+Ben J I did.I had this decision available at the first playtrough too.I´m really happy it worked always.But if I had to choose between Quarians and Geth I would take the geth instantly.They´re soo much cooler and I also think the quarians made some bad desicions that led to the war between the two.
In Mass Effect 2 when the collectors abduct the Normandy's crew. EDI asks for Joker to give her control of the ship. To which Joker replies with something along the lines of "Now all you need to do is start singing "Daisy" to me". This is a reference to HAL9000 the rouge AI from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
"Rather than a single good-or-evil sliding scale, Mass Effect gave us a single good-or-evil sliding scale, replacing the identifiable themes of "good" and "evil" with... Other words..."
Paragon and Renegade are not good and evil, it's how to handle situations. Being someone who rather takes a more difficult route to safe innocents would be a Paragon choice, while sacrificing them would be Renegade. Not every choice in Mass Effect was Black and White or Red and Blue. SPOILER: For example who to sacrifice on Virmire, saving the Rachni, healing the Genophage or the choice between Geth and Quarians.
Jake Lastnamenotfound Nice, that takes some time to pull off. If they are going to have one, canon ending which Mass Effect 4 is going to continue from, I hope both Geth and Quarians survive.
PKM101 I really hope there is no "canon" ending going into Mass Effect 4, because that would be a total slap in the face. Talk about choices not mattering. I don't see how they can make a direct sequel with the 3 possible endings they ended up with...I still maintain that the sequel should take place in a different Reaper Cycle to totally reset the story continuity but keep all the same races and lore.
tearatherflesh I mean, in a perfect world there would be no canon ending, but I just can't imagine all these choices stacking up from the first to the sixth part (because the new series would probably be a trilogy as well).
TheRedRayBeam I'm mostly paragon but I do like the occasional krogan head-butting, and No matter what people say, I always purge the collector base and not destroy it.
I saved the Geth by mistake, expecting the flotilla to back off after I uploaded the code improvements. I fear this might have been the case for a lot of people too.
The idea is that you are still a hero. The difference is the noble hero, or the one who will sacrifice anything to get the job done. The mission (save the Galaxy) remains the same. It's the method that is up to you.
In my opinion, I really love the Geth more than the Quarians. I think that this whole thing went better than expected for myself and others who chose the Geth.
Just had to point out... At 5:02, Shepard forgetting the code and mumbling something is a reference to Army of Darkness. A very similar thing happens, where Ash has to recite a spell but can't remember the words -- so he just mumbles something and coughs.
Me too, but my friend didn't have the option. You have to gather a bunch of points through certain decisions in ME 2 and 3 to even have the paragon/ renegade convince available.
I only had to choose ONCE, and as soon as i realised the outcome, i IMMEATEDLY checked online, figured out id missed one mission (Geth fighters) reloaded and did that.
don't you have to be nearly full renegade or paragon to save both? I was about 70% renegade, saved the geth as the quarians were too arrogant. Plus legion is awesome.
1:33 I went full Renegade. I didn't see any point to going Paragon. I like to consider myself to be a good person in real life but I like to play the other side in videogames. 5:31 How did I not know this? I probed every planet in the game.
I'll have to admit, the only reason I never played Renegade in ME3 was because it went from being Chaotic Good to just about full-blown Chaotic Evil at times, such as letting Samara die and shooting Falere.
I went full renegade my first time. Mostly because FemShep is so satisfying to play as renegade. I did an all paragon MaleShep, 'cause he's just a big ol' softy.
I've played both Paragon and Renegade. Shepard lets people walk all over him/her if you play Paragon. There's so many cases where someone threatens or insults him and Shepard just goes "Well that's good" or "I better get this done" or something stupid where Renegade, you're all like "THE FUCK YOU JUST SAY TO ME?!"
If you chose the quarians over the geth you are objectively wrong. The Quarians did everything wrong and the geth always paid for it and had to defend themselves. The only reason they kicked the Quarians off ranoch was in self defense. The quarians shouldn't have been building AI anyway. The only reason the heretics existed was because they saw organics as evil becasue of the Quarians They only sided with the Reapers becasue they had no other options after the quarians tried to kill them again for no reason, and blew up their new home, and the Reapers offered them a new one. The geth never wanted war, and they were constantly looking for ways to finaly reconcile with organics, but the quarians were such massive biggots that they kept forcing the geth to react.
I absolutely fucking love this series. There are so many things I like about Mass Effect, I can't list them all. The different alien races themselves; the characters + their unique dialogue with each other; the stories, whether the main plot or loyalty missions; etc... It's just too good... If you haven't played this trilogy, you definitely should.
So Casey Hudson says that just because players don't pick an option, it doesn't mean they'll remove it from future games. Then why were there no neutral dialogue options in Mass Effect 3?
Because Casey Hudson and the rest of Bioware are the biggest hypocrites ever. I remember when the first game came out and they promised us ALL our decisions over the 3 games will effect the overall ending, so we the players carefully played through hoping for the perfect ending to get to the end and have it come down to choice A,B, or C meaning all our choices were pointless. My personal favorite was when Kiadan, Wrex, and the Rachni were all killed and in the 3rd they all appeared and talked about events from ME2 as if they were never dead. Bioware dropped the ball hard from making a beautiful sci-fi rpg to making a stereotypical 3rd person shooter.
Because even if the developer want to and can add those features to a game, it's rarely up to them, it's usually left to the decisions of those running the company (who too often, know pretty much nothing about video games). At the end of the day ME3 was not as good as it could of been because it was rushed. And who was responsible for rushing it? Most likely EA, a revelation that has a lot of context when you look at what they've done to their original franchises *cough* SimCity *cough* Sims 4 *cough*
kuraarachan Aye, but Bioware has never admitted to letting anyone down. The way they introduce the extended ME3 ending, it only seems like a bonus. EA may be the devil, but Bioware are gleefully sucking on their master's tit.
I found the shifty cow accidentally. I thought it was odd that it stole credits as the lore explains credits were developed to hinder theft by conventional means; they are not physical.
This is now my favorite video from DYK. Mass Effect is my number one top game series of all time, nothing can beat the experience I've accredited from this work of art.
Nice video but there is a mistake. In the codex it clearly states Krogans used to fall prey to many ferocious predators on Tuchanka, thus having eyes on sides of their head like a dear or rabbit, which gives them a wider angle of vision.
+Patchy .E. That's true, I recall seeing this in the Mass Effect 1 codex. And while the Krogan don't have their eyes completely on the side of their heads like prey animals do on Earth, they are much wider apart and to the side than any other race in the ME universe.
Efe Akın Yeah. It's these details I love the most about Mass Effect. It feels like a real sci-fi universe. Everything is connected and have a reason, not just random settings.
I think the "predators" in the codex actually refers to krogan, meaning they were tearing themselves apart well before the invention of weapons. But thats just me :P
arthur staal I can understand that you can say that about Episodes 1 & 2, but if all of them sucked, it wouldn't be the most popular work of Sci-Fi ever.
star wars is for children, ive always thought of mass effect as a more mature star wars. I mean "dark side" and "light side" lmao give me a break. Star wars lore isnt that great, and Disney is just going to milk the franchise. in terms of characters and story mass effect kills star wars. dont get me wrong i still like star wars, but mass effect is just better in every way
Actually Shepard was an ass in his/her choices. Sometimes he was nice, sometimes he was a dick. I decided to be good fem shep because, ya know what.... my assault rifle, big boobs and awesome diplomacy have to do something to make the galaxy notice me.
