First time I ever played Mass Effect 2, I didn't think ship upgrades were necessary since they didn't give me any game play bonuses, accidently flew through the Omega 4 relay and subsequently watched half of my team die as we traveled. Quickest reload ever 😂😂😂
Hey Son, it's Mom Your videos are so amazing, I've gone back and watched them time and time again to see how you've improved, and how your skills have developed so far from where you came. This retrospective is amazing. Your Dad and I are proud of you. Never stop chasing your passions
@@YourFavoriteSon1 colour me impressed with how mainly your username (and chillness) caused this hella wholesome and peculiar dynamic in the commentsection, son
I love playing as “earthborn, war hero, soldier” full paragon Shepard. There is something so funny to me about how in this universe full of powerful aliens and space magic, Shepard is just A guy… some nobody who comes out of nowhere just to dunk on everyone and everything all while being an obnoxiously good person 😂
5:32:20 Hell yeah, I agree with Cingy 100% percent! That damn conversation with Sovereign is THE stand out moment in the series for me. And I'm not saying this lightly as the original trilogy is full of awesome moments that left an impact on me. But hot damn, that conversation with Sovereign is something else. By far my favorite villain in any game. And he speaks only once, every single sentence is brilliant.
I've been treating your reviews of each of these games like a bookclub. I've been replaying them before listening to your reviews. I haven't played these games since the original 360 releases. It's been really fun. Thanks, son.
Always make me laugh that scanning the keepers only reveals that they are in fact as old as the Citadel. Which implies they know how old the Citadel is. Which means they know it's not Prothean, right? Right?
@@DJWolfHouse plot hole. It's a stupid throw away comment some writer added in to fill a dialogue space without thinking about it properly, in the process creating a problem in the lore. Implying scanning the keepers reveals how old the citadel is would immediately set alarm bells ringing in universe because it is assumed to be built by the Protheans, but knowing how old it actually was would render that an impossibility. It is colossally older than the Protheans. Same as the mission where you go and visit a dead Reaper that's just left floating around in accessible, albeit remote, space. This is despite Reapers taking extreme care to 'scrub' the galaxy clean of their presence on the way out. Whoever came up with that idea *should* have had empty coffee pots and balled up bits of paper thrown at them, then been laughed out of the room. Instead, it became a very cool if somewhat nonsensical and lore breaking mission.
@@MrLilredmachine Ah I see I didn’t know the Protheans were supposed to have created the Keepers I just looked that up, I thought the Reapers did literally because of that scanning note. But I see what you’re saying now.
Maybe it’s the completionist in me, maybe I got lucky, but in me2 I saved everyone and in me3 I got peace between the quarians and geth. I think I got lucky to be honest, so this video was quite an eye opener for me, because it really proved that if I had done one thing differently then I’d have gotten a much different experience through this series when I first played it on my ps3.
Everyone did live in my first playthrough. I actually had no clue that you could permanently lose anyone until I spoke to a coworker who played the game also, he told me his entire crew died and I was flabbergasted.
One of my favourite genres to find on YT are documentaries or at least in depth analysis/ recaps of games. Your retrospectives are incredibly thorough, informative and entertaining. Appreciate videos like this have taken quite literally dozens upon dozens of hours. Probably 100+ with the multiple playthroughs. Thank you for your time 👌
I think two? I immediately after getting Legion activated him, brought him with me on Tali's loyalty mission then after finishing that, activated Legion's loyalty mission and did his, then crew kidnapped. Just make sure you only pull up the galaxy map to do the loyalty missions and don't travel anywhere.
My dude he played 3 full length RPGs and can't pronounce any of the names. I still enjoyed it and I like this channel, but between that and getting parts of the story wrong it can be a frustrating watch at times.
With full honesty, everyone survived my first playthrough. No guides, just a lot of years playing RPG's and having a good idea what the game expects from your playtime. I can't agree that I played it wrong. The tension I felt during each cutscene was intense. The good vibes I felt when I finally got on the ship with everyone was near orgasmic. You telling me I was wrong feels like gatekeeping. Its wild they we didn't know about that Easter egg sooner. I remember deep dives about this game all over media and nerd culture at the time.
I think his take on the "if you had everyone survive your first time you did it wrong" I didnt have the money or ability to buy the dlcs WHICH he points out causes progression to go faster. An that he had to micromanage thier missions. Id wager honestly most people probably got a perfect play through simple because they did loyalty missions of all the free people.
My only annoyance with the decision about saving the council, when I was playing it was presented to me as "save the council OR stop sovereign" so I was like dude we gotta stop sovereign no matter what. So I didn't save them. That decision haunted me through all the next 2 games and I was annoyed that you stop sovereign either way. I thought something bad would happen if you selected save the council
leaving mordin, a grandpa who was never an infantry soldier to hold a fire line is just a stupid decission... thought i teached you critical thinking, son...
