Not interested in the remastered edition , but I am waiting for the new Mass Effect game that is apparently in the works

censorship to be woke

To put my eye on it:

The Asari (all female) were the "smart race" -- that's a pro-feminist view, if anything. At least, I took it that way.

Moreover, being human-like female, they carried all the necessary genes within them (assuming two X's like humans) to give birth to another like themselves. Along with a "uterus" (or equal) which made them able to "give birth". I don't think an all-male species capable of reproducing itself could "make sense" at first glance.

Asari made sense to me -- without being "discriminatory". But, its fashionable now for the media to look for "discrimination" under every bush -- as the above post implies.

Yawn.

broh, the asaris were space trannies that used other species genetics to actualy REPLACE them....this was hinted at the whole series untill they droped it in me3......its kinda like ego from guardians of the galaxy, he put his seed everywhere to replace them.

People complaining and mounting manufactured outrage campaigns against PC games depicting purely fictional events and people while millions of other people in third world countries don’t know if they will eat tomorrow.

First world problems me thinks.

This sounds like a pass to me.

That is debatable. Without spoiling anything, everything pre-endgame(the battle) is pretty darned cool and a fun game. The battle itself... yawn.

Don't waste your time recruiting every single possible recruit.

dont listen to him, get everyone and babysit them.

I'm not sure why Panzer. I think because I've tried off and on to get into it with long periods in between not playing makes it even harder. I think also its because my previous profile did not get saved and carried over to ME2(uninstalled the game before I realized you had to have a copy of the player profile) which then made some things not make sense which hurt the initial experience especially since I enjoyed my ME1 play through and Shepard quite a bit. I'll keep pecking away. Last time I played I was at that planet with the dangerous sun that you have to keep moving to the shadows so you don't burn up while fighting enemies. I thought that was a neat location and I hope that kind of level design keeps up.

Dbond, its funny you mention the MAKO. I loved the Mako in the first game! I loved having that semi planetary interaction with a space jeep that has a turret and can boost jump. I really liked that and as a result, I hate that its not in ME2. It removes a level and layer of player immersion when all you have is player from ship to player to planet level game play and not sort of in between connection to the planet. I liked how you could drive the Mako from one planet location to another and then get out and fight on foot on some levels.

Another funny thing is that the game The Bureau: Xcom Declassified actually helped me get into ME. I had tried ME multiple times and just couldn't quite get engaged with the combat style and somewhat stale environments. The Bureau has a very similar combat mechanic and because I liked that game, it helped me to understand better the combat style of ME.

FWIW: If one has not read the long description of the new ME series.

Its one big game now. One load screen for all 3 games (literally just one from which you jump into any of the 3 where ever you left off), one setup screen for all 3 games, one character build for all 3 games. So, it plays as one huge game (in a sense) with three giant chapters (and sub chapters), and one does not "lose one's place or information" after being away for a while (they say). We'll see.

Thanks for that reply Coot. I've always had a fascination with knowing the dynamics behind why some players start playing a game but then lose interest after a short while. There are a handful of games where that has happened to me over the course of my PC gaming hobby.

Haha, that's cool Coot. I found it less appealing

Looks like the devs have made a few changes to the Mako anyway, for the upcoming release

https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/02/02/mass-effect-legendary-edition-mako-changes-whats-different

Speaking of Mass Effect, this electronic artist(who makes wonderful ambient space music) did a cover of Mass Effect 1's "Uncharted Worlds."

Enjoy:

Very cool indeed. The music in the ME series was really good overall. I'd say in some ways the music in ME was very reminiscent of the music Christopher Franke composed for Babylon 5.

That audio cover reminds me of how much I liked that theme in ME.

Panzer as I mentioned, there were other factors too like not being able to carry over my ME character and no Mako! Anyhow you all have made me want to continue ME2 and see if it picks up its tempo in story telling and interesting missions. I don't remember much at the moment about ME's story but I remember finding the Garrus character quite interesting as a character and his personality and his mission in life. Again my Shepard character did not carry over so I had to do my best to recreate him cosmetically for ME2. Unfortunately he came out kind of funny looking. I just role play that discrepancy and pretend that it is because of his injuries sustained at the beginning of ME2.

I am not surprised at all to read this since the original ME had a completely different proprietary engine.