This sums up the transition into the second game so well. Starts off with the familiar Normandy music, and you expect it to be all sunshine and rainbows like the atmosphere of the last game. And then all of a sudden. "It's not the geth." CUE EPIC COLLECTOR MUSIC.
Mass Effect 2 was basically the anti-Mass Effect 1, almost everything is the opposite, key point operating only within the Terminus Systems and told to stay away from Citadel Space, whereas in ME1 it's the opposite
I was absolutely GLUED to my monitor during this whole intro scene. One of, if not THE best in the gaming industry. All the elements are there: nostalgia, action, fear, sadness.
@@daltonlorow8294 It also kind of reminds me of that really spine chilling, really creepy, and very eerie Reaver Theme from Josh Whedon's short-lived "Firefly" TV Series (as you can see/listen here: ruclips.net/video/Gy-KID71kzQ/видео.html )
The scenario of ME2 was worse than ME1 AND ME3 scenarios, it's just a way to introduce Cerberus, the Illusive Man and many characters and places that we see in the third game, but ME1 ending doesn't announce the Collectors fight, it annouce the Reapers arrival, Mass Effect 3. Mass Effect 2 wasn't a bad game to play (and I could finally romance Tali), but if you look at the scenarios of all 3 games, the fight against the Collectors is just a tool to prepare us to the Reapers invasion. For me, Mass Effect 3's intro cinematic with Leaving Earth is just unbeatable.
Shit, I had this now at their ship. I took some shitty heavy weapon that was nearly 0 damage and that thing was going after me. Even though I played the game like 3 times I was screaming with fear when it was nearby. Even better was when I opened the door and like 15 zombies came and I was having only a pistol. Scary shit xd
@Tellmeimaninja True, but Ashley/Kaiden/Liara did make it clear that Joker "refused" to abandon the Normandy even as everyone else on the bridge died or evacuated.
Shepard shows his will here, and not in saving Joker himself, but in his own reaction to having saved him. he doesn't flail, kick or grab at empty space. He floats away. Owning it. It doesn't bother him in the least, knowing how it'd go. He'd do the same thing again given the chance.
Collector cruiser : Kills SR1 SR2 : So you have chosen death..... It's really awesome to see her younger sister ship beating the crap outta collector cruiser in its own turf
@Nyxiz here's my opinion, we learned in ME2 that we still know very little about the reapers, we were all shocked towards the end to see what they were doing with all those colonists but really, just because one reaper was being made the way that was, that does not mean all other reapers were made the same way. them all looking alike could mean something else other than every race harvested was a squid, perhaps they found humans very intriguing enough to try something new with them.
You know a song is powerful when it gives you chills EVERY time you listen to it. Mass Effect 2 truly has the best introduction to a game I've ever experienced. I felt more in the first 5 minutes of this game than most others can drag out through the entire plot. Now, here's hoping Mass Effect 3 tops it...
Man the collectors are scary dammit! Protheans turned into reaper slaves with a ship like 40x the size of the SR2 Normandy would make me lay down and die.
Every time the part where the Collector ship shows up comes on I just feel the need to escape. Nothing good is going to happen and I just feel like I'm doomed for.
Patrick Lenigan let's see: NX-01 stands a fair chance and makes for an okay fight but might just lose NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A beat it with little problems B, C, D and E completely step on it like Reapers on human civilisation
They still fucking butchered the collectors in me3. They were sooooooooooo much better in me2. in me3, praetorians are so ridicilous compared to the praetorians in me2.
This level was one of my favorites. When the collector ship came I was like What DAH fuu-. It was like one of those missions that didn't seem like it was suppose to be in the game, it was so different. Idk how to explain the feeling, but it happened a lot with the older games.
I've completed entire Mass Effect few times already(Soldier, Engineer, Infiltrator, Vanguard), and this ME2 intro still gives me goose bumps lol First time i tried ME2 i was pretty shocked that Shepard died.
Darkstalker 212 Yeah so far is not as great as any of the previous Mass effect games but I'm enjoying it, actually having a great time with it and they at least got the open world right which they couldn't in the original, here's hoping that they have some great story DLC plans or hopefully they remaster ME 1-3. IMO this series should've been rebooted instead of Andromeda.
The exploration is great but the story and crew are boring and made out to be idiots. Apart from Drack and PeeBee. Love their conversations. Apart from the facial animations which I honestly don't mind it seems like Ryder and the crew take nothing serious. That's down to 12-16 writers though.
