EA has released the specifications of Mass Effect Legendary Edition on all platforms, and while there's no native next-gen version, the Xbox Series X version is boasting one impressive result over other platforms.
The game is set to come with two options for players to take advantage of. First off is quality mode, which favours the best visual fidelity over a lower framerate, and framerate mode, an option that aims to push the frames to their highest possible rate. While most platforms share the same results, the Xbox Series X is the only console platform that can run the game at 120PFS if the framerate option is favoured.
Those who don't have a 120hz setup can take advantage of the quality mode, which still runs the game at an impressive 60FPS, as does the PlayStation 5 version. Xbox Series S owners, however, will have to favour framerate if they wish to take advantage of the 60FPS gameplay, as quality mode is locked at 30FPS. You can see the full specifications below, including Xbox One.
This is a huge win for Xbox Series X owners, and another demonstration of the superb foundations in place for backwards compatibility on the system. Even the Xbox Series S is pushing some pretty impressive results. It will be interesting to see how these versions fare against one another, and no doubt the tech analysis' that come out of it will result in some fascinating deep dives.
Are you happy Mass Effect Legendary Edition will run at 120FPS on Xbox Series X? Let us know below.
[source ea.com]
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I wish they'd stop trying to make Series S hit 4K resolutions. Most of us who bought a Series S did so because we don't even have 4K screens, so the extra cost of Series X would've been a waste.
@Dezzy you really shouldn't worry about that. it'd just downscale it to whatever res your monitor is. it'd look better.
Been enjoying my S but if I was gonna get it, it would've been the PS5 just cause more horsepower but to see it can't even hit 120...? thats disappointing.
Mass Effect at 60FPS at 4K resolution, I'm pumped to play this game..
I thought this will be nier replicant situation all over again. Turns out much better especially for Series S owners.
@Nalverus
I realize that, but I'm thinking in terms of the trade-off with frame rate. If it's routinely falling into 50fps because they're outputting at 1440p, but I only have a 1080p monitor, obviously I'd prefer they just do a 1080p version which could achieve a constant 60fps.
@Dezzy then thats not** gonna happen cause the xbox won't even output 1440 for you. Not unless it gives you the option in the settings, which i doubt you'd set it to that.
besides...these are 10+ year old games from two console gens ago. If the series S couldn't output at least that much, theres something wrong here. massively.
@Carck PS5 is like that cause its a PS4 game and unfortunately, to hit 120, it needs a native PS5 port. Which is stupid, even as I own one I complain about that every day. Its just really stupid but Sony made it run as a PS4 in backwards compat so its entirely limited to 60fps but it really just looks bad.
I'm also still fuming that i have to run it 1080p upscaled and not 4k downscaled so i'm stuck with blurry images and yet none of this is even an issue on my series S.
Playing Mass Effect at 1440p 120fps? Yes please.
I have a 120hz TV, so am I best to go for the framerate option?
I bought the TV recently so as to get the most out of my Series X, but I'm not really sure what I'm doing! I'm guessing that Quality mode will look better, and Framerate would run better, is that right? And would the Framerate option actually make that much difference on a game of such age?
@Fiendish-Beaver quality mode will make it run at 4k resolution at 60 frames. In other words, it will render the image natively at a very large scale. if your tv is 4k, it will make complete use of the picture quality your tv can do.
if you run it in performance it will go from 4k (3840 x 2160) to 2k/1440p (2560 x 1440 pixels). As you can see, the native image quality will drop but it gives some breathing room on the GPU so it can run at 120 frames. Benefit of 120 frames is the image in motion will look much more natural and your inputs will be more responsive.
do quality mode if you want the nicest looking image you can see.
do performance if you want the game to look and feel as responsive as it can be.
edit: imo, a higher framerate is always better than resolution. its just a better experience.
@Dezzy
I agree.
Series S should have been;
Quality Mode: 1440p 60 FPS
Framerate Mode: 1080p 120 FPS (if possible)
I know that more fps is never a bad thing but when do people experience diminishing returns? I feel like I wouldn't be able to tell after a certain point.
I can't wait to play this on my Series X. Does it matter that I already own all 3 Mass Effect games on Backwards Compat?
Honestly all this stuff means nothing to me the biggest difference this gen has meant the loading times. I feel like the games I play are all massive hogs like the fallouts and skyrims the looking better is cool but when I can get into a game in less then 30seconds and enter a new building and it pops is the greate4st thing ever. Going back to these games I recently tried ME1before we knew about this coming out with the idea of playing all three through again and the elevator's load times was brutal it was impossible to play now.
try playing mass effect 1 on an xbox 360 its unbelievable what we put up with back in the day screen tearing, poor frame rate, horrendous load times. Running backwards compatible made massive improvements to the way it ran and on the series x. the old versions are fantastic and these will be even better
@Originut I'm exactly the same with 120fps. Don't know if it's because I'm old (being fat and balding doesn't affect your eyesight as well?) My wife still doesn't understand why I upgraded my TV to a 4K as she doesn't notice picture difference either. My son on the other hand noticed both FPS and picture difference almost instantly.
The more frames the better
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