I love it how Bioware finally put more character development into Shepard on an emotional scale, it really shows that Shepard is under a massive amount of stress, plus the PTSD of being blown up in ME2, then having the fate of the galaxy rest on his hands in ME3, because deep down, he knew he was fighting a losing battle, even if he said he was hopeful.
thats the true story of Mass Effect 3. It shows, that there are some things, that you cannot stop. And whatever you are going to do it will end the same way. The 4th ending shows it. The very end of it, when the catalyst dissapears, and Shepard just look at the schorched Earth... Thats life. Thats true face of your own life. It hits hard, and takes no prisoners.
Shepard was doing exactly what Saren told him not to in ME - miring him/herself in pointless revolt and sacrificing everything for the sake of petty freedoms, driven by emotion instead of logic, fighting a fight that cannot be win, something what even Shepard admitted before Harbinger in Arrival but chose it regardless, because it's perfectly organic reaction.
i like how this part of me3 gave Shepards character some new traits.. we never experienced him/her going through memories in such an emotional way before
I walk through a cold forest of grey, my name echoing, whispers through the wind, the shadows of those I could not save standing close, A manifestation of all my fears.. I could not save them, I could not save myself..
Mr. Torgue You wrote that? Man, you may not believe me but... That's very deep bro you have talent (I'm not sure if you understand what I'm trying to tell you). Not many people can write things like that.
Wow, that was beautiful. It was so beautiful that you inspired me to extend your small stanza, i hope you don't mind. Here it is: I walk through a cold forest of grey, My name echoing, Whispers through the wind, Time slows to a crawl, The shadows of those I could not save standing close, A manifestation of all my fears, But amongst the trees, a child, Playing,laughing, Innocence embodied, A sudden flash of red, Followed by a thunderous shriek, The child cowers with fear, Then disappears within the forest of grey, I find myself wandering deeper, The whispers grow louder, The child emerges once more, I extend my hand, my comfort, But alas, it was not enough, Embers are born at the childs feet, The embers turn to flame, The child engulfed, now ash, I could not save him, I could not save them, I could not save myself. It describes the first dream that Shepard has. I hope you like it!
"Shepard..." "Ahh... Shepard... excellent timing...." "Go back, get Williams, and get out of here. It's the right choice and you know it Ash...." "...does this unit have a soul...?" "...Shepard!..."
Part of ME3 is that Shepard is deteriorating, kid or not, IT or not. A huge amount of soldiers have PTSD, and look at what Shep lost. The dream sequence was good, and could have been brilliant. Story of ME3 as a whole I guess.
Control is the best option, you die but the rest of the galaxy comes together and everyone can get a second chance, but the most important thing: you defeat what seemed impossible and leave your legacy as a legend.
@@buckybarnes5305 Well, if you take the Destroy ending, the relays might be destroyed, but since their discovery by each race using it : Humans, Turians, Asari... Each empire studied the mass relays and can understand how it works. We know that the mass relays are using element zero and a single kind of physics. I mean, if you don't choose the Control ending with the Reapers repairing the mass relays in a few months, I think all races are capable to repair their own mass relays and my Shepard might go to Rannoch again, building a home for Tali... ;)
Shepard has the weight of the galaxy on his/her shoulders. The child represents everyone he/she can't save. I think these scenes are really brilliant and show the gravity of Shepard's situation. I don't think these scenes were at all out of place. I'd have to say that if you think it's out of place then that's pretty much completely wrong. I've seen no compelling arguments that would state otherwise.
There was a choice. There was no choice. I could have saved them. I couldn't save them. I had their lives in my hands. They all slipped away through my fingers, dripping down into a puddle of blood and madness. Now, I shed my tears in a forest of emptiness and loneliness, waiting for someone to hear my story. Someone who can give my cold, dying heart the warmth of peace.
I love listening to this.... every time it makes me reflect on all the choices i have made in my life, good or bad, just like in the game, which led me to this exact moment right now, typing this comment.
Seeing Shepard finally break hurt a lot already, since it's sad seeing someone finally reach their breaking point. But then when you hear the voices of your fallen companions, you just get hit so hard with despair. Shepard definitely felt like it was his fault that people are dead.
