"It's okay Shep, we're only taking several million casualties per minute, you have some time to think it over!"

@writershard5065

3 жыл бұрын

When it's the fate of intelligent life in the galaxy, some time to think about it is okay.

@Galagagamer10010

2 жыл бұрын

Im sure the millions who died would rather die than let the wrong choice be made.

@TheNumerosopher

2 жыл бұрын

@@Galagagamer10010 I won't lie though, after watching the High Paragon - High EMS Control & Synthesis endings on KZread, both of those don't seem too bad either now

@TheNumerosopher

2 жыл бұрын

Because then, in context you of course go against what the mission objective was in Shep's mind which is destroy. With Synthesis it's like what Saren had in mind originally but failed, and gave in to fear and hopelessness, and indoctrinated too With Control it's along the lines of what TIM was hoping for while still somewhat rational, but he of course (if successful) would've only controlled them for Cerberus 1st & Humanity in General 2nd All other species would've been killed or enslaved But with paragon Shepard, he controls to protect and watch over all species And with Synthesis, everyone is still the same, but now with the knowledge of AIs and AIs with the knowledge of organics, both working together to build a Heaven out of the Galaxy more or less

@ImaginaryCyborg

Жыл бұрын

@@TheNumerosopher Synthesis is the go-to ending for me. It leads to greater understanding on both sides, and unlimited access to the knowledge of civilizations past. Imagine the existential and technological leap that comes from this. Not to mention that everyone in the galaxy is now on equal footing. It's beyond my ability to even imagine the full implications of it all.

This music is so haunting and tragic. The story aside, when this played it hit me that my mass effect experience and the characters I felt I had a real connection with were coming to an end.

@anon8206

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. The trilogy was special and I don't believe there's any game quite like it. It inspired me to start my own journey. Joining the Marine Corps in a few months now, going for MARSOC. Let's see what happens. :)

@DrHouseNUFC

3 жыл бұрын

You still calibrating stuff Garrus?

@lokibau

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, music is spot on, too bad for the friggin star-kid.

@cerberus3504

3 жыл бұрын

The fact i regulary walk in people with mass effect names on youtube is really cool ... ho wait..

@IsmashedtoRedbone

2 жыл бұрын

@@anon8206 Any update?

You can complain about the ending of the game as much as you want, but this track is divine.

@williamprice2186

Жыл бұрын

Divine is the perfect word I’d use to describe it. This is the sound I’d imagine hearing the moment my soul separates from my body when I die.

@TZCHHK

Жыл бұрын

It hits all the right notes. It's a clear, definite sense of "it has come to this. This is the end. And you have to choose." I do not agree with this game's ending. But it's presentation is unparalleled.

@DrumToTheBassWoop

Жыл бұрын

It's the sound when inter dimensional beings open up 4d to us 3d folk.

@Alatar06

8 ай бұрын

Perfectly calibrated.

Honestly the ambience created in this sequence is mind blowing. I was breathless, thinking what to choose, and there's that silence while you see all that destruction in the background...

@Fizz-Pop

4 жыл бұрын

You only had to decide the fate of an entire galaxy..no pressure.

@SwCreators

4 жыл бұрын

Deciding the fate of the galaxy when all the choices are disappointing.

@Raffney

4 жыл бұрын

@@SwCreators That is because the question is to big to find a entirely satisfying answer. Some questions simply are.

@SwCreators

4 жыл бұрын

@@Raffney Do you think this is truely the message the writers tried to get across? To me it was more of an issue with EA's corperate structure forcing the game out to please their shareholders. Throughout the Mass Effect trilogy the reapers were represented as ruthless, diabolical, apathetic killing machines. They would liquify humans and use them as a fuel source! They would psionically indoctrinate subjects and bend them to their will. They would turn the dead into husks that would then hunt and kill their own brethren and families. To me this sudden twist at the end of ME3 goes against everything the reapers represented up to this point. Now I think the ME team wanted to throw in a plot twist like they did with Saren and again with the Illusive Man, but I found that it was poorly executed.

