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I had not noticed that actually. That's a great tip! Thank you so much! I'll try to remember that for some of my upcoming videos. :D

Yes, it absolutely is! :D

I know, right? I asked myself the same question after I had played it for the first time. ^^

Yeah. I feel that. You get overconfident, and poof! You're a turtle stuck on its back.

Thank you! :)

Absolutely. Shepard and Vakarian, bringing justice to an unjust galaxy! Happy to hear you enjoyed the video. :D

Yeah! The codex is full of nice little tidbits like this. It's the first time I'm reading through it, and I'm really enjoying it so far. :)

Oh, you're definitely not alone in playing it. I keep playing it over and over, but I figured I would actually share it this time. :D

Happy to see you're enjoying it. ^^

Yeah, I agree. I much prefer the side missions in ME2 and ME3. The planet exploration in ME1 gets very repetitive after a while. As you said, the little bits of lore are great, but in general the planets don't feel very rewarding. But as a completionist I can't really bring myself to skip them either. xD Absolutely. The otherness of the reapers in ME1 is top tier. The revelation conversation with Sovereign is still one of the best scenes in the series imo. I've seen the original endings and they're fine. A little bit bland, and I can understand the disappointment people felt, but I don't understand the absolute -hate- for them. However, the endings do not make or break the series for me. It's all the bits in between and all the other storylines that feel the most important. :)

@@Lomenar_Games Definitely. I wasn't thrilled by the original ME3 endings, but as you said, the series up until that point had been great. I guess a lot of people just didn't want their Shepard to die (unless they chose the green ending) and that made people upset. I like the bittersweet, sacrificial kind of stuff, so it fit me a bit better. Not that I mind the updated ending, though, of course.

@@SignificantOwl I can absolutely sympathize with not wanting Shepard to die. I can see both sides to it. For some it makes perfect sense that Shepard would make the ultimate sacrifice in the end and that feels like a satisfying end to their arc. For others, a happy ending where Shepard lives is the most satisfying. My gripes with the original endings isn't so much about Shepard living or dying, but rather with some of the consequences of your ending choice (geth and EDI dying if you choose destroy, for example) since it kind of makes all the choices you've made up until that point absolutely null and void. I can ramble on about this for ages, but I have a feeling I'll talk more about it once we get to ME3. xD

Also, I wanted to comment on Kaidan. I have a dislike for him that I may not have if I have ever played as male shep. I hate that he twists every conversation to a flirtation, and I hate that the devs didn't give femshep a conversation option to shut that down. Speaking with him is always icky because I never know when it will became a metafor for showing interest, as he seems to take everything as a "sign". The other femshep romance option (Liara) they allow us to be super direct with a rejection (not that I ever do 😅 but the option is there). On ME2 with a certain character is even worst. So much so, that I refused to include most of the conversations on my own videos, as it breaks the ilusion of roleplay everytime I have to hear my shep say "I just thought we could talk for a bit" with that flirtious voice 🤢

@@XinSonia I'll answer both your comments at once. ^^ About Liara...I like her original look, however, they changed up her appearance so much between ME1, ME2, Lair of the Shadow Broker and ME3, so to me it feels really jarring. The mod I'm using for her essentially gives her the ME3 face throughout the trilogy, and then I have a texture mod that enhances that a bit. Do i wish that the texture mod made her look a bit younger and more innocent-looking in ME1 (more in line with her original ME1 appearance)? Yes, I do. But for me, this is a good compromise. ^^ As for Kaidan...I get you 100%. That is one of my main gripes with Kaidan as well. His conversations are always a bit of a mine field to navigate, since he seems to take everything as a sign, like you said. And let's not get started about Jacob...dear gods...the flirtatious tone of femshep when she speaks to him is just...ick. However, there are thankfully mods that change that. "Optional Flirting Mod" actually changes femshep's voice line to sound more neutral and less flirty, and it also indicates what options are flirtatious and which are not. It's a godsend in ME2! xD

Happy to have you along for the ride! Mods definitely change things up and enhance the experience, in my opinion. Not all of them are essential, but if you've never played with mods I can definitely recommend it. :D

Oooh! That's not a bad idea actually. I'll think it over and consider what I could do with it. Thanks for the suggestion. :D

My thoughts exactly! There is nothing better...right? >.>

Thank you very much! ^^ haha! I'm quite happy with how my Shepard looks, so I'll take that as a compliment. :D

@Lomenar_Games You're welcome!! Looking forward to you playing the fantastic DLC in the future games. Love that you read the messages that come up too. Cheers!