MegaSparkster nah, most people play all good and then all evil because that's how the mechanics work: there's no reward for going 50/50. If anything, most games with this system punish you for not committing to extremes. The people at Sucker Punch used the same logic for Second Son: "most people play good, so that's our canon" even though that only means that you play the obvious choice first and then not everybody goes for a second playthrough.
Three other shout-outs in Mass Effect to the 1980's campy horror films "Evil Dead" and "Army of Darkness". First and easiest to spot is Ashley Williams is named after the protagonist "Ashley 'Ash' J Williams". In the game, one of her lines is "a nice relaxing walk on the beach...blasting bad guys with my boomstick". "Boomstick" is of course the title Ash gives his shotgun in Army of Darkness. Finally on Noveria when asked for the purge code by Mira and he doesnt happen to have it, the "mumble something" dialogue choice has Shepherd Mumble his way through the words "Sic Semper Tyrannus", cutting himself off before finishing as if he forgot the last word. This is similar to how Ash in Army of Darkness stumbles his way through an incantation "Klatuu Varata Nikto" (Itself a reference to the film "The Day The Earth Stood Still") before trying to take the Necronomicon.
Epic-Evan I did save the Quarians in ME3. I cancel the code uploading because I was thinking that after that both the Geth and the Quarians will be alive.
You must be one of those people who skip through most of the dialog, back-story, and side-quests. If you actually took the time to look at all the lore you would know how that is a very reasonable choice.
You forgot to mention that in the Citadel DLC on Mass Effect 3 looking at one of the leaderboards that I think was the Armax Simulator leaderboard where one of the people on there can be the Shifty Looking Cow.
Nitsua Tribal Lord Not to mention the civillian banter about multiplayer complains from fans, like "a vangurad charging everythign when you have to hack a computer"
Everan614 That's what I love about Bioware, they listen to their fans and make fun of exploits or unfair things in their games. Like when Cortez and James are arguing about the Mako where Cortez says "That thing moves like a drunk rhino!"
Detros The decisions do make more of a difference in ME than walking dead, of course many are the illusion of choice which don't really affect the outcome, but they are done so well that it didn't matter. but some choices can result in key party members dying. Its the only rpg that has made me really care about all the characters you should check it out. also if u get ME3 people are not lying about needing the DLC.
Detros they matter, however me3 ending is not based on your total trilogy choices, but people, even races die/live with your choices so its not like WD
***** ME3 was actually pretty good as far as character development is concerned. You play as a more human Shepard that's starting to feel the effects of PTSD. It's just the ending that was a total let down for most fans of the series.
My all time favorite gaming series! I can replay this back to back to back [as in, trilogy playthroughs back to back to back, not simply ME1 then 2 then 3] and never get bored!
To the comment at 3:01. Preys may have eyes on the sides and predators on front, but the bunny is thousands of times cuter than the wolf ( and has a cuter, sillier, snugglier face )
The Krogan eye thing is rather off. Their eyes are on the side of their heads... Yes, they look forwards, but they're unmistakably the wide-set eyes characteristic of prey. And it's precisely for that reason. Tuchanka is so dangerous a world that the Krogan were far from the most dangerous predators and, consequently, need the wider angle vision typical of prey.
Their eyes are facing forward. When you talk to them in the game, they look directly at you, head facing you. Even when you get up close, they don't tilt their heads. You do present an interesting theory, but when you visit their planet there isn't much left alive, other than the krogans and the thresher maws. So, from an evolutionary standpoint, krogans are natural predators. Although, I don't know much more about the lore other than what was presented in the games.
Tyler Sutton Actually no, you just need to have enough Paragon/Renegade points to unlock the dialogue that makes the Quarians stop attacking. Quite easy to do in fact since I've had it on each on my 4 playthroughs without really trying, just commit on one side, Paragon or Renegade and stick to it.
The eyes of the Krogan have not been changed, at least not entirely. They evolved in a very lethal ecology of their homeworld of Tuchanka which made them develop 240-degree arc of vision like prey creatures usually have, even though they are considered predators. This phenomenon is probably the most telling indicator of Tuchanka's lethality.
I have a Paragon Shepard (who is also dating Garrus) that saved both Quarian and Geth. Then I chose the Destroy option to save Shepard for ME4 (EDI... I'm sorry TT_TT).
Edi can survive if you pick destroy as can the Geth and the Quarians you just need all upgrades and the highest possible battle readiness she survived my game and I picked destroy
Iain Morland Then your game glitched. EDI cannot survive Destroy, nor can the Geth. You might have played pre-Extended Cut, it was a glitch acknowledged by the devs. After EC, EDI's name will ALWAYS be on the memorial wall if you take Destroy. Not that I like it though. I feel they only added their deaths to make Destroy more bittersweet (and let's face it, to make people bother about the other choices at all).
It was pre extended cut I thought she survived but then again Garrus was with me during Sovereigns final attack and he leaves the ship unharmed when it crashes so I'm not holding much by what the endings tell me
The Mass Effect Morality system is still crap... Its Black or White, no gray. In ME2 the only way to get full renegade was basically to do only renegade at all times, but paragon was so easy you can mix and match and still get full paragon.
That's ME2's fault - trying to destatify things. I think 3 had the best system - but an even better system would probably be to make cosmetic-only Charm and Intimidate systems lock out for the weaker stat (by making Paragon, Renegade, and Reputation count for the stronger one, but only Paragon or Renegade count for the weaker on it's own) Actual moral choices should be uneffected by this lockout, of course.
Eagles have eyes on the side, but they face forward. Dinosaurs were probably the same. As for sharks, I think they use smell and other weird things (look on wikipedia) to hunt, which makes sense since I'm sure visibility in the sea is terrible no matter how good your eyes are.
With eyes on the front like yours you have a good depth perception, plus, you can run forward focusing your prey, with eyes on the side you have a wider field of vision making it easier to check for predators... Of course some animals went in different directions and have unique ways to hunt, but the majority it's like that
I thought it made sense for the Krogan to have eyes on their sides. As tough as they are, their homeworld is still filled with giant predators that are willing to gobble a Krogan up.
I'm really glad you guys decided to do Mass Effect. It being one of my favorite series and games of all time, I was looking forward to seeing you guys cover it. The one thing I have to question though is that bit about Mass Effect 2 being more focused on customization and upgrades than ME1. I can't really see that since in ME1 there were a whole lot, and I mean a LOT, of upgrades with various powers, stat-changers, and effects. ME2, though it expanded and improved the combat system (arguably for better or for worse with the "heat sink" amo system instead of the ME1 heating-cooling system, something that Shepard and Conrad Verner discuss after his mission/quest in ME3, a brilliant moment) but the customizations were made more superficial, and narrowed down to a very few specific powers. I liked the large variety of upgrades and the personal exploration in ME1 and they're are something that I missed in the later instalments.
kevin rea Yeah, but if you haven't played the first game the second gets confusing at times. The second game was the first I played, and there were a number of things I didn't get until I bought and played the first game, and then played through the second again.
