A Lot Of Videos (ALOV) for ME3
⚪ Last updated 2021Preview
🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.2% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #1 of 24 Visuals and Graphics mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A Lot Of Videos (ALOV)
This mod aims to fix all of the low resolution, prerendered, video-based cutscenes and loading screens all across the Mass Effect Trilogy.
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What does this mod do?
ALOV is a project inspired by A Lot of Textures (ALOT) by CreeperLava, that upscales all of the prerendered cutscenes in the Mass Effect Trilogy, that cannot be fixed or upgraded with texture/content mods, to 1080p/4K (and in some cases 60fps)
Mass Effect games have 2 types of visuals displayed in them:
- []Real-time rendered visuals, which consist of things like 3D models, textures, menus, etc.
[
]Cutscenes and loading screens that are just video files - scenes similar to point 1, but rendered out before and then just played out.
The only way to make them better is to fully substitute them for newer and better-prerendered videos. Ones that have higher resolution and higher bitrate, so more details are shown to the player. This was achieved using Gigapixel AI to upscale each video frame by frame, or by recreating scenes from scratch in Blender.
The ALOV project has been featured on PCGamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, IGN,
DSOGaming, Overclock3D, DFTG, and TheGamer.
The ALOV project has been awarded the "Best Graphics Mod" category
in the Mass Effect Modding community 2020 Awards.
Our work in numbers:
The original vanilla ME3 installation + DLC features 339 prerendere
A Lot Of Videos (ALOV) for ME3 is a graphical mod that upgrades all prerendered bik cutscenes, which texture mods cannot fix. With 3,248 endorsements and over 103,000 downloads, it's a popular choice for Mass Effect 3 players seeking improved video quality.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 3,248 endorsements and over 103k downloads
- Fills a unique niche—texture mods can't touch these cutscenes, so this is the only way to improve them
- Last updated in October 2021, so it's relatively recent for a mod of this type
⚠️ Cons
- Only affects prerendered cutscenes, not in-game graphics
- May conflict with other mods that alter cutscene files or video files
- No active updates since 2021, so potential compatibility issues with newer game patches
For Mass Effect 3 players who want better-looking cutscenes and have already exhausted texture mods. If you're a completionist aiming for the best visual experience, this is a must-have. Skip if you only care about gameplay changes or in-game graphics.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure to install this after any other visual mods to avoid overwriting conflicts.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to keep your game folder clean.
- Check the mod's forum page for any known issues with specific DLC or patches.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Masseffect3 Mods
- Author
- Mellin and ALOV Team
- Version
- 3.0.0.0
- Downloads
- 103,108
- Endorsements
- 3,248
- Category
- Visuals and Graphics
- Created
- 11/6/2019
- Updated
- 10/27/2021
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