Nightmares of the Shepards: Earthborn - Running down an endless back-alley after after the boy (in this dream, a younger version of your created Shepard) Colonist - Running from Batarian pirates past other colonist's bodies and ruins Spacer - The Normandy slow crumbles around you as you try to escape Sole Survivor - Flee the thresher maw as it devours your squad on Akuze War Hero - Fend off pirates for a certain amount of time on Elysium Ruthless - Capturing and executing pirates on Torfan Seriously if they had incorporated your characters pre-service background and psyche profile into these sequences, it would of added an extra layer of immersion and flesh out how your Shepard came to be the man/woman they are. Such a missed opportunity.
This is one of the many things why I loved Mass Effect 3 and why I consider it as the best game of the best video games trilogy ever made. We always heard that Shepard was an alone kid without parents who grew in the streets of a big city on Earth, who engaged himself in the Alliance army very young and who's a lonely survivor from a disastrous mission. We could expect that he was suffering of some guilt, some trauma, but they gave us that scene only in the third game. It showed us how Shepard is fighting against his past and himself. As people die again and again, you will hear their voices, whispering to you all these moments you've been living with them. All those scenes, all those lines, all of this, gone. And if you did the choices that made them die, you'll feel guilty, you, behind your screen, because you *ARE* Shepard. It showed me why I took the "good" decisions. I wasn't playing a certain amount of pixels in a video game but a character, as sensitive as the others, it showed me how my Shepard loved Tali as the only real family he's got. This dream, much more a nightmare, is one of the best scenes in the trilogy, and in video games. It's worthy of Mass Effect.
i once read a criticism of the dreams at the beginning of each act a failed attempt at trying to make an empty game more emotional for players but actually resulting in revealing shepard as feeling guilty for killing his friends. which suffice to say i disagreed. if shepard was a real man, I doubt hed be getting any sleep with such a weight on his shoulders. unless the had some sorta interstellar "long nap" drug lol
The ambiance this melody created was to surreal. Shepard struggling with every decision he made. It's fitting for him to go through these struggles in a dream sequence. As well his struggle for indoctrination. That kid in his dream appeared to him in the end as "The Citadel", but really it was "Harbinger" trying to indoctrinate him. But not me, I made the ultimate sacrifice and...destroyed legions legacy.
+Andre Brown No, it wasn't Harbinger trying to indoctrinate him; the kid that appeared was the Intelligence. It appeared as the kid because it was familiar to Shepard.
the canon ending is to not chose. The cursible is Reapers tech. Shepard was indoctrinated. He was under they control from the beginnig of Mass effect 3. The nightmares. There wasn't any child. No other person In the game actually interacted with this kid... Why cuirsible had things to destroy? Why few milions of technicians and scientist build a device, that need to be destroyed? Why catalist didnt looked like someone Shepard actually loves? You cannot control the reapers. Saren and Illusion man trayed, and they end indoctrinated. A symbiosis? the whole galaxy and everything there lives would turn into half machine. The Reapers would achieve they ultimate goal. Destroy? you would destroy Geth too. Shepard wouldn't sacrifice whole race. And the mass relays are destroyed. There is only one ending. The not-choose-ending. Only then, the Shepard will be finnaly free.
I freaking loved the dream sequences: lost in the forest, surrounded by the ghosts of the dead, listening to the whispers of those my Shepherd couldn't save.....
God this game is a rollercoaster of feels ;___; First you are fighting a reaper on the ground, feeling badass, then (if you fucked up) have to make a hard decision (not if you made preliminary obejctives) and even if you save both, legion still dies, it's quite weird to think that a machine is alive, but it is because it actually has true intelligence and sentience that makes it so heart wrenching ;___;
That isn't his dreams though, that's his reality :( His nightmares would be probably remembering that moment that it died, reliving it over and over D:
I really think that this song and those nightmare parts really did begin to unearth a lot of things I have been holding back and my sub cousiness just keeps bringing up all those horrible memories.
i honestly think that shepard is in a dream state, during the final sequences of the game. after being shot by harbinger, you get up and your surrounding is different than it was before. also, somehow anderson is up there before you, as well as the illusive man, which i think would of been not possible. you then talk to the same kid that has been haunting your character since the very beginning, and makes you do choices, that are out of character.
When Shepard is on the job he always tries to remain positive, to give hope to everyone. When he can't keep up with the boy in his dreams, I feel his doubt. On the outside everyone sees Shepard as a spectre, as a hero, people look up to him. But on the inside Shepard is human, he knows, "we can't save them all.."
