A little late but just a heads up: The Collectors Cabin conflicts with EGM because both mods modify Shepard's cabin. So, don't use EGM if you want to use the Collector's Cabin and vice versa.

The Anderson mod has so much more impact if your Shepard was earthborn and never had a parent or family.

Damn that conversation with Anderson makes me want to play as Shepherd's kid in ME 4

Early Recruitment for ME2 is a must if you're a Tali fan, she has lines of dialog you wouldn't hear otherwise.

That Anderson mod really hits you. I'm still holding out hope that they will do a Mass Effect game, or series of games that follows Anderson's early career - fighting the Turians, meeting Saren, etc.

Great video. I'd like to add my personal additions to this list as well. 1. Admiral Daro'Xen Restored (LE3) - This one restores the missing War Asset in MELE3 2. Fix Weapons in Cutscenes (LE2) - Exactly what it says. A lot of cutscenes in MELE2 have NPCs and even Shepard use the wrong weapon. This mod fixes that. There is also a MELE3 version as well. 3. Immersive Emails (LE3) - Adds the messages from the now-defunct ME3 datapad app to your terminal in the Normandy 4. Kirrahe Makes Good (LE3) - The only way to get Salarian Special Tasks Group war asset in ME3 is for Kirrahe to die in ME1. Which honestly makes no sense. This mod fixes that and you also get it if Kirrahe survives and you talk to him during Priority: Sur'kesh 5. Improved Photo Mode (LE2 and LE3) - Extends the range of photo mode and various other things to make it better. 6. Missing Codex Restored (LE2) - This mod restores the missing codex entries for Thermal Clips, Grenade Launcher and Drell at their appropriate place. They are fully voiced. Collectors: Oculi which is a secondary entry is also restored. 7. Removed Shared Cooldown (LE2 and LE3) - Never liked shared cooldowns personally so this mod is a must for me 8. Same-Gender Romances (LE1) - With this mod both male and female Shepard can pursue romance with Ashley and Kaiden. Unused dialogue restored, fully voiced and animated. There's also an optional feature to enable Gianna Parasini, Conrad Verner, and two businesspeople on Noveria to flirt with both male and female Shepard. 9. Unrestricted Weapon Upgrades (LE3) - Allows weapons to be upgraded to rank 10 in a single playthrough, if you gather enough resources of course. Normally you can only go up to rank 5 if memory serves and only go to rank 10 (which is needed for an achievement) in New Game Plus. 10. Community Patch (LE1 and LE3) - These patches are an absolute MUST HAVE for anyone playing MELE Trilogy. The list of things these patches do is massive so I recommend you look it up. Their job is ONLY to fix what is broken and restore missing content. And these patches fix a plethora of issues. Just go check the change logs and see for yourselves. The patch for LE2 is currently in development as well.

The dialogue was taken out because Anderson does actually have a son in canon. They should have kept the rest though

I just wish we could use them on consoles as well. That Anderson gave me chills. Never seen this before and don't understand why it was cut either.

That anderson dialogue brought a tear to my eye, RIP Anderson

Man that talk between Anderson and Shepard really gets you in the feels. It's so wild that Bioware cut that short.

My favorite mod for the mass effect legendary edition is the star child be gone mod. It gets rid of the little boy showing up in Shepherd‘s dream sequences and gets rid of the star child catalyst at the end of the game. Essentially when Shepherd is next to Anderson, the crucible fires as expected destroying the reapers without killing EDI or the geth. It essentially just stitches together different parts of the various endings to create a more ideal “destroy the reapers save the whole galaxy” ending that we really wanted. Using that in combination with Anderson’s final conversation restored mod makes it all feel totally natural and not Frankenstein together at all. It feels like a proper no nonsense ending

The mods that always blow my mind are the ones that restored cut romances, some of which we continued even into ME3 despite not happening in ME2 or even ME1

I'd played an entire Original Trylogy on mods. Fans did a ton of work, content, improvements. I have no words for it. And I hope LE will be great with them too. It is worth it. Edit: So many likes?! Thanks people! I did not know any my commnet will have so many. Thanks really.