I wish the games never ended lol

@StarEnterprise72 Oh i meant the video itself haha, but yea i agree, wish we have gotten more adventures about shepard, hopefully the next mass effect does that!

Aww! Well, in the new year (starting this week) you'll get two videos a week! Hopefully that will make up for the shorter video length for now. Happy new years! :D

@StarEnterprise72 Oh, a 100%! This is why I keep replaying the trilogy over and over. I finish ME3 and then I start over from the beginning again. I never want it to end. xD

​​ LFG! And yes it will! Happy new years also now that it's 2025!

Merry Christmas!! ^^

Merry Christmas to you as well! :)

Happy holidays!

That's fair. I think ME2 leans into the horror aspect a lot though, at least on some missions. Missions with lots of space zombies? No thank you! But the feel is definitely different than it is in ME1.

@@Lomenar_Games Oh yea of course, the collectors are one of my favourite aspects of mass effect 2 and it's still creepy dont get me wrong! It's more so the atmosphere i suppose, so yea like you said i think every game feels different in the trilogy lol, even though second one is my favourite the first one's atmosphere is just top notch imo.

ME3 is my favourite, but 1 has a special place in my heart as well. Yeah, it's a long way to go still, but once the Mass Effect playthrough is done I'm considering if I should play Andromeda. I also have a thought to play "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice". I've had it for years, I just never got around to playing it. But it would be cool to play some other RPGs as well, preferably games I haven't played before. So, if you have any suggestions, let me know!

​​@@Lomenar_Games Would be fun to see andromeda and hellblade is really good as well, though id hope you would do batman arkham games at some point too! The order is: arkham asylum, arkham city, arkham origins, arkham knight and as a optional choice arkham shadow which is vr and is between origins and asylum. Now something that feels more like mass effect, is an rpg with choices and doesnt rely for you to know anything about star wars is knights of the old republic series.

@@Lomenar_Games Andromeda is worth a play. Many people dislike it and I understand why if you compare it to ME., but I think if taken as a game in its own right its OK and worth a play. Of course games that you play have to fit in with your style but Witcher 3, All the post 2013 Tomb Raider games. Star Wars Fallen Jedi and Survivor. Do you like survival games? I could easily give a list of 20 games, but as I said they have to be something you enjoy, that's what makes watching fun.

@@kentait8625 That's what I've heard as well, and I want to give it a chance. I've never played it myself, so I thought it could be fun to do a blind playthrough of it. Yes, of course. Generally I tend to prefer games that have a female protagonist, or at the very least a choice between male or female. I like story-driven games the best, and want to avoid horror at all costs (I realise Hellblade is kind of a horror game, but that one gets a pass).

@@Temple277 I have heard that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is supposed to be good, so that could absolutely be fun to try. And it's Bioware game too, which is nice. I have added the Batman games to my list, not to worry. Might be a while before we get there though, as there are some other games I want to play first. ^^

Oh! That's a really good suggestion actually. Unfortunately, this year I am going to be busy on the 13th but it might be something I could do next year. It sounds like a fun thing to do, absolutely. I've never done proper streaming, so I'm still a bit intimidated by it but once I get more comfortable in front of the camera I imagine I'll try it. :)

@@Lomenar_Games Summer game fest is a similar event so i guess that's the earliest you could try doing this ;)

@@Temple277 I'll definitely keep it in mind. Thanks for the tip!

Posting for the algorithm gods is much appreciated. Thank you! <3

Aww! Thanks! I'll try to upload a bit more frequenly after new year's if my schedule allows for it. :) Happy to hear you're enjoying the videos though!

Oh! That's a good suggestion. I might do that once I've finished the trilogy. That could be fun. ^^ As for your question...I like all of the games, don't get me wrong, but my favourite out of all the three games is ME3. It's the one I can't -wait- to replay each time. It pays off a lot of the storylines that 1 & 2 set up, and it has some of the best character moments. I also really enjoy how the companions interact with each other in ME3 independently from Shepard. It makes them, and the game by extension, feel more alive. Not to mention that ME3 has some of the best DLCs, as well. ^^ It should be said that I have never played any of the games unmodded, so I have never played the original endings. I have seen them though, so I know what they are about and such. But since I also mod my games pretty heavily (though never with anything lore breaking or anything), my experience of the games will of course be coloured by that...and the mods that I use for ME3 really enhance it. It's a good game without them, no question, but the mods make it so much better. ^^

Thank you! And welcome to the channel. Happy to hear you're enjoying it! ^^ Oooh. I have not played the Batman Arkham games. Is the focus mostly on the action, or do they have a story focus as well?