Kaiden. Mordin. Thane. Legion. Anderson. Why did they die? Why am I still here, while so many of my friends are dead and gone? They whisper to me. But the shadows are only such. I will meet them at the end of my journey, beyond the stars. Goodbye Mordin. You never could get it wrong. Goodbye Thane. Your voice comforted the heart of a broken man. Good bye Legion. You have a soul. Goodbye David Anderson. You can sit... and rest. Goodbye Kaiden. You gave me Ashley... a gift I can never repay. You were a friend in the beginning, and were missed in the end. Thank you. For being my friends...
Shepard can be the sole survivor of both Mindoir and Akuze, lost the majority of his crew in ME2, including his LI, and of all the things he could have nightmares about, he has nightmares about some stupid kid.
I remember when i first heard the song, it just makes u think of being in ur own dream. What could happen, what is happening. Seeing how u view your world or even what u haven't been seeing. The song is an amazing piece. You know it is because of the fact it makes u think.
like when the 800% speed meme got big after someone had a stroke of genious and slowed 'U Smile' by bieber.(to this day, that is the only song i can listen to, and even then it has to be the slow version to tolerate)
The giant blaring horn noise? Yeah I was, and that sort of noise has managed to creep me out since I saw War of the Worlds in theatres, not that this track was haunting enough already. :(
O.K what the hell is wrong with you people you can't stop your bitcin and your disbelief in this iconic trilogy I have played this game and my only problem was nothing at all it was just the emotional story that put me off I mean how can you bitch about the dream it is all about how the end of every thing came full cercal the truth is if anything made this a crack of shit then it was the DLC that made loos it epic story and hope they make the 4th story better then before.
The lasting essences of war are the weapons which the soldier of creed or calling wields. With every push forward and every hill taken, the costs to those whom wield the tools are which the most diligent face. Battling on the front lines, their metal and resolve are tested and strained to breaking. Yet long after we have all gone the weapon remains a testament to an endearing truth of war: the most immediate victims are those who must pick up their tools again and again for creed or calling
I found what Joker says about origin events, after Thessia, it is exactly what you're also saying: "Because EDI says that according to your armor's metabolic scans, you're under more stress now than during the Skyllian Blitz. Like, more than Torfan, where you put your whole damn squad through a meat grinder. Like, more than Elysium, where it was pretty much you versus 10,000 batarians trying to kill you. Like, more than Akuze, where thresher maws ate the rest of your squad.
i was very pissed just a few nights ago & full of stress from studyin for an exam, ,i was goin through my ipod in bed tryna find somethin to help me get to sleep. . .came to this song, , ,next thing i know i wake up around 3am, with my headphones wrapped around my neck with the song still playin. .or it stopped, ,idk, cant remember, ,but i guess thats what this song will do lol best thing to listen to while tryna sleep
It's okay we all sh-Wait a minute...*Backs up* Sorry, but I'm not coming any closer. I've learned that there is ONE rule in life...Never FUCK with Aria T'Loak.
"Shepard-Commander, help us" "Shepard.." "That won't happen. Go get 'em Commander. I'll see you all when you get back!" I'm sorry I couldn't save you all. :'(
when Louise Dreamt of Hannah in Arrival, and many Similar sounds in Hans Zimmerman Interstellar. ambience, foreboding, uncertainty. 😐 mass effect Set the Benchmark for 21st Century Interstellar Sci-fi thats for sure.
Yeeeah. I was waiting for someone to catch that typo I noticed myself only after I posted, and then for that person tell me about it. Good job. Thumbs up to you.
Commander Shepard:"There's a lot of people back on Earth dying while we gather our strengths. They're wondering if we're ever coming back; friends, family, parents and children. This isn't their fight. But they are buying us time with their lives..."
If listen to it through headphones you can hear the piano playing normally then it plays backwards in some parts. It's pretty haunting but awesome at the same time. :)
Hearing those ink-blot people whisper "Had to be....someone else might have gotten it wrong...." and "Does this unit have a soul.....?" was heart breaking.
As I said, it's preparation. Writers use many preparation sequences before player makes important decisions; wander about the cultural side of Krogans, watch Geth holograms about the conflict with Quarians, learn about the Reaper making process in Collector Base, etc, so you have the necessary context to make decisions. When Reaper child asks you to decide about "synthesis" or "control" you have zero context. Instead you've been given these dream sequences to not to trust it's word one bit.