You can start on any of them, and the latter ones let you chose what general choices you made in the previous game(s), but there are some key choices you can only make, which let certain characters live, if you start with 1 and transfer to each subsequent game.
I bought The trilogy version with all 3 games for like $20. (It was second-hand though) I played through the entire story in one go, and it gave me some of the best video-game experiences I've ever had in a game. The story is really immersive and characters are well-written. Gameplay is high quality although ME1 feels a bit aged. I would defenitely recommend buying them.
I can't bring myself to do a renegade playthrough. I don't see Renegade!Shepard as a badass. I see him/her for what s/he is; an unlikable asshole. Think about it, one of the most disliked characters is Ashley who acts quite similarly to Renegade!Shepard (though they are by no means the same.) On the other hand, Garrus, one of the most popular characters acts more like Paragon!Shepard. Furthermore Renegades end up with less war assets in me3 and kill innocents out of cynicism (such as Infected colonists and casually committing genecide) Sure Paragon!Shepard gets taken advantage of but s/he ends up with a better reputation and isn't a complete twat. Honestly Renegade!Shepard has a massive misaimed fandom. I don't see cynical assholes as "badass."
+Drbazooka I agree completely. When I play as a renegade I hope for someone who doesn't always abide the law, because sometimes it's more efficiently not to. I want to be calculating and unlikable, but successful. Much like Dragon Age 2, the "evil" protagonist seems more like an angry bully than a heartless badass, which in the end doesn't feel good for anyone but a sociopath.
David Roudebush Which [spoilers!], as it turned out later, did in fact not. And I honestly think it's just plain bad gamedesign, since it's another incentive to go full paragon. You gain virtually *nothing* when choosing renegade. Sure, it's fun. But you miss out on so much plot. It's not even funny.
but if you tslkt to other pepole me3 magicaly makes me2 bad.....look i hated myst 5 because it broke every rule they made for the universe and they changed the play style and they used crapy looking models. further you don't play as the same "person" in that game as the other 4. none of the worlds had cool mechanics they all just used the same ones throgh the hole game. it was in my opinion the biggest disappoint ment and worse rape up of any sires. when i think about the series i dont think of myst 5 but gusse what that does not make myst 1-4 worse i still love those games. at least with me3 even the pepole that hate it say that the first 90% of it is great. myst 5 was bad all the way throgh for me
Renegade options of Mass Effect 3: Kill three of your allies through the game series, doom two races utterly killing off one of them, promote mega racism and xenophobia.
5:03 the mumbling and coughing is probably a reference to army of darkness, in which the main character doesn't remeber a phrase he has to say, so he mumbles and coughs hoping it would help
no, but I certainly don't hate it, it does have lots of problems, but I thought it was much better with the extended cut DLC. but I don't let the ending ruin my enjoyment of a trilogy.
I heard the Mass Effect series was great and I want to get into them, but I don't know which one. I just want to play 1 of them so don't suggest the whole series. Which one is the best?
I would argue most would say two is the best. One is a lootfest that is a ton of story but isn't quite polished. Two is stripped of a bit but has the best balance between story and combat with three being mostly combat
Nicholasryan17 I would argue that most say that two is the best because they don't value the story merit of taking an escapist fantasy and injecting some stark "you can't save them all" realism into it. But that's just me.
I am absolutely OBSESSED with Mass Effect as games, books, franchise, and as a sci-fi universe! I can't get enough of it! It's my Star Wars! I think it's one of the greatest collection of games ever!
Oh yes. Arguably the best video game trilogy to date. Well worth a shot. Just one word of warning before you start playing them (assuming you do): before you play Mass Effect 3, download the "extended cut DLC". Trust me on this one...
It's never too late, as long as there's still copies of the games out there. You should at least check out the first one. It should be pretty cheap these days. If you don't like it, then no big deal, just move on.
Best trilogy of all time. So yes. Yes you should. The first game's gameplay can be a little rough and awkward but gets better as you rank up. Its best on the 2nd or 3rd play through. However stick it out beacsue the story is very important and your decisions carry over to the next game.
5:08 AND IS PRETTY CLEARLY a reference to Ash in Army of Darkness when he tries to bluff his way out of the phrase he has to say to retrieve the Necronomicon! C'mon man.
breadfort He also should get DLC for the story. Complete expierience. And get the "From Ashes" if it's not included. Javik is simply amazing + Having him in your team on 1 mission reveals some very interesting information.
The "sic semper tyranis-cough" is a reference at Army of Darkness hilarious "Klaatu Barata Nik...cough" line when the "hero" forgets the words for the necronomicon.
Joey Mello Those are two contradicting statements dipshit. Its one button does all meaning its easy as fuck yet its also P2W? How is it p2w at all in the slightest? Maybe the stupid multiplayer packs but you earned those rather quick too
Never knew about the Shifty cow before. lol But I'm surprised so many people were so cold & heartless enough to save the Geth. Never even crossed my mind to save them. The Geth deserve to die, it's their own damn fault.
Please tell me you're kidding. Like really the whole point of that storyline is that it was the Quarians fault and that they have no-one to blame for their misery other than themselves.
Yeah I mean they were entirely forced to defend themselves and you learn that they were as non-hostile as possible but yeah fuck them for protecting themselves
Uhh no. The have no one but themselves to blame. They could have left Rannoch and the Quarians would have had no reason to attack them. Instead they stayed(like idiots) and when the Quarians attacked them, they betrayed everything they stood for and allied with the Reapers. Even afterwards they go back on their beliefs of of Reaper tech and call the code the were given "beautiful". When that was the exact reason for the creation of the heretics. Udina allied with Cerberus for the same reasons the Geth allied with the reapers, and look what happened to him. The Geth deserve no different.
lukestarkiller441 Dude they were JUST born. Play the mission Geth Fighter Squadrons. The one where you SEE the Geth memory banks from back then. They were no smarter than scared children. They had no way to leave. The reason they took the reaper code was again the Quarians started it and they wanted to live. Hell they were keeping Rannoch clean and pristine despite the fact that they didn't live on it. Now does that sound like someone who deserves to die. Or does it sound like someone who wanted to apologize but the ones they were trying to apologize to just punched them in the face every time they tried.
The Codex in the first Mass Effect actually calls explicit attention to krogan eye placement, pointing out that they are indeed on the sides of their heads like prey animals. The idea is that Tuchanka wildlife is so dangerous, even top predators are not immune to being preyed upon themselves. Probably what really happened was a design tweak to make the eyes *face* more to the front, while they were still *located* on the sides of the head.
Other than the main quest-line, there are many planets you can visit to do side-quests. in each sequel they reduced the amount of ground exploration you could do on these planets, so not really open world.
Mordalon They reduced it because a lot of fans asked them too. It was too much of a pain to drive around in a mako. Especially since there wasn't anything to guide you around the giant mountains
I'm not really sure what to put I personally loved driving around in the mako and the random surprises and shit you would find on each planet, a lot more interesting then shooting probes at a planet atleast.
