Saw a review saying how they're jealous of anyone experiencing this game for the first time. Decided to buy the game on sale & give it a try after reading that review.

After over 100 hours & completing the game, yeah, I'm definitely jealous of anyone that gets to experience this for the first time.

I love Mass Effect. I adore this trilogy. But playing on Steam Deck is a damn nightmare. EA has forced every one of their games on Steam to not be able to launch unless it's through their stupid EA app. An app which DOES. NOT. WORK. I can't even play this game (at least not on steam deck but at that point I'd just as soon play it on console) yes there exists workarounds to essentially trick the game into launching without an app but that should never be necessary to start a game especially one steam is charging you money for. If you're a steam deck user stay away cause right now this version is currently a complete waste of money.

Detailed and extensive review. Playing Mass Effect since 2007


I have never seen a launcher like this one.

"The Halo Collection" for example, lets you install any game of the list separatedly. ME:LE launcher actually forces installation of all the three games and DLC at the same time, weighing up to 110 gigabytes. There is no option to exit one of its three games straight to the OS neither, it is all very impractical. The launcher frequently behaves in an odd way, but its the "EA app" the real cause; slow, unresponsive, I had to turn off overlays. Sometimes after clicking "play" on Steam nothing even happened.

A remaster is not about rebuilding, but it should be an opportunity to adjust old things. Sadly, there are too many backsteps here to call it even. From ancient bugs and crashes, to animation and AI, gameplay issues either continues or worsened, negligence from the developers is everywhere. Honesty is my witness, there is nothing in this remaster that justifies the price since 2021. Even voiced translations never had that much effort, PT-BR and others were ignored.

The main benefit of this remaster may only be to reunite DLC material and ease old incompatibilities for newer systems, it's easier now to just install and play Mass Effect already. But none of that matters if decades old bugs or incompetent functionalities remains.


As much as I love Mass Effect trilogy, I admit the gameplay has always been half bad. ME1 particularly had its share of bugs, assets, loading and more. The weirdest design was with Mako's painful exploration, all due limitations that they had. That means ME1 needed more fixing than the others, but let's just say they didn't change enough screws, and it shows. And through the trilogy not only some old issues were ignored, some are now just worse.

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3231562656&tscn=1714014744


1- Graphics had some treatment

There's no ray-tracing or anything, they just did fix some bugs related to it, including Garrus's low-res texture face bug. Added lightining, mesh models, even a real-time reflection and other FX and audible goodies. Uncharted worlds still looks like a pile of useless polygons, now with better lighting and grass. Backgrounds are better renderized, but the Community Patch mod does it better.

2- General compatibility

Now you don't need to worry about Windows OS since the first game is very old already. Even Asteroid X57 DLC is already with the game, so that made things easier too. Mechanical issues like joystick, now you can use an actual control of your choice to play the game other than the keyboard.

3- Unit interface

I'm not sure I like it but its more consistent with the trilogy. They did little tweaks in certain guns like some rifles (there is no "thermal clip" available, only in the sequel) and other good additions I should mention includes new gameplay options in the menu. Photo mode has been inserted, but without a freer mod its nearly useless.


It is a great thing to preserve the original games, but technical adjustments and fixing should've been part of that respect too.

1- Enemy AI for some reason has gotten worse.

They stuck and even phase through floors or walls like never before. I have seen that happening several times. Its the same with allies AI, constantly unresponsive, sometimes won't obey or save commands. They messed with something and never adjusted logics leftovers.

2- Mako can now boost, trying to ease uncharted worlds' pain, but ends up with a weirder driving when you use it.

3- Whenever a bunch of Geth dies, you're still force-flooded with items.

To avoid for this list to get super big, its just best to mention other classic issues were badly fixed or ignored as well, in the same way as the listed above. Other classic issues will show but there is no room here to list it all.

4- The Pinnacle Station DLC has been removed

Funny how they forgot to remove the debries in ME3 from the Argo Rho Cluster. Removing the arena ruined items distribution from stores and looting in ME1, never bothered to adjust it, even in late game you may not even see the Colossus armor for example. They claim they lacked whatever coding to fit that DLC into the game. I can install it from alternative sources in the original game, why couldn't Bioware do it officially?

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3231552081


I'm afraid this remaster will need a remaster.

I hate when companies depends on the fans to do their jobs, but the "Community Patch" for the trilogy does exactly that. The game isn't mod friendly and ME-Mod-Manager can be inconsistent, but these technical mods makes the experience a lot better. They can't do everything though.

1- They messed with squad commands AI somehow, so allies are dumber than ever before.

2- An old ram bug is gone for ME2, but no adjustments for the loading animations timing were made.

3- The trilogy now has joystick support, but mapping is only for keyboards. ME2 still has the best gameplay of the trilogy.

4- If you try hardcore mode in ME3 you'll see how the clunky controls have aged horribly. On the list of "now worse," they made casual mode the standard in ME3, and normal mode have been nerfed. Very suspicious.

5- The remaster never fixed ME3 ridiculous single-key used for running, to cover, to revive, interact and parry (its always conflicting during gameplay)click here to see it how the game often won't respond right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT29L7bWGkM

6- ME2 famous "typewriter bug" haven't been fixed. Expect the same negligence for other animation issues etc.

7- The screen resolution swap bug in ME2 is now 14 years old, because they never fixed it.

8- Instead of fixing Kelly Chambers wrong face in ME3, they replaced the wrong face in ME2 instead. (a simple free mod can fix that)

9- They removed the Galactic Readiness multiplayer from ME3, so you won't need to pace it anymore. They adjusted the missing rating with a few cheap Galaxy Map findings.

10- The Leviathan DLC still has the same bug from 10 years ago in the same ladder, when looking for Dr. Bryson's daughter. If it happens, swap resolution back and forth.

12- They changed Tali's face depicted in a photo and still got it wrong.

13- They tweaked the ending cut here and there, but still is an jumble mess.

14- It is VERY recommended to download "Expanded Galaxy Mod" for ME3 and other mods such as Audemus' Happy Ending. Make sure you say thank you to "KkJiro". If he's not Bioware he should be.


I won't recommend buying, unless a reasonable discount pops up. In any case then follow my recommendations with patches. EA wasted a great opportunity to give us a decent Steam Deck too. Also, we still don't have N7 emojis and other classic symbols.

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Mass Effect: 9.0/10 Sacred Jewel

The game itself has a sophisticated narrative that reshaped the genre forever. You'd turn a blind eye for most of its outdated issues.

Mass Effect 2: 10/10 Living Legend

Engaging story-telling and undertones. Variety and pace makes every little mission feels like the most important ever. One of the best RPGs ever made.

Mass Effect 3: 7.5/10 Rushed Star (it can be a 8.5/10 with EGM mod)

Anxiety inducing pace won't let you take a breath. Legendary sound-track, but could have had a better conclusion. Controls sucks and interferes with harder difficulties. Looks very rushed, and more action than rpg.