True I can't imagine any other reason why they put in the dream parts in the game. The commander is not that kind of person who suddenly start to have nightmares just because a kid got exploaded, sad but Shepard could have delt with it. The dreams must be slow indoctrination attempts, Because I cant imagine that after the shitstorm your protagonist went through during her/his life ( if you are a Sol survivor, Akuze for example) now from all the sudden s/he is starting to have bad dreams....
I liked this song in the game with the big bass Reaper sounds that scared the child away. That sound reminds me of Inception, and it just adds a lot of tension to it, I think :D
couldn't agree more. I found the movie the fountain because of his work. when I heard he'd be doing the composition for mass effect 3, I insatntly said SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. fosrs. the music was easily one of the best parts of mass effect 3, aside from the kick ass gameplay and the parts that aren't the ending. I kid. the whole game was amazing, and clint mansell made it an incredible journey, even if the final sequences didnt do his work justice.
Yeah, well, you know what's the difference? Hudson and all the other Bioware guys said that we'd get a group of big epic endings that was vastly different from each other, and that every decision we made affected the outcome. Instead, we got a 'group' of endings that were 90% the same, aside from a pallete swap, and all of your choices are ignored in favour of a last-minute, nonsensical A,B or C decision. That's why we're not happy. We feel as if we were downright lied to.
If you do Tali's loyalty mission in ME2, she becomes an Admiral, and then she can help you settle a truce between the Quarians and Geth. But otherwise, no I don't think so.
I love it how Bioware finally put more character development into Shepard on an emotional scale, it really shows that Shepard is under a massive amount of stress, plus the PTSD of being blown up in ME2, then having the fate of the galaxy rest on his hands in ME3, because deep down, he knew he was fighting a losing battle, even if he said he was hopeful.
thats the true story of Mass Effect 3. It shows, that there are some things, that you cannot stop. And whatever you are going to do it will end the same way. The 4th ending shows it. The very end of it, when the catalyst dissapears, and Shepard just look at the schorched Earth... Thats life. Thats true face of your own life. It hits hard, and takes no prisoners.
Fuck you guys I'm sad now
@@pawe1721 haha Same.. currently replaying for the 6th time and I'm already sad
Shepard was doing exactly what Saren told him not to in ME - miring him/herself in pointless revolt and sacrificing everything for the sake of petty freedoms, driven by emotion instead of logic, fighting a fight that cannot be win, something what even Shepard admitted before Harbinger in Arrival but chose it regardless, because it's perfectly organic reaction.
i like how this part of me3 gave Shepards character some new traits.. we never experienced him/her going through memories in such an emotional way before
I walk through a cold forest of grey, my name echoing, whispers through the wind, the shadows of those I could not save standing close, A manifestation of all my fears.. I could not save them, I could not save myself..
***** Well, I did, At the time I listened to the song... Forgot entirely about this comment. =)
Mr. Torgue You wrote that? Man, you may not believe me but... That's very deep bro you have talent (I'm not sure if you understand what I'm trying to tell you). Not many people can write things like that.
Wow, that was beautiful. It was so beautiful that you inspired me to extend your small stanza, i hope you don't mind. Here it is:
I walk through a cold forest of grey,
My name echoing,
Whispers through the wind,
Time slows to a crawl,
The shadows of those I could not save standing close,
A manifestation of all my fears,
But amongst the trees, a child,
Playing,laughing,
Innocence embodied,
A sudden flash of red,
Followed by a thunderous shriek,
The child cowers with fear,
Then disappears within the forest of grey,
I find myself wandering deeper,
The whispers grow louder,
The child emerges once more,
I extend my hand, my comfort,
But alas, it was not enough,
Embers are born at the childs feet,
The embers turn to flame,
The child engulfed, now ash,
I could not save him,
I could not save them,
I could not save myself.
It describes the first dream that Shepard has. I hope you like it!
Mr. Torgue don't you mean... EXPLOSIONS!?
"Somewhere, deep in the fabric of reality, our actions are recorded and remembered. Yours will be remembered for eternity" (c) Padok Wiks
"Shepard..."
"Ahh... Shepard... excellent timing...."
"Go back, get Williams, and get out of here. It's the right choice and you know it Ash...."
"...does this unit have a soul...?"
"...Shepard!..."
