Bioware’s new and improved take on theMass Effectfranchise,Mass Effect Legendary Edition, will allow players to utilize their old save game files. However, players will only be able to load up old saves from the originalMass Effect 2and3, due to the various improvements made toMass Effectin theLegendary Editioncausing the saves to be incompatible.
For manyMass Effectfans, one of the more interesting features of the series was the ability forMass Effect 2and3to read save game data from previous games and assess the decisions you made as Commander Shepard, allowing your Paragon orRenegade choices inMass Effectto influence the events of the following games in the series. As a large-scale RPG based around choices,Mass Effectno doubt has a number of fans who have cultivated several playthroughs that they would like to be able to return to with enhanced graphics.
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Luckily, as long as players are booting upMass Effect 2or3, they will be able to access save files from the original games inMass Effect Legendary Editionand load them up without issue. By simply locating the files on their PC, under Documents/Bioware by default,Mass Effectfans can move the files from either theMass Effect 2orMass Effect 3folder into the corresponding location in theMass Effect Legendary Editionfolder. The saves will be entirely playable withMass Effect Legendary Edition’senhanced graphics and settings, allowing players who have created the perfect Paragon or Renegade playthrough to experience them in a new way.
Unfortunately, save files for the originalMass Effectwill not work, as the gamehas undergone significant changes in order to update it for the newLegendary Edition.Specifically, the developers have improved the Mako controls, removed weapon restrictions for different classes, and made certain morality checks easier to meet. Notably, the Pinnacle Station DLC willnot be included inMass Effect Legendary Editionas the original source code for it became corrupted some time after its development by Demiurge Studios. The absence of this DLC would likely cause issues with save files on its own, on top of the other large alterations to the game.
For RPG fans, a save game is often something to hold onto for sentimental value. Sometimes it is due to having a ‘perfect run’ of the game, where everything was unlocked and each choice was perfectly executed, on the other hand, a save can be valuable to someone for simply being their first playthrough. Despite not being able to use save files fromMass Effect 1, technically, fans who have theirMass Effect 2save files, with theirMass Effect 1Shepard’s decisions loaded at the beginning, could still experienceMass Effect Legendary Editionwith the original choicesthey made 14 years ago.
Mass Effect Legendary Editionis available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
