Just wondering if should invest money into to this. Is the game ultimately an improvement does is gameplay better... If this is a good idea... i probably won't be getting it until next January (mainly moving August, September, or possibly October... I don't have money to buy it at the moment, holding onto money until after the move. (if lucky, i may be able to get it after Christmas)

I guess we'll know it when it comes out. Most remasters I've played were very good (e.g. Monkey Island, Full Throttle), but sometimes a remaster doesn't offer all that much improvement (e.g. Bioshock, Kingdoms of Amalur). Time will tell in which category Mass Effect fits. They did promise gameplay improvements in the first game in particular. I think it may also be a good upgrade for people with modern AMD CPUs because they're fixing the compatibility issues in the first game. For console users, the increased resolution and framerate are also a big plus, because the Mass Effect trilogy had trouble maintaining 30 fps. I think it's also good for new players who want to try the series.

@Psychotps I hear you regarding Conrad as I typically run the Paragon options and seeing him revert to the Renegade choice in ME2 was always a bit odd to be sure. Though the callback and reasoning for that in ME3 was interesting. That said, there are a number of bugs being fixed, actually! While there aren't many specific mentions of which individual bugs are being addressed, the Project Director does have a number of tweets clarifying many bugs are being fixed, among other things. That's aside from the gameplay tweaks and other modifications, including updated character creation, so there's certainly a bit more work going into this than just upgrading the graphics. 🙂 Personal mileage may vary of course depending on one's prior experience with the trilogy and what they're looking to get out of the Legendary Edition, but it's definitely worth keeping an eye out to see how things shape up as we get closer to release.

Hi @Scarhunter75If you loved the original versions of the series and you can take advantage of the updated textures then absolutely.Plus by the time it comes to you buying the legendary edition I’m sure the price would have dropped.

@Psychotps wrote:@Dvveebo Geez, you're one of those weird, chaotic people who just loves a "good tragedy", aren't you? Whatever happened to a good, old-fashioned happy ending?Tragedies aren't "good", they aren't "artistic", or any of that. They just plain s*ck. If I want a tragedy, I have real-life for that. I don't need it in my fantasy shows also. 😞 I have to disagree with you on some of this, as SOME stories are best ended on tragic or not a happy ending to make a point and to fit in with the rest of the story. To my mind, the endings of Cyberpunk 2077 are mostly kinda tragic, sad, or kinda disheartening, BUT they fit the story arc. They do offer one kinda "good" ending, but most aren't in any way "good", but they are well written and good story telling endings. The issue I have with ME3 endings are they go against the feel of the rest of the game, overcoming all odds to succeed, AND THEY BREAK LORE OF THE GAME. Also the pure bs red/blue/green endings, instead of the promised radically different INDIVIDUAL endings.... Personally, I MUCH prefer a happy or "good" ending but can appreciate a tragic ending sometimes, as long as it keeps with the rest of the story feel.

@Psychotps LOL, I didn't snap a disk in half, but I can barely play any of the original trilogy with ME1 being the easiest of them to get into. I can play ME:Andromeda and like it, but the ending of ME3 just grates so bad it soured me on the game.....I want MELE to come out but I will be ending the game run just before going to Earth again. I have heard many people hate on the Mako, but as a PC player I didn't find it that bad. I did figure out how to read the land and map to figure out how to drive where they wanted you too, to make it easy to get around. I hated the ME2 craft much more, if for no other reason than the silliness of it's design and effects....you could actually kill the heavy Geth mechs by landing on their backs twice.....or shoot them like 50 times....So a craft that could be killed in two shots, can run under the legs of a Geth heavy mech, launch up with boosters, come down on it's back and kill it quicker and safer than shooting at it....

is it worth it to buy the mass effect Legendary edition

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Frogman6358
5 years ago
@Psychotps I need to have everything completed too. I agree with everything you said. I also still hate the ending I want to give up after the citadel dlc
Psychotps
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
@Frogman6358 I'll likely wait until it comes out and watch a few "Let's Play"'s, just to see what's different, and... "hopefully"... improved. If it's improved enough in ME1 and 2, I'll probably get it.