Part of ME3 is that Shepard is deteriorating, kid or not, IT or not. A huge amount of soldiers have PTSD, and look at what Shep lost. The dream sequence was good, and could have been brilliant. Story of ME3 as a whole I guess.
Good. Now I can cry myself to sleep every night.
I feel like Mass Effect 3 is the first game where you lose, like every ending is not exactly a happy ending.
Well the destroy with with Max alliance power is kinda, because that very last scene in the rubble implies he's still alive
@@vonjt4077 but destroying the mass relays there is no way for the allies to return to their galaxies pal, so I wouldn't say a good ending
Control is the best option, you die but the rest of the galaxy comes together and everyone can get a second chance, but the most important thing: you defeat what seemed impossible and leave your legacy as a legend.
The extended cut dlc implies the relays can still be repaired.
@@buckybarnes5305 Well, if you take the Destroy ending, the relays might be destroyed, but since their discovery by each race using it : Humans, Turians, Asari... Each empire studied the mass relays and can understand how it works. We know that the mass relays are using element zero and a single kind of physics. I mean, if you don't choose the Control ending with the Reapers repairing the mass relays in a few months, I think all races are capable to repair their own mass relays and my Shepard might go to Rannoch again, building a home for Tali... ;)
Shepard has the weight of the galaxy on his/her shoulders. The child represents everyone he/she can't save. I think these scenes are really brilliant and show the gravity of Shepard's situation. I don't think these scenes were at all out of place. I'd have to say that if you think it's out of place then that's pretty much completely wrong. I've seen no compelling arguments that would state otherwise.
Someone understands
It made Shepard few human. For the first time in the games, we see a person feeling the weight of massive choices they’ve had to make.
Ive heard of people who have End Times dreams where they are a child and their father is calling them to follow him back home
Yeah but having it be the same dream over and over is super cheesy. Plus, the voice acting on the kid is god awful
@@moviekid42 dude it's like two times in the whole game
"One child would be the face of people on Earth whom Shepard could not save"
Quote from The Art of Mass Effect 3.
There’s nothing worse than having the weight of the galaxy on your shoulders, and the knowledge that you can’t save them all.
"It should have been *me*, Commander..."
There was a choice. There was no choice. I could have saved them. I couldn't save them. I had their lives in my hands. They all slipped away through my fingers, dripping down into a puddle of blood and madness. Now, I shed my tears in a forest of emptiness and loneliness, waiting for someone to hear my story. Someone who can give my cold, dying heart the warmth of peace.
Source? This is amazing
@@Starkiller1313 this is entirely original
I love listening to this.... every time it makes me reflect on all the choices i have made in my life, good or bad, just like in the game, which led me to this exact moment right now, typing this comment.
That's so deep. Makes you really think about life, doesn't it?
yup
Mindfuck
The same way i feel when go through my flashback memories.
The way the piano cascades is like how our actions cascade and affect others as well, like a butterfly effect
Seeing Shepard finally break hurt a lot already, since it's sad seeing someone finally reach their breaking point. But then when you hear the voices of your fallen companions, you just get hit so hard with despair. Shepard definitely felt like it was his fault that people are dead.
It was truly strange when I heard this and Mordin whispering "Shepherd" totally spooked me.
Nightmares of the Shepards:
Earthborn - Running down an endless back-alley after after the boy (in this dream, a younger version of your created Shepard)
Colonist - Running from Batarian pirates past other colonist's bodies and ruins
Spacer - The Normandy slow crumbles around you as you try to escape
Sole Survivor - Flee the thresher maw as it devours your squad on Akuze
War Hero - Fend off pirates for a certain amount of time on Elysium
Ruthless - Capturing and executing pirates on Torfan
Seriously if they had incorporated your characters pre-service background and psyche profile into these sequences, it would of added an extra layer of immersion and flesh out how your Shepard came to be the man/woman they are. Such a missed opportunity.
Those are good ideas for ME1, not ME3.
