From the study they believe that fans of the Shepard trilogy want to live the same experience without major changes, seen on current consoles.
This week we have finally been able to see more in depth Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a compilation with the three installments of Bioware’s great galactic epic, as well as dozens of downloadable content, which will arrive next May. Three games that will arrive in the form of a remastering and not a remake, a decision that the study has explained has been more for reasons of fidelity with the original titles rather than for workload.
According to the coverage that the Game Informer medium has made of the compilation, Bioware met frequently to think about ways to preserve the history of Commander Shepard, the result of these meetings being the conclusion that it ideal would be a remastering.
Respect for the original
“We didn’t want to be tied down the way we had previously thought about it, so we opened Pandora’s box and thought ‘what if it was a remake?'” Explains Mac Walters, project manager. “We actually didn’t sit down with a team from Epic Games and talk to them about Unreal 4, and we asked them ‘what would it take to improve this and work with it?’ And then we realized that in addition to the complexity, the cost And all those things, the trilogy would really have lost the essence of what it was. “
Walters believes that respecting that essence is especially important in a franchise like this, with such passionate fans. “It’s a very beloved franchise, if you look at the way fans talk about Shepard, they do it like Mr. Shepard, right? They are very possessive in a positive and very strong way,” he explains. “And of course, that’s not just limited to Shepard: it’s all the decisions that have been made along the way. That’s why pretty soon we realized. ‘Look, if the decisions and the important points of the script, if all that is what everyone loves, let’s keep it. ‘People think’ I love this game, and I want to experience it again, but I would like to play it on my current hardware and see it by today’s standards. ‘
Mass Effect Legendary Edition will arrive on May 14 on PS4 and Xbox One – via backward compatibility to PS5 and Xbox Series – and PC.
