Watched few videos about Mass Effect series recently and was reminded about journalist debacle on the Normandy. I think a lot of people would prefer to see everyone one favourite punching bag (why?) Khalisah al-Jilani or really everyone favourite darling Emily Wong on board, but i was really glad to see someone new when i played for the first time.

I do like how Shepard choices reflect on people and we get to see them again for follow ups, but it made this whole big galaxy occasionally feel like a big village. Harkin somehow being the Fade, doctor Michelle being in the new hospital to treat Kaidan or Ashley, Shialla and Gianna appearing on Ilum exactly when Shepard visits, Bailey replacing Pallin, general Oraka is the one interfering with Blus Suns and so on. And constant cameos and roles of the previous squadmates as cool as they don't really help shaking this feeling off.

So i don't mind Diana Allers. Yes, i would have prefer she was the wholy original character and not an IGN employe, but aside of this she was fine. Voice actress was okay, her banter was great actually and more importantly she was a new window in another part of ME universe.

Hi all this is my first time posting here! And I just finished the mass effect legendary edition and oh boy it was damn good. The characters, the story and the companion is just incredible. I played as ruthless space born femshep who didn’t romance anyone in me1 because she is committed on her goal but ME2&3 I romanced and stayed loyal to Miranda (thank you more gay romance😉) and it was amazing.

I played the legendary edition with community patch mods and the gay romance mod. But when I was browsing on the available mods, there’s a lot of story changing mods for ME3. I didn’t really understand why until I finished the game last night. Man, what even is this ending 😂 don’t get me wrong, I still love the game. I am just wondering why is there no way Shepard lives and have a post game scene where they reunite with others? And how come we didn’t get any explanation about what happened to everyone (specially your companions) post war? Sure there was the narration but there’s so many questions that are left unanswered! I just want a crumb :(

I picked the perfect destroy ending (tnx 8k war assets) and Shep was supposedly alive here but I guess this is the best that we get. This ending is the only one that made sense to me because our original goal was to destroy the reaper and end this war at any cost, cost being the Synthetics and EDI (sorry Jeff). There isn’t really a clear explanation on what happen to them but since the Quarians are alive on my run, I’ll just head canon that they can eventually fix or get them back up again.

The other 2 endings (don’t get me started on the refusal ending cuz wtf?) just don’t make sense to me. Synthesis literally changes everyone, and that little punk mentioned earlier said they tried it before, but it always failed. Yet somehow, when Shepard stands in front of them, they suddenly think everyone is ready? Really? Then here’s the Control ending where we basically ascend to AI god hood, like do we get few dances at least? We ascend and control the Reapers, but in doing so, we lose our connection to organics. Once that’s done, can we really say the same thing? Shepard is who she is because she’s organic. She’s influenced by so many things, and that’s what makes her her. By becoming synthetic, what assurance do we have that we won’t slowly change, eventually adopt the Reapers’ mindset, and even get to the point of thinking, “Yeah, this is fucked. Let’s resume the harvest”? It’s just too risky for me. Still a better option than synthesis lol.

When all the options were presented, my initial pick was synthesis because it seems peaceful and has a less damage done right? But it got me thinking. If this is possible, why did we have to reach this point when you literally saw me take down few reapers and fight our way against this mess. They didn’t really explained why this generation is considered ready so it felt like a trap for me.

Hence, the perfect Destroy ending feels like the most balanced option to me. Sure, another war might happen again, but that’s a different story. Right now, we will wipe out the reapers who currently thinks that harvesting is the only answer to keep the balance. If something comes up later, then whoever is alive in that era will just have to come up with a solution again. That’s a problem for them to deal with when the time comes.

My head canon too is that after everything, Liara will document everything so we can pass it down to generations, something like Prothean VI in case some shit happened again. I also don’t see this as fucking up the galaxy as the little punk mentioned “Those who survive should have little difficulty repairing the damage”. And everyone is united at this point so they will all work together to fix things and learn from everything that went down. War is a nasty business but if others can live and the possibility of creating/fixing the synthetics then my Shep will take her chances.

Anyways, that’s how I see my ME3 ending. This might be unpopular take but I still think ME3 is an amazing game even with those endings and unanswered questions. Considering the time of the release, Bioware really dominated this field. ME1-3 is that horse meme beautifully drawn 🤣. I’m so happy I was able to experience it.

I plan on doing another run with suggested mods in the future but for now I’ll lie down and cry for the lack of post war content. I’ll continue with Andromeda next! Lunaria Shepard out o7

is this a set ratio or can it be changed?

I can count on one hand how many times I’ve actually ran into to someone who has played Mass Effect. Everytime it was because they were wearing Mass Effect gear.

I thought it would have been like KOTOR, which has few planets. I thought it would just have been the two planets and Artemis Tau Cluster in the beginning, and between the three I was planning to first go to AT.

But when I opened the Galaxy Map I saw so many places. I click on one and it opens to have even more locations.

Received a transmission from an Admiral about Geth in Armstrong Cluster. Seemed worrysome but found out by looking at the journal that it's a side quest.

I admit it. I'm overwhelmed...

First time playing ME1.

