Unlike most of the people that played Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, I haven't had the chance to try the original trilogy first. And unlike most of this series' fans, I wasn't a teen when I first discovered this series.
So from a perspective of a man in his late 20's this was one hell of a adventure.
The gameplay as a shooter was quite easy, I started my first and only playthrough on the hardest 'legendary', if I'm not mistaken, difficulty. And it was just the right amount of challange, sometimes getting stuck in the are or action segment for multiple minutes and being forced to fully utilise every ability and weapon in order to progress forward. So if you're not new to shooters, I recommend going straight to the hardest difficulty.
But the story and the dialogue is where the game really shines... I don't want to get too much into detail and spoil anything, but I'll describe the feelings that I had during the week I played and a few months after I finished the game:
I found myself listening to the song from the credits of the first game daily. I felt in love to some of the characters, I felt real grief and sadness when things didn't go too well. And after it was all over I was left with the feeling you get after finishing a super long and good series or reading an amazing book, that feeling of emptiness, when you feel like you're missing something. Those who know what I'm talking about will understand how good this game must be to make a person feel this way.
So please try it, even if you're bad at shooting, theres a difficulty option that basically just let's you enjoy the narrative. This game is truly one of those stories that make you want to lose your memory so you could just relive it all again like the first time.
So from a perspective of a man in his late 20's this was one hell of a adventure.
The gameplay as a shooter was quite easy, I started my first and only playthrough on the hardest 'legendary', if I'm not mistaken, difficulty. And it was just the right amount of challange, sometimes getting stuck in the are or action segment for multiple minutes and being forced to fully utilise every ability and weapon in order to progress forward. So if you're not new to shooters, I recommend going straight to the hardest difficulty.
But the story and the dialogue is where the game really shines... I don't want to get too much into detail and spoil anything, but I'll describe the feelings that I had during the week I played and a few months after I finished the game:
I found myself listening to the song from the credits of the first game daily. I felt in love to some of the characters, I felt real grief and sadness when things didn't go too well. And after it was all over I was left with the feeling you get after finishing a super long and good series or reading an amazing book, that feeling of emptiness, when you feel like you're missing something. Those who know what I'm talking about will understand how good this game must be to make a person feel this way.
So please try it, even if you're bad at shooting, theres a difficulty option that basically just let's you enjoy the narrative. This game is truly one of those stories that make you want to lose your memory so you could just relive it all again like the first time.