EA’s rumoured Mass Effect Remaster reportedly delayed until 2021

Rumour has it that EA’s working on a remastered version of the original Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, a game which was reportedly due to release this October. Now, it looks like the game has been delayed until 2021, with sources close to the game’s citing development issues. 

Factors behind this delay stretch beyond the Covid-19 pandemic, with developers claiming that the quality of Mass Effect 1 does not hold up well when compared to the rest of the package. This factor would give new players a bad first impression for the full package, potentially preventing players from experiencing the more substantial upgrades seen in Mass Effect 2 and 3. These claims come from Venture Beat’s Jeff Grubb. 

While the original Mass Effect is now considered a classic, the game’s gunplay and game mechanics are not as refined as those seen in Mass Effects 2 and 3. Perhaps EA’s Mass Effect team are trying to make the original Mass Effect play better on modern platforms, or provide other changes which will make the game more fun to play while keeping the game’s core elements intact. Perhaps the ability to skip some of Mass Effect’s excessively long loading screens is also an element which needs to be added to the game. 

The problems surrounding Mass Effects remaster are due to both visual and gameplay issues. It has also been reported that Mass Effect: Legendary Edition will not include Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer component, as EA is not interested in supporting another live service game.