I think I've gifted two people with a Mass Effect game already, convinced at least two more to buy it and have recommended it to literally everyone else with a remote interest in sci-fi. I felt it would add to their lives a special touch of amazement, just as it did to mine... And now I watch all those wonderful tributes to the series, which is occasionally interrupted be the sad thought that I can share them with hardly anyone, since so few people have actually played the full trilogy, and know all the details...
Ive never felt more of a connection to any other game more than I have to the Mass Effect series. A truly inspirational game; I'm glad to say It's my favorite. :]
All of us felt that way. That is why ending of ME3 is so despised. If it was a game no-one play, the end might not suck, ok it would have sucked, but no-one would have cared.
I am just starting out, could you give me your opinion on my 2 tributes? Thus far I have 2 cinematic tributes: /watch?v=BEsQ2HiTQ8w /watch?v=twau4CFa36E Hope you enjoy! :) Note: I love Mass Effect too!! Amazing trilogy!
amazing job ! That Quote " Boldly they rode and well" was used at the ceremony for my fallen brethren at the MCB Hawaii after thier CH-53's crashed into the ocean so seeing it used so well here brought rivers of tears to my face. Well done , well done indeed.
I get goosebumps every time starting at 1:43. To hear Shepard say, "You're not in this fight alone" and then see the entire Sword Fleet warp in... it's a thing of beauty.
Thank You for the great tribute to an Amazing Game. Im not afraid to admit that when Grunt, Legion, Mordin, Thane and all the others sacrificed themselves for the greater good that it brought a few tears to my eyes (especially Legion)....
They give your character so much...character. I love this game, they let you life out your person to the best of his/her abilities and idk this game is honestly a very satisfying work of art.
I feel like I shouldn't have watched this before playing through ME3, but I couldn't resist the siren song of a new Genol3oost video in my sub box. Fantastic work as always!
I liked that there was not a huge boss battle. Every game seems to end in some climatic fight with the arch villain. It was refreshing to have this one, such a HUGE and EPIC tale, end in the simplistic route. Shepard doesn't need to go out in a blazing fight - he already did that in ME1 and ME2. He needed to stop, think, make his choice, assess the situation, and decide the fate of the WHOLE GALAXY. Such a huge decision. That's even more climatic than a boss fight in my opinion.
Amazing video, Plus Two steps from Hell music is perfect, in fact i have the album and have it as part of my Mass Effect playlist because i cannot hear the music now without thinking of your videos.
Sorry for late reply. Differences between original and Extended Cut. Make a choice - synthesis, destroy, control. You die in all except 1 possible destroy scene with high galactic readiness. Mass Relays are destroyed, Normandy is stranded on a strange planet and your crew is trapped. People can't travel through the systems anymore. Extended cut talked about "Relays are damaged but can be repaired" as well as showing why your crew was on the Normandy. Also added an ending in which you lose.
Mass Effect has always, -ALWAYS- been about beating impossible odds. Shepard did this in Mass Effect 1 when Sovereign almost brought the Reapers through. Shepard did this in Mass Effect 2 when he was resurrected AND when he survived the suicide mission. I'll be damned if Shepard can't pull one last act of beating impossible odds to save the galaxy. That's the theme of Mass Effect: hope. Shepard doesn't need to survive, all he needs to do is save everyone else, without destroying the galaxy.
Listen no joke i you do amazing with whats just in the game if you were able to create it like the devs i truly think mass effect would be 500 times better, well done again.
In the "Jaws of Death", you'll never be alone. You will have brothers and sister right behind you, they are the one who will stick with you through the thick and thin. And you know they are your friends because, you wouldn't be in the jaws of death in the first place without them.
Nice vid. Btw I think that Garrus is the best squad member/friend in the whole serie, then probably Liara and Tali. Wish all the others were pictured as good.
Have you noticed that EVERY time you watch a mass effect video, or talk about it in a forum, or anything about it really, relates you to the ending? The Ending is THAT bad that the fans just can't get it out of their system!
they do impact the game, just in minor ways. the rachni queen/clone, the collector base and the outcome of the geth heretics change the value of some war assets. Tali and Legion both have to be alive to get peace between the quarians and the geth (preventing her exile also helps) and if grunt isn't removed from the tank, sure he gets replaced but that krogan dies at the end of the mission. It was only really the very end where they completely fucked up.
