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This Mass Effect Legendary Edition mod lets you explore in first-personThough it won’t work in combat or cutscenes

Though it won’t work in combat or cutscenes

A first-person view of the CIC in Mass Effect 2. You can see the galaxy map and Yeoman Kelly.

It’s a wonder why I enjoyMass Effectso much considering I think third-person games are a bit rubbish. Would it be the perfect game if it were all in first-person? I don’t know, but someone has made a mod that adds a first-person mode to each game in the trilogy in theMass EffectLegendary Edition, so now we can find out.

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Unfortunately, if you whip out your gun or start conversations the camera will revert back to how BioWare intended. Still, judging from the screenshots on Jade’s mod page, it looks like first-person changes the whole vibe of those civilian areas, which I’m very into.

If you want to try it out, you’ll need to download First Person Mode as well as theME3Tweaks Mod Manager, which organises and supports mods for both the old and remastered Mass Effect trilogies.

I’m a big fan of that second image with Wrex in it. He looks so tall on his rocky throne, I’m very proud of him.

A collection of images from the Mass Effect Legendary Edition first-person mod. In clockwise order: the colony on Feros in ME1, Wrex sat on his rocky throne in Tuchanka in ME2, the Omega Afterlife nightclub in ME2, and the cargo bay on the Normandy in ME3.

The Legendary Edition has a few more good-looking mods out at the moment, likethis one that lets FemShep wear Liara’s armour(Liara’s coat? Pajamas? I’m not totally convinced it’s actually armour) in ME2. And because fashion is everything, there’s alsoa mod that lets Shepard swap out their armour for casual clothes(Slay enemies in a dress! Or, you know, wander around civilian areas in much more appropriate outfits).