I'd say it's better than ME3 and maybe ME1. Also +ConorChaos crew is boring? I dunno man, Vetra feels underdeveloped, but Drack, Peebee and Jaal are fantastic, Cora is also a lot better than I expected from a human companion, nowhere near Ashley bad. I actually liked Cora more than Vetra, Vetra seems really bland. Liam is just whatever, kinda annoying. I also love Kallo and Lexi. I'm gonna go on the limb here and say that I prefer this crew over the original. Of course nobody can replace Garrus, Tali or Mordin.
Funnily enough, I remember this track best for that one moment when it stopped playing. You know the bit I mean, suddenly stepping out into the silent blue of the ship's recently destroyed bridge, devoid of all sound but your own breathing. 'Twas good stuff.
when shepard died it almost made me cry. the ending of the song was the most emotional part where shepard was all alone and no one is there to help him. gasping for air and falling into the abyss.
Those last seconds of this theme... Gives me chills every time. No other theme can do that (perhaps the last seconds of BRINKs theme can, but those two actually very alike).
@KopperNeoman I miss Immunity, too. That's why I kept my Shepard as a Shock Trooper in ME2 with Fortification as his bonus ability, since the visual effect is reminiscent of Immunity.
God damnit Joker, when I order you to get your ass in the escape pod you bloody well do as you're told! Totally should have been given the option to renegade interrupt him later on for disobeying a direct order.
@norsknerd Those "bugs" are the COllectors, and yes it certainly made the Cipher make a lot more sense. Vigil never had the appearance of a Prothean, he was just an AI (or VI). The Protheans ARE seen in ME 1 on Ilos as statues.
@Terry2982 Totally agreed. And I too had a relation with Liara, tho with a paragon character. As for the biotic powers, I guess she could've created some sort of protective field around several crew-members, but she couldn't have protected everybody due to the difficulty of creating a barrier. Also the constant heat and explosions would've propably worn out the shield rather quickly.
@sarakatefisher9 Little old, but I recentely played the Normandy crash site again, and in pressly's logs he said "I would happily die for any member of this crew, no matter what planet they were born on" A manly tear was shed.
![Mass Effect 2 - New Worlds Theme [Extended 30 mins]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Uc32TpW7Zpw/mqdefault.jpg)
![Mass Effect 2 - New Worlds Theme [Extended 30 mins]](/img/tr.png)
*If I must listen to this again Shepherd, I will!*
"It's not the Geth."
That moment when you realize shit hit the fan.
"Brace for evasive maneuvers!"
ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL OF THE REPLAY BUTTON
Yyyeeeeeessss!
I KNOW THIS EXCITES YOU, SHEPARD
This sums up the transition into the second game so well. Starts off with the familiar Normandy music, and you expect it to be all sunshine and rainbows like the atmosphere of the last game.
And then all of a sudden.
"It's not the geth."
CUE EPIC COLLECTOR MUSIC.
+sivret20 And thenn all of sudden
"The space spanish inquisition"
CUE EPIC DARUDE SANDSTORM!
Mass Effect 2 was basically the anti-Mass Effect 1, almost everything is the opposite, key point operating only within the Terminus Systems and told to stay away from Citadel Space, whereas in ME1 it's the opposite
DUM-DUM-DUM BWAAAH! AHHHHHH! DUM-DE-DE-DA-DWAH! AAAAAA-EEEEEEE-OOOOOOO! DA-DA-DA-DA-DA-DAH DA-DAH-DO-WH
OOOM! BWOOM!
“Brace for Evasive Maneuvers!!!”
Mass Effect 2 has the best introduction I have ever seen in a game. My jaw was to the floor.
Direct intervention is neccesary. If I must tear you apart Shepard,I will.
You cannot escape your destiny, Shepard
La Las You _will_ know pain, Shepard.
Shepard, I _always_ survive.
Flee while you can, Shepard.
***** The dead are _useless_.
Continue attack.
Kill one and one hundred will replace it.
Ignore the fallen.
Harbinger Reaper Dατ spαm.
*I'll take your ass Shepard*
Then shepard had the major lag to respawn. Two years man, two years...
4:52 Chokes me up everytime.
I was absolutely GLUED to my monitor during this whole intro scene. One of, if not THE best in the gaming industry. All the elements are there: nostalgia, action, fear, sadness.