@Genol3oost, I have never watched a video that made me return over and over. It even made me create an account to say this. But i have looked over and over for amazing mass effect tributes, and i found it Thank you
a salute to the BEST sci fi epic of this era a salute to the men and women that made this series a series for the ages AND DOWN WITH EA um i mean the reapers i love this series and i always will even if ea fucks with it to no tomarrow
i cry whenever i see this, especially when it gets to 1:50 and you see a whole army coming to try to save earth. imagine if this were played on earth during that time. it's remembering when it was just shepard and his crew against the reapers that make one really appreciate that this time they aren't in this alone: they have a whole army to fight with them now
Bioware has already announced the plot of ME4. At the end of ME3 the catalyst says "The created always revolt against the creators" or something along those lines right? Well earlier in the game Shepard calls Garrus "king of the bottle shooters" and says he will call him whenever the bottles revolt. Bottles are created by people. The people are creators of the bottles. ME4: Revenge of the bottles. "A more menacing threat than the Reapers has revealed itself."
The original ending for the game had the relays exploding (implying a supernova for each system they were in), damaged the Normandy and stranding the crew on a jungle world with probably no hope for rescue due to everyone else being died. Also, your shepard died in every playthrough except for those who managed to use an app to get their readiness level to the max possible and then you got the breath scene at the end. The Extended Cut did fixed some issues but the ending still felt lacking.
Mass Effect 3 will be on my best and worst of for games of 2012, I don't believe I have played a game that has such a polarizing ending, I can't explain ii, but the ending and the entire series will be talked about for years and years and the series of ME will be considered a watershed moment in gaming history. The ending will be one of, if no the most, controversial and debated endings of all time
If you don't talk to him, he just dies off-screen (Presumably from his illness) anyway. You'll find his name on the memorial wall later on in the game.
No, Kirrahe is only there if he is alive and Thane died on the suicide mission or was never recruited in ME2. Kirrahe is Thane's replacement there (without ninja skills). If both are dead, then the salarian councilor just dies.
I don't know, maybe it's the awesome choice of music, married masterfully with the words and pictures? This tribute is better than any of the trailers that were done. Also for all you can fault Bioware, you can't fault them for their taste of Poetry! ;) "the Charge of the Light Brigade" By tennyson is fitting to the overall theme, but "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley eclipses it, it says in a few stanzas what the spirit of the trilogy was about. Ash is indeed the Warrior Poet!
I could be mistaken but I think that the scene of ash and Shep together a second time and onward is supposed to be postwar events with the Reapers defeated and Shepard finally able to relax with his friends.
Not in the last 5-10 minutes. You kill Rachni Queen in ME1 - you get a Queen Clone in ME3 ... Collector base - 0 impact ... Grunt stays in tank - you get a another krogan ... Legion dies you get Geth AI, Tali trial had 0 impact, outcome of geth heretics had 0 impact ... and these are just what I remember without having to think much.
The videos are one thing, especially Genol3oost's (Everything is just so perfect in these vids), but I've heard almost nothing but bitching and complaining about ME3, and a lot of people talking about giving up on Bioware because of the ending. I don't know why people are so damn crazy about the last 10 minutes of an otherwise perfect game, and like you said, the free DLC fixed any mistakes they made, but people bitched even more when that came out. At least you got your head on straight.
The point of Mass Effect isn't just the journey. It's the entire thing. You care about the characters and what happens to them. If something bad happens to them, you can't help but feel something. To think that all player choice up to the ending is absolutely unimportant and no matter what you do your favourite characters gets stranded and are forced to lead their lives in a destroyed civilization is just disgusting, and any true fan of Mass Effect can see that.
there is no final boss, but the last enemy you kill is a Marauder, and you know how bosses always have their name over their hp bars well his reads Marauder Shields so hence Marauder Shields, tried to save you from the ending, he died to protect us :P
The characters were my favorite part as well. I only played because of the characters and dialogue. I became engrossed in the story later on as a result of the character development throughout the series. ME3 wasn't a disappointment in character development in my opinion because it didn't introduce any new concepts. It was a conclusion, so they didn't need to introduce anything new about the characters. We already knew them and their struggles. Now we just needed to end that story with them.
I killed so many, for reasons still unknown to me. For what it was worth I will never know near know what was needed. Life is precious, so much for the need of soldiers for me or against I hope the future mothers/fathers can teach us to respect life.
apparently casey hudson and priesley were the only people who wrote the ending if you dont want to blame bioware or ea blame them for false advertisement. One good example of the false advertising is that they said me3 will not have an abc ending
Yes it is possible. You have to save Kirahee in ME1. However he might die another way then. Its because the scene where Thane dies, Kirahee takes the shot that would kill the councilor. Thane isnt even there :)
I just feel pity for anyone who hasn't played the Mass Effect series.