This is one of the many things why I loved Mass Effect 3 and why I consider it as the best game of the best video games trilogy ever made. We always heard that Shepard was an alone kid without parents who grew in the streets of a big city on Earth, who engaged himself in the Alliance army very young and who's a lonely survivor from a disastrous mission. We could expect that he was suffering of some guilt, some trauma, but they gave us that scene only in the third game. It showed us how Shepard is fighting against his past and himself. As people die again and again, you will hear their voices, whispering to you all these moments you've been living with them. All those scenes, all those lines, all of this, gone. And if you did the choices that made them die, you'll feel guilty, you, behind your screen, because you *ARE* Shepard. It showed me why I took the "good" decisions. I wasn't playing a certain amount of pixels in a video game but a character, as sensitive as the others, it showed me how my Shepard loved Tali as the only real family he's got. This dream, much more a nightmare, is one of the best scenes in the trilogy, and in video games. It's worthy of Mass Effect.
is it just me or the whole time im waiting for the REAPER SOUND
Some souls die in battle, some die in their sleep, and some die for no reason at all.
Maybe one of the best part of Mass effect 3: the nightmares and their influence on our shepard.
i once read a criticism of the dreams at the beginning of each act a failed attempt at trying to make an empty game more emotional for players but actually resulting in revealing shepard as feeling guilty for killing his friends.
which suffice to say i disagreed. if shepard was a real man, I doubt hed be getting any sleep with such a weight on his shoulders. unless the had some sorta interstellar "long nap" drug lol
The ambiance this melody created was to surreal. Shepard struggling with every decision he made. It's fitting for him to go through these struggles in a dream sequence. As well his struggle for indoctrination. That kid in his dream appeared to him in the end as "The Citadel", but really it was "Harbinger" trying to indoctrinate him. But not me, I made the ultimate sacrifice and...destroyed legions legacy.
+Andre Brown No, it wasn't Harbinger trying to indoctrinate him; the kid that appeared was the Intelligence. It appeared as the kid because it was familiar to Shepard.
+Andre Brown too*, why is it that everyone on the internet says 'to' instead of 'too'...
+The Freeman Initiative I always get confused on which one to use lol
Andre Brown lol why? it should be obvious
the canon ending is to not chose. The cursible is Reapers tech. Shepard was indoctrinated. He was under they control from the beginnig of Mass effect 3. The nightmares. There wasn't any child. No other person In the game actually interacted with this kid... Why cuirsible had things to destroy? Why few milions of technicians and scientist build a device, that need to be destroyed? Why catalist didnt looked like someone Shepard actually loves? You cannot control the reapers. Saren and Illusion man trayed, and they end indoctrinated. A symbiosis? the whole galaxy and everything there lives would turn into half machine. The Reapers would achieve they ultimate goal. Destroy? you would destroy Geth too. Shepard wouldn't sacrifice whole race. And the mass relays are destroyed. There is only one ending. The not-choose-ending. Only then, the Shepard will be finnaly free.
*whispers* Shepard
"I'm Kelly Chambers, but you can call me Kelly"
I freaking loved the dream sequences: lost in the forest, surrounded by the ghosts of the dead, listening to the whispers of those my Shepherd couldn't save.....
Only now i realised that this actually Leaving Earth playing it's just slowed down version of it!
And still just as depressing.
I wish I were dreaming...
Love this track! it makes me think about my life what i am doing what i need to do with my self so sad emocional:/
ｄｏｅｓ ｔｈｉｓ ｕｎｉｔ ｈａｖｅ ａ ｓｏｕｌ ？
Is this just a slowed down version of leaving Earth?
yes it is
David Stevenson
thx for the info my dear David.
I never thought of that :o
Yes, much like how the squad selection music is a slowed down (and filtered) version of the Galaxy Map theme.
It's a little different, because you can't hear any inception horn's.
God this game is a rollercoaster of feels ;___;
First you are fighting a reaper on the ground, feeling badass, then (if you fucked up) have to make a hard decision (not if you made preliminary obejctives) and even if you save both, legion still dies, it's quite weird to think that a machine is alive, but it is because it actually has true intelligence and sentience that makes it so heart wrenching ;___;
That isn't his dreams though, that's his reality :(
His nightmares would be probably remembering that moment that it died, reliving it over and over D:
I really think that this song and those nightmare parts really did begin to unearth a lot of things I have been holding back and my sub cousiness just keeps bringing up all those horrible memories.
CREEPY AF. these dream sequences were semi survival horror-ish!
Or have Thane's voice showing up, calling you Siha....
....my heart broke
"Does... this unit have a soul?"
Me: *sobs*
"Shepard! Excellent timing! Good to have you here."..
Damn Mordin.. i miss you so much
Listen to this with a 7.1 soundsystem, bass turned up to the maximum - it's fucking uberawesome.
It was really sad to hear Legion's voice in my version of Shepard's night terror.