Loponstorm I did too for a short while, but then it became a real pain in the butt. The completionist in me especially hated it. It was way too much work for way too little gain.
Zang Gaming Tbh its fine to like ME but there are lot of objectively terrible things, watch smudboy and his analysis of ME2. You may disagree on some points but he does point out a ton of shit in that game that absolutely no fan cared about.
ParadisEqualsGaming No because their will always be people he agree or disagree with you no matter you opinion. I personally love the series but different strokes for different folks.
what a surprise, I just finished ME3 (playing the whole trilogy for the first time within the last few weeks and LOVED every second of it) and now I find this one here.
I'm not a filthy casual so I saved the Geth AND the Quarians.
***** It was a glorios renegade speech
Seth ノートン My favorite moment in the franchise.
"I Know, Tali. But thank you. Keelah Se'lai."
*Sniff* Too many feels.
***** Yup! I can't just do a replay of ME3... I have to do ME2 minimum just because I can't stand choosing one side over the other. MUST SAVE BOTH!
+Ben J I did.I had this decision available at the first playtrough too.I´m really happy it worked always.But if I had to choose between Quarians and Geth I would take the geth instantly.They´re soo much cooler and I also think the quarians made some bad desicions that led to the war between the two.
In Mass Effect 2 when the collectors abduct the Normandy's crew. EDI asks for Joker to give her control of the ship. To which Joker replies with something along the lines of "Now all you need to do is start singing "Daisy" to me". This is a reference to HAL9000 the rouge AI from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
+James F i think everyone knew that.
+Ciaran Brickles i didnt when i played but it was listed on tvtropes... and i recall it as "daisy bell(e)"
Didn't know this .... I'm a ME noob
+James F DAT ROUGE AI. It wears lipstick
+Aidan Schmidt Hahaha. whoops.
Dude... Mordin was based off of Clint Eastwood..?
That makes him 100x more bad ass! FUCK YEH MORDIN!!!
+Youmu Konpaku I ain't happy.
+Cyndasaur feeling glad i got sunshine
"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong"
:'(
"Rather than a single good-or-evil sliding scale, Mass Effect gave us a single good-or-evil sliding scale, replacing the identifiable themes of "good" and "evil" with... Other words..."
Yea but Mass Effect had only good. Shepherd was never a bad guy, only good or a do whatever it takes hard ass.
vulgarfilth ...So the illusion of choice?
minch333 More like Batman or Punisher.
Paragon and Renegade are not good and evil, it's how to handle situations. Being someone who rather takes a more difficult route to safe innocents would be a Paragon choice, while sacrificing them would be Renegade.
Not every choice in Mass Effect was Black and White or Red and Blue.
SPOILER: For example who to sacrifice on Virmire, saving the Rachni, healing the Genophage or the choice between Geth and Quarians.
Top choice: Good
Bottom choice: Evil
You don't actually have to read to identify the choices.
"More gamers saved Geths than Quarians"
Look at my avatar, and you can probably guess how I feel about that...
You guys caused it...I am not sorry.
I just saved both...
Jake Lastnamenotfound
Nice, that takes some time to pull off. If they are going to have one, canon ending which Mass Effect 4 is going to continue from, I hope both Geth and Quarians survive.
PKM101 I really hope there is no "canon" ending going into Mass Effect 4, because that would be a total slap in the face. Talk about choices not mattering. I don't see how they can make a direct sequel with the 3 possible endings they ended up with...I still maintain that the sequel should take place in a different Reaper Cycle to totally reset the story continuity but keep all the same races and lore.
tearatherflesh
I mean, in a perfect world there would be no canon ending, but I just can't imagine all these choices stacking up from the first to the sixth part (because the new series would probably be a trilogy as well).
This is my favorite channel on the Citadel.
The reason why I paragon is so that the characters I love won't die. Horribly.
I did renegade and everyone survived still
TheRedRayBeam I'm mostly paragon but I do like the occasional krogan head-butting, and No matter what people say, I always purge the collector base and not destroy it.
I saved the Geth by mistake, expecting the flotilla to back off after I uploaded the code improvements. I fear this might have been the case for a lot of people too.
I always thought the krogans were based off toads
Same, or inspired by sharks for their blood thirst, maybe even inspired by both! Never thought of the bat :0
Me too.
Mordin was inspired by Clint Eastwood? That makes him all the more bad ass.
lmao, "Instead of good or bad, they just used different words for good and bad!"
not evil though, it's more like good cop bad cop.
The idea is that you are still a hero. The difference is the noble hero, or the one who will sacrifice anything to get the job done.
The mission (save the Galaxy) remains the same. It's the method that is up to you.
Instead of "good" and "evil" there is "I won't let you down, for the good of all" and "I don't have time for this, whatever it takes"
More people saved the Geth than the Quarians because they tried to save both.
bobmcbob49 Yeah... It's just a Charm option away from a double save, which is probably what those 60%+ Paragon players were after.
+bobmcbob49 if you chose to save the quarians the option to save both will appear as well
In my opinion, I really love the Geth more than the Quarians. I think that this whole thing went better than expected for myself and others who chose the Geth.
Why does it take only one video that has mass effect music in the background to make me go back and the play the trilogy again for the umpteenth time?
"You can't trust a cow that can milk itself"
A very good epitaph
mmmm Mass Effect.
.........first. :D
Cillin Flaherty First to tell you know one cares! XD
Riley The Flaming Wookie Cookie i care
TwilightVomit Nope. ( :
Riley The Flaming Wookie Cookie
Yep. ( :
Did you know gaming: Sly cooper. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Poop
No this Is Patrick Yes.
Holy crap yes
Yes!!
I agree!
Just had to point out...
At 5:02, Shepard forgetting the code and mumbling something is a reference to Army of Darkness. A very similar thing happens, where Ash has to recite a spell but can't remember the words -- so he just mumbles something and coughs.
More people save The Geth than The Quarians? Why not both? I did...
Me too, but my friend didn't have the option. You have to gather a bunch of points through certain decisions in ME 2 and 3 to even have the paragon/ renegade convince available.
I only had to choose ONCE, and as soon as i realised the outcome, i IMMEATEDLY checked online, figured out id missed one mission (Geth fighters) reloaded and did that.
People didn't save BOTH? that's more shocking.
don't you have to be nearly full renegade or paragon to save both? I was about 70% renegade, saved the geth as the quarians were too arrogant. Plus legion is awesome.
Louisa Mann you dont need to be, I was mixed alignment.
1:33 I went full Renegade. I didn't see any point to going Paragon. I like to consider myself to be a good person in real life but I like to play the other side in videogames.
5:31 How did I not know this? I probed every planet in the game.
I'll have to admit, the only reason I never played Renegade in ME3 was because it went from being Chaotic Good to just about full-blown Chaotic Evil at times, such as letting Samara die and shooting Falere.
I went full renegade my first time. Mostly because FemShep is so satisfying to play as renegade. I did an all paragon MaleShep, 'cause he's just a big ol' softy.
GEhotpants101
I thought that was just me. FemShep is VERY satisfying to play as renegade.