I think I've gifted two people with a Mass Effect game already, convinced at least two more to buy it and have recommended it to literally everyone else with a remote interest in sci-fi.
I felt it would add to their lives a special touch of amazement, just as it did to mine...
And now I watch all those wonderful tributes to the series, which is occasionally interrupted be the sad thought that I can share them with hardly anyone, since so few people have actually played the full trilogy, and know all the details...
@@johannestafelmaier616 Same here. The Mass Effect trilogy and The Expanse are things I can't recommend enough.
Ive never felt more of a connection to any other game more than I have to the Mass Effect series. A truly inspirational game; I'm glad to say It's my favorite. :]
All of us felt that way. That is why ending of ME3 is so despised. If it was a game no-one play, the end might not suck, ok it would have sucked, but no-one would have cared.
I am just starting out, could you give me your opinion on my 2 tributes?
Thus far I have 2 cinematic tributes:
/watch?v=BEsQ2HiTQ8w
/watch?v=twau4CFa36E
Hope you enjoy! :)
Note: I love Mass Effect too!! Amazing trilogy!
Same here, it'll stay in my heart until I die. Seriously.
this video is a beautiful tribute to one of the most moving games I've ever played.
amazing job ! That Quote " Boldly they rode and well" was used at the ceremony for my fallen brethren at the MCB Hawaii after thier CH-53's crashed into the ocean so seeing it used so well here brought rivers of tears to my face. Well done , well done indeed.
I get goosebumps every time starting at 1:43. To hear Shepard say, "You're not in this fight alone" and then see the entire Sword Fleet warp in... it's a thing of beauty.
You've done it again. I applaud you for this masterpiece that brought tears to my eyes.
"Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell"
Tennyson in my Mass Effect
Mass Effect is pure greatness if it ever existed.
Coming back to this after several years. I loved the edits and the music. Insane job.
What an amazing series. A beautiful, deep story, with heartfelt characters one and all. Thanks for this.
my number one motivational video. I watch this at least once a week!
This game series will go down in history as the greatest achievement of the gaming industry
Grunt made me cry outright. The combination of the music and his valiant struggle. It was heartbreaking to think he died.
Ahhh I love "Nero"! One of my favorite tracks from Two Steps from Hell. Great editing as always!
You made me cry. This video is the most brilliant piece of art that I've ever seen in my life.
Even with that shitty ending, you make the entire game awesome again.
U put everything into this one, this was a master piece, great job.
The mass effect trilogy is the best game series I've played in my life. I even liked the ending.
Thank You for the great tribute to an Amazing Game. Im not afraid to admit that when Grunt, Legion, Mordin, Thane and all the others sacrificed themselves for the greater good that it brought a few tears to my eyes (especially Legion)....
God... This is how Bioware should have advertised the game.
My friend, you have done great justice to this series with this video alone.
All the feels. You put together a masterpiece here.
That scene with Garrus and Shepard at the Citadel is the best character interaction I've seen in any game for a while! Music goes so well with it!
They give your character so much...character. I love this game, they let you life out your person to the best of his/her abilities and idk this game is honestly a very satisfying work of art.
I feel like I shouldn't have watched this before playing through ME3, but I couldn't resist the siren song of a new Genol3oost video in my sub box. Fantastic work as always!
Ashley's voice and form always confuse me in ME3 because I've never been able to bring myself to save her and let Kaiden die.
Thank you for this, it summarized all that I loved from this, reminding me that there was more to this game than that ending.
I got goosebumps all over, I laughed, got excited, I raged seeing a kid.. and sighed happily.. I love this video!
As an ENORMOUS ASHLEY FAN. This is my favorite video on youtube to date.
Gah this guy... Keeps turning me onto new music. Can't afford buying new albums every video man!
I liked that there was not a huge boss battle. Every game seems to end in some climatic fight with the arch villain. It was refreshing to have this one, such a HUGE and EPIC tale, end in the simplistic route. Shepard doesn't need to go out in a blazing fight - he already did that in ME1 and ME2. He needed to stop, think, make his choice, assess the situation, and decide the fate of the WHOLE GALAXY. Such a huge decision. That's even more climatic than a boss fight in my opinion.
This is wonderful and a magnificent tribute to an amazing game. Thank you so much for this (and for introducing me to Two Steps From Hell!).
best part was garrus saying " i am garrus valkarian and this is my new favorite spot on the citadel"
I missed that opening conversation with Hackett on my playthrough. That was awesome.
