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Is the new Legendary Edition a marked improvement over the original version? I want to play it on a weaker computer so I don't care for graphics and stuff. But I might consider it has significant quality of life improvements like better controller support etc.

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[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago

There were some graphical changes, but I wouldn't call them an upgrade. Also,

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

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago
[–] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Update: I pulled the trigger and set up the Legendary Edition of Mass Effect 2 on the Steam Deck because I already had the files for it from before on my laptop.

It works fine though it takes up more than battery than what I would expect from such an old game. Buttery smooth 60fps. Another complain I have is that the dark parts of the visual are too dark, making it hard to make sense of what is going on when in an area like a dimly lit room. I don't know if this happened in the origin. Maybe this is a byproduct of the HDR-isation of the game.