My favorite mod is definitely the one with Anderson. Looking back, his goodbye was actually too brief. I really can understand why they shortened it.

The only mod I have done is for the Cerberus Spirit armor you get as a reward for the top score in the Ajax Arena. Thought it would be dumb finishing the game in Cerberus colours, so I got the mod that changes it to N7 colours. There's also options for Alliance and Specter armor.

Dude, I seen so many videos of Anderson & Shepard talking about kids but didn’t see it through my play through. So when I did get to this point I thought I made some wrong choices where it wouldn’t pop up, good to know it was Biowares doing and not me going down the wrong road. 😅

ME with mods has been a completely different experience. ME2 without shared cooldowns in particular just made my favorite game of all time into a greater masterpiece.

I wish it was possible to add in the cut missions I heard about, where Admiral Xen goes crazy after Priority Rannoch, and preforms macabre experimentations on organics. It’s driving me crazy a bit, it sounds like it would have been terrifying, and would definitely have been a cool addition, that not only humans could be evil in mass effect 3 (that drove me crazy, that practically every evil was a human, even in the DLCs!) I wish it was possible to add, but I’m also pretty sure all that was found from it was a few lines that spoke volumes about what could have happened. Sucks, I wish BioWare took more time to flesh that out.

Great list. I have most of those myself. But you missed the most important mod of all...Mass Effect 3's Happy Ending Mod. It's very well done and gives the ending I think most players wanted.

You should do a full playthrough with these mods installed

Anderson's dialogue makes most people tear up everytime they hear it.

I'm glad to see Nexus Mods are making them for ME LE, especially the ones you mentioned. Ones I'd like to see would be uniform mods like the one ME1 style Fatigues and Dress uniforms since I honestly don't like the default ones from ME3, especially since Bailey who works for C-Sec wears the same one. The others I like are to many to list though I'm sure they are being adjusted to work with LE.

I've use some of this mods in my legendary edition play and I can confirm they are awesome. Expecialy Save editor - it basicly saved Miranda for me, I did everything for her to survive Horizon but she died anyways. So Save editor is great.

With the Anderson dialogue ive used this mod for a while now, i play through the whole game telling everyone that asks me i dont want to retire and all there is, is the fight so in that moment on the verge of death i always tell him id like to settle down and i love how shep says they dont think theyd be good at it and I imagine him thinking about tali and rannoch as he says it. Straight to the feels man

10:16 would be maybe worth mentioning that with the save editior you can do BioWares Job and fix the Conrad Verner Quest

I hope the modding community for Mass Effect keeps growing. Seeing the fans pick up slack where the developers failed is great.

The minute 10:00 absolutely destroyed me 😭😭

Well, in the OT, MEHEM was my favorite mod, and for LE we have AHEM by Audemus. That will be my favorite mod because the Crucible doesn't eliminate the Geth nor EDI, and Shep lives, and the Starchild conversation will not happen. Also, the Movement Animation Replacer is awesome. I didn't like how Shep's walk completely changed throughout the entire trilogy. So Shep can walk like they did in LE1 through LE3.

It's been countless time I saw Anderson's final moments,but I still cried everytime.

While the save editor is certainly the most important, the Anderson Mod would have been a more emotional point to end the video on

Great video. I’d love to see you cover more mods for sure. I know that there are at least some comprehensive bugfix mods for each game that many people consider to be essential. A video on those would be great!

These mods fix nearly all the reasons I quit playing Mass Effect years ago! Thank you for this list! :)

One probe all resources is my hands down favorite mod. Oh my god home much time it must have saved me.

Some other mods I recommend you to try out are Project Vareity, Bonus Power Pack, MEHEM, Tali Face Remaster Mod and Spectre Expansion Mod.

The mass effect trilogy was on eof the first games like it.. that truly got me hooked on gaming. I wish i could use these mods on xbox though as they really do make the game experience even better

I heard about the one probe all mod and it's really a life saver 😁 I'll surely install some of them the next time I replay the trilogy

Cleaner visor. Cleans the Sentry Interface so that Shepard can actually see something and not have it cluttered with stuff :)

Well really it has been years since Anderson just sat down. The last time he sat down was when talking with Shepard about his plan to have Shepard steal the Normandy in ME1.

