Mass Effect 1 is 14 years old but catch the remaster at the right angle and it could almost pass for a modern game, especially some of the exteriors. It really is a night and day difference too. Mass Effect 1 is also a much older game, obviously, so the graphical improvements that have been applied across all the titles make much different in the first one. That makes the idea of playing all three, one after the other, slightly jarring and so BioWare has tried to make the action in Mass Effect 1 closer to the others and reduce the potential level gap between you and the enemies you face, although the latter can be switched back to the way it used to be if you prefer. No action movie worth its salt ends with the hero silently shooting at a flashing red spot on their archenemy’s chest, and that’s one area where Mass Effect 1 is actually superior to its sequels, as it in particular emphasises dialogue as being equal to combat in terms of resolving conflict. That not only helps to make you feel more in control of your character, in a way diametrically opposed to something like The Last Of Us, but it’s much more cinematic. You can often talk your way out of a fight, if you make the right choices and buff up your Charisma stat, even in situations which seem like they’re being set up for a simple boss encounter.
There are three key elements that make the Mass Effect trilogy so memorable: the surprisingly good combat, the personal relationships you form with your crew – potentially including romance, and the fact that unlike so many role-playing games (remember, this was years before The Witcher 3) the choices you make are frequently more dramatic than the action, no matter how good it is. Each sequel uses the save data from the previous one, so choices you make in one can effect the next, as you’re constantly bombarded with moral quandaries involving everything from petty thievery to potential genocide.
What transpires is a planet hopping adventure where you slow build up enough allies, both on a personal and planetary level, to take on the slowly emerging threat.
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