For my playthrough, it was hardly a contest on which ending best suited: Synthesis was everything I had been building up to. Everything. I know a lot of people seem to hate that one but it really was THE ending for my game.
That's such a big oof. You sent away one of the best hold the line members, and took the other 2 with you. I send Mordin back with the crew because of his recruitment mission being a combat doctor. I take Legion and Miranda with me. Legions Widow is a powerhouse and Miranda quitting is fun. The only difference between that and my first playthrough is I took Thane not Miranda. Tali Tech Specialist, Garrus Squad Leader, Mordin Crew Escort, Jack Biotic specialist, and 2 Snipers with me felt logical when I first played. Also Mordin and Legion dying makes the Genophage cure messy, and Geth Quarian peace impossible. Extremely unfortunate.
2:57:58 The fans might not have been aware of it, but I still had everyone survive back then without any guides or second hand knowledge. Some of us are just better heroes than others, I guess. Don't OD on that copium, son.
Thnx for this video. This must have been an enormous undertaking. Thanks for all the time and energy you put into this. It was so nice to think back on my own playthroughs.
I used to pick Earthborn, but now I always pick Spacer since that means Shepard's mum is alive, I really would've loved if she was a war asset in Mass Effect 3
This has been such a fun listen. I absolutely love the first three games from this series and was literally a day into restarting mass effect (free ps plus style) when I found your channel. Watched your amazing fable retrospective and wouldn’t you know it you drop this days later. I rather enjoy your evil play through narrations.
Kai-den and geen-ophage were plenty bad, but Caw-sue-me? Kasumi is a gorgeous name when said correctly and without over-emphasozong every syllable. Absolutely killed my interest in this video.
3:52:15 ive actually never seen before what happens if you choose the geth upgrade, mostly because ive been unable to bring myself to romance anyone other than Tali in my playthroughs, but also because both times ive managed to have Quarian-Geth peace. Easily i think that scene is one of the highlights of the franchise, perfectly build and insanely difficult to pull-off. Imo a quest best saved for last. Seeing Tali take her off her mask is the definition of cosmic irony. She finally gets to step foot on her home planet, only for her species to be annihilated, and to have her will to go on taken on the shores of the very place that had driven her and her people for the past few centuries. Their Jerusalem, and their Necropolis
Thanks, son. You're one hell of a writer. I'm continually amazed when I realize I've made it through one of your multi-hour videos without getting bored.
I need to ask, as a fan of your retrospectives: is it an intentional choice to mis-pronounce things? Ilos, Sidonas, etc. These are names/terms verbally used in the games but you pronounce them differently. I just don't understand why?
This is a theme in a good chunk of your videos. I'm not sure if it's just you listening to music or something while playing, but you miss out on a ton of niche dialogue choices/queues in many games if that's the case. i.e. a voice actor giving a completely different connotation to what a line means vs. what you may take it at if you simply read the written subtitle.
The mispronunciations are driving me up a wall since this is such a dialogue heavy series, I have no idea how you got the pronunciations you got. Jeanophage, Kye-Den (Kaiden), SuhLahrian, VEERmire Absolutely bonkers
5:20:26 but Son! Extremely, _extremely_ intelligent people on RUclips told me that plot-holes literally don't matter ever, that objectivity in criticism doesn't exist/only bad people try to be objective, and that if you point out plot-holes you're just nitpicking!
I watched each of these parts when you first published them. Just want to give a comment and thumbs up and a comment to keep your momentum going with the algorithms. I've played through this and Dead Space several times... my apologies that's a slight lie, I've only played Dead Space 3 once. I also really enjoyed your coverage of Yakuza and Fable, even though I played neither series. Your videos are very well made, great to watch and listen to. I really appreciate how you streamlined your renegade story. You've got off to a good start with your channel, keep up the good work.
Just wanted to say thank you for this. I use this to fall asleep with me an my little one, numerous times a week, in hopes that when she is old enough she will love these games as much as we do. Appreciate you, son!
yo my name is Jacobye (spelled differently but pronounced the same) im honored you chose that name for the renegade playthrough,, i was so shocked when i heard my name at 58:53
If you’re a fan how are you unable to pronounce anything correctly. They say the words for you in game. I’m sure there’ll be more lore inaccuracies, but Relay 314 is not the Rachni relay. A Turian scouting fleet caught humans trying to activate a dormant relay with an unknown connection point which was illegal because of the Rachni relay’s activation without knowing where it led and its subsequent war.
Well son, I appreciate all the hard work you put into these videos. The whole reason I decided to re-start the trilogy was because of your ME1 video. Being more of a slash-slash type player, I was hesitant to play a pew-pew game, but I found myself getting invested. Sorry to hear the comics and novels are something I can skip, but I'm hyped to finish the Legendary trilogy. And here's hoping the next game they do doesn't disappoint you (or me).