Knowing my friend had expired...
An ASMR dream for my ears.
Listen to this through headphones and close your eyes... It's fucking intense.
i honestly think that shepard is in a dream state, during the final sequences of the game. after being shot by harbinger, you get up and your surrounding is different than it was before. also, somehow anderson is up there before you, as well as the illusive man, which i think would of been not possible. you then talk to the same kid that has been haunting your character since the very beginning, and makes you do choices, that are out of character.
When Shepard is on the job he always tries to remain positive, to give hope to everyone. When he can't keep up with the boy in his dreams, I feel his doubt. On the outside everyone sees Shepard as a spectre, as a hero, people look up to him. But on the inside Shepard is human, he knows, "we can't save them all.."
Kaiden. Mordin. Thane. Legion. Anderson. Why did they die? Why am I still here, while so many of my friends are dead and gone? They whisper to me. But the shadows are only such. I will meet them at the end of my journey, beyond the stars. Goodbye Mordin. You never could get it wrong. Goodbye Thane. Your voice comforted the heart of a broken man. Good bye Legion. You have a soul. Goodbye David Anderson. You can sit... and rest. Goodbye Kaiden. You gave me Ashley... a gift I can never repay. You were a friend in the beginning, and were missed in the end. Thank you. For being my friends...
"Shepard....."
It is a slowed down version of Leaving Earth.
Shepard can be the sole survivor of both Mindoir and Akuze, lost the majority of his crew in ME2, including his LI, and of all the things he could have nightmares about, he has nightmares about some stupid kid.
This sounds so scary, it's the "Leaving Earth" soundtrack in slowmotion ...
I remember when i first heard the song, it just makes u think of being in ur own dream. What could happen, what is happening. Seeing how u view your world or even what u haven't been seeing. The song is an amazing piece. You know it is because of the fact it makes u think.
"Someone else might have gotten it wrong."
I was like =( when i did not find this in the OST but i will ay thank you for uploading it
like when the 800% speed meme got big after someone had a stroke of genious and slowed 'U Smile' by bieber.(to this day, that is the only song i can listen to, and even then it has to be the slow version to tolerate)
The only thing i like about the dreams is that you can hear the voice of your old comrades whisper to you.It's just so fucking sad,and emotinal.
The giant blaring horn noise? Yeah I was, and that sort of noise has managed to creep me out since I saw War of the Worlds in theatres, not that this track was haunting enough already. :(
O.K what the hell is wrong with you people you can't stop your bitcin and your disbelief in this iconic trilogy I have played this game and my only problem was nothing at all it was just the emotional story that put me off I mean how can you bitch about the dream it is all about how the end of every thing came full cercal the truth is if anything made this a crack of shit then it was the DLC that made loos it epic story and hope they make the 4th story better then before.
+Scoobe Doo do you even English?
The lasting essences of war are the weapons which the soldier of creed or calling wields. With every push forward and every hill taken, the costs to those whom wield the tools are which the most diligent face. Battling on the front lines, their metal and resolve are tested and strained to breaking. Yet long after we have all gone the weapon remains a testament to an endearing truth of war: the most immediate victims are those who must pick up their tools again and again for creed or calling
I found what Joker says about origin events, after Thessia, it is exactly what you're also saying:
"Because EDI says that according to your armor's metabolic scans, you're under more stress now than during the Skyllian Blitz.
Like, more than Torfan, where you put your whole damn squad through a meat grinder.
Like, more than Elysium, where it was pretty much you versus 10,000 batarians trying to kill you.
Like, more than Akuze, where thresher maws ate the rest of your squad.
Haha, guess they found it and liked it as much as we did. Great job btw :)
i was very pissed just a few nights ago & full of stress from studyin for an exam, ,i was goin through my ipod in bed tryna find somethin to help me get to sleep. . .came to this song, , ,next thing i know i wake up around 3am, with my headphones wrapped around my neck with the song still playin. .or it stopped, ,idk, cant remember, ,but i guess thats what this song will do lol best thing to listen to while tryna sleep
Shepard was killed for a reason.
*I Always have time for you, Commander*
I think I'm going to take a nap to this in a minute...
HOLY SHIT. THANK GOD SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN ME WANTED THIS MUSIC. THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD.
thehe, the soundtrack begins and I've goosebumps instant ^^ I feel sad for everyone who doesnt know THIS particular feeling that I feel right now O.o
I like how their logo is the letter E with a pile of dog shit to symbolize the A. Classic.