I've played both Paragon and Renegade. Shepard lets people walk all over him/her if you play Paragon. There's so many cases where someone threatens or insults him and Shepard just goes "Well that's good" or "I better get this done" or something stupid where Renegade, you're all like "THE FUCK YOU JUST SAY TO ME?!"
***** Because you get bonuses for one or the other and not both.
If there're is so many mass effect Easter eggs, do an Easter egg hunting episode or 2 on it.
they totally should
Oh man, I am so glad Bioware decided to listen to fans. Garrus
The mumbling is also a reference to Ash's incantation in The Army of Darkness (Evil Dead 3)!
Achmeron isn't that "Clatoo Virata Nict*caughs*"
If you chose the quarians over the geth you are objectively wrong. The Quarians did everything wrong and the geth always paid for it and had to defend themselves.
The only reason they kicked the Quarians off ranoch was in self defense. The quarians shouldn't have been building AI anyway.
The only reason the heretics existed was because they saw organics as evil becasue of the Quarians
They only sided with the Reapers becasue they had no other options after the quarians tried to kill them again for no reason, and blew up their new home, and the Reapers offered them a new one.
The geth never wanted war, and they were constantly looking for ways to finaly reconcile with organics, but the quarians were such massive biggots that they kept forcing the geth to react.
loverofjesusMKII They essentially created life and then tried to murder their creations, Of coarse they rebelled
loverofjesusMKII Never dealt with that myself got lucky saved both.
You've completely forgotten that not all quarians hated the geth. Some defended them the geth against other quarians.
Soul Decay Some of the Quarians that hated the Geth thought they were a mistake, so that is why they tried to kill that Geth.
It's basically a sci fi Frankenstein
I absolutely fucking love this series.
There are so many things I like about Mass Effect, I can't list them all.
The different alien races themselves; the characters + their unique dialogue with each other; the stories, whether the main plot or loyalty missions; etc... It's just too good...
If you haven't played this trilogy, you definitely should.
Taken out of context:
"The Krogan species were designed after art director Matt Rhodes..."
He doesn't look like a giant bat/toad. lol
So Casey Hudson says that just because players don't pick an option, it doesn't mean they'll remove it from future games. Then why were there no neutral dialogue options in Mass Effect 3?
Space constraints. Too much stuff crammed into two DVDs for all those juicy voice lines.
Because Casey Hudson and the rest of Bioware are the biggest hypocrites ever. I remember when the first game came out and they promised us ALL our decisions over the 3 games will effect the overall ending, so we the players carefully played through hoping for the perfect ending to get to the end and have it come down to choice A,B, or C meaning all our choices were pointless. My personal favorite was when Kiadan, Wrex, and the Rachni were all killed and in the 3rd they all appeared and talked about events from ME2 as if they were never dead. Bioware dropped the ball hard from making a beautiful sci-fi rpg to making a stereotypical 3rd person shooter.
Warrka4
hahaha you crack me up XD
Because even if the developer want to and can add those features to a game, it's rarely up to them, it's usually left to the decisions of those running the company (who too often, know pretty much nothing about video games).
At the end of the day ME3 was not as good as it could of been because it was rushed. And who was responsible for rushing it? Most likely EA, a revelation that has a lot of context when you look at what they've done to their original franchises *cough* SimCity *cough* Sims 4 *cough*
kuraarachan
Aye, but Bioware has never admitted to letting anyone down. The way they introduce the extended ME3 ending, it only seems like a bonus.
EA may be the devil, but Bioware are gleefully sucking on their master's tit.
"When a player launches a probe at Uranus" xD
I found the shifty cow accidentally. I thought it was odd that it stole credits as the lore explains credits were developed to hinder theft by conventional means; they are not physical.
If someone tells you that ME3's endings are space magic, tell them of the shifty cow. :P
This is now my favorite video from DYK. Mass Effect is my number one top game series of all time, nothing can beat the experience I've accredited from this work of art.
Nice video but there is a mistake. In the codex it clearly states Krogans used to fall prey to many ferocious predators on Tuchanka, thus having eyes on sides of their head like a dear or rabbit, which gives them a wider angle of vision.
+Patchy .E. That's true, I recall seeing this in the Mass Effect 1 codex.
And while the Krogan don't have their eyes completely on the side of their heads like prey animals do on Earth, they are much wider apart and to the side than any other race in the ME universe.
jake allen No, I'm very careful about using fire :)
+Patchy .E. I was looking for this. Yeah you're right. Krogans being prey tells a lot about the environment they evolved...
Efe Akın Yeah. It's these details I love the most about Mass Effect. It feels like a real sci-fi universe. Everything is connected and have a reason, not just random settings.
I think the "predators" in the codex actually refers to krogan, meaning they were tearing themselves apart well before the invention of weapons. But thats just me :P
Mass Effect makes the whole star wars universe look more embarassing than adam sandler's acting.
2 Expanded Universe books develop Star Wars' universe more than the whole Mass Effect Franchise could hope to.
MegaShadowblast but the movies still suck ass
Hello, 911? Shots Fired.
arthur staal I can understand that you can say that about Episodes 1 & 2, but if all of them sucked, it wouldn't be the most popular work of Sci-Fi ever.
star wars is for children, ive always thought of mass effect as a more mature star wars. I mean "dark side" and "light side" lmao give me a break. Star wars lore isnt that great, and Disney is just going to milk the franchise. in terms of characters and story mass effect kills star wars. dont get me wrong i still like star wars, but mass effect is just better in every way
More people pick good in games because good is usually the canon storyline and evil is just an afterthought.
Alot of canon was Renegade, I'd say it's half-half on the big choices.
...or they just want to play as the good guy
Actually Shepard was an ass in his/her choices. Sometimes he was nice, sometimes he was a dick. I decided to be good fem shep because, ya know what.... my assault rifle, big boobs and awesome diplomacy have to do something to make the galaxy notice me.
MegaSparkster nah, most people play all good and then all evil because that's how the mechanics work: there's no reward for going 50/50. If anything, most games with this system punish you for not committing to extremes. The people at Sucker Punch used the same logic for Second Son: "most people play good, so that's our canon" even though that only means that you play the obvious choice first and then not everybody goes for a second playthrough.
Recon Novahkiin
canon
They shower with their clothes on.
T-That's not normal?
.......
That's not normal
Zero
Only if you're american
Nerevar Hold up, hold up-you're telling me people in other countries shower NAKED? Gross. No wonder America is the moral high ground.
Is this a joke? I'm so confused.
Three other shout-outs in Mass Effect to the 1980's campy horror films "Evil Dead" and "Army of Darkness". First and easiest to spot is Ashley Williams is named after the protagonist "Ashley 'Ash' J Williams". In the game, one of her lines is "a nice relaxing walk on the beach...blasting bad guys with my boomstick". "Boomstick" is of course the title Ash gives his shotgun in Army of Darkness. Finally on Noveria when asked for the purge code by Mira and he doesnt happen to have it, the "mumble something" dialogue choice has Shepherd Mumble his way through the words "Sic Semper Tyrannus", cutting himself off before finishing as if he forgot the last word. This is similar to how Ash in Army of Darkness stumbles his way through an incantation "Klatuu Varata Nikto" (Itself a reference to the film "The Day The Earth Stood Still") before trying to take the Necronomicon.
