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General and Gaming => Modern Video Games => Topic started by: telekill on November 07, 2020, 05:51:47 pm
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In honor of N7 day, Bioware and EA have delivered the goods.
(https://static.tweaktown.com/news/7/6/76100_543_mass-effect-legendary-edition-trilogy-remaster-coming-spring-2021.png)
The Mass Effect trilogy is coming to both current and next gen systems in the form of the Legendary Edition.
The new versions will not be full remakes, but BioWare intends to improve them so players can experience them in their "best possible forms," according to the official announcement. That means better resolutions and frame rates, and all single-player DLC and promotional items will also be included. Elements such as textures, shaders, character models, and effects will all be improved for the Legendary Edition.
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is due to release in Spring 2021 for PS4, X1, and PC, and will be playable on PS5 and XSeX with enhancements. BioWare confirmed that the compilation will be optimized for 4K Ultra HD visuals among other enhancements. I'm hoping we see raytracing for next gen.
Teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBtbf8ssBn0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBtbf8ssBn0)
Secondly, it was announced that a NEW Mass Effect game is already in the works and will presumably release on PS5, XSeX and PC. It's assumed to be a couple years off at minimum. As the Mass Effect universe in general is fantastic, I'm really happy to see it continue and expand.
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I was kinda hoping for an ME1 remake, I didn't really like how the game played and it wasn't till ME2 that I actually liked the series. I'm certainly interested in a new ME if they can turn things around after Andromeda. I got to the game after they had patched it up, but even then, I wasn't really into it.
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I'll certainly get this, a great set of games!
I saw you put down a PS5 version in the database - Has this been confirmed? If so even better!
https://vgcollect.com/item/188635
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I was kinda hoping for an ME1 remake, I didn't really like how the game played and it wasn't till ME2 that I actually liked the series.
The wording of some of the release info doesn't preclude an overhaul to how ME1 plays - stuff like "We are not remaking all three games" - but we will definitely need to wait on more news before being sure.
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I'll certainly get this, a great set of games!
I saw you put down a PS5 version in the database - Has this been confirmed? If so even better!
https://vgcollect.com/item/188635
I put the PS5 version up for two reasons.
1. It has specific PS5 (next gen) enhancements not available on current gen.
2. They would be stupid to not simply release a disc version for next gen systems with the enhancements already on the disc. Next gen systems will have been out 4-6 months by the time the set is released. Granted... EA has proven to be stupid in the past so who knows.
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lets hope it plays better on ps4/ps5 then the original trilogy release did on ps3
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Murmurings that there may be a full reveal of the Legendary edition this week; potentially as early as today. Hoping to see announcements on what next gen enhancements will be as well as confirmation of physical next gen copies of it instead of EA being lazy.
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Looks like it was today!
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1356632871805444096
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Here's the breakdown of today's info:
Release Date: May 14th
No PS5 or XSeX versions will be released separately because EA decided to be lazy stating that they couldn't make a big enough difference between PS4 and PS5 to justify it. ::)
Both PS4 and X1 versions of the game will be compatible for play on PS5 and XSeX respectively.
Legendary Edition in General:
- Includes all three games
- All DLC
- Cleaner Textures ("10s of thousands")
- Faster FPS
- 4K UHD w/HDR support
- Improved shaders and VFX
- Updated Lighting
- Improved Dynamic Shadows
- Volumetrics and depth-of-field.
- Remastered character models
- Multiplayer from ME3 NOT included :'(
First Mass Effect game specific:
- Combat and exploration "modernized"
- Added detail and depth
- Improved interfaces and UI
- Improved aiming
- Improved squad controls and behavior
- Improved Mako handling
- Improved cameras
$150 Legendary Edition Cache: Does NOT include the game which I don't understand why they do this. Same thing with Andromeda. Made no sense then either. Still, that helmet is pretty damn cool.
(https://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2021/02/mass-effect-legendary-cache.jpg?fit=bounds&width=640&height=480)
Link to the details:
https://www.ign.com/articles/mass-effect-legendary-edition-release-date-preorder (https://www.ign.com/articles/mass-effect-legendary-edition-release-date-preorder)
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Man, that trailer made me want to replay the whole trilogy. It did it's job good.
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I'm tempted to get it for a new playthrough, but not sure I want to deal with Mass Effect 1. I know all the games are getting cleaned up, but I really didn't like how the series played till ME2, so I ended up skipping the first game entirely.
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I'm tempted to get it for a new playthrough, but not sure I want to deal with Mass Effect 1. I know all the games are getting cleaned up, but I really didn't like how the series played till ME2, so I ended up skipping the first game entirely.
They did say they are updating the combat in ME1, so it's just a matter of how much.
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I'm tempted to get it for a new playthrough, but not sure I want to deal with Mass Effect 1. I know all the games are getting cleaned up, but I really didn't like how the series played till ME2, so I ended up skipping the first game entirely.
They did say they are updating the combat in ME1, so it's just a matter of how much.
That's the question of the day for me. If they can bring the gameplay closer if not on par with ME2 and 3 then I'll be happy.
