The remasters have been in development since 2019, originally starting with a resolution AI pass to upres the textures. Related: A Mass Effect Spin-Off Game Inspired By Han Solo Was Cancelled Before Mass Effect 2
It’s Mass Effect with a facelift, though it’s a significant one. The remasters also won’t be introducing cut content such as the lesbian romance with Jack in Mass Effect 2. Instead, the team decided to bring controller support to PC, remake the combat HUD for the first Mass Effect, and improve inputs along with aim assist to make the action feel more immediate. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition isn’t transporting the smoother movement of Mass Effect 2 and 3 into the original game and it won’t be ironing out those stilted animations. According to the team on the remastered trilogy, this is a dream project that allowed them to go back to something beloved and fix as many of those imperfections as possible. “There’s a moment of letting go where you can see all the flaws,” project director Mac Walters tells a call full of journalists on a private Mass Effect: Legendary Edition livestream.
