When you have spent an entire game gathering allies, all you want is to see these allies when you play through the final mission. Well, we've done our best to overhaul the Earth hub area to show as many as we possibly can, not only from vanilla but also from Expanded Galaxy Mod and Spectre Expansion Mod. Additionally, we have overhauled the turret sequence. Not only has the cutscene been edited to show an aerial dogfight but the enemy composition has changed, and you are joined by an Asari Commando who will use biotics to support you in battle.

This overhaul has been done with the utmost care so that it will feel truly authentic to the vanilla experience. As our mod progresses we will strive to add more and add each war asset from the game. If you wish to know which war assets are included so far in the hub, please click on the spoiler below:

Bioware never finished making all of Earths dialogue cinematic, with only squadmates receiving polished cameras and animations. All other conversations were left ambient, and though the quality of the voice acting shone through, the immersive element was lost.

With Take Earth Back, we are striving to complete their work by adding cameras and suitable animations where possible, as well as restoring unused dialogue and cut scenes that match the quality of Bioware at their best. If you wish to know what dialogue has been touched by this mod so far, click on the spoiler below for a full explanation:

The TEB team has been working in sync with the ALOV team to introduce two new FMVs into the mod. We do not edit the FMVs lightly as we wish to retain an authentic experience for the player, so all work is handled with great care and consideration to keep it immersive. At this time, we have added two videos and split one into two parts. Click on the spoiler if you wish to know more:

We know from the leaked alpha/beta scripts that Bioware hoped to go a lot further with events than they did. Rather than make what they had intended, we have chosen to build ambient events based around the war assets you have gathered. These range from showing Hammer landing around you to witnessing a second Hades Cannon explode. There are more, but those are being kept under wraps for now. You'll just have to play to witness them!

These additions take time, so we only have a few at this point but there are more on the horizon.

Take Earth Back includes a whole bunch of expertly constructed models to make the mission that bit better. Whether its restoring Harbinger to his Mass Effect 2 design, creating a high-poly Hades Cannon, adding Elcor Soldiers or showing the SSV Ain Jalut from Spectre Expansion Mod, there are many exciting new models to see.

It is a work in progress, but we have begun to edit both the Hades Cannon mission and the final mission of the game. These changes range from new events as mentioned above, to combat tweaks, new ambient decoration such as Dragons Teeth or swarms of Harvesters, interactive objects, minor cutscene edits, and new enemies to fight including the Scion. Not only this, but you will see war assets fighting as you run through the final mission, and once you hit the beam they will run at your side. A full list of additions is included in the spoiler below.