This is a great video to listen to whilst playing the game its like listening to an incredible detailed audiobook great storytelling and entertaining great stuff buddy
Oh this was cool. At first I thought you were going straight from Paragon ME1 to renegade ME2 and was like oh damn he about to shake the whole system with that attitude change 😂 I was pumped to see you do both. Your delivery made it very entertaining, renegade shepherd is a right bastard. Thank you!!!! I used jack for my biotic, Samara as my squad leader, and Tali as my engineer. I lost Tali, she gets shot while struggling to fix something. I was sad, I did my best to upgrade them all
The reason people was complaining and still complaining is because it messed up the important part, the conclusion. Remember, a lot of people didn't just binged the game. They had to wait years for the games to come out separately, get promised a satisfying conclusion and then, when it was released, get jack. Of course it sucked. When I first played Mass Effect, I too didn't understand why people complained. When I play the entire trilogy now, having played it many times before stopping for a few years and dusting off the game, playing it, I finally understand why people complained and is still complaining. It is a travesty, plain and simple.
This is an amazing rundown of one of my favourite games series ever. I played it all, 1 through 3, several times and I never got Wrex to stand down in the first. My god what a trip down nostalgia lane. Have my like and my sub. I hope the Bioware team sees this.
I liked Andromeda. Not as much as the original trilogy, of course, but it was not the worst thing ever. We do know there's a new ME game on the way, and my hope is rather than sweeping Andromeda under the rug and pretending it never ever EVER happened, I'd rather they learn from its mistakes and improve on the concept.
I did not really like it, but I think it had some good ideas for the direction of the series. Bad execution, but a great idea. I am sad that they seem to be backing away from it. I don't think it lived up to the feeling of exploring undiscovered space, but it feels sad to just abandon Andomeda.
Funny, you dropped this vid right when I started watching the DMC vid. I was just watching that vid when this one popped up. Outstanding, and that's coming from a son of Sparda.
Love your retrospectives. Mass Effect 1 is the only game in the series I really enjoyed. I love how ME1 has so many mysteries. When ME2 and 3 came in with more answers, I didn't find them satisfying. Plus, I feel like ME1 had a space opera feeling that got more modern-action-movie in 2.
ME3 was the first game in the series that I played because my brother had it at the time. I played it up until I was forced to choose between Legion and Tali. The emotions that went through me when Tali jumped where a punch to the gut and I immediately stopped playing and bought ME1 and 2 that day. To this day, the Mass Effect games are the only games that I've completed multiple times all the way through.
Awesome video. I've been with Mass Effect since day one, or at least a few weeks after release around Christmas 2007, and it's been a weird but awesome ride. I love most things fantasy/sci-fi and this almost perfectly combines both. It really isn't perfect by any means, however, it's just really good fun.
Great content! You might want to check some of your facts in your explanations though because some of it is way off. For example, Relay 314 isn't the one leading to Rachni space. The Turians attacked because the Citadel have a strict policy against recklessly opening every relay people come across because that's how the Rachni wars began. There's a vague link between R314 and the Rachni but nothing close to what's stated here
Also, I do hope you went back and did a playthrough where Mordin and Legion live, because if you they live, a couple of the MAJOR plot lines in ME3 are a lot more impactful!
Didn't do the shadow broker mission. You can finish the other missions after the IFF. Don't know why you didn't decide to just roll back your save on the final mission. Also the game literally tells you to send Morgan back to the ship.
I actually don't mind the way the dialogue wheel is set-up because in most game's the first run is alway me roleplaying myself so I just choose what I feel is best for me regardless of its morality
I enjoyed Andromeda more than most. I admit the Ryder twins were milk toast bland characters, we weren't introduced to enough new alien races and the ship design was a piss poor copy of the iconic Normandy. But what the game offered was far more than the pieces it presented. I loved the idea of spearheading the development of a "frontier" galaxy, working to make planets habitable via the use of ancient world spanning technologies, setting up the foundations of a new government on a new Citadel-like station, searching for clues on the missing arcs...it was all really interesting and cool. I just wish that the game's development hadn't been needlessly rushed and that the material had been given more time and care. Because in spite of all of Andromeda's failings, what it gave us were the VERY solid bones for what should have been the foundation of a second engrossing trilogy. Now...who knows?
If Mass Effect and Titanfall 2 were to combine, it would likely result in a thrilling sci-fi adventure with a mix of exploration, storytelling, and mech combat. Here's a possible scenario: _Mass Effect: Titanfall Evolution_ In this fusion, Commander Shepard and the Normandy crew discover a way to integrate Titan technology into their arsenal, allowing them to pilot these advanced mechs against the Reapers and other threats. _New Features:_ - Titan customization: Modify and upgrade Titans with Mass Effect's advanced technology. - Mech combat: Engage in intense Titan battles against Reapers, Geth, and other enemies. - Pilot abilities: Utilize Shepard's combat and biotic abilities while piloting Titans. - Squad commands: Issue orders to squadmates to coordinate Titan and infantry attacks. - Exploration: Explore the galaxy with Titans, discovering new worlds and encountering unexpected challenges. _Storyline:_ The Reapers, seeking to exploit the Titan technology, become the primary antagonists. Shepard and the Normandy crew must navigate the complexities of Titan integration, confront rival factions vying for control, and face the ethical implications of wielding such powerful technology. This combination would blend the best of both worlds, offering a unique and captivating experience that expands the Mass Effect universe while incorporating the excitement of Titanfall's mech combat.