Yet another great Mass Effect video. You deserve so much more recognition!
Wow... just wow. I can't say anymore than that. This is brilliant.
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Amazing video, Plus Two steps from Hell music is perfect, in fact i have the album and have it as part of my Mass Effect playlist because i cannot hear the music now without thinking of your videos.
Sorry for late reply. Differences between original and Extended Cut. Make a choice - synthesis, destroy, control. You die in all except 1 possible destroy scene with high galactic readiness. Mass Relays are destroyed, Normandy is stranded on a strange planet and your crew is trapped. People can't travel through the systems anymore. Extended cut talked about "Relays are damaged but can be repaired" as well as showing why your crew was on the Normandy. Also added an ending in which you lose.
Thank you for highlighting with was great about the Mass effect series.
Great vid! This game, despite it's problems had some very nice moments and quotes. I am looking forward to what you might do next :)
This is the best vidéo on RUclips !!!
Mass Effect has always, -ALWAYS- been about beating impossible odds. Shepard did this in Mass Effect 1 when Sovereign almost brought the Reapers through. Shepard did this in Mass Effect 2 when he was resurrected AND when he survived the suicide mission. I'll be damned if Shepard can't pull one last act of beating impossible odds to save the galaxy. That's the theme of Mass Effect: hope. Shepard doesn't need to survive, all he needs to do is save everyone else, without destroying the galaxy.
Listen no joke i you do amazing with whats just in the game if you were able to create it like the devs i truly think mass effect would be 500 times better, well done again.
That was amazing! Very nice tribute
yet another well done tribute video you made well done indeed
The track really suits this kind of video. I pat you on the back for a job well done.
Very very nice
There WERE some great moments in this game!
no joke this almost brought tears to my eyes
Best Mass Effect video ever!!!!
This tribute made me cry
This is absolutely wonderful.
In the "Jaws of Death", you'll never be alone. You will have brothers and sister right behind you, they are the one who will stick with you through the thick and thin. And you know they are your friends because, you wouldn't be in the jaws of death in the first place without them.
Nice vid. Btw I think that Garrus is the best squad member/friend in the whole serie, then probably Liara and Tali. Wish all the others were pictured as good.
wow that was actually pretty epic, well done.
great video
personally, i cant wait until your compilation of all 3 games video. i know its coming.
just fantastic nicely put together well done
Have you noticed that EVERY time you watch a mass effect video, or talk about it in a forum, or anything about it really, relates you to the ending?
The Ending is THAT bad that the fans just can't get it out of their system!
they do impact the game, just in minor ways. the rachni queen/clone, the collector base and the outcome of the geth heretics change the value of some war assets. Tali and Legion both have to be alive to get peace between the quarians and the geth (preventing her exile also helps) and if grunt isn't removed from the tank, sure he gets replaced but that krogan dies at the end of the mission. It was only really the very end where they completely fucked up.
For about six months, I've been wondering what you'd do when ME3 hit. Holy hell, did you deliver.
Another amazing video - keep it up!
Hackett says has some deep lines but that only contributes a small part to the awesomeness of what the Trilogy delivers.
@Genol3oost, I have never watched a video that made me return over and over. It even made me create an account to say this. But i have looked over and over for amazing mass effect tributes, and i found it Thank you
a salute to the BEST sci fi epic of this era a salute to the men and women that made this series a series for the ages AND DOWN WITH EA um i mean the reapers i love this series and i always will even if ea fucks with it to no tomarrow
i cry whenever i see this, especially when it gets to 1:50 and you see a whole army coming to try to save earth. imagine if this were played on earth during that time. it's remembering when it was just shepard and his crew against the reapers that make one really appreciate that this time they aren't in this alone: they have a whole army to fight with them now
Bioware has already announced the plot of ME4.
At the end of ME3 the catalyst says "The created always revolt against the creators" or something along those lines right?
Well earlier in the game Shepard calls Garrus "king of the bottle shooters" and says he will call him whenever the bottles revolt.
Bottles are created by people. The people are creators of the bottles.
ME4: Revenge of the bottles. "A more menacing threat than the Reapers has revealed itself."
Seeing the united fleet always gives me chills.
"Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell"
fucking EPIC!!!now this is an awesome vid :D nice work man!!!!
That scene where they dodge the laser makes me so happy.
The original ending for the game had the relays exploding (implying a supernova for each system they were in), damaged the Normandy and stranding the crew on a jungle world with probably no hope for rescue due to everyone else being died. Also, your shepard died in every playthrough except for those who managed to use an app to get their readiness level to the max possible and then you got the breath scene at the end. The Extended Cut did fixed some issues but the ending still felt lacking.