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Looks like some of ME1's DLC isn't included due to problems locating the source code... It's hardly a deal breaker but a minor sting:
https://www.ign.com/articles/mass-effect-1-dlc-cut-because-of-corrupted-source-code
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I saw that. Apparently they're also getting rid of at least some of the butt shots of Miranda from the 2nd game. Unfortunate but understandable as the focus should be on her face at least when she's talking. Still, I'll post a couple of said shots here for posterity. I'm half surprised they didn't put all the women in tank tops and jeans.
(https://www.thefpsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mass-effect-2-miranda-butt-shot-shepard-1024x576.jpg)
(https://www.denofgeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Miranda-Mass-Effect.png)
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Taking a look at the more than likely box art (first image in this thread), I'm not a big fan of it. I was going to make my own box art as I occasionally do, but most of the images for the series are incredibly low res and definitely not print quality. Sad to say the least. Hopefully BestBuy will have an exclusive steelbook or something where the artist gave a damn. Time will tell.
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Alright folks... we are only 9 days away from the release. EA just gave us some specs and confirmed that PS5 and XSX will be able to play the trilogy at 60fps in 4k. I'm guessing that's going to be the biggest advantage of playing the games on next gen.
Aside from that, EA just put a large (1.7GB) file out there for all the fans to download for free. What's in the file:
- 88 track soundtrack from the trilogy
- 2 PDF Art Books
- 2 PDF Comics
- Digital Normandy Lithograph. <-- That's just part of the art book isn't it? ???
Anyway, it's only free until the end of May or "until download capacity is reached"... whatever that means.
Check it out in the LINK and enjoy: https://www.ea.com/games/mass-effect/mass-effect-legendary-edition/mass-effect-bonus-content-download (https://www.ea.com/games/mass-effect/mass-effect-legendary-edition/mass-effect-bonus-content-download)
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Only two days left until this is officially released. As this is a favorite series of mine, I've got the PS4 edition preordered and will pick it up day one. I don't like the new cover art though, so I've designed a new cover art focusing on my favorite characters in the series and as I'll be playing only on PS5, I've given it the PS5 banner at the top and spine. Waiting to see what the back looks like for some detail work to finish it up before getting it printed.
Are any of you planning on getting this at launch or in the future?
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I'll definitely be picking it up in the near future.
I will say I'm already a bit disappointed with how they're handling achievements/trophies for the collection. Rather than keeping the achievements of the original games, they reduced them down heavily, with now things only primarily covering a few plot-important missions and every DLC being reduced to a solitary achievement (except Arrival, which doesn't get any). They did make the ally achievements for ME1 super easy now, but I never really considered them terrible to begin with. What's really annoying is that for the Playstation, the collection is divided into the separate games, each with their own platinum, and then some miscellaneous trophies not tied to any of the games, but for the Xbox, they went the lazy route; They took the playstation list, and gave every achievement a point value based off of the trophy level, but then removed the platinums without rebalancing the points. This means that the collection has rather than a nice even 3,000 GS, it sits at an awkward 2915 GS. I do know this is a piddly little thing to be upset about and it's not going to stop me from playing it, but it makes me think that if they're going to be sloppy on this, where else are they going to be sloppy on?
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FINALLY! EA and Bioware have released a Mass Effect Legendary Edition cover art CREATOR! That's right folks! You can now arrange your favorite characters on the cover art the way you would want and get rid of the red or the blue entirely. I was in the midst of creating my own cover art because I didn't see all my favorite characters on the cover and now I can have just that! Fantastic!
You can download the finished version you like as a wallpaper or as a printable replacement box art cover for your copy of the game.
Link:
https://www.ea.com/games/mass-effect/mass-effect-legendary-edition/my-shepard-art-creator (https://www.ea.com/games/mass-effect/mass-effect-legendary-edition/my-shepard-art-creator)
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I've got it pre-ordered for my partner's birthday which is in a couple of weeks. I'm excited to watch her play it again.
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Now that I think about it it kinda makes sense not to include the game in a helmet set. Anyone buying it either is going to keep it in box or already has another copy.
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I finished up my PS5 box art for this using their box art creator for the character placement followed by some Photoshop work to make it look like a PS5 game. I had to create the PS5 info bubbles on the back so I included a zoomed in screen capture of them. Wish the PS5 template had been included in the EA box art creator but I was able to do it myself.
Sorry for the links guys, it won't let me host the image addresses from Flickr.
(https://flic.kr/p/2kYpSCq)
Full box art:
https://flic.kr/p/2kYpSCq (https://flic.kr/p/2kYpSCq)
(https://flic.kr/p/2kYkpWq)
Info Bubbles:
https://flic.kr/p/2kYkpWq (https://flic.kr/p/2kYkpWq)
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[...] or "until download capacity is reached"... whatever that means.
It essentially means that downloads are limited in that there's a threshold that they set for the number of times the file can be downloaded. The download "capacity" will be reached once that limit is capped.
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Heard of this series for years, but never played it. I think I will pick this version up at some point.