BioWare licht verbeteringen PlayStation 3-versie Mass Effect 1 toe

Sinds deze week is de PlayStation 3-versie van de Mass Effect 3 Trilogy verkrijgbaar in de winkels. Deze bevat niet alleen het reeds verschenen tweede en derde deel uit de franchise, maar ook Mass Effect 1, een game die tot voorheen nog nooit het levenslicht zag op Sony’s console.

Producer Ryan Warden heeft laten weten dat de PlayStation 3-versie van Mass Effect 1 superieur zal zijn aan zijn tegenhanger op de Xbox 360:

We partnered with Edge of Reality, an external team with whom we’ve worked on many previous projects. Edge of Reality has a deep understanding of how PS3 works, under the hood, so we thought the project would be a perfect fit. We had a huge head start because of the work we had done with Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 for PS3, but we still wanted to maintain the look and feel – the classic experience – of the original Mass Effect.

Warden legt uit hoe ze de audio-effecten hebben verbeterd. Ook op visueel vlak schittert Mass Effect als nooit tevoren:

We tinkered with the audio engine, and with the way that memory was allocated to various chunks of the game. We brought over some lighting and visual effects improvements from Mass Effect 2 and 3, and combined them with the original Mass Effect systems. In essence, we invited the Wu Tang Clan to a rap battle… and it paid off. We got some huge gains in performance – especially with regard to texture popping, which has been dramatically improved – yet we were still able to maintain the classic look and feel of the introduction to the Mass Effect universe.

De Mass Effect Trilogy ligt sinds deze week in de winkels.