1:20 Those drums gave me goosebumps and literally made me fear for my life when I first played this game.
Kampfhund Same bro, same
@@daltonlorow8294 It also kind of reminds me of that really spine chilling, really creepy, and very eerie Reaver Theme from Josh Whedon's short-lived "Firefly" TV Series (as you can see/listen here: ruclips.net/video/Gy-KID71kzQ/видео.html )
Best opening to a video game ever?
Yeah, the main character "dies" in the first 15 minutes O_o Also, it's so sad seeing the Normandy burn :(
More like the worst
shoulda kept Shepuuuurrrrdd dead, or him not dying at all
***** Maybe Shepuuuurrrrdd but not Shepard.
Wilhelm (themars2011) Yeah he probably got badly brain damaged after ME2's intro
I know I did
The scenario of ME2 was worse than ME1 AND ME3 scenarios, it's just a way to introduce Cerberus, the Illusive Man and many characters and places that we see in the third game, but ME1 ending doesn't announce the Collectors fight, it annouce the Reapers arrival, Mass Effect 3.
Mass Effect 2 wasn't a bad game to play (and I could finally romance Tali), but if you look at the scenarios of all 3 games, the fight against the Collectors is just a tool to prepare us to the Reapers invasion.
For me, Mass Effect 3's intro cinematic with Leaving Earth is just unbeatable.
Way to start the game.
1:19 Just love the drums here... perfect...
"Babe PLEEEEASE!! Can you please listen to something besides 'Mass Effect 2 - Collector Attack'??"
"No."
When the pretorian comes out of nowhere and you’re out of ammo
Its good to destroy them with their own weapon
[demonic screaming]
Shit, I had this now at their ship. I took some shitty heavy weapon that was nearly 0 damage and that thing was going after me. Even though I played the game like 3 times I was screaming with fear when it was nearby. Even better was when I opened the door and like 15 zombies came and I was having only a pistol. Scary shit xd
*Laughs in Warp combos*
This are the kinds of games they should remaster damn it
Our wish granted :D
@@MikoDnst OUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED
@@MikoDnst IF I MUST GRANT YOU THIS WISH, SHEPARD, I WILL
@Tellmeimaninja
True, but Ashley/Kaiden/Liara did make it clear that Joker "refused" to abandon the Normandy even as everyone else on the bridge died or evacuated.
gives me shivers
me too bro
Shepard shows his will here, and not in saving Joker himself, but in his own reaction to having saved him.
he doesn't flail, kick or grab at empty space. He floats away. Owning it. It doesn't bother him in the least, knowing how it'd go. He'd do the same thing again given the chance.
Collector cruiser : Kills SR1
SR2 : So you have chosen death.....
It's really awesome to see her younger sister ship beating the crap outta collector cruiser in its own turf
@Nyxiz
here's my opinion, we learned in ME2 that we still know very little about the reapers, we were all shocked towards the end to see what they were doing with all those colonists but really, just because one reaper was being made the way that was, that does not mean all other reapers were made the same way.
them all looking alike could mean something else other than every race harvested was a squid, perhaps they found humans very intriguing enough to try something new with them.
"Commander! SHEPARD!"
You know a song is powerful when it gives you chills EVERY time you listen to it. Mass Effect 2 truly has the best introduction to a game I've ever experienced. I felt more in the first 5 minutes of this game than most others can drag out through the entire plot. Now, here's hoping Mass Effect 3 tops it...
"IT'S NOT A GETH!"
it's not THE geth
"Brace for evasive maneuvers"
@@finecastleie SOMEBODY PUT THAT FIRE OUT
Owwww, HEY WATCH THE ARM
"Dont be a idiot!"
Time to show them our new teeth. Fire!
*Thanix cannon tears Collectors ship like paper*
@@lewycraft how do you like that you son of bitches
@GTGoingGoblin
Or as Garrus put it "They killed you once, and all that did was piss you off."
Your squad dead,cloak worn off,about to be desintegrated by a huge flying squid and its eye beam...yeah...
This should play when getting ganked in EVE Online.
Except you usually die so quickly that you'd never get to hear the awesome part.
Flying Condor w/Microwarpdrive and trying to escape beam-fitted Armageddon with tracking enhancers to make it similar to the Mass Effect 2 intro? :D
Direct intervention is necessary
* presses loop option *
1:33 I remember hearing that and actually become afraid for the characters.
