I get to the ME launcher, press Mass Effect 1. It reaches the "press any button" screen, I do and then either when loading the menu or after pressing "new game" it seems to crash and sends me back to the ME launcher where I chose which game to boot. yes my drivers are up to date and my pc is powerful enough to run Cyberpunk 2077 with high graphics. (to give an idea)...

i mean the game is worth peanuts but do you need EA launcher or something in the background? can you play offline? or it's always online drm ??? Can you MOD the game??? like replace shepard with leon from resident evil and that kind of stuff?

does this include all 3 games?

Bear with me. Over the years I've gotten spoiled with great engaging combat in various games, including RPGs, to the point where if an RPG is combat-focused, it has to be good for me to play. It's one of the reasons I never found the love for Witcher 3 - quite bland combat (also map littered with question markers, hate that crap). I am interested in Mass Effect (never played it) because I used to be a huge fan of some of Bioware's earlier games, namely Neverwinter Nights and Knights of the Old Republic....

And Why do I need it anyway - the game is on steam, isn't it?