@Raffney

4 жыл бұрын

​@@SwCreators The entire ending is poorly executed and your statement represents exactly my feelings back then. Though i'm a big mass effect fan and i still loved the franchise for what it is. So i tried to see the best in it and over the years it became apparent to me that the ending does make sense if you allow it (some of the things in the ending are still stupid though). Anyway the creators in Bioware decided to make the story similar to Matrix but on a galactic scale. There is a nearly perfect system in place with an almighty unbeatable god ai pulling the strings from behind the scene. And everything becomes different in the end mainly cause of the actions of one chosen one. It's also similar between the two franchises how poorly this idea was received and understood. Mass audience can't handle big lore changing reveals that need a lot of thinking at the last second. Especially with that much bad company pr behind it.

I remember realizing that I was sitting on the edge of my chair half way through this dialogue. Real life had completely melted away

@ImaginaryCyborg

Жыл бұрын

That is what true art does. It makes you forget yourself as it briefly lifts you into a higher state of being. Videogames have truly come a long way.

When you just need to think before making a big decision...

@SilentShadow07

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Tan I swear that this song played in my head when I was asked, sitting at a military recruiter's desk/office, after finished a bunch of paperwork, them the biggest decision I had to make: being asked about if I want to go active duty or Reserves...

@steventan2754

6 жыл бұрын

Mythical Helljumper That is pretty big. The kind that has your life flashing before your eyes. Whichever you chose, I wish you the best.

@Rashaed

6 жыл бұрын

Mythical Helljumper What branch are you thinking of joining?

@markruttevergeetachtig781

4 жыл бұрын

@@SilentShadow07 you alive!

@guitarplayer404

4 жыл бұрын

The paths are opened but you have to choose...

The next Mass Effect has a lot to live up to.

@fakedketchup5029

Жыл бұрын

ehm ehm Andromeda

@countzero81

Жыл бұрын

@@fakedketchup5029 andromeda is fake news :D

@joe_souls

Жыл бұрын

I didn't think Andromeda was that bad either. But of course it doesn't come close to the trilogy. That's for sure. Still, a solid game.

@troller8680

Жыл бұрын

@@joe_souls Not bad, but in terms of story and characters fails noticably compared to OG trilogy. Shame, cause there were potential to be if not great, but at least worthy to be mentioned alongsided with the rest games.

@paradox_4094

Жыл бұрын

@@troller8680 it was also unfair to compare it to the whole trilogy and not just me1. Me1 was great, but it's just a nice little space opera and the trilogy gets carried by the emotional development in me2 so the apocalyptic feel in me3 pays off. If andromeda got time to grow as a trilogy, it might've been just as good or better.

I'm 22 and I played ME for the 1st time at my 19. Since then, I replayed the whole triology 5 times and this particular music always makes me want to cry. I played many games, but mass effect really made me feel things I've never felt before and for that I'll keep being a huge fan until the day I die.

@meriembensemmane2833

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, same age and same experience haha

@RememberTheChase

2 жыл бұрын

It's heart warming to hear this, I played it when it came out in 2007 when I was 9 and the music and the emotion it portrays always stuck with me. I think the real mastery in the MEU is how we feel and who we want to be. And the music is where that shines.

@theoatyastarties

Жыл бұрын

Same with me, It's given me more memorable moments then anything modern TV has ever produced.

@lxnnrz

Жыл бұрын

Same man, this is the game to my life. I’m 22 now but I first played it when I was 14 thanks to my older brother introducing it to me. Fan till the end 🤞

@allengordon6929

Жыл бұрын

Played 1 at 11, 3 at 13, 2 with legendary at 24.

With this music I can literally feel how time is flowing away

@Damocles16

Жыл бұрын

I disagree. Time seems suspended to me.

@chrissierra-5633

Жыл бұрын

@@Damocles16 I feel like this music question "Was the end goal worth it and what awnser will you give"

This song. That beam in the middle. Earth and all the destruction in the background. The quiet. How tragically beautiful.

Remember kids, Red leads the way to Rannoch THE ONLY GOOD REAPER IS A DEAD REAPER, KILL 'EM ALL!

I could listen to this song for hours.

@karl-ve2of

4 жыл бұрын

me too

@blackmondayy1

4 жыл бұрын

I am listening to this song for hours !!!

I should go...

@jasonmilam7204

3 жыл бұрын

Okay Sheppard.