That Shifty Looking Cow Easter egg is hilarious
Is it possible to save both the Geth and the Quarians
yes, you will need to meet certain conditions though, you can read them here if you want
masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Priority:_Rannoch
Only 2 and 3
Epic-Evan I did save the Quarians in ME3.
I cancel the code uploading because I was thinking that after that both the Geth and the Quarians will be alive.
Your contact lenses came in
MY BRAND
More players saved the Geth than Quarians??
Faith in humanity - 1
I'm sorry for wanting to save the species trying to defend itself.
Like it or not, the Geth actually have the Moral high ground- though saving both is always the better choice.
Plus the Geth are pretty fucking cool.
You must be one of those people who skip through most of the dialog, back-story, and side-quests. If you actually took the time to look at all the lore you would know how that is a very reasonable choice.
Yes, because organics take priority, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, right? You know, just not bothering to know who is right and who is wrong?
#GETHMASTERRACE
1:45
Return to the ship as soon as possible, we'll bang ok.
Mass Effect is the best trilogy game series out there so I loved this! So many things I didnt know about it. Hope there's more videos.
You forgot to mention that in the Citadel DLC on Mass Effect 3 looking at one of the leaderboards that I think was the Armax Simulator leaderboard where one of the people on there can be the Shifty Looking Cow.
Nitsua Tribal Lord Not to mention the civillian banter about multiplayer complains from fans, like "a vangurad charging everythign when you have to hack a computer"
Everan614 That's what I love about Bioware, they listen to their fans and make fun of exploits or unfair things in their games. Like when Cortez and James are arguing about the Mako where Cortez says "That thing moves like a drunk rhino!"
I knew Mass Effect was related to Star Wars in some way!
Never played this game, but still found this super interesting!
***** is it anything like the walking dead game. Do the decisions actually matter
Detros The decisions do make more of a difference in ME than walking dead, of course many are the illusion of choice which don't really affect the outcome, but they are done so well that it didn't matter. but some choices can result in key party members dying. Its the only rpg that has made me really care about all the characters you should check it out.
also if u get ME3 people are not lying about needing the DLC.
Detros they matter, however me3 ending is not based on your total trilogy choices, but people, even races die/live with your choices so its not like WD
Probabaly one of the greatest science fiction game trilogies ever created.
***** ME3 was actually pretty good as far as character development is concerned. You play as a more human Shepard that's starting to feel the effects of PTSD. It's just the ending that was a total let down for most fans of the series.
My all time favorite gaming series! I can replay this back to back to back [as in, trilogy playthroughs back to back to back, not simply ME1 then 2 then 3] and never get bored!
I played all three game extensively, but I never noticed the 'Uranus" one. Haha.
To the comment at 3:01. Preys may have eyes on the sides and predators on front, but the bunny is thousands of times cuter than the wolf ( and has a cuter, sillier, snugglier face )
Just like Krogans.
But the wolf eats the bunny
Looking culte doesnt help in resl life
this is why bunnies are so commonly found tho :3
***** I doubt most bunnies mind that
Shifty cow is shifty
he is really good at playing arcade games in the citadel
Increased customisation in ME2? That's a new one
The stats suck, but at least the weapons are different in more ways than DPS and cooldown times.
"you can't trust any animal that can milk itself"
bwaaahahaha
A harsh reminder that nothing escapes Electronics Arts alive
The Krogan eye thing is rather off. Their eyes are on the side of their heads... Yes, they look forwards, but they're unmistakably the wide-set eyes characteristic of prey.
And it's precisely for that reason. Tuchanka is so dangerous a world that the Krogan were far from the most dangerous predators and, consequently, need the wider angle vision typical of prey.
Their eyes are facing forward. When you talk to them in the game, they look directly at you, head facing you. Even when you get up close, they don't tilt their heads.
You do present an interesting theory, but when you visit their planet there isn't much left alive, other than the krogans and the thresher maws. So, from an evolutionary standpoint, krogans are natural predators. Although, I don't know much more about the lore other than what was presented in the games.
It seems they are intermediary; Krogan seem to be both predators and prey. Makes sense, what with all the thresher maws.
I'm really confused. I got the Geth and Quarians to work together; neither race was "saved."
Was there an option to wipe one out?
Yes, you made very specific choices in me2 & 3 that let that happen, usually 1 of them die because the Quarians refused to not attack.
Oh, well then, go me!
Follow-up question: what percentage of people did what I did?
Tyler Sutton Actually no, you just need to have enough Paragon/Renegade points to unlock the dialogue that makes the Quarians stop attacking. Quite easy to do in fact since I've had it on each on my 4 playthroughs without really trying, just commit on one side, Paragon or Renegade and stick to it.
John Shepard
The option doesn't appear unless you've made the correct choices, no matter how high your Paragon/Renegade scores are.
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY DO AN EPISODE ON INFAMOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES.
The eyes of the Krogan have not been changed, at least not entirely. They evolved in a very lethal ecology of their homeworld of Tuchanka which made them develop 240-degree arc of vision like prey creatures usually have, even though they are considered predators. This phenomenon is probably the most telling indicator of Tuchanka's lethality.
A Did You Know Gaming on Mass Effect? You know, that's pretty freaking clever!
I see what you tried to do there.
I have a Paragon Shepard (who is also dating Garrus) that saved both Quarian and Geth.
Then I chose the Destroy option to save Shepard for ME4 (EDI... I'm sorry TT_TT).
You MONSTER!!!
ME4 won't have shepherd...
Edi can survive if you pick destroy as can the Geth and the Quarians you just need all upgrades and the highest possible battle readiness she survived my game and I picked destroy
Iain Morland Then your game glitched. EDI cannot survive Destroy, nor can the Geth. You might have played pre-Extended Cut, it was a glitch acknowledged by the devs. After EC, EDI's name will ALWAYS be on the memorial wall if you take Destroy.
Not that I like it though. I feel they only added their deaths to make Destroy more bittersweet (and let's face it, to make people bother about the other choices at all).
It was pre extended cut I thought she survived but then again Garrus was with me during Sovereigns final attack and he leaves the ship unharmed when it crashes so I'm not holding much by what the endings tell me
The Mass Effect Morality system is still crap...
Its Black or White, no gray.
In ME2 the only way to get full renegade was basically to do only renegade at all times, but paragon was so easy you can mix and match and still get full paragon.
That's ME2's fault - trying to destatify things.
I think 3 had the best system - but an even better system would probably be to make cosmetic-only Charm and Intimidate systems lock out for the weaker stat (by making Paragon, Renegade, and Reputation count for the stronger one, but only Paragon or Renegade count for the weaker on it's own)
Actual moral choices should be uneffected by this lockout, of course.
only prey develops eyes on sides? WTF What about eagles, crocodiles, T-Rexes and other dinos, sharks. In my opinion eyes on sides look more scary :D
crocodiles are more on top of the head, not on the sides.
Eagles have eyes on the side, but they face forward. Dinosaurs were probably the same. As for sharks, I think they use smell and other weird things (look on wikipedia) to hunt, which makes sense since I'm sure visibility in the sea is terrible no matter how good your eyes are.
*****
And also because people are stupid, they like to be petulantly literal.
