Editor's Note: GameSpot received codes for Mass Effect: Legendary Edition on May 11, about 48 hours prior to the review embargo lifting. With that being the case, these are just impressions for the Legendary Edition's version of the first Mass Effect. GameSpot's full review will go live once I complete Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, at which point a score will be awarded.
The first Mass Effect is a bit of an outlier in comparison to the other two in the trilogy. In comparison to its two sequels, it's less linear and doesn't have the best third-person shooter cover mechanics. As a result, the first game, in its original form, has definitely aged a lot more than its successors--for the past few years, I've begun advising newcomers to just start with Mass Effect 2, knowing the first game doesn't set the best example by modern-day standards. The Legendary Edition goes a long way in addressing those concerns. It doesn't overhaul everything, but the remastered Mass Effect 1 is a more enjoyable experience than playing the original game today, and makes for a far more palatable entry point to the series.
For those who are grabbing Mass Effect: Legendary Edition to pick up these three games for the first time (welcome, welcome--y'all are in for a treat) or are in need of refresher of what they are, the Mass Effect trilogy is an interconnected series of action RPGs where your choices in the first game can influence how characters perceive you or how events transpire in the second, which then can domino effect into the third. You play as Shepard, a human soldier tasked with a mission to defend the Milky Way's intergalactic society of biological species from an army of synthetics, while an even greater threat looms on the horizon.
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