With the recent release ofMass Effect: Legendary Edition, fans of the series can now playremastered versions of the originalMass Effecttrilogy. While being generally true to the originals, several major things have been changed to help update the games to be more in line with modern standards and make the process of playing through all three games back to back to back a much smoother one.
These changes are mostly done behind the scenes to help finely tune the games' combat and other systems. While some argue thatMass Effect: Legendary Editionis an RPG first and a third-person shooter second, it’s easy to see that plenty of a player’s time with the trilogy is going to be spent behind cover in combat. An issue that some players are running into is that after accidentally pushing a combat-oriented button in a non-combat space, they can’t seem to put their weapons away.
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Holstering Shepard’s Weapon
The quick combattutorial at the start ofMass Effect 1is hardly all-encompassing of every combat system in the game. Sure, players get a general overview of how firefights work and what their abilities are, but some things are left unspecified. Manually having Shepard and their crew holster their weapons isn’t something entirely necessary to the gameplay, but it never feels great to be running around the Citidel turning in missions with an assault rifle in hand.
There are moments aftercombat sections where Shepard will put away their guns automatically, but they’re still able to be drawn at any time. If the player is looking to manuallyhoster their guns, all they’ll need to do is press the “touchpad” on PS4 and PS5 or the “view” button on the Xbox. This button is also called “select” by some, but as there’s no text on the controller to indicate either name, it’s the left-center button with three horizontal lines.
This button layout is the same inMass Effect 2, however, the ability to manually hoster Shepard’s weapons is strangely absent inMass Effect 3. This might be somethingpatched intoMass Effect: Legendary Edition, but it was absent in the original version as well, so it might be an intentional feature. Either way, make sure to be sure that all enemies have been dealt with before having Shepard put away their guns as putting them away also hinders their ability to take cover or engage in any other combat mechanics.
Mass Effect: Legendary Editionis available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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