The cut conversation with Anderson is downright CRIMINAL.

The stuff like the probe material collection and No Reaper mods really come in the clutch on subsequent playthroughs. So much nothing time in ME2 just probing planets. I like the music and everything but it's just empty. Love the fact that I can mostly cut those out.

I cannot believe I have been missing out on the modded experience for YEARS! Just got a gaming PC about a week ago and couldn't wait to try Mass Effect modded out...Tons of respect for the modders I am blown away by how much they have added into this already masterpiece! LOL I already don't even think I can play this on console again and I'm just at the middle of part 1...

Never understood why there was a tiny sprint boost window. You’re literally an active duty soldier and last I checked US Marines are conditioned to get in and get out in under a certain time during a mission. Some of those time frames are practically impossible if you haven’t received the stamina training required by a Marine.

Yooooo wtf, I was NOT ready for that expanded Anderson/Shepard conversation

The Shepard sprint weakness confused me. An elite soldier cannot sprint more than 30 seconds?

There’s also a mod for Miranda Lawson to able re-join the Normandy as a Love interest if you romanced her in ME2

The EGM mod when fully done will be just absolute money. I used to play with the original ME 3 EGM mod and it completely changed the third game for the better - new missions, cool weapons, new team members. What Bioware was thinking rushing such a beautiful game so early? They could have done so much more with the game, have they been given 6-8 more months to polish the game!

Tears fell down with that conversation my god

Omfg that save editor is gonna save my playthrough. I needed legion alive cause he got shot in the forehead in the suicide mission

That Andersson ending hit me right in the feels

So far the only game modded was ME3, but after seeing the combat improvements and thr probing cheat, I'm gonna definitely have to mod ME2 as well xd.

Nah that me3 ending convo still tugs on the old heart strings

I cant understand why they cut Anderson's final lines either. I'm getting watery eyes just listening at them.

Jesus! that extended Anderson scene is POWERFUL!

That lasr convo with Anderson is bone-chilling

A mod that makes getting resources in me 2 in one go? Excellent.

An Andromeda Mods video would be great too. Next time I play ME I'll try some of these.

There's also a restoration mod for Miranda's hidden assets now, just fyi

I made a somewhat decent custom Shepard in ME1, and then when I imported him into ME2 his face was rounder. The lip scar he had was removed, which can be explained by Project Lazarus, but the shape and color changes...

Trilogy Save Editor - "History is written by the editors"

I'm so glad all these mods are coming to LE! I'm still playing my regular old trilogy with all those mods plus the ALOT/ALOV HD texture/4K video upgrade mods, because LE hasn't yet had some necessities available - like Pinnacle Station in ME1, and my must-have favorites like Infinite Sprint/Boost, Expanded Galaxy Mod, and my personal favorite: Expanded Armory (I _love_ being able to combine any armor torso-suit with any legs, arms, helmet, etc. - I love the T5-V Devastator suit paired with the Blood Dragon helmet on my FemShep). If you don't have these basic mods, GET THEM! They are so much fun, make tedious planetary exploration missions so much less of a slog, and make the game so much more enjoyable! Looks like I'm gonna have to buy LE in a month or two when they finalize the remainder of these mods :)

Wish bioware would adopt the expanded galaxy mod into the base game, I also wished the LE included all cut-content

The one that retires all npcs in the priority earth mission in me3 is the best one personally

My best guess for why the cut the Anderson conversation is they thought it ruined the pacing by having Shepard, who’s bleeding heavily and likely very injured, just talk with Anderson for a few minutes while Earth is still burning. Definitely think it was a bad choice to cut it though. I always thought Andersons death was forced and sudden, but this makes it feel so much more impactful.

I literally finished legendary edition 100% yesterday and now this video pops up 😔 Yoo !! I can do some experiments with the save editor 🔥

Came to this video for mods but left crying after that anderson mod, thanks.

You did Good Son..... You did Good......

7:42 or why they didn't decide to add it as part of Extended Cut or Legendary Edition.

Ur right...Andersen's talk with Shepard should have been kept in the original.

Damn, Shepard conversation with Anderson really touching my feels.