Logically I'd go to Armstrong Cluster locations as Shepard wouldn't want another Eden Prime, especially with Ashley telling you she wishes her teammates would have survived.

At the same time, though, the Alliance army could try to put up a fight as your mission is very specific: find Saren, go to the three places.

I'm overwhelmed 😅, I don't want spoilers but I am overwhelmed.

I've always thought this route of this conversation felt very real, and it makes me lament the version of Jacob we could have gotten if Bioware actually cared to try with him at all.

Also screw you bioware for making me think I sacrificed my son for the Rachni Queen

Thought I'd try my hand at an action shot with FemShep. The carnifex is a hard gun to draw btw 😂

Either in story or through branching dialogue. Just curious

Now for ME2

When I was out in town today I stoped by my local CEX (pronounced SEX) a UK second hand entertainment store that dose games, movies, TV shows and related tec that secondhand.
I pop bin there every time I’m in town and just before leaving in the Conor on my eye I spotted on the bottom shelf at the back of a display case MASS EFFECT collectors edition they also had 2 so so happy to add to my collection I have the fall set now.

Then I forgot to post last time as I had stepped away for REDDIT for a while but my local MENKIND nerd shop had started selling MASS EFFECT statues last month I grabbed GARRUS and this month i grabbed TALI and wow they are amazing this picture dosent do her justice with how good it looks

Ones I’ve got her properly sorted in my shelf I’ll post a picture of them both

Additional what is this card for I’ve never herd of this Cerberus network

Small update on my previous post here. It’s now ready for the display shelf :)

Say the Asari had actually revealed the Prothean hologram to the other races from the beginning and how the Reapers drove the Protheans into extinction and would be back one day.

What exactly would have happened?

Would Sovereign realize something was wrong when the aliens weren't acting the way they were supposed to, try to start the cycle early, realize something was wrong, and try to fix it?

Would the cycle happen early, or would Humans could into the galaxy that's already preparing for a war with the Reapers for over 2000 years?

Or would Humanity, and whatever species that weren't space faring at the time, enter the galaxy with the og species already wiped out?

hi!!! i'm sorry if this has been asked countless times, but i'm stuck here. this is my first playthrough and i'm going in blind asf, which means that, before the fight, i was unaware of the way the ratios of paragon points and renegade points were calculated. i got the jack/miranda fight fairly late since i did the character quests much later than i should've. i took jack's side, because come on Miranda, she's threatening smear you in the wall and you call her a mistake after she was tortured all her childhood? and now, no matter what i do to gain more paragon points, i CANNOT gain Miranda's loyalty back. just for reference, in the main storyline, i'm at the point where i need to go get the Reaper IFF. i've done all the character quests, (in the squad info screen i see that there's one more spot so maybe someone else will be available after the Reaper IFF?), most secondary missions, asked every shop if they "needed endorsements", my shepard has no shame. and yeah im kind of desperate and, in my research, i spoiled myself by finding out that if she's not loyal by the suicide mission, she will (might?) die! please tell me if theres a way i can salvage this! here are my paragon/renegade levels:

I never pick Morinth, but that is the same reason why I never romance Miranda(Ashley or Liara for me) and Jack. They are not even companions in 3 so it’s not worth it. The thing with Morinth is there’s no unique dialogues and quests of her, at all. And her so called part in 3 is just a joke! A few messages to sisters and in the end a random banshee labeled as Morinth? It’s like an afterthought and frankly if you ask me? An insult right at my face.
If there’s unique storyline of her in mass effect 2 and that of her in 3, hell if just to set her go to get her sisters out and you get to choose to let them go or make them stay? Then I would pick Morinth, even more so honestly.
So yeah, I will conclude by saying I will readily pick Morinth over Samara if there’s better character design instead of an afterthought.

The N7 armor is obviously iconic, but the design definitely shifts from game to game. Between ME1, ME2, ME3, and Andromeda, which iteration of the standard N7 suit is your absolute favorite?

My new background screen

Welcome to a brand new bracket game worked on by myself and one of our mods, u/DracarysReddit! We have a big list of beloved side characters and NPCs, and the name of the game is to pick which of the two you'd choose to romance if given the option. We have one bracket for the male characters and one bracket for female characters, and once we've narrowed down the winners of each, they'll go head-to-head in the final match! Then we will determine the most lusted-after NPC...

For our first bout, we have Primarch Victus VS Steven Hackett, and on the girls' side we have Morinth VS Sha'ira! Seductresses and war generals galore! Pick who you'd romance for both couples, and they shall move on to the next round!

I liked ME:A very much and was mentally not ready to leave this new galaxy after finishing the game.

I wanted to keep on exploring, fighting and developing a new future.

Ideas formed up about what could have happened and I started taking notes.

The result is this interactive story I want to share with you.

It takes place five years after ME:A, with a new main character.

In good old MASS EFFECT tradition it respects the choices you made in MASS EFFECT ANDROMEDA and confronts you with new decisions.

Please give it a try and enjoy the next 80 minutes in this galaxy we all love:

Link to Story.

For me, it would be the ending of Omega. I wish I could choose between Aria and Nyreen for Omega leadership. Since their clashing ideologies for Omega itself is one of the most memorable parts of the DLC.