@@Lomenar_Games It's a combination of both, really. Decent amount of combat, while also giving you a lot of lore and dialogue. Hell, some people [mainly jerks] have a problem with content creators reading on the lore that the game gives you, but thankfully its the vocal minority online so no worries! So yea answering the question, it's a lot of both, plus without spoiling anything it also has some puzzles ;)

@@Temple277 Haha! Then they wouldn't enjoy my channel. I love reading lore bits and taking my time with stuff. But that's good to know. I'll definitely keep it in mind for future let's plays. Oh dear. Puzzles are my bane. xD So that should be fun.

Sure, I can see that. Sometimes it's nice to just drive around and do some planet explorations in the mako. It's kind of chill. Not sure I'd enjoy it if I actually had to drive around and actively look for stuff instead of using the map mod that I have though. ^^;

I will say that the Mako is better than the hammerhead at least. The mako can take a beating, unlike the hammerhead. Ah. Not looking forward to that once I get to Andromeda, and being a completionist I can't really skip it either. xD

Thanks! Yeah, I noticed when I was editing this bunch of videos that the settings on my mic were a bit off. They have since been changed and should be better going forward, though there might still be room for improvement of course. I'll have a look at my limiter setting and see where it's at currently. Thanks for the tips. I appreciate it. :)

Excellent! A person after my own heart! I mean, going -over- something looks like the fastest route, right? Going around it would just take so much longer... >.>

Thanks! Happy to hear that you enjoyed it. And yeah, the sound is a bit low for a couple of videos. Not sure what happened, but I have fixed it for the later ones. :)

Thanks for your input on Mass Effect Andromeda. I've heard a bit about it and it seems the community are a bit divided in regards to if it's good or not. I think you're probably right that people expected a lot more out of it than they actually got, which led to a lot of disappointment. I have never played it myself, as mentioned in the video, and I managed to snag the game on sale a few months ago so i figured it might be worth doing a blind let's play of it at some point. I would like to play it to see what it's like and such, but I have no illusions that it'll hold up to the original trilogy. I'll be going into it with my eyes open, and hopefully be able to enjoy it for what it is. :)

I completely agree with you. I played Mass Effect for the first time a couple of years ago, and since then I've been absolutely hooked. I think I have replayed the entire trilogy a few times since then. Eventually I figured; "hey, why not share my playthrough RUclips? I want to share this awesome game with others!" And here I am. The worldbuilding in Mass Effect is fantastic and the characters are some of the best Bioware has written (in my opinion). I just adore the entire trilogy. Thank you for watching and coming along on Nora Shepard's journey. ^^

Thanks! ^^ No, I have never played any of the GTA games.

It's part of the Spacer exclusive mission. It's a nice bit of added detail, and I quite like that Spacer Shepard actually has a parent still alive. The hologram call is due to a mod I have, however. In the original you just get one of those bodiless voice calls.

Hah! Yes, that always seems so strange. I know she is supposed to be this desireable figure, but there is such a thing as consent...and as far as I'm aware, she didn't ask for it and Shepard didn't give it. So it feels really off. ^^;

Thank you! I'm happy to hear you're enjoying it. It's one of my favourite games as well. It's one of those games where I can complete the trilogy one day, and the next I'll start over from the beginning again. xD

Yes, I absolutely agree! It's easy to get lost in exploring the Citadel too. There's just so much to do. And I love the mod that I have that adds more people/NPCs and stuff to all the areas, which makes it feel even more alive.

@@SignificantOwl I discovered this tactic by chance. During my first time playing, I was running away from one and when I came back I noticed that the health had not reset. Hence this tactic was born. xD Oh? Good! It’s a new format that I’m trying. I’ll try to keep the episodes shorter in the future, though I’ll see how that works with the main quests and such.

@@SignificantOwl I know, right? It’s not only weird; had it been IRL it would have been incredibly rude too. 😂

Thank you! It is the absolutel best tactic, in my opinion. xD