@shaun5809

3 жыл бұрын

*SO BE IT*

@cosminposoiu8486

3 жыл бұрын

do i seriousky sound like that?

@shaun5809

3 жыл бұрын

@@cosminposoiu8486 yes

@euaf-crimson1730

3 жыл бұрын

I should go. I *Should* go. *I* should go. *I should go*

Anderson's fate made the goal of the third choice in one of my playthroughs really hard. "You did good child. I'm proud of you." -- David Anderson

It's alright, Shepard. It's only the fate of the entire galaxy resting on your shoulders, no pressure. xD

@darkserial2252

2 жыл бұрын

Sais terrifiant surtout qu'elle issue a la fin de la partie

Впервые прошел ME в 13-14 году, будучи еще двенадцатилетним юнцом, это моя первая серьезная серия игр. ME провел меня через всю мою жесткую юность, будучи компаньоном на всем моем пути, во многом сформировав мой характер и мировоззрение. И тут, наткнувшись на этот видос, я словно снова пережил все эти годы. А сейчас у меня настал период жизни, когда нужно принимать по настоящему судьбоносные решения, эти музыка и сцена действительно попадают в точку, потому что для такого момента они и были созданы... Воистину, ME великая игра...

@vladfayy3991

Жыл бұрын

Впервые прошел её примерно в этом же возрасте, эта игра подарила мне столько эмоций, приятных воспоминаний и ассоциаций, каждая композиция, включая эту, как будто возвращает в прошлое, каждый раз, когда я включаю любую из них на фон, пока занимаюсь чем-то, сам не замечаю, как застываю на месте и прокручиваю в голове всё то, что я испытал, проходя этот шедевр.И конкретно от этой каждый раз становится так тяжело на душе, на глаза наворачиваются слезы, не только от самого момента, в который она играла, но и от осознания, что история закончена, что я больше не испытаю тех же эмоций, что испытал, проходя игру впервые.Великая игра, великая вселенная.

@R1ckj333

5 ай бұрын

Is this Russian?

When I was younger, I knew about the game, but I started with the third one of the trilogy, I quickly gave up and lost sight of the game, five years later, I looked back at it and decided to start the game from the very beginning. Now, I realize why this game is amazing, it is consistent, the characters are endearing and interesting to know just as the races and their opinions between them, the game emits real thematic or questions through lots of different and interesting subjects to think about. We are talking about an enemy who can reduce everything we love through the game easily, obviously that stress quickly starts to catch up with us thinking that everything will be fine and that we must at all costs succeed our mission until the end. It’s not just a game, but a masterpiece that leaves us on suspension points by inviting us to write the rest of it. Through my years of gaming, it’s the first time I’ve been able to feel so many emotions, stress, laughter, doubt and even fear, this trilogy will remain for me a proof that we don’t just create a game to play, but also to live it.

Picture an animal and robot meeting together in the middle of a chaotic battlefield when this music plays. Organic and Synthetic, two completely different beings just finding each other in the middle of hell and they just stop to try to make peace.

"Wake up Samurai, we have a galaxy to disappoint."

The original trilogy gets a remaster, and this is back in my recommended list.

@verybadastronom879

3 жыл бұрын

And also original trilogy will continue! New Mass Effect is coming

@Oshaoxin

3 жыл бұрын

@@verybadastronom879 Continuation of the original trilogy, as in an actual continuation or a spin-off like Andromeda?

@verybadastronom879

3 жыл бұрын

@@Oshaoxin Yes, continuation of the original trilogy. The game will take place shortly after ME3. So one of the ME3 ending will be canon and i think it will be the Destroy ending. Look at this video! kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpthpdagZs7FcdI.html&ab_channel=MassEffect

@raigorstonehoof6477

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. In the new Mass Effect you play as the protagonist named Will Continue.

@Oshaoxin

3 жыл бұрын

@@raigorstonehoof6477 Sounds legit.

I got such fucking goosebumps during that scene. Suddenly the little boy is standing in front of you and this music starts playing. Just an absolutely insane trilogy. It's one of the best RPGs ever in my eyes.

Destroy Ending: "We destroy them or they destroy us." Control Ending: "Control is the means to survival." Synthesis Ending: "Is submission not preferable to extinction?"

