bonuses altogether?

I remember missing out on some achievement related to having Liara as a companion in the original because I didn't pick her up until after I had already completed every quest on the citadel.

[minteK917]

Tali, Garrus and Liara always been the most popular characters. Theres also the fact Tali and Garrus are the only characters that are in your squad in every game. So most people will logically bind to them more, they are also romancable in 2 of the 3 games that is not cut between two games. Liara is the only character that you can have somewhat a 3/3 games relationship because of the DLC.

[Morgaith]

How scuffed are the remasters? Should i delay getting this for a few years and let it get fully cooked in the oven?

[Lahis]

Well this is a bug.



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One question about ME:1 in the LE.. Are there still achievements that give you combat bonuses or did they get rid of those bonuses altogether?

I remember missing out on some achievement related to having Liara as a companion in the original because I didn't pick her up until after I had already completed every quest on the citadel.

The bonus talents are unlocked by getting the related achievement for using the ability in a playthrough. In Legendary Edition the achievements were updated so that you can get credit fro them when you command squadmates to use the abilities instead only counting casts done be Shepard. Squadmate auto-casts still won't work.

Bonus talent can be picked only for a new character during character creation.

[Selastan]

I just made a really important discovery. Due to a humorous little bug during one of the Firewalker missions, Shepard's tech armor was floating above the vehicle. What this implies is that for the game to work, Shepard must always be on screen. But he's SUPPOSED to be inside the vehicle, so BioWare disabled his model. This means that were he not invisible, Shepard is always riding the Hammerhead like a giant space cowboy.

[jcf190]

I'm really bad at FPS style gameplay (I'm on the PS4), but I really want to enjoy this game. Any tips to improve my combat? I picked soldier so I could tank my way through the game, but is their a class that would be better suited for a less...shooty play style?

[Edge-]

I'm really bad at FPS style gameplay (I'm on the PS4), but I really want to enjoy this game. Any tips to improve my combat? I picked soldier so I could tank my way through the game, but is their a class that would be better suited for a less...shooty play style?

Any of the more biotic focused classes should do the trick, it's more "magic" than shooting, though you're still gonna need to shoot folks. IIRC it's a bit weaker in ME1 and is much better in 2/3.

[Trumpcat]

How scuffed are the remasters? Should i delay getting this for a few years and let it get fully cooked in the oven?

Me and two friends playing haven't encountered any bugs other than few crashes in ME2 outside of combat. I'm almost at 130+ hours played, doing everything thoroughly and enjoying the atmosphere and everything looking polished. Our PCs exceed the recommended specs.

But it's funny to read of gems like this:

I just made a really important discovery. Due to a humorous little bug during one of the Firewalker missions, Shepard's tech armor was floating above the vehicle. What this implies is that for the game to work, Shepard must always be on screen. But he's SUPPOSED to be inside the vehicle, so BioWare disabled his model. This means that were he not invisible, Shepard is always riding the Hammerhead like a giant space cowboy.

Coincidence that they used a cowboy song for the ME Andromeda trailers? I think not. Not that it helped them.