Unless it's vastly different and better, chances are, it won't have much MOD support from the public. Oh, I'm sure some of the major mods will be updated for it... but the public's mostly forgotten about M.E.

If it's hardly any better, I won't bother. I'll stick with the old one with mod support.
Scarhunter75
New Traveler
5 years ago
I'm one of the people who found mass effect andromeda enjoyable, I've been live streaming my game since early March...

I look at it that it was the first bioware game to use the frostbite engine (i know people say it wasn't intended for rping.)

I admire Bioware for trying it i hope they can get it to a new level of rping

I don't view failures as bad... people learn from failures... sometimes just that they have failed.

it's not always greedy marketing practices, (that does happen from time to time)

Those people can be replaced with more responsible ones...

Bioware is a company and they all have ups and downs...

sometimes they even have to even change completely or even shut down to make a new company with new vision.

oh well enough of my stewie griffion ramble typing excuse... (just my joke for going off topic a bit (maybe more than a bit) (:P)

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Dvveebo
5 years ago
@Scarhunter75 wrote:
I'm one of the people who found mass effect andromeda enjoyable, I've been live streaming my game since early March...
I look at it that it was the first bioware game to use the frostbite engine (i know people say it wasn't intended for rping.)
I admire Bioware for trying it i hope they can get it to a new level of rping
I don't view failures as bad... people learn from failures... sometimes just that they have failed.
it's not always greedy marketing practices, (that does happen from time to time)
Those people can be replaced with more responsible ones...
Bioware is a company and they all have ups and downs...
sometimes they even have to change completely or even shut down to make a new company with a new vision.
Oh well, enough of my Stewie Griffion ramble typing excuse... (just my joke for going off topic a bit (maybe more than a bit) (:P)
It's nice to know other fans of Mass Effect also enjoyed Andromeda.

You're still referring to Mass Effect - in general (despite what some people feel against Andromeda)... So you're not even really getting off topic, per se.
(As Harkin the C-Sec officer would say; "But it's all related, don't you see?") *Shudders* Ew, Harkin.
Since Mass Effect Andromeda is the most recent addition to the Mass Effect games; it doesn't require any modernization.
The previous M.E. games are older - Only the older games require Legendary edition efforts.
If Andromeda had been a few decades older - then M.E:A would probably be included in the Legendary Addition Bundle
Spoiler
Source: (Michael McWhertor) @ Polygon
[...]
Casey Hudson, studio GM of BioWare. “Our goal was not to remake or reimagine the original games, but to modernize the experience so that fans and new players can experience the original work in its best possible form. It’s been amazing to see the adventures of Commander Shepard take on new life in super-sharp resolution, faster framerates, and beautiful visual enhancements. As game developers, we always hope that our games will transcend their original platforms. Having the opportunity to remaster the trilogy means that the fruits of a decade of our work will live on, and will be experienced better and clearer than ever before.”
I have to wonder how many players out there, started their (M.E.) journey with solely Mass Effect Andromeda,
but who never bothered playing any of the Mass Effect games. On account of the M.E.games (prior) being ""too old to play"".
(Personally, I've happened upon maybe three or four different guys, who said the Mass Effect games were old & that they'd wished they'd played them. I can't recall if they bothered playing MEA. I'll have to check back with some of them to ask them if they since played anything Mass Effect related... & Then bring up the new Legendary Edition coming out. If I can convert more people into Mass Effect fans, I will. Lol. It will be like 'spreading the Potter' all over again, but with *space magic* this time...)

I know I certainly arrived late, into a few different game titles, when I was younger.
((I entered other games within their ""3"" and ""5"" title stages - found those to be fun, then tried playing the earlier titles. Which mostly induced headaches!
Granted Mass Effect's graphics were no where near as bad as those other titles that I'm thinking of.
Young people these days have it good! So called ""Old"" games (by the new generations standards) at least have identifiable objects & models!
""Back in my day"" walking around (different & more) ancient rpgs (which used chunky pixels) was comparable to what I imagine would be a bad trip. ))

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