Just finished the entire trilogy in 60 hours over the last week. One of the best gaming binges of my life. I was genuinely inspired by the ending. I basically saved everyone in ME2 bc I'm a completionist lol, ended ME3 with the reaper control ending good paragon, only lost the salarians because I cured the genophage. (I didn't believe the dalatrass's plan would go through without the krogan finding out, plus I was actually RPing a good person.) Even though I didn't feel the loss as much, it enhanced my feelings the first time playing because it was genuinely a story of hope (because the only times I felt I actually lost was accidentally skipping dialogue and not sending someone with the ship crew on the suicide mission, so they died in ME2 despite all my squadmates living; other time was Kai Leng taking the AI in ME3 but I'm thinking that always happens) So I nearly had the perfect playthrough. It made the sheer amount of death at the end of ME3, despite my victory, hit so much harder compared to the rest of the trilogy. Now that I think of it, immediately jumping into the third game had a huge impact too. I hadn't lost anyone in ME2 so the darker tonal switch for me was in the third game, not the second. No words, except that I can't believe it took me this long to play it.
After I beat Mass Effect 2, my second play through since playing it on PS3 in 2010. I was paragon mostly but when going renegade, you just become a space gang and it’s funny as hell. Picking on whoever is the target of your companion at the time. When they said I was on house arrest in ME3 and Ashley was mad at us. I honestly chuckled and understood because with Cerberus you don’t really have to give a shit and I didn’t. You are doing a silent mission that no one will know about. ME3 and ME1 make me feel more influenced to be good and favorable because I’m with the Alliance. Just my experience.
Good job son, you’re making me and your mother proud. Visit us sometime, when you get off from that Videogame thing.
Ill try
Probably be waiting awhile
Don’t forget your cousins! We miss you too! It’s been a year since you’ve visited :(
And don't forget about your half step uncle neighbor in law! We miss you broski!
@@YourFavoriteSon1keep doing your thing and don’t veer off, if family loves and supports you they will come visit.
First time I ever played Mass Effect 2, I didn't think ship upgrades were necessary since they didn't give me any game play bonuses, accidently flew through the Omega 4 relay and subsequently watched half of my team die as we traveled. Quickest reload ever 😂😂😂
It took me years to figure out that the marine who is downed by robots is a reference to Leeroy Jenkins. His full name is Richard L. Jenkins.
That's awesome lol
Hey Son, it's Mom
Your videos are so amazing, I've gone back and watched them time and time again to see how you've improved, and how your skills have developed so far from where you came. This retrospective is amazing. Your Dad and I are proud of you. Never stop chasing your passions
Thanks so much!
@@YourFavoriteSon1 colour me impressed with how mainly your username (and chillness) caused this hella wholesome and peculiar dynamic in the commentsection,
son
@@jezusbloodie I thought this was a reference to the email your parents send as a spacer Shepard in the game haha.
@@Project_Futureoh shit it is 🙃
I missed that lol
I love playing as “earthborn, war hero, soldier” full paragon Shepard. There is something so funny to me about how in this universe full of powerful aliens and space magic, Shepard is just A guy… some nobody who comes out of nowhere just to dunk on everyone and everything all while being an obnoxiously good person 😂
Ned Flanders in Space lol
Full humanzee mode, I approve.
5:32:20 Hell yeah, I agree with Cingy 100% percent! That damn conversation with Sovereign is THE stand out moment in the series for me. And I'm not saying this lightly as the original trilogy is full of awesome moments that left an impact on me. But hot damn, that conversation with Sovereign is something else. By far my favorite villain in any game. And he speaks only once, every single sentence is brilliant.
I've been treating your reviews of each of these games like a bookclub. I've been replaying them before listening to your reviews. I haven't played these games since the original 360 releases. It's been really fun. Thanks, son.
Always make me laugh that scanning the keepers only reveals that they are in fact as old as the Citadel.
Which implies they know how old the Citadel is. Which means they know it's not Prothean, right? Right?
What is your point?
@@DJWolfHouse plot hole. It's a stupid throw away comment some writer added in to fill a dialogue space without thinking about it properly, in the process creating a problem in the lore. Implying scanning the keepers reveals how old the citadel is would immediately set alarm bells ringing in universe because it is assumed to be built by the Protheans, but knowing how old it actually was would render that an impossibility. It is colossally older than the Protheans.