It's okay we all sh-Wait a minute...*Backs up* Sorry, but I'm not coming any closer. I've learned that there is ONE rule in life...Never FUCK with Aria T'Loak.
Prepare yourself for Operation Exorcist this weekend April 27th - 29th. The alliance needs the best!
True, there is lots of evidence supporting it, but we will have to wait and see....
"Shepard-Commander, help us"
"Shepard.."
"That won't happen. Go get 'em Commander. I'll see you all when you get back!"
I'm sorry I couldn't save you all. :'(
This music made reading your comment so much more awesome.
Just that Shepard is feeling survivor's guilt because he left Earth alive while the kid died
This song sound's like a slowed down version of "Leaving Earth"
Nice to see people getting along... :)
when Louise Dreamt of Hannah in Arrival, and many Similar sounds in Hans Zimmerman Interstellar. ambience, foreboding, uncertainty. 😐 mass effect Set the Benchmark for 21st Century Interstellar Sci-fi thats for sure.
Leaving Earth
Yeeeah. I was waiting for someone to catch that typo I noticed myself only after I posted, and then for that person tell me about it. Good job. Thumbs up to you.
Exactly, but mainly to remind you of the little boy you see getting killed.
Clint Mansell recycle parts of his songs most of the time. But I think he does it to keep the atmosphere of the game (and movies in other cases).
Commander Shepard:"There's a lot of people back on Earth dying while we gather our strengths. They're wondering if we're ever coming back; friends, family, parents and children. This isn't their fight. But they are buying us time with their lives..."
If listen to it through headphones you can hear the piano playing normally then it plays backwards in some parts. It's pretty haunting but awesome at the same time. :)
Scared me shit-less back then. That was the definition of Nightmare.
The melody from that is in there, yes.
more emotional
Hearing those ink-blot people whisper "Had to be....someone else might have gotten it wrong...." and "Does this unit have a soul.....?" was heart breaking.
As I said, it's preparation. Writers use many preparation sequences before player makes important decisions; wander about the cultural side of Krogans, watch Geth holograms about the conflict with Quarians, learn about the Reaper making process in Collector Base, etc, so you have the necessary context to make decisions. When Reaper child asks you to decide about "synthesis" or "control" you have zero context. Instead you've been given these dream sequences to not to trust it's word one bit.
True I can't imagine any other reason why they put in the dream parts in the game. The commander is not that kind of person who suddenly start to have nightmares just because a kid got exploaded, sad but Shepard could have delt with it. The dreams must be slow indoctrination attempts, Because I cant imagine that after the shitstorm your protagonist went through during her/his life ( if you are a Sol survivor, Akuze for example) now from all the sudden s/he is starting to have bad dreams....
They're both great in their own ways.
I liked this song in the game with the big bass Reaper sounds that scared the child away. That sound reminds me of Inception, and it just adds a lot of tension to it, I think :D
It's ok, I never wanted to sleep without nightmares ANYWAY...
That went perfect with the music.
thats how I interpreted it to- plus with the kid burning. Shepard unable to stop his death.
couldn't agree more. I found the movie the fountain because of his work. when I heard he'd be doing the composition for mass effect 3, I insatntly said SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY. fosrs.
the music was easily one of the best parts of mass effect 3, aside from the kick ass gameplay and the parts that aren't the ending. I kid. the whole game was amazing, and clint mansell made it an incredible journey, even if the final sequences didnt do his work justice.
If you listen carefully.............this sounds like a really slow, remixed version of the 'Leaving Earth' Track. Gives me goosebumps :S
Indeed he does.
"Does this unit have a soul?"
Yeah, well, you know what's the difference? Hudson and all the other Bioware guys said that we'd get a group of big epic endings that was vastly different from each other, and that every decision we made affected the outcome.
Instead, we got a 'group' of endings that were 90% the same, aside from a pallete swap, and all of your choices are ignored in favour of a last-minute, nonsensical A,B or C decision.
That's why we're not happy. We feel as if we were downright lied to.
If you do Tali's loyalty mission in ME2, she becomes an Admiral, and then she can help you settle a truce between the Quarians and Geth. But otherwise, no I don't think so.
I kept waiting for the horn to blare the entire time.
Emotional
RIP thane *sniff