Mass Effect Legendary Edition (2021)

Shepard's leadership becomes meaningful through recurring people and decisions carried across three games. A companion's loyalty is more than a dialogue reward when it changes the meaning of a later mission or reunion. Legendary Edition gathers the single-player trilogy and its story expansions, making that continuity straightforward to follow. Start with the first game and carry the same character onwards. The trilogy is a large commitment, with more directed action in its later entries; its place here rests on the relationships, not its length.