The much awaited Mass Effect 3 patch, which will finally fix the face bug experienced by players wanting to import Commander Shepard’s appearances from the previous ME games, has arrived. It is slated to go live for PC today, while its PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will be outed tomorrow.
Several instances of Shepard’s customized facial features from Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 not being imported properly will be fixed by this patch. Moreover, an issue wherein, quickly and repeatedly selecting to Resume a Save sometimes results in Player Level reset and a potential locking of powers, will also be resolved. For some players, selecting Multiplayer in the Main Menu while having a poor network connection resulted in an unresponsive state. This problem too will receive a fix with the new patch.
Issues like a potential crash while accessing an in-game terminal from the Eden Prime level, a potential memory crash while loading a Quick Save of a custom FemShep and other such bugs will also be addressed through the update. Furthermore, some DLC access matters for the PC version of the game have been fixed with the patch. And for the PS3 version, the problem of the game entering an unresponsive state when transitioning from the Holding Docks area to the Normandy Docks area of the Citadel, has been introduced with a fix.
The folks over at BioWare sure seem to be busy these days, with two free DLCs – Extended Cut and Resurgence Pack, already having been announced for the game. And now, this new Mass Effect 3 patch can be downloaded on PC today and for the PS3 and Xbox 360, tomorrow.