Mass Effect Legendary Edition will include almost all DLC packages in the trilogy – with one notable and unfortunate exception. Here’s why.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition is the launch of dreams for fans of the science fiction series, even though it has some curious graphic changes that have baffled fans. It is a remastering of the original Mass effect trilogy with changes in quality of life to bring fans the ultimate experience, being launched alongside a Legendary Cache of collectibles. The remastering is also set to include almost all DLCs from the three games – with one notable exception.
Mass Effect: Pinnacle Station it was an expansion launched for the original Mass effect. It featured Commander Shepard traveling to Pinnacle Station upon reaching Spectrum status, where he participates in unique training experiences and survival missions. In addition to practicing combat with a squad, the DLC provided incentives to complete survival missions.
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Completing all survival missions would unlock the ability to repeat previous missions with an extended timer. As soon as the player wins these secret missions, he will be rewarded with a new apartment and will receive rare items constantly. Those who still have the Xbox 360 or PC version of Mass effect you can still lower the expansion to this day. However, BioWare confirmed that Pinnacle Station will not be included in Legendary Edition, finding the same destination as Mass Effect 3multiplayer.
As for the reason for excluding the DLC, it is first important to mention that Pinnacle Station it was not developed internally by BioWare. Pinnacle Station was done by a third party, Demiurge Studios, with permission from BioWare. Demiurge was involved in projects like Borders, BioShock and Medal of Honor: Airborne. The studio has already been acquired by Sega and has recently been involved with several mobile projects.
Demiurge Studios allegedly lost the original source code to Pinnacle Station. In an interview with Game Informer, Mass Effect Legendary Edition game director Mac Walters said they went through a great ordeal trying to track down the Pinnacle Stationthe source code of. Demiurge Studios was able to find a backup, but unfortunately it has been corrupted and can no longer be used.
Although it was technically possible to recreate Pinnacle Station for Legendary Edition, Walters explained that it would have taken a lot of time and effort to recreate the DLC from scratch. This would have forced BioWare to delay the game after the May 14 release date. In addition, there are also many other changes and updates that fans would like to see the Legendary Edition focus on.
Pinnacle Station was not the most well received DLC package for Mass effect, with critics calling the pack uninspired compared to those more focused on history Take Down the Sky. Yet, Pinnacle Station had its fans, as many players enjoyed the survival missions and extra VR combat scenarios within the universe. Pinnacle Station focused more on providing players with more ways to experience Mass effectcombat of.
There is a chance that fans will restore Pinnacle Station for Mass Effect Legendary Edition through mods. Pinnacle Station still exists in the Xbox 360 and PC versions of Mass effect; it’s even free for PC users on Origin, which means that skilled modders on Mass effect community may be able to reverse engineer Pinnacle Station in the remastering of the trilogy. even though Pinnacle StationDuring the turbulent reception of critics at launch, many fans liked the package, and it would be a shame to see it lost in time.
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