{"id":127673,"date":"2020-11-23T19:15:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/mass-effect-legendary-edition-character-creation-hair\/"},"modified":"2020-11-23T19:15:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T19:15:22","slug":"mass-effect-legendary-edition-probably-wont-fix-one-common-bioware-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/11\/23\/mass-effect-legendary-edition-probably-wont-fix-one-common-bioware-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect Legendary Edition Probably Won’t Fix One Common BioWare Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Mass Effect Legendary Edition<\/em><\/strong> was finally announced on N7 Day earlier this month. The new release will be a remaster of the original three Mass Effect<\/em> games, bringing back Commander Shepard and the crew of the Normandy with better graphics and, many fans are hoping, some restored cut content.<\/p>\n

However, there\u2019s one issue that the Mass Effect Legendary Edition<\/em><\/a> probably won\u2019t fix. It\u2019s a common issue among BioWare games, and there are reasons to think it may be one of the hardest features to upgrade in the upcoming Mass Effect<\/em> remaster: BioWare’s hair problem.<\/p>\n

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The hair in BioWare games has faced a lot of criticism over the years. Dragon Age: Origins<\/em><\/a>, despite its success as an RPG, was known for its relatively\u00a0poor graphics for the time, and hair was often singled out as one of the weakest parts of character customization. The same can be said for the original Mass Effect<\/em>, released in 2007. While many players opted for the default male Shepard\u2019s buzz-cut look, the low quality of character hair was still visible on many human NPCs.<\/p>\n

Even in BioWare\u2019s newer releases like Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/em><\/a>, hair has come under fire as a big limitation of character creation. For many hair options, the hair blended poorly into the character\u2019s head. This was particularly easy to see with beards, which often appeared to be a single level of thickness at all points, and instead of blending back into the face, simply suddenly stopped.<\/p>\n

This has led to hair mods being among the most popular for both the Mass Effect<\/em> and Dragon Age<\/em> series, but it also has other implications. Unlike some earlier BioWare RPGs, Dragon Age: Inquisition<\/em> and Mass Effect: Andromeda<\/em> make use of EA\u2019s Frostbite engine<\/a>. Not only has the Frostbite engine caused problems for BioWare animators in the past, but the fact that hair was not able to be significantly upgraded in the Frostbite engine suggests that BioWare\u2019s hair problem is hard to solve with a mere engine upgrade at this time. Not that Frostbite itself is particularly good for RPGs, just that technical limitations aside, it still seems to be a problem.<\/p>\n

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Hair can be one of the trickiest parts of the body to render in real time. For hair to look realistic means creating hair which is able to react naturally to movement, rather than hair which operates as a static block. Even hair with limited movement needs to be rendered in extreme detail to allow for a realistic fade along the hairline to avoid the blocky problem BioWare\u2019s hair<\/a> often faces.<\/p>\n

The Mass Effect Legendary Edition<\/em> trailer already seems to confirm that hair will not be among the major graphical upgrades taking place in the remaster. The shot of Miranda Lawson<\/a> shows her hair rendered very similarly to her appearances in Mass Effect 2<\/em> and 3<\/em>, largely as a single block with a few strands around the edges to create the illusion of individual hairs. For fans of the franchise, this probably isn’t a game-changer, but for anyone hoping to give their Shepard some luxurious locks, it doesn’t seem to be in the cards.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for Mass Effect<\/em> fans, human beings are among the least interesting species put on display in the Mass Effect<\/em> series. With upgraded textures and lighting physics, it\u2019s likely many of the alien races of Mass Effect<\/em> will look a lot better in the remaster. Mordin Solus<\/a>\u2019 appearance in the trailer already shows how the remaster complements some character designs more than others. Though some fans may be disappointed in the hair in the Mass Effect<\/em> remaster, between Mass Effect<\/em>\u2019s array of bald aliens and the cropped hair common among many of its military characters, many will be hoping that it is less noticeable in the sci-fi series than in some of BioWare\u2019s other games.<\/p>\n

Mass Effect Legendary Edition<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is in development for 2021.<\/p>\n

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