@mrmaster9801

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, Synthesis is about coexistence, rather than submission. Which is always the most difficult choice, hence the high requirements.

@Roman7-

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrmaster9801 Synthesis is exactly what sarens said in ME1 in Vermire

@mrmaster9801

2 жыл бұрын

@@Roman7- I don't remember his words, what were they exactly?

@warwolf3005

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrmaster9801 "Union of flesh and steel. The strenghts of both, the weaknesses of neither"

@Dennis-nc3vw

26 күн бұрын

It makes you wonder if maybe Saren was onto something.

I loved the destruction ending. Shep's angry face getting angrier at each shot was soooo satisfyiing.

@Zinodin

3 жыл бұрын

.... Why didn't he just shoot the exploding tank from further away like we had been doing through all the games though? Just saying.. walking towards the exposion and shooting it was pretty dumb of Shepard and he should know better after three games.

@shaun5809

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zinodin The whole platform gets destroyed anyway so they might as well get closer for a better shot.

@Zinodin

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaun5809 How would one know that before hand? Why not climb to one of the supporting pillars if that's the case and shoot it from there? In either case. This ending only work if you don't question anything. Too bad there are a thousand unanswered questions that the ending presents in the last five minutes and doesn't even up resolving that. It's a terrbily written ending.

@TheNilar

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zinodin you expect an injured limping shepart to be able to climb lol.

@TheSpartanBlues

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zinodin did nobody pay attention to what the intelligence told Shepard? Shepard is part synthetic, he dies no matter which option you choose.

I legitimately had to pause the game for a solid 20 minutes, the first time I got here, and rationally think about my choice. Ultimately, I went with Destroy... No video game has EVER legitimately made me think about my choices, and the consequences, because of my true love for the characters and civilisations in this universe.

I'll have another version with just ambience soon.

@MrLioBlanco

5 жыл бұрын

WHERE IS THE OTHER VERSIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

Shepard and the Alliance really did hard carry the rest of the galaxy on their shoulders. Even in Andromeda, only the human ark made it and Ryder is the one finding the other arks.

@Damocles16

Жыл бұрын

U'Maaaanity !! Fuck YEAH !

@Cynwale

Жыл бұрын

Seems like Illusive Man wasn't wrong about Humanity intricate superiority once politics are thrown away.

@ElSombraRegio7

11 ай бұрын

@@Cynwale Its because humanity as a whole is an ambitious species. The problem with Cerberus was their "by any means" ideology sometimes encouraging committing war-crimes, and even self-harming other humans in the name of advancement. Cerberus in principle isn't bad, and i would likely be on team Cerb. However, their organization in practice would have been okay with genocide of other species so long as it meant power. That is where they were flawed because of one mans ego. Goes to show even a powerful, and often times intentional organization can, lose its way due to a leaders self-ambition and ego.

@Cynwale

11 ай бұрын

@@ElSombraRegio7 By any means can be useful especially in case of extreme urgency, but Illusive Man being the casual genocide enjoyer is just a dumb excuse used to separate Shepard from Cerberus, he is smart, and extremely ressourceful, if a specie is genocided, it's only because it was necessary and the last only possible solution. If there was no other races, Humanity wouldn't have won this war, and the Illusive Man knows it, no matter how much the character was butchered for storyline purpose.

@TinyGreyOwl

9 ай бұрын

It's a space opera. What did ya'll expect?

I remember being a teenager and hyped up for this game. And how I fought my way as a Vanguard through London against the odds. I remember getting to this moment and just enjoying the tranquility of the moment. And choosing to destroy everything. I remember being not totally satisfied with the ending but I wasn't mad. I think what made me bitter afterwards was reading all the hate on the internet and then realizing that there are only three ends. Before that I just thought it wasn't as great as I imagined, but other than that the game was absolutely great. The criticism is still valid, it just didn't occur to me before reading about it. And I think I'm not the only one, suddenly everyone had this strong opinion about it.

@DEADEYESTUDIO

3 жыл бұрын

yeah some people make it sound like mass effect 3 is horrible and hate on it just because of the ending. but despite the ending, it's a really good game. not the best, i still like mass effect 2 better, but still enjoyable.