With eyes on the front like yours you have a good depth perception, plus, you can run forward focusing your prey, with eyes on the side you have a wider field of vision making it easier to check for predators... Of course some animals went in different directions and have unique ways to hunt, but the majority it's like that
I thought it made sense for the Krogan to have eyes on their sides.
As tough as they are, their homeworld is still filled with giant predators that are willing to gobble a Krogan up.
*MOAR*
We need more of this. Thanks! :)
I'm really glad you guys decided to do Mass Effect. It being one of my favorite series and games of all time, I was looking forward to seeing you guys cover it.
The one thing I have to question though is that bit about Mass Effect 2 being more focused on customization and upgrades than ME1. I can't really see that since in ME1 there were a whole lot, and I mean a LOT, of upgrades with various powers, stat-changers, and effects. ME2, though it expanded and improved the combat system (arguably for better or for worse with the "heat sink" amo system instead of the ME1 heating-cooling system, something that Shepard and Conrad Verner discuss after his mission/quest in ME3, a brilliant moment) but the customizations were made more superficial, and narrowed down to a very few specific powers. I liked the large variety of upgrades and the personal exploration in ME1 and they're are something that I missed in the later instalments.
Mordin was the best Crew member (at least for me)
he is the very model of a scientist Salarian!
Mordalon SPOILERS
I was crying when he died...
Jake Lastnamenotfound
SPOILERS
you can actually save him if you sabotage the Genophage cure and then warn him about it before he gets on the elevator.
Mordalon Oh yeeeah! Forgot about that entirely...
You know, I still have never played any of the Mass Effect games? Should I?
I think you should.
2 is best
kevin rea Yeah, but if you haven't played the first game the second gets confusing at times. The second game was the first I played, and there were a number of things I didn't get until I bought and played the first game, and then played through the second again.
You can start on any of them, and the latter ones let you chose what general choices you made in the previous game(s), but there are some key choices you can only make, which let certain characters live, if you start with 1 and transfer to each subsequent game.
I bought The trilogy version with all 3 games for like $20. (It was second-hand though) I played through the entire story in one go, and it gave me some of the best video-game experiences I've ever had in a game. The story is really immersive and characters are well-written. Gameplay is high quality although ME1 feels a bit aged. I would defenitely recommend buying them.
I can't bring myself to do a renegade playthrough. I don't see Renegade!Shepard as a badass. I see him/her for what s/he is; an unlikable asshole. Think about it, one of the most disliked characters is Ashley who acts quite similarly to Renegade!Shepard (though they are by no means the same.)
On the other hand, Garrus, one of the most popular characters acts more like Paragon!Shepard.
Furthermore Renegades end up with less war assets in me3 and kill innocents out of cynicism (such as Infected colonists and casually committing genecide) Sure Paragon!Shepard gets taken advantage of but s/he ends up with a better reputation and isn't a complete twat. Honestly Renegade!Shepard has a massive misaimed fandom. I don't see cynical assholes as "badass."
+Drbazooka I didn't enjoy my one and only renegade playthrough. I felt like such a complete bastard.
+Drbazooka I agree completely. When I play as a renegade I hope for someone who doesn't always abide the law, because sometimes it's more efficiently not to. I want to be calculating and unlikable, but successful. Much like Dragon Age 2, the "evil" protagonist seems more like an angry bully than a heartless badass, which in the end doesn't feel good for anyone but a sociopath.
haha man shepard is my good guy and femshep is my renegade. She isn't plain evil, she just likes to get justice done at any cost!
The only renegade thing I did was destroy the rachni because they would be a problem later
David Roudebush Which [spoilers!], as it turned out later, did in fact not. And I honestly think it's just plain bad gamedesign, since it's another incentive to go full paragon. You gain virtually *nothing* when choosing renegade. Sure, it's fun. But you miss out on so much plot. It's not even funny.
That's why the Mass Effect series is my favorite game.
Garrus is still performing calibrations.
We'll ok, bang.
Did you know? Mass effect 2 is one of the best games ever!
but if you tslkt to other pepole me3 magicaly makes me2 bad.....look i hated myst 5 because it broke every rule they made for the universe and they changed the play style and they used crapy looking models.
further you don't play as the same "person" in that game as the other 4.
none of the worlds had cool mechanics they all just used the same ones throgh the hole game.
it was in my opinion the biggest disappoint ment and worse rape up of any sires.
when i think about the series i dont think of myst 5
but gusse what that does not make myst 1-4 worse i still love those games.
at least with me3 even the pepole that hate it say that the first 90% of it is great. myst 5 was bad all the way throgh for me
*****
nigga... do you grammar?
William Lungrem th-that avatar...
I feel like more people chose paragon in ME3 because of how terrible the renegade options were. Dirty Harry of space comes to mind
If you play Renegade in Mass Effect 3, say goodbye to all your friends....
I would have picked more of them if they weren't just "Be a dick to everyone"
You just reminded me I haven't finished my Renegade run of the ME series, I am close to finishing since I already saved dealt with Rannoch.
Renegade options of Mass Effect 3: Kill three of your allies through the game series, doom two races utterly killing off one of them, promote mega racism and xenophobia.
5:03 the mumbling and coughing is probably a reference to army of darkness, in which the main character doesn't remeber a phrase he has to say, so he mumbles and coughs hoping it would help
Mass effect's references are out of control! So many, but I want to know them all.
Shame about the ME3 ending...
pick your favorite color
so original
joedatius
but its true
more like beating a dead horse, a very old dead horse
honest opinion, did you like the mass effect 3 ending?
no, but I certainly don't hate it, it does have lots of problems, but I thought it was much better with the extended cut DLC. but I don't let the ending ruin my enjoyment of a trilogy.
lol @ picking a robot over a living being. I shut down those vacuum cleaners and slept like a baby.
I'm assuming the quote that started the whole problem "Does this unit have a soul?" flew right over your head.
I heard the Mass Effect series was great and I want to get into them, but I don't know which one. I just want to play 1 of them so don't suggest the whole series. Which one is the best?
You can't really play "one of them" - but if you have to, get 3, and also the Genesis II DLC so you don't get Shitty Shepard.
I would argue most would say two is the best. One is a lootfest that is a ton of story but isn't quite polished. Two is stripped of a bit but has the best balance between story and combat with three being mostly combat
noooo play them in order YOU MUST!!!!!!!! the entire series is very story driven and you will ruin it if you dont begin from the start!!!!!
Nicholasryan17 I would argue that most say that two is the best because they don't value the story merit of taking an escapist fantasy and injecting some stark "you can't save them all" realism into it.
But that's just me.
If you're only going to play one, let it be two, best character interaction, best story, and it doesn't have 1's clunky shooter mechanics.
It's not that most people saved the Geth it's that most people tried to save both and before you know it Tali is jumping off a cliff.
I am absolutely OBSESSED with Mass Effect as games, books, franchise, and as a sci-fi universe! I can't get enough of it! It's my Star Wars! I think it's one of the greatest collection of games ever!
Are these games good?
Are you kidding me ? They are more than just great get all three they are totally worth it.
No.
Yes they are and the price is really low.
Oh yes. Arguably the best video game trilogy to date. Well worth a shot.
