Although the Mass effect If the trilogy players could create their own Shepard, the game has limited options for making non-white characters. Environmental and character director Kevin Meek tells The edge that improving options for coloreds was one of the top priorities Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, an upcoming remastered collection. “If you have type 4 hair or have a very dark skin color or if it’s the Shepard you wanted to play, you just did not have the option in the original Mass Effect,” Meek said.
Legendary issue pack all three games with all their corresponding DLC. Although the game does not add new story content, it does improve its graphics and expands some game elements to make it more modern. Upon returning to the series, BioWare had the opportunity to correct its shortcomings in the original design of the game. “There are certain hairstyles that just do not work, especially not for the female Shepards,” Meek said. ‘There were very few who supported it at all. There were long flowing hair options, you can color it black, but it didn’t really work. The team started by making a list of hairstyles that are missing, and then working out textures. “You can’t put a very tight, clean, groomed cut with shiny, shiny hair,” Meek said as an example.
To decide what hairstyles to include in a modernized game in the future, the developers focused on more “timeless” options. “The difference between style and fashion,” Meek said. Part of improving the game’s faded hairstyles, for example, includes ‘sci-fi futuristic patterns’ in the sides. ‘You do not want to attract people’s attention, but want it to fit in with the Mass effect universe. ”
In addition to new hairstyles, skin colors and more, the game also enhances its ‘iconic’ FemShep – a model voted by the players and first appearing in the trilogy’s latest installment. The late inclusion of the cannon character model was ‘very restrictive’ for many players. ‘It’s pretty unfair for the people who play as female, you go through all these moments all the time Mass effect 1 and 2 and then you come to Mass effect 3 and you only get the choice of whether you want to continue with your Shepard, or want to change your footage completely, ”Meek said.
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition launches May 14 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.