Same as the mission where you go and visit a dead Reaper that's just left floating around in accessible, albeit remote, space. This is despite Reapers taking extreme care to 'scrub' the galaxy clean of their presence on the way out. Whoever came up with that idea *should* have had empty coffee pots and balled up bits of paper thrown at them, then been laughed out of the room. Instead, it became a very cool if somewhat nonsensical and lore breaking mission.
@@MrLilredmachine Ah I see I didn’t know the Protheans were supposed to have created the Keepers I just looked that up, I thought the Reapers did literally because of that scanning note. But I see what you’re saying now.
Maybe it’s the completionist in me, maybe I got lucky, but in me2 I saved everyone and in me3 I got peace between the quarians and geth. I think I got lucky to be honest, so this video was quite an eye opener for me, because it really proved that if I had done one thing differently then I’d have gotten a much different experience through this series when I first played it on my ps3.
Everyone did live in my first playthrough. I actually had no clue that you could permanently lose anyone until I spoke to a coworker who played the game also, he told me his entire crew died and I was flabbergasted.
One of my favourite genres to find on YT are documentaries or at least in depth analysis/ recaps of games. Your retrospectives are incredibly thorough, informative and entertaining.
Appreciate videos like this have taken quite literally dozens upon dozens of hours. Probably 100+ with the multiple playthroughs.
Thank you for your time 👌
Even in paragon playthroughs you always hang up on the council and always punch the reporter, a good rule of thumb
You can do one mission after the crew is kidnapped with no crew deaths.
I think two? I immediately after getting Legion activated him, brought him with me on Tali's loyalty mission then after finishing that, activated Legion's loyalty mission and did his, then crew kidnapped. Just make sure you only pull up the galaxy map to do the loyalty missions and don't travel anywhere.
Son, I think it's time we had THE talk. It's pronounced KAY-den
And JENN o fage, not Jeen.
And Kasumi is pronounced like your consuming content
My dude he played 3 full length RPGs and can't pronounce any of the names. I still enjoyed it and I like this channel, but between that and getting parts of the story wrong it can be a frustrating watch at times.
The mispronounced names of characters, species and topics when the game LITERALLY does it for you is nuts.
3:52:04
And it was at this moment that every Talimancer (myself included) cried out in agony while watching this
With full honesty, everyone survived my first playthrough. No guides, just a lot of years playing RPG's and having a good idea what the game expects from your playtime. I can't agree that I played it wrong. The tension I felt during each cutscene was intense. The good vibes I felt when I finally got on the ship with everyone was near orgasmic. You telling me I was wrong feels like gatekeeping.
Its wild they we didn't know about that Easter egg sooner. I remember deep dives about this game all over media and nerd culture at the time.
I think his take on the "if you had everyone survive your first time you did it wrong" I didnt have the money or ability to buy the dlcs WHICH he points out causes progression to go faster. An that he had to micromanage thier missions. Id wager honestly most people probably got a perfect play through simple because they did loyalty missions of all the free people.
My only annoyance with the decision about saving the council, when I was playing it was presented to me as "save the council OR stop sovereign" so I was like dude we gotta stop sovereign no matter what. So I didn't save them.
That decision haunted me through all the next 2 games and I was annoyed that you stop sovereign either way. I thought something bad would happen if you selected save the council
leaving mordin, a grandpa who was never an infantry soldier to hold a fire line is just a stupid decission... thought i teached you critical thinking, son...
For my playthrough, it was hardly a contest on which ending best suited: Synthesis was everything I had been building up to. Everything.
I know a lot of people seem to hate that one but it really was THE ending for my game.
Yea same. I think it's the way the human race is headed in real life.
"I could never save synthetics they were... robots. Gross"
Greatest quote of all time
What the hell son? Legion AND MORDIN?!? Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!
Also daaaamn don't think I have witnessed a Paragon Shepard lose so many friends.
YourFavoriteSon's Paragon playthrough: "I'm Commander Shepard and I'm the biggest snitch on the Citadel"
You got some awesome creators to join you, son. Good job. I’m very proud.
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That's such a big oof. You sent away one of the best hold the line members, and took the other 2 with you. I send Mordin back with the crew because of his recruitment mission being a combat doctor. I take Legion and Miranda with me. Legions Widow is a powerhouse and Miranda quitting is fun. The only difference between that and my first playthrough is I took Thane not Miranda. Tali Tech Specialist, Garrus Squad Leader, Mordin Crew Escort, Jack Biotic specialist, and 2 Snipers with me felt logical when I first played.
Also Mordin and Legion dying makes the Genophage cure messy, and Geth Quarian peace impossible. Extremely unfortunate.
Amazing video! Jacoby Shepard, with his hilarious delusions of grandeur and sociopathic moustache, is my new personal maleshep canon.
