The Shut Up Leng MOD and Why You Should Get
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2022 2:52 am
Kai Leng sucks, he is the second worst character in the series and the only reason he's not number 1 is because the Little Blue Troll is still a thing. He is, in fact, so hated that even Troy Baker, who voiced the character, has openly admitted to hating the character and called him, quote "The Asshole of the Universe" and keep in mind that Baker has voiced the Joker and several characters who kinda, sorta, DOOMED the world.
But it's amazing how much better Leng is when he SHUTS UP!!!
And thus we come to the point the Shut Up Leng MOD made for PCs. Basically what this mod does is give Leng the Cerberus Spirit Armor which completely covers up his original design and gives him a look that is, at least, decent compared to what he had originally. And second, as the name suggests this mod removes all of Leng's dialogue besides his grunts and even removes his boss fight on Thessia.
Suddenly he goes from this annoying Edge Lord Wannabe to an actually pretty intimidating antagonist. The fact that he never speaks and we never see his face just makes him strangely unsettling. Like, this is someone who knows that Shepard's greatest weapon is their ability to talk others down so Leng will not so much as speak to you so your only option is to fight. The fact that most of Leng's dialogue was dumb one liners also works to the mods advantage because it means little had to be edited out besides Leng's lines.
I was honestly surprised how much the things that once bugged the Hell out of me with Leng were suddenly more tolerable because it no longer seemed like the game was trying to hard to make him cool. Him using a regular sword in gun fights? I barely noticed it. Him beating us in a cutscene after we mopped the floor with him on Thessia? Removing the cutscene meant that it just goes straight to him kicking our buts and is over as soon as it started which is still annoying but I'll take what I can get. Shepard not just turning the car around and knocking him off, eh, it happens.
Honestly the only thing I would change to the Mod would be to make it so Leng's mask breaks at the end of his Boss Fight on the Cerberus Base but only slightly so we never get a good look at his face as all we see is one of his eyes which just looks... pitch black and we don't see anything else which would make him all the more unsettling as you're left wondering "What was done to him?"
Besides that, outside of the modded ending, this is the best mod in ME3 and you should totally get it and my only regret is that I'm a PlayStation Gamer so I can never get this. But Damn I wish I could.
Also, I should note there is another mod that will replace Leng with either Ashly or Kaidan depending on who died in ME1. I like the idea of this mod but sadly it's more of an interesting concept then anything else as because the modder is limited by the game and not much can really be done with either character outside of what we already get with Leng. Again I like the idea, that someone you sacrificed comes back and you're forced to kill them but, to me, it just seems like a waste.
But it's amazing how much better Leng is when he SHUTS UP!!!
And thus we come to the point the Shut Up Leng MOD made for PCs. Basically what this mod does is give Leng the Cerberus Spirit Armor which completely covers up his original design and gives him a look that is, at least, decent compared to what he had originally. And second, as the name suggests this mod removes all of Leng's dialogue besides his grunts and even removes his boss fight on Thessia.
Suddenly he goes from this annoying Edge Lord Wannabe to an actually pretty intimidating antagonist. The fact that he never speaks and we never see his face just makes him strangely unsettling. Like, this is someone who knows that Shepard's greatest weapon is their ability to talk others down so Leng will not so much as speak to you so your only option is to fight. The fact that most of Leng's dialogue was dumb one liners also works to the mods advantage because it means little had to be edited out besides Leng's lines.
I was honestly surprised how much the things that once bugged the Hell out of me with Leng were suddenly more tolerable because it no longer seemed like the game was trying to hard to make him cool. Him using a regular sword in gun fights? I barely noticed it. Him beating us in a cutscene after we mopped the floor with him on Thessia? Removing the cutscene meant that it just goes straight to him kicking our buts and is over as soon as it started which is still annoying but I'll take what I can get. Shepard not just turning the car around and knocking him off, eh, it happens.
Honestly the only thing I would change to the Mod would be to make it so Leng's mask breaks at the end of his Boss Fight on the Cerberus Base but only slightly so we never get a good look at his face as all we see is one of his eyes which just looks... pitch black and we don't see anything else which would make him all the more unsettling as you're left wondering "What was done to him?"
Besides that, outside of the modded ending, this is the best mod in ME3 and you should totally get it and my only regret is that I'm a PlayStation Gamer so I can never get this. But Damn I wish I could.
Also, I should note there is another mod that will replace Leng with either Ashly or Kaidan depending on who died in ME1. I like the idea of this mod but sadly it's more of an interesting concept then anything else as because the modder is limited by the game and not much can really be done with either character outside of what we already get with Leng. Again I like the idea, that someone you sacrificed comes back and you're forced to kill them but, to me, it just seems like a waste.
