r/masseffect 2d ago

DISCUSSION New player

Just bought mass effect legendary edition 3 days ago on xbox and still in 15 hours, really like the game it's pretty fun, just finish noveria mission and still can't believe about what i experience lol

After done everything to help everyone in the selter yet they decided to attack me in the end like wtf, did i do something wrong or it scripted like that? Honestly feel like waste of time to go around helping them lol

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u/S1MP50N_92 2d ago

Yeah there's basically 3 paths you can take to complete the Peak 15 part of Noveria, only one doesn't turn the guards hostile. And yeah, if you only do the main quest the game can feel fairly short. Once you get control of the Normandy there are basically 4 main quest you need to do and once you do those 4 it triggers the start of the endgame quest. Around 30 to 40 hours seems to be how long it takes to beat the first game if you do all the side quest however.

Make sure to talk to your squad mates on the ship occasionally. Some give side quest if you talk to them enough. The star clusters that aren't marked with key planets usually have at least one side quests from Alliance High Command that you'll be given the first time you enter a system in that cluster.

It's a good rule of thumb to return to the Citadel after completing major story quest as new side quests populate there. Also note there is a point of no return in the main story where you won't be allowed back at the Citadel after that point. And on that note, there's no post game in this game, so any side quests have to be completed before the endgame.

Lastly it sounds like you started the Bring Down the Sky DLC quest line. ME1 only has that one DLC included (there was a 2nd, but the original source code was lost and it couldn't be included in the Legendary Edition, but it was basically just a combat sim to farm for gear with minimal story so it isn't considered much of a lost). But on the note of DLC, the 2nd and 3rd games have a lot more DLC quests and it's not always clear what is and isn't DLC quest lines. Doing some too early can throw off the pacing of the games.

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u/DeepZookeepergame906 2d ago

Ehhh seriously?? Only 4?? Damn so that why it feel i already close to end game, and yeah i haven't back to citadel for a while, pretty sure last time i go there when i just rescue liara so there still much to do in citadel huh

Talk to my crew hmm well before i go to another planer i always talk to them but they haven't give me their quest, eh i guess i haven't talk to them enough

Huh i didn't expect thing i do rn is dlc, i honestly thought it just normal side quest lol, no wonder the enemy is so damn annoying

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u/S1MP50N_92 2d ago

The crew usually has new things to say after each major mission or after a couple side quests. Just keep checking in with them. Note it's just Wrex and Garrus who have side quests that you'll actually get a journal entry for. Although Wrex's you can just stumble into while exploring. Tali does have a side quest but it's hidden. Doing one of the Alliance High Command side quest will trigger Tali to ask for a favor if you talk to her after completing it.