2:57:58 The fans might not have been aware of it, but I still had everyone survive back then without any guides or second hand knowledge. Some of us are just better heroes than others, I guess. Don't OD on that copium, son.
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Wow son, this is a nice surprise. I always had faith in you; congratulations. Good job.
Thanks Dad
Thnx for this video. This must have been an enormous undertaking. Thanks for all the time and energy you put into this. It was so nice to think back on my own playthroughs.
I used to pick Earthborn, but now I always pick Spacer since that means Shepard's mum is alive, I really would've loved if she was a war asset in Mass Effect 3
This has been such a fun listen. I absolutely love the first three games from this series and was literally a day into restarting mass effect (free ps plus style) when I found your channel. Watched your amazing fable retrospective and wouldn’t you know it you drop this days later. I rather enjoy your evil play through narrations.
Mass Effect and KOTOR are like a match made in heaven.
No surprise that Drew K has written heaps of SW stories.
Great roundup.
Thank you.
Kai-den and geen-ophage were plenty bad, but Caw-sue-me? Kasumi is a gorgeous name when said correctly and without over-emphasozong every syllable. Absolutely killed my interest in this video.
Then you missed out on a great video
3:52:15 ive actually never seen before what happens if you choose the geth upgrade, mostly because ive been unable to bring myself to romance anyone other than Tali in my playthroughs, but also because both times ive managed to have Quarian-Geth peace. Easily i think that scene is one of the highlights of the franchise, perfectly build and insanely difficult to pull-off. Imo a quest best saved for last.
Seeing Tali take her off her mask is the definition of cosmic irony. She finally gets to step foot on her home planet, only for her species to be annihilated, and to have her will to go on taken on the shores of the very place that had driven her and her people for the past few centuries. Their Jerusalem, and their Necropolis
And rightly so, Tali is best girl.
@@Mikimarux couldnt agree more
Thanks, son. You're one hell of a writer. I'm continually amazed when I realize I've made it through one of your multi-hour videos without getting bored.
I need to ask, as a fan of your retrospectives: is it an intentional choice to mis-pronounce things? Ilos, Sidonas, etc. These are names/terms verbally used in the games but you pronounce them differently. I just don't understand why?
This is a theme in a good chunk of your videos. I'm not sure if it's just you listening to music or something while playing, but you miss out on a ton of niche dialogue choices/queues in many games if that's the case. i.e. a voice actor giving a completely different connotation to what a line means vs. what you may take it at if you simply read the written subtitle.
The mispronunciations are driving me up a wall since this is such a dialogue heavy series, I have no idea how you got the pronunciations you got.
Jeanophage, Kye-Den (Kaiden), SuhLahrian, VEERmire
Absolutely bonkers
Fan-effing-tastic!
Easily my favorite game trilogy of all time.
5:20:26 but Son! Extremely, _extremely_ intelligent people on RUclips told me that plot-holes literally don't matter ever, that objectivity in criticism doesn't exist/only bad people try to be objective, and that if you point out plot-holes you're just nitpicking!
I watched each of these parts when you first published them. Just want to give a comment and thumbs up and a comment to keep your momentum going with the algorithms. I've played through this and Dead Space several times... my apologies that's a slight lie, I've only played Dead Space 3 once. I also really enjoyed your coverage of Yakuza and Fable, even though I played neither series. Your videos are very well made, great to watch and listen to. I really appreciate how you streamlined your renegade story. You've got off to a good start with your channel, keep up the good work.
Thanks so much!
Hey I've watched every single one of the creators retrospectives, including yours as they came out so this is killer man. Awesome job as always!
Just wanted to say thank you for this. I use this to fall asleep with me an my little one, numerous times a week, in hopes that when she is old enough she will love these games as much as we do. Appreciate you, son!
yo my name is Jacobye (spelled differently but pronounced the same) im honored you chose that name for the renegade playthrough,, i was so shocked when i heard my name at 58:53
Oh boy I hope Tali surives this time.
I really appreciate that you didn't strive to go for a perfect run, and instead stuck with your choices
If you’re a fan how are you unable to pronounce anything correctly. They say the words for you in game.
I’m sure there’ll be more lore inaccuracies, but Relay 314 is not the Rachni relay. A Turian scouting fleet caught humans trying to activate a dormant relay with an unknown connection point which was illegal because of the Rachni relay’s activation without knowing where it led and its subsequent war.
I'm bumping this at the gym
Get those gains shepard
Well son, I appreciate all the hard work you put into these videos. The whole reason I decided to re-start the trilogy was because of your ME1 video. Being more of a slash-slash type player, I was hesitant to play a pew-pew game, but I found myself getting invested. Sorry to hear the comics and novels are something I can skip, but I'm hyped to finish the Legendary trilogy. And here's hoping the next game they do doesn't disappoint you (or me).
