Black and pixel bars on side of screen during ME2 cutscenes (XB Series S)

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I play MELE on XBox series S. I've seen that there is a vertical "bar" along the side of the screen during dialogue sequences (not during gameplay)--a black bar with various blobs of color in it. I thought this was something wrong with my monitor at first. But although I've seen the occasional grey bar or glitch to the side of the screen during ME1 and ME3, this is rare, while in ME2 I get this black bar with colors in EVERY cutscene. I did not notice this before the June 7 patch, either, or at least it was not as pronounced.

It's hardly game-breaking, but it is annoying. Is this a bug with the game, and will it be fixed? Or is there something I can do about it?

eclecticmind · Answer

@AwkwardPaladin I found a work around if you go to one of the games like mass effect 2 or 3 at the main menu go to options change the to favor Quality and then change it back to favor Framerate then it goes away

eclecticmind · Answer

@AwkwardPaladin I'm having the same issue it only goes away if you hard reset the system and it is only happening with the 60 fps mode and it comes back when you go back to the game select screen or start the game again without full restart of system.

ea_mako · Answer

Thanks for sharing that workaround @eclecticmind, super helpful to see what did the trick for you.

eclecticmind · Answer

@EA_Mako Just a heads up for the workaround to take effect when you change it to favor Quality you have to go out to the main menu where it says new resume new game and then go back in to options and change it back to favor Framerate

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