@AidanPryde09

2 жыл бұрын

The Extended Cut made it much better. But yes, I agree, I wanted something different back then. Still do now. "A Happy Ending for my Shepard with his/her Love Interest".

@Hellion73

Жыл бұрын

@@AidanPryde09 Some mods made it even better, and I am not talking of cool graphs or uber epic scenes, but "few" tweeks, rescuing cut content even some text...after been playing with those updated for the LE on for the first time, you know why the vanilla game was so criticized🤷‍♂️

@xBINARYGODx

Жыл бұрын

@@Hellion73 no, you are being dishonest - were there issues? Yes - but social media exaggerates everything. Maybe people who were not THAT negative got themselves caught up in a hate train. YOu see it today with people who dont care about Halo MP being grabbed up by videos made by people who only care about the MP. Some people are want to be sheep. That proves nothing.

Imagine if this becomes a main theme for Legendary Edition launcher. It could be really cool.

@MilanTehVillain

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, hell yeah! I'd be absolutely on board with that idea if it happens.

@anyadaisybellk4011

3 жыл бұрын

it should have ben

@harbinger9231

2 жыл бұрын

We got a better one

I had control and destroy options avaliable, i walked up to destroy, then changed my mind and tried to walk back the other way, then got a critical mission failure saying "the crucible was destroyed" ... That about sums up my mass effect playthrough

this game changed my life. to believe that a video game made me appreciate everything and everyone i ever met, regardless of colors or beliefs

Shepard once said that he bets his life that geth wouldn't rebel, and he only survives if all syntetics are destroyed :D

With extended cut ending Mass Effect 3 is just perfect. Just like Mass Effect 2. Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3 are the best rpg games ever and they are two of the best games ever. Half Life 2, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, the best games ever in my book.

Such an eerie, haunting, vague and mysterious music. You are literally left speechless with the choices presented to you. None of them feels right or wrong. The fate of the galaxy and for future civilizations and generations depends on one person. And you have to choose... Reject, Control, Synthesis or Destroy? Sam Hulick nailed this beautiful, relaxing, comforting and legendary composition.

@JesusChristDenton_7

Жыл бұрын

I chose Synthesis.

While I'm disappointed with quite a few things about the way they ended this, and even a few things about the direction of the third game in general - It's hard to deny the music is perfect for the moment and the artists completely knocked it out of the park with the visuals. Maybe someday if they make a remaster of the trilogy they could "revise" some of the pain points of the third game.

@george_3264

3 жыл бұрын

Remastered trilogy is coming next year confirmed ;D

@cosminposoiu8486

3 жыл бұрын

@@george_3264 and then a new mass effect game. probably MEA2

@cascas3540

3 жыл бұрын

The third game is by far my favourite! The galactic apocalypse is so intense and all characters act fluidly and always have unique things to say.

@rhael42

3 жыл бұрын

@@george_3264 just a remaster, so they probably won't change much aside from visuals and maybe adding some qol features

@tombardsley3081

2 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack for the entire trilogy is amazing. ME3 especially

Me: Good music. Also me: *Ignores music to instantly choose Destroy with max EMS*

These 3 endings created more controversy and debates in a videogames series than ever in the history of this entertainment medium, the music is only fitting.

@ValkyTM

3 жыл бұрын

And the HD remaster is not going to bring peace either.

@georgsgrants9925

3 жыл бұрын

@@ValkyTM fuck the hd remaster. it ruined the modding scene

@tamiloxd7168

3 жыл бұрын

@@ValkyTM The Remaster will create more fighting over the ending.

“The paths are open, but you have to choose.”

I don't care what anyone might say about the ending, this game is a masterpiece.

@Dactess

3 жыл бұрын

EA rushed the development and the ending was written behind closed doors without peer review. I do agree with you, I have yet to play another franchise that has made me feel the same way but it couldve been more and that sucks

I played through this series 6 times as all 6 classes, coming up with a bit of a backstory in my head for each individual Shepard. My original Femshep Infiltrator wanted to do right by all so she ended up going Synthesis. My Broshep 'Space Cowboy' Vanguard wanted to do right but didn't feel he had the right to change everyone, so he ultimately went with destroy. Broshep Adept just wanted a galaxy where people could live in peace without fear of some alien gods, so he also went destroy. Femshep Sