Find out how to reload weapons in Mass Effect Legendary Edition, what difficulties await you, what you need to do to complete the goal, read in our guide.
You might think Mass Effect Legendary Edition is easy to deal with with a simple weapon reload action. However, things are much more complicated, especially when you combine three games that span multiple genres and many years of game design development. For ME2 and ME3, things are pretty simple and work the way you'd expect, but Mass Effect 1 was unique in some ways. To explain it all, here's how to reboot into Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
How to reload weapons in Mass Effect Legendary Edition
The simple answer to the question of how to recharge in Mass Effect 1 as part of the Legendary Edition is that you don't have to. The first game in the series did a lot of things that were different even for its time. One of them was that the weapon used a reload system rather than standard ammo and clips.
In practice, this means that you cannot and should not reload weapons in Mass Effect 1, even in the Legendary Edition. Instead, you need to shoot bursts and keep an eye on the heat indicator in the lower left corner of the screen. When it starts to fill up, it means the weapon is too hot. You can wait a bit and it will cool down. If you keep shooting, the gun will overheat and lock up for a short time. You just need to give it a few seconds and you will be back in fighting shape.
In Mass Effect 2 and 3, Bioware returned to ammo, switching to "clamps" that absorb heat and are ejected. Obviously, this is just a plot idea to give gamers what they want: the ability to recharge. All you have to do is press the Square button on PS4/PS5 or X on Xbox One or Series X/S. This takes away some of the uniqueness of the Mass Effect universe, but gamers seem to think it's for the best.
And that's all you need to know about how to reload weapons in Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