Man the collectors are scary dammit! Protheans turned into reaper slaves with a ship like 40x the size of the SR2 Normandy would make me lay down and die.
Joker: Simple, I'm not the ugly bug that lights up a Christmas tree when his AI boss wants to micromanage.
Not sure why but when it goes back into a 4/4 feel with the metal clang sound I lose my shit
Every time the part where the Collector ship shows up comes on I just feel the need to escape. Nothing good is going to happen and I just feel like I'm doomed for.
1:19 is such a wonderful Firefly homage. "They're operating without core containment. Well, that's... _jiānguǒ,_ that's suicide."
Imagine if the Enterprise from the star trek franchise was facing this enemy
That would be epic!!!
Which ME ship? Which Enterprise?
Any enterprise... against collecter bb
Patrick Lenigan
let's see:
NX-01 stands a fair chance and makes for an okay fight but might just lose
NCC-1701 and NCC-1701-A beat it with little problems
B, C, D and E completely step on it like Reapers on human civilisation
+Patrick Lenigan What if it was the Collector Vessel that the USS Kelvin encounter instead of the Narada at the beginning of the 2009 Star Trek movie?
Collectors. Toughest enemy on the ground to kill in ME3.
It's the annoying combination of space bees and giant flying space crabs with nuclear laser vision that does it.
Insanity + praetorian = hours of rage for me
They still fucking butchered the collectors in me3. They were sooooooooooo much better in me2. in me3, praetorians are so ridicilous compared to the praetorians in me2.
SithPhantom You haven't played against them in Platinum waves, have you?
Oh i have, and i fucking hate how fast they are.. I am just saying that in me2 praetorians were much cooler
EDI: I like the sight of humans cowering for their life.
Joker: ...
EDI: That was a joke.
This level was one of my favorites. When the collector ship came I was like What DAH fuu-. It was like one of those missions that didn't seem like it was suppose to be in the game, it was so different. Idk how to explain the feeling, but it happened a lot with the older games.
If impending doom had an official theme
Greatest way to start a sequel video game!
I've completed entire Mass Effect few times already(Soldier, Engineer, Infiltrator, Vanguard), and this ME2 intro still gives me goose bumps lol
First time i tried ME2 i was pretty shocked that Shepard died.
Please, please Andromeda be half as good as ME2.
MrXxsesshomaruxX I'm sorry to say this, but....It's not 😓😢
Darkstalker 212 Yeah so far is not as great as any of the previous Mass effect games but I'm enjoying it, actually having a great time with it and they at least got the open world right which they couldn't in the original, here's hoping that they have some great story DLC plans or hopefully they remaster ME 1-3.
IMO this series should've been rebooted instead of Andromeda.
The exploration is great but the story and crew are boring and made out to be idiots. Apart from Drack and PeeBee. Love their conversations. Apart from the facial animations which I honestly don't mind it seems like Ryder and the crew take nothing serious. That's down to 12-16 writers though.
I'd say it's better than ME3 and maybe ME1.
Also +ConorChaos crew is boring? I dunno man, Vetra feels underdeveloped, but Drack, Peebee and Jaal are fantastic, Cora is also a lot better than I expected from a human companion, nowhere near Ashley bad. I actually liked Cora more than Vetra, Vetra seems really bland. Liam is just whatever, kinda annoying. I also love Kallo and Lexi.
I'm gonna go on the limb here and say that I prefer this crew over the original. Of course nobody can replace Garrus, Tali or Mordin.
No such luck.
i swear i only watched this vid for the piano riff at the end. i wish it was longer...
I keep repaling that part
The best start to a game ive ever played..talking about drawing you in...and making you go what the hell??..this is awesome!!
That piano at the end... Beautiful
C.I.P. Garrus - Kept Calibrating, right up to the very end. May he Calibrate In Peace.
Was this not the best, most intense opening 10 minutes of a videogame ever?
This sound is cool !!!
Normandy SR1 destroyed !
Shepard dies
AVATAR3117 You must be fun at the Purgatory.
hey that's what happens in the game
Oh noooo
Best cold opening of all time.
It's not the geth. BRACE FOR EVASIVE MANEUVERS!
1:19 sends chills down my spine every time!
Funnily enough, I remember this track best for that one moment when it stopped playing.
