'Mass Effect Legendary Edition' Makes Some Major Changes To Gameplay

Thankfully, first and foremost is that Shepard can now sprint everywhere in Mass Effect. Honestly, that's all I really wanted to hear. Here is a long list of changes you'll see in the first game.

• Shepard can now sprint out of combat
• Melee attacks are now mapped to a button press rather than automatically occurring based on proximity to an enemy
• Weapon accuracy and handling has been significantly improved
• Reticle bloom is more controlled
• Weapon sway removed from sniper rifles
• Aiming down sights/"tight aim" camera view has been improved and improved aim assist for target acquisition
• All relevant enemies now take headshot damage in the first game
• Ammo mods (Anti-Organic, Anti-Synthetic, etc.) can now drop throughout the whole game and are now also available to purchase from merchants
• All weapons can be used by any class without penalty
• Specializations (the ability to train/upgrade certain weapons) are still class-specific
• Weapons cool down much faster
• Medi-gel usage has been improved
• Increased Liara's bonus to cooldowns
• Inventory management improvements
• Items can now be flagged as "Junk" (All Junk items can be converted into Omni-gel or sold to merchants at once)
• Inventory and stores now have sorting functionality
• Some abilities have been rebalanced
• Weapon powers (i.e., those that are unlocked on each weapon type's skill tree) have been improved:
• Effectiveness/strength is increased (duration reduced in some cases)
• Heat now resets on power activation

Changes will also be made to The Mako, the infamous vehicle that was just a little hard to control when the original game came out. Importantly the update informs us that although it'll handle better now, yes you can still drive it off cliffs if you like. Mako changes include: Improved handling, improved camera controls, faster shield recharge, new thrusters for speed boosts, no XP penalty while in the Mako, and touching lava in the car doesn't instantly give you a mission failure. Instead, it'll do some damage to the Mako over time, thank goodness.

Other changes include new hairstyles and skin tone for Shepard so that they can look exactly how you'd like them to. Original DLC weapons and armour will be in the game and obtainable through research or buying them from merchants. And all the audio from all three games has been remixed entirely, so I can't wait to hear the juicy new sounds of Reapers coming to kill me.