Mass Effect Legendary Edition packs the original Mass Effect trilogy into one pack. This trilogy includes the original Mass Effect from 2007, Mass Effect 2 from 2010, Mass Effect from 2012. The original developers, BioWare, are coming up with the Legendary Edition as well. The new and enhanced version includes enhanced and remade textures, more detailed 3D models, improved skin rendering, more realistic surface response, improved material, and particle effects, and improved lighting. The game’s lower bar of entry is pretty low. It needs a Core i5-3570 and GTX 760 or an R9 280X at the minimum. In contrast, the Mass Effect Legendary Edition system requirements for playing at highest settings are Ryzen 7 3700X coupled with a GTX 1070 4GB or an RX Vega56 8GB. It is worth checking this game out with all the improved visual fidelity.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Minimum System Requirements
1080p 30fps using the lowest settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 15063.0 or higher |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i5-3570 @3.80GHz | AMD© FX-8350 @4.20GHz |
| Memory | 8GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ GTX 760 | AMD© Radeon™ HD 7970 / Radeon™ R9 280X |
| Video Memory | 2GB |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Internet Connection | No Internet Connection is required |
| Storage | 120GB HDD |
Mass Effect Legendary Edition Recommended System Requirements
1. 1080p 60fps using the max setings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 15063.0 or higher |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i7-7700 @4.20GHz | AMD© Ryzen™ 7 3700X @4.40GHz |
| Memory | 16GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ GTX 1070 | AMD© Radeon™ Vega56 |
| Video Memory | 4GB |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Internet Connection | No Internet Connection is required |
| Storage | 120GB SSD |
2. 1440p 60fps on the max settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 15063.0 or higher |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i7-7700 @4.20GHz | AMD© Ryzen™ 7 3700X @4.40GHz |
| Memory | 16GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ RTX 2070 | AMD© Radeon™ RX Vega64 |
| Video Memory | 8GB |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Internet Connection | No Internet Connection is required |
| Storage | 120GB SSD |
3. 2160p 60fps using the max settings
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) version 15063.0 or higher |
| CPU | Intel© Core™ i7-7700 @4.20GHz | AMD© Ryzen™ 7 3700X @4.40GHz |
| Memory | 16GB system memory |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA© GeForce™ RTX 2070 Super | AMD© Radeon™ RX 6700XT |
| Video Memory | 8GB (NVIDIA), 12GB (AMD) |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Internet Connection | No Internet Connection is required |
| Storage | 120GB SSD |
Mass Effect Legendary Edition isn’t a very demanding title and even some entry-level cards can meet its system requirements. For example, both the GTX 1650 Super and the RX 5500 XT can nail this game at 1080p.
Mass Effect Legendary Edtion is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. Availability on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S is enabled by backward compatibility.