Game profile
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
This remastered collection of all three original games follows Commander Shepard's fight against a galaxy-wide threat across one of gaming's best sci-fi trilogies. Choices made in the first game ripple all the way through to the grand finale.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is RPG / Shooter, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays somewhere between light and heavy. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It rewards long uninterrupted stretches more than quick check-ins.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Three games in one package
- Choices with lasting consequences
- Iconic crew ensemble
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- exploring for its own sake is the point for you
- you can sit down for a proper long stretch without interruptions
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you do not have 90 hours to give a single game
- you only ever get short bursts of play time
- you specifically want an open world to roam
How long is Mass Effect Legendary Edition?
About 90 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 15 weeks, or 45 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 87 out of 100, which puts it above 71 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 325 overall. That is mid-table for this database. Not a standout at the top, but solidly rated.
For comparison, RPG averages 82 points across the database, so this one sits 5 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 383 collected ratings.
Released in 2021, so it has 5 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2021
- Genres
- RPG, Shooter
- Playtime
- approx. 90 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 87 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass Effect Legendary Edition | 2021 | approx. 90 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
| The Outer Worlds 2 | 2025 | approx. 30 hrs. | 83 | Full price |
| The Outer Worlds | 2019 | approx. 20 hrs. | 86 | Budget |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2020 | approx. 65 hrs. | 75 | Mid price |
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