Just one word of warning before you start playing them (assuming you do): before you play Mass Effect 3, download the "extended cut DLC". Trust me on this one...
You have to trust *****. Not downloading the dlc may ruin your experience.
Never got into mass effect...guess it's too late
mass effect 4 is coming out... It is never too late.
It's never too late, as long as there's still copies of the games out there. You should at least check out the first one. It should be pretty cheap these days. If you don't like it, then no big deal, just move on.
The trilogy isn't too expensive either. About $30 for all 3 games. You might be able to get them cheaper separately too.
There is an amazing graphics overhaul mod for the first game, if you're skeptical of the graphics. 2 and 3 looks awesome out of the box.
Do buy the trilogy. Its one of the best sci-fi games in the market!
I've never played mass effect.
Is it worth getting the 60€ trilogy pack?
You should be able to get it for $20 nowadays...
Jake Lastnamenotfound
or $30 for digital with no disc scratch problems.
Kamina Crusader I have never once scratched a disc.
Jake Lastnamenotfound
It was a case for the majority of the owned disc I found.
Best trilogy of all time. So yes. Yes you should. The first game's gameplay can be a little rough and awkward but gets better as you rank up. Its best on the 2nd or 3rd play through. However stick it out beacsue the story is very important and your decisions carry over to the next game.
5:08 AND IS PRETTY CLEARLY a reference to Ash in Army of Darkness when he tries to bluff his way out of the phrase he has to say to retrieve the Necronomicon!
C'mon man.
Everyone loves the Asari, EVERYONE!
Well I guess I should say...?
Umm.
Near first or something?
Fuck off to minecraft
HAHAHAHA No, get out of here
CryoMiku01 miro derwesh.
What's with the hate, I stopped playing mc a long time ago.
CryoMiku01 Once they do a Minecraft episode I'll kill myself.
CryoMiku01 Once they do a Minecraft episode I'll kill myself.
Please do dark souls
This makes me want to play mass effect...should i get the trilogy?
Yes. Get the DLC for 3 as well. And Lair of The Shadow Broker for 2 if it's not included (can't remember)
Yes. The trilogy is very cheap these days
I highly recommend it. Word of advice before you do, though: before you start Mass Effect 3, download the Extended Cut DLC. Trust me on this one.
breadfort He also should get DLC for the story. Complete expierience. And get the "From Ashes" if it's not included. Javik is simply amazing + Having him in your team on 1 mission reveals some very interesting information.
SO MUCH FUCKING DLC!!
The "sic semper tyranis-cough" is a reference at Army of Darkness hilarious "Klaatu Barata Nik...cough" line when the "hero" forgets the words for the necronomicon.
Hahaha, the DYK about the Salarian look and concept? Priceless. XD
Lame, a video about Mass Efect, so bad.
._. Did you just say mass effect is bad ?!
dov2mt Don't get into this debate. Everyone has likes and dislikes.
I agree with big box, mass effect 3 is bad, its a one button does all, pay to win game
Joey Mello
Those are two contradicting statements dipshit. Its one button does all meaning its easy as fuck yet its also P2W? How is it p2w at all in the slightest? Maybe the stupid multiplayer packs but you earned those rather quick too
dov2mt
10/10 It's okay.
Why does everyone hate the ME3 ending?
Never knew about the Shifty cow before. lol
But I'm surprised so many people were so cold & heartless enough to save the Geth. Never even crossed my mind to save them. The Geth deserve to die, it's their own damn fault.
Please tell me you're kidding. Like really the whole point of that storyline is that it was the Quarians fault and that they have no-one to blame for their misery other than themselves.
Yeah I mean they were entirely forced to defend themselves and you learn that they were as non-hostile as possible but yeah fuck them for protecting themselves
Uhh no. The have no one but themselves to blame. They could have left Rannoch and the Quarians would have had no reason to attack them.
Instead they stayed(like idiots) and when the Quarians attacked them, they betrayed everything they stood for and allied with the Reapers. Even afterwards they go back on their beliefs of of Reaper tech and call the code the were given "beautiful". When that was the exact reason for the creation of the heretics.
Udina allied with Cerberus for the same reasons the Geth allied with the reapers, and look what happened to him. The Geth deserve no different.
lukestarkiller441 The Quarians started it, the geth tried to finish it.
lukestarkiller441
Dude they were JUST born. Play the mission Geth Fighter Squadrons. The one where you SEE the Geth memory banks from back then. They were no smarter than scared children. They had no way to leave. The reason they took the reaper code was again the Quarians started it and they wanted to live. Hell they were keeping Rannoch clean and pristine despite the fact that they didn't live on it. Now does that sound like someone who deserves to die. Or does it sound like someone who wanted to apologize but the ones they were trying to apologize to just punched them in the face every time they tried.
I always though the Krogan where supposed to be frog-people.
The Codex in the first Mass Effect actually calls explicit attention to krogan eye placement, pointing out that they are indeed on the sides of their heads like prey animals. The idea is that Tuchanka wildlife is so dangerous, even top predators are not immune to being preyed upon themselves.
Probably what really happened was a design tweak to make the eyes *face* more to the front, while they were still *located* on the sides of the head.
is this an open world game?
Other than the main quest-line, there are many planets you can visit to do side-quests. in each sequel they reduced the amount of ground exploration you could do on these planets, so not really open world.
Mordalon They reduced it because a lot of fans asked them too. It was too much of a pain to drive around in a mako. Especially since there wasn't anything to guide you around the giant mountains
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I personally loved driving around in the mako and the random surprises and shit you would find on each planet, a lot more interesting then shooting probes at a planet atleast.
Loponstorm I did too for a short while, but then it became a real pain in the butt. The completionist in me especially hated it. It was way too much work for way too little gain.
I'm not really sure what to put
I didn't mind the exploration with it, but the combat sequences were clunky and terrible.
Am I the only one who thinks the mass effect games are bad?
smudboy does a pretty conclusive job,
Zang Gaming Tbh its fine to like ME but there are lot of objectively terrible things, watch smudboy and his analysis of ME2. You may disagree on some points but he does point out a ton of shit in that game that absolutely no fan cared about.
they certainly have flaws that some are more forgiving of than others, but I wouldn't call them bad by a long shot.
ParadisEqualsGaming No because their will always be people he agree or disagree with you no matter you opinion. I personally love the series but different strokes for different folks.
If you're talking about Gameplay then I guess they are, Mass Effect 2 made it up through everything else though.
"probing Uranus.. Really, commander"?
I love that they said "Fantasy fulfillment" while the ME3 sex scene played.
6:38 The woman in the picture is Rana McAnear, who is the model for Samara and Morinth in ME2 and 3. She often cosplays as those characters.
Interesting to know that the people at Bioware views Clint Eastwood as an alien.
The shifty looking space cow can be found ME2 Overlord DLC. The vehicle's on board VI has some funny things to say if you kill them.
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite channel on the Citadel
It was not just Garrus that became a Romance Option in Mass Effect 2 due to fan popularity, Tali became one as well.
what a surprise, I just finished ME3 (playing the whole trilogy for the first time within the last few weeks and LOVED every second of it) and now I find this one here.