Mass Effect Legendary Edition Requires a Fairly Demanding PC

Mass Effect Legendary Edition PC

Mass Effect Legendary Edition has been listed on Steam and is available for players to Pre-Order. With the Steam listing, PC requirements for Mass Effect Legendary Edition have also been listed on the game’s Steam page and the game’s recommended requirements are fairly high.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition will run on the old Unreal Engine 3. Considering that the game did not actually get an upgrade to Unreal Engine 4, they seem a bit high, particularly the CPU recommendations. Below are the minimum and recommended system requirements, as listed on Steam.

MINIMUM:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3570 or AMD FX-8350
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GPU: NVIDIA GTX 760, AMD Radeon 7970 / R9280X GPU RAM: 2 GB Video Memory
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 120 GB available space

RECOMMENDED:

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1070 / RTX 200, Radeon Vega 56, GPU RAM: 4 GB Video Memory
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 120 GB available space

Mass Effect Legendary Edition will bring loads of updates to the old version of the game. The game will come with over 40 different DLCs from the Mass Effect game series. Andrew Wilson, CEO of EA said the following about ME: Legendary Edition.

  • Three Games, One Launcher: Play through the single-player base content and over 40 DLC from all three games, including promo weapons, armors, and packs.
  • Remastered for a New Generation: Experience the trilogy in 4K Ultra HD with enhanced performance, visuals, and graphics, all available in HDR.
  • Visual Improvements on All 3 Games: Updates include enhanced models, shaders, FX, lighting, and depth of field, plus full-resolution audio.
  • New Shepard Customizations: With improved hair, makeup, eye color, and skin tones you can create your Shepard in a unified character creator with all options available across the full trilogy, or choose to play as the iconic Femshep from Mass Effect 3 now available in all titles.
  • PC Updates: Enjoy a modernized PC experience across all three games with native controller and 21:9 widescreen support, user interface navigation improvements, and DirectX 11 compatibility.

For more details, make sure that you check out the official reveal of the game as well. Do you think that the PC requirements revealed for Mass Effect Legendary Edition are high? Let us know in the comments section below.

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