This is a great video to listen to whilst playing the game its like listening to an incredible detailed audiobook great storytelling and entertaining great stuff buddy
Oh this was cool. At first I thought you were going straight from Paragon ME1 to renegade ME2 and was like oh damn he about to shake the whole system with that attitude change 😂 I was pumped to see you do both. Your delivery made it very entertaining, renegade shepherd is a right bastard. Thank you!!!!
I used jack for my biotic, Samara as my squad leader, and Tali as my engineer. I lost Tali, she gets shot while struggling to fix something. I was sad, I did my best to upgrade them all
Your narration of the Renegade playthrough was so dm satisfying.
The reason people was complaining and still complaining is because it messed up the important part, the conclusion.
Remember, a lot of people didn't just binged the game. They had to wait years for the games to come out separately, get promised a satisfying conclusion and then, when it was released, get jack.
Of course it sucked. When I first played Mass Effect, I too didn't understand why people complained. When I play the entire trilogy now, having played it many times before stopping for a few years and dusting off the game, playing it, I finally understand why people complained and is still complaining. It is a travesty, plain and simple.
This is an amazing rundown of one of my favourite games series ever. I played it all, 1 through 3, several times and I never got Wrex to stand down in the first.
My god what a trip down nostalgia lane. Have my like and my sub.
I hope the Bioware team sees this.
Nice work, do you think you might ever look at the Dragon Age series?
ME1 is still my overall favorite mainly because it feels the most "rpg" out of all of the games.
I liked Andromeda. Not as much as the original trilogy, of course, but it was not the worst thing ever. We do know there's a new ME game on the way, and my hope is rather than sweeping Andromeda under the rug and pretending it never ever EVER happened, I'd rather they learn from its mistakes and improve on the concept.
I did not really like it, but I think it had some good ideas for the direction of the series. Bad execution, but a great idea. I am sad that they seem to be backing away from it. I don't think it lived up to the feeling of exploring undiscovered space, but it feels sad to just abandon Andomeda.
I see that Warhammer reference you made kiddo. You can have Kharn the Betrayer as a squad member in ME3 as a treat. Maim, Kill, Burn son
I love how Jacoby Sheperd looks more and more like a Dark Elf from Skyrim the more renegade choices are made
I think it's more accurate to say that "Paragon" is more like "Lawful" from DnD, and "Renegade" is more like "Chaotic"
These reviews have been getting me through work. Thank you!
Love your long videos, son! Thank you for all your work!
Thanks for watching!
Funny, you dropped this vid right when I started watching the DMC vid. I was just watching that vid when this one popped up. Outstanding, and that's coming from a son of Sparda.
Love your retrospectives. Mass Effect 1 is the only game in the series I really enjoyed. I love how ME1 has so many mysteries. When ME2 and 3 came in with more answers, I didn't find them satisfying. Plus, I feel like ME1 had a space opera feeling that got more modern-action-movie in 2.
ME3 was the first game in the series that I played because my brother had it at the time. I played it up until I was forced to choose between Legion and Tali. The emotions that went through me when Tali jumped where a punch to the gut and I immediately stopped playing and bought ME1 and 2 that day. To this day, the Mass Effect games are the only games that I've completed multiple times all the way through.
Awesome video. I've been with Mass Effect since day one, or at least a few weeks after release around Christmas 2007, and it's been a weird but awesome ride. I love most things fantasy/sci-fi and this almost perfectly combines both. It really isn't perfect by any means, however, it's just really good fun.
Finally someone who understands the value of the Control option! 👍🏿👍🏿
great retrospective on the entire mass effect series man :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@YourFavoriteSon1 your welcome man and I am glad this retrospective turned out amazing :)
Always enjoy your videos they’re very well done
Thanks so much!
1:07 Shoutout to salt factory, that guy is cool as hell
Very cool guy
I can’t believe I listened to you talk about a decade + old game for 6 hours… impressive stuff
Great content! You might want to check some of your facts in your explanations though because some of it is way off. For example, Relay 314 isn't the one leading to Rachni space. The Turians attacked because the Citadel have a strict policy against recklessly opening every relay people come across because that's how the Rachni wars began. There's a vague link between R314 and the Rachni but nothing close to what's stated here
Also, I do hope you went back and did a playthrough where Mordin and Legion live, because if you they live, a couple of the MAJOR plot lines in ME3 are a lot more impactful!
Thank you for making this amazing content for us viewers 🙏
Didn't do the shadow broker mission. You can finish the other missions after the IFF. Don't know why you didn't decide to just roll back your save on the final mission. Also the game literally tells you to send Morgan back to the ship.
2:58:41 I still remember grunt being taken away by seeker swarms because I trusted miranda.
"Do you want me to patch you to the council?" "Don't bother." Everytime.
Thank you son, keep churning GOLD with your vids and quality!
The ray of sonshine I needed today.
Happy Sonday!