I remember having the full conversation with Anderson in the original trilogy, did it get removed afterwards?

I wish these mods could be uploaded to the PS5, as they all seem so useful. :(

Maaaaaannnn that's the first time hearing Anderson's extended speech. Why did Bioware cut that out??

You forgot Janky mako mod which brings back the funny movement of the original Mako. It makes it less boring.

Can you do a Mass Effect Save Editor guide, cause I have trouble skipping missions in the first game for tedious things like killing all the Geth bases on repeat playthroughs

I remember this Anderson conversation in the ps3 version of the game

Casey Hudson insisted Anderson's dialogue be cut as he considered it too long and broke the flow of the story.

Feels like cyberpunk now. Just imagine John Shepard as Silverhand

thank you so much for this upload! ´please make even more videos like this, we appreciate it! 👍

it makes no sense to me as to why they cut that dialogue between Shepard and Anderson, that's the first time i've heard it before and holy shit it makes that scene so much better than the 20 second or so one we got.

Hmmmm.... I want a mod that includes real life firearms like M-16, AK, G3 and FAL just for fun.

My favourite and only mod was the one that needed no mod manager. Very simple adjustable FOV. Replace one file per game, and thats it. I hate the camera being so close to Shepard’s shoulder, so for it to back off a bit and allow you to see more of the surroundings is just great.

All I need for ME2/3 is separate CDs on abilities like in ME1.

you also have a cut in the first anderson scene in MAE3 where he addresses that with the Baterianer system

I want MGRR armor in Mass Effect 😅

I wish there was a mod to get Legion earlier and still save the crew.

Great video! I used some of those mods. Some...nah...I don't need them. I like doing the hacking and bypassing. I also like having to dodge the Reapers. I also used the save editor, but the truth is, changing events in ME3 is not so easy. You have to know all the things to change, or you can break your game. Altering the love interests, for instance...is not so easy. There are a lot of little tic-boxes you have to click or unclick depending on what you are trying to do. And there is no description on a lot of them. I also agree with you that Bioware should have left that dialogue for Anderson in the game. In fact, they should expanded on that. Anderson could have been involved in Shepard's training early in his career, and sered with Anderson before the Normandy. Anderson could have told Shepard he always thought of him as a son. I believe he even referred to him as son, once or twice throughout the game...or maybe just in ME3. Maybe they could have had Anderson always call him son, at least when not in a very formal setting. Maybe there could have been unique dialogue if Shepard was an orphan...where he tells Anderson that means a lot to him, because he always saw him as a father figure. I will say this...those choices as to whether a war hero, earth born, etc...could have had more unique dialogue and other unique things that accompany them. This would have given more incentive to replay the game. Like maybe he knows Fisk if he was a colonist, or spacer...which ever would tie in with Fisk better. Things like that. I am looking forward to the completion of the EGM. I never played that. I would also enjoy the MEHEM mod, if it's being updated for the LE.

I would love to see a mod that adds a choplifter style mini game were you fly a shuttle or similar vehicle in me3. a real missed opportunity were you would have to chose to save civilians or military etc.

All I ever wanted was a C-Sec armor and casual outfit, and a SAN Uniform armor

I thought mass effect 3 already had unlimited sprint or is that only on the lowest difficulty level

The anderson cut dialog 😭

I like running the reapers While scanning. I Always catch the planet on time. If you can't , just exit the system and come back. They still slow to catch you

7:48 best part

Camera mod was removed for some reason... know of a mirror or any alternatives?

I want to play mass effect on pc so bad...especially modding in andromeda, but I use my PC heavily for work so...idk.. 😅 will be happy to see what mods are cool though...just in case 👀 Big thanks for 7:51

I wish they went the fallout 4 route and let consoles download mods

Is priority earth overhaul mod available for LE? If yes, it is also recommended.

mass effect 3 was the first game i did cry at end

I need that all resource mod. I'm still in ME1 but that will save so much time and eliminate all the tedious nonsense that mining involves in that game.

Love the Happy Ending Mod

I wonder why nobody makes a mod to change how Shep and NPCs handle their SMG like a real SMG and not like a pistol