You know the bit I mean, suddenly stepping out into the silent blue of the ship's recently destroyed bridge, devoid of all sound but your own breathing. 'Twas good stuff.
Mass Effect 2>Mass Effect> Mass Effect 3, thats my order from my favorite one to least favorite.
Andromeda belongs in the toilet
It's at the start of the game, you can distinctly hear the Mass Effect 1 Normandy music in there.
when shepard died it almost made me cry. the ending of the song was the most emotional part where shepard was all alone and no one is there to help him. gasping for air and falling into the abyss.
The moment when you, for the first time see colectors on the Normandy...
Buzz Lightyear Shepard: My ship!!!
1:35 "You will know pain, Shepard."
4:52
omg that part when shepard got spaced and that piano comes on
literally felt chills go down my spine there ffuuu,,.
Just what I was looking for
Play this while playing Starfield
4:52 the best part
i want full version of this piano
Did you know that that snippet of song actually appears on the trailer they released on N7 day at the end?
yeah, i know
2:50 so cry !!!
those last notes at the end nearly made me tear up :'(
And then he came back to life.
rip sr1 never forget
With sharing, love and hugs
Mass effect 2 > Mass Effect 3
Fully agree.
Absofuckinlutely
get ready for this again in a couple of months!
The Intro, Praetorian Boss Battle, Collector Ship Escape and the Final Boss this plays.
Still playing the ME Trilogy in 2015! I want a remaster of the ME Trilogy on PS4!
Same here bro
oTheGodOfWar12o i completed it few weeks ago (again) as well
+oTheGodOfWar12o fuck yes
Those last seconds of this theme... Gives me chills every time. No other theme can do that (perhaps the last seconds of BRINKs theme can, but those two actually very alike).
i love that part that begins at 3:20. i tune it to where that part plays the loudest during the collector ship mission.
The collectors and reapers are pretty damn scary when you think about it .
@KopperNeoman I miss Immunity, too.
That's why I kept my Shepard as a Shock Trooper in ME2 with Fortification as his bonus ability, since the visual effect is reminiscent of Immunity.
Love the piano part.
Distress beacon is ready for launch.
I love the Collector Leitmotif that makes its first appearance here...
1:20
The normandy: Why do I hear boss music?
Liara go now
God damnit Joker, when I order you to get your ass in the escape pod you bloody well do as you're told! Totally should have been given the option to renegade interrupt him later on for disobeying a direct order.
Collectors are so fun to kill...
but it's not fun to fight against them.
@@kormannn1 Especially on insanity
Really wished Collectors were a part of the main storyline of mass effect 3. I mean, we got to fight Geth again, so fighting them should be nice.
Well you blew up their base so handful of them have survived .
IMO the best opening in any game.
Man this is SO similar to the Reaver soundtrack from Firefly. Great.
I think it was an intentional love note to the theme, Mass Effect being one big homage to such shows, rather than a rip-off.
I'd never insinuate this was a rip off :) I trust Bioware and I love that they paid homage.
0:00 kalm
1:18 panic
1:40 PANIC
0.25 concern
i LOVE how the patched in the normandy theme from the first game into this soundtrack
Harbinger: You can't even catch a man who breaks a bone every step he takes. Why did I hire you guys again?
@norsknerd
Those "bugs" are the COllectors, and yes it certainly made the Cipher make a lot more sense.
Vigil never had the appearance of a Prothean, he was just an AI (or VI). The Protheans ARE seen in ME 1 on Ilos as statues.
Fantastic soundtrak almost as if it was real space inn real life
0:40 Wait is that the song called Normandy from Mass Effect 1?
1:15 "It's not the Geth..."
My phones ringtone, son..for like the past year.
If I'm not mistaken paragon lost took place shortly after the collectors attacked the Normandy sr1 at the beginning of me2
@Terry2982 Totally agreed. And I too had a relation with Liara, tho with a paragon character. As for the biotic powers, I guess she could've created some sort of protective field around several crew-members, but she couldn't have protected everybody due to the difficulty of creating a barrier. Also the constant heat and explosions would've propably worn out the shield rather quickly.
Liara, go. Now.
Quite possibly the best opening to any video game ever.
Heh thumbs up for you, I rediscovered that again a few hours ago :P Its great stuff
@sarakatefisher9 Little old, but I recentely played the Normandy crash site again, and in pressly's logs he said "I would happily die for any member of this crew, no matter what planet they were born on"
A manly tear was shed.