My favorite line from this is "Edi has a body now... That's fine I guess" idk why that made me laugh so hard
Thanks Son lmao
I actually don't mind the way the dialogue wheel is set-up because in most game's the first run is alway me roleplaying myself so I just choose what I feel is best for me regardless of its morality
I agree with the synthesis ending because of the compromise you can get between the quarian and geth argument
I hope your real dad is as proud of you as we are
Amazing video as usual. Am I the only one who found the mining in ME2 relaxing? Lol
I enjoyed Andromeda more than most. I admit the Ryder twins were milk toast bland characters, we weren't introduced to enough new alien races and the ship design was a piss poor copy of the iconic Normandy. But what the game offered was far more than the pieces it presented. I loved the idea of spearheading the development of a "frontier" galaxy, working to make planets habitable via the use of ancient world spanning technologies, setting up the foundations of a new government on a new Citadel-like station, searching for clues on the missing arcs...it was all really interesting and cool. I just wish that the game's development hadn't been needlessly rushed and that the material had been given more time and care. Because in spite of all of Andromeda's failings, what it gave us were the VERY solid bones for what should have been the foundation of a second engrossing trilogy.
Now...who knows?
Hey Bro, Awesome video!...I understand why you're Dad's favourite. Just such a high standard to compete with. - LeastFavouriteSon
You forgot to bring Legion to Tali's Trial.
Late to this party but, great video.,
personally; love ME1, Like ME2 overall except that I despise the story, ME3 is a huge miss for me.
You did good son, you did good review.
If Mass Effect and Titanfall 2 were to combine, it would likely result in a thrilling sci-fi adventure with a mix of exploration, storytelling, and mech combat. Here's a possible scenario:
_Mass Effect: Titanfall Evolution_
In this fusion, Commander Shepard and the Normandy crew discover a way to integrate Titan technology into their arsenal, allowing them to pilot these advanced mechs against the Reapers and other threats.
_New Features:_
- Titan customization: Modify and upgrade Titans with Mass Effect's advanced technology.
- Mech combat: Engage in intense Titan battles against Reapers, Geth, and other enemies.
- Pilot abilities: Utilize Shepard's combat and biotic abilities while piloting Titans.
- Squad commands: Issue orders to squadmates to coordinate Titan and infantry attacks.
- Exploration: Explore the galaxy with Titans, discovering new worlds and encountering unexpected challenges.
_Storyline:_
The Reapers, seeking to exploit the Titan technology, become the primary antagonists. Shepard and the Normandy crew must navigate the complexities of Titan integration, confront rival factions vying for control, and face the ethical implications of wielding such powerful technology.
This combination would blend the best of both worlds, offering a unique and captivating experience that expands the Mass Effect universe while incorporating the excitement of Titanfall's mech combat.
Just finished the entire trilogy in 60 hours over the last week. One of the best gaming binges of my life. I was genuinely inspired by the ending. I basically saved everyone in ME2 bc I'm a completionist lol, ended ME3 with the reaper control ending good paragon, only lost the salarians because I cured the genophage. (I didn't believe the dalatrass's plan would go through without the krogan finding out, plus I was actually RPing a good person.)
Even though I didn't feel the loss as much, it enhanced my feelings the first time playing because it was genuinely a story of hope (because the only times I felt I actually lost was accidentally skipping dialogue and not sending someone with the ship crew on the suicide mission, so they died in ME2 despite all my squadmates living; other time was Kai Leng taking the AI in ME3 but I'm thinking that always happens) So I nearly had the perfect playthrough. It made the sheer amount of death at the end of ME3, despite my victory, hit so much harder compared to the rest of the trilogy.
Now that I think of it, immediately jumping into the third game had a huge impact too. I hadn't lost anyone in ME2 so the darker tonal switch for me was in the third game, not the second.
No words, except that I can't believe it took me this long to play it.
Retrospective me to sleep once again. And I mean that as a compliment.
“…and Garath finally got some battle scars.”
Fucking what? Savage! 😂
Thank you my favorite son
Your renegade playthroughs speak to my soul lol
Been waiting for all of them to be put together he'll ya love ur vids
"Minodior" made me do a double take
The renegade version of Me1 you talked about was hilarious, son.
Hey son. Love that your renegade character is a reference to those live action Scooby-Doo movies.
Wow great grandson I’m so proud of you and wish you well on your journey even if I don’t understand much of this timey wimey space stuff ❤️ xoxo
After I beat Mass Effect 2, my second play through since playing it on PS3 in 2010. I was paragon mostly but when going renegade, you just become a space gang and it’s funny as hell. Picking on whoever is the target of your companion at the time. When they said I was on house arrest in ME3 and Ashley was mad at us. I honestly chuckled and understood because with Cerberus you don’t really have to give a shit and I didn’t. You are doing a silent mission that no one will know about. ME3 and ME1 make me feel more influenced to be good and favorable because I’m with the Alliance. Just my experience.
I can't wait to watch this at work lol
Hope you enjoy it!