{"id":228504,"date":"2025-10-01T14:17:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2150171"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:17:36","slug":"mass-effect-legendary-editions-first-mods-let-you-adjust-fov-have-me1-gay-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mass-effect-legendary-editions-first-mods-let-you-adjust-fov-have-me1-gay-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Effect Legendary Edition&#8217;s first mods let you adjust FOV, have ME1 gay romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/mass-effect-legendary-editions-first-mods-let-you-adjust-fov-have-me1-gay-romance.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mass Effect Legendary Edition has only been released a few days, but already there are dozens of mods to customise its experience. <\/p>\n<p>Numerous options available via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/masseffectlegendaryedition\/mods\/thisweek\">NexusMods<\/a> tweak the trilogy&#8217;s lighting, colour palette and field of view &#8211; such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/masseffectlegendaryedition\/mods\/17\">Better Camera (Higher FOV)<\/a> mod by JadeBarker.<\/p>\n<p>An early attempt at unlocking gay romance in Mass Effect 1 has also already appeared. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/masseffectlegendaryedition\/mods\/39\">Same Sex Mod for Default Shepard<\/a> lets male Shepard romance Kaiden and female Shepard romance Ashley. But this will only work with the game&#8217;s default Shepard models, and does not add any cut dialogue (Mass Effect did originally record voice lines for these romances, but did not implement them in the final game).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-18-mass-effect-legendary-editions-first-mods-let-you-adjust-fov-have-me1-gay-romance\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-18-mass-effect-legendary-editions-first-mods-let-you-adjust-fov-have-me1-gay-romance\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mass Effect Legendary Edition has only been released a few days, but already there are dozens of mods to customise its experience. Numerous options available via NexusMods tweak the trilogy&#8217;s lighting, colour palette and field of view &#8211; such as the Better Camera (Higher FOV) mod by JadeBarker. An early attempt at unlocking gay romance in Mass Effect 1 has also already appeared. Same Sex Mod for Default Shepard lets male Shepard romance Kaiden and female Shepard romance Ashley. But this will only work with the game&#8217;s default Shepard models, and does not add any cut dialogue (Mass Effect did originally record voice lines for these romances, but did not implement them in the final game). 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