Why do I tear up when ever I see this
Mass Effect 3 will be on my best and worst of for games of 2012, I don't believe I have played a game that has such a polarizing ending, I can't explain ii, but the ending and the entire series will be talked about for years and years and the series of ME will be considered a watershed moment in gaming history. The ending will be one of, if no the most, controversial and debated endings of all time
This is my favorite video of yours
If you don't talk to him, he just dies off-screen (Presumably from his illness) anyway. You'll find his name on the memorial wall later on in the game.
No, Kirrahe is only there if he is alive and Thane died on the suicide mission or was never recruited in ME2. Kirrahe is Thane's replacement there (without ninja skills). If both are dead, then the salarian councilor just dies.
I don't know, maybe it's the awesome choice of music, married masterfully with the words and pictures?
This tribute is better than any of the trailers that were done.
Also for all you can fault Bioware, you can't fault them for their taste of Poetry! ;)
"the Charge of the Light Brigade" By tennyson is fitting to the overall theme, but "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley eclipses it, it says in a few stanzas what the spirit of the trilogy was about.
Ash is indeed the Warrior Poet!
Boldly we strode into the jaws of Death, and as I looked to my sides, I realized, Death rides with me.
YOU MY BOY MARAUDER SHIELDS !!!
R.I.P. glorious hero of the people.
I could be mistaken but I think that the scene of ash and Shep together a second time and onward is supposed to be postwar events with the Reapers defeated and Shepard finally able to relax with his friends.
Not in the last 5-10 minutes. You kill Rachni Queen in ME1 - you get a Queen Clone in ME3 ... Collector base - 0 impact ... Grunt stays in tank - you get a another krogan ... Legion dies you get Geth AI, Tali trial had 0 impact, outcome of geth heretics had 0 impact ... and these are just what I remember without having to think much.
The videos are one thing, especially Genol3oost's (Everything is just so perfect in these vids), but I've heard almost nothing but bitching and complaining about ME3, and a lot of people talking about giving up on Bioware because of the ending. I don't know why people are so damn crazy about the last 10 minutes of an otherwise perfect game, and like you said, the free DLC fixed any mistakes they made, but people bitched even more when that came out. At least you got your head on straight.
The best thrilogy ever
The point of Mass Effect isn't just the journey. It's the entire thing. You care about the characters and what happens to them. If something bad happens to them, you can't help but feel something. To think that all player choice up to the ending is absolutely unimportant and no matter what you do your favourite characters gets stranded and are forced to lead their lives in a destroyed civilization is just disgusting, and any true fan of Mass Effect can see that.
If you read the description you see that it say: "Synced to "Nero" by Two Steps From Hell. "
RIP Marauder Shields and Three Husketeers
This Is Awesome !!!! Damn so emotional!!!
the council put him in lockdown to keep the women of him, but the situation changed, he's commander Shepard, alliance DRAG QUEEN!
Subbed becasue of this amazzzzzziiing video. WOW.
there is no final boss, but the last enemy you kill is a Marauder, and you know how bosses always have their name over their hp bars
well his reads
Marauder
Shields
so hence Marauder Shields, tried to save you from the ending,
he died to protect us :P
The characters were my favorite part as well. I only played because of the characters and dialogue. I became engrossed in the story later on as a result of the character development throughout the series. ME3 wasn't a disappointment in character development in my opinion because it didn't introduce any new concepts. It was a conclusion, so they didn't need to introduce anything new about the characters. We already knew them and their struggles. Now we just needed to end that story with them.
I killed so many, for reasons still unknown to me. For what it was worth I will never know near know what was needed. Life is precious, so much for the need of soldiers for me or against I hope the future mothers/fathers can teach us to respect life.
apparently casey hudson and priesley were the only people who wrote the ending if you dont want to blame bioware or ea blame them for false advertisement. One good example of the false advertising is that they said me3 will not have an abc ending
Amazing game. Amazing amv.
Ending of the game = Greatest betrayal to the fandom.
awesome video! thank you for sharing it!
it is the journey not the conclusion is what mass effect is all about
1:50"you are not in this fight alone"...came
boldly they rode and well. into the jaws of death. into the mouth of hell.
"Theirs was not to reason why, only to do and die"
Yes it is possible. You have to save Kirahee in ME1. However he might die another way then. Its because the scene where Thane dies, Kirahee takes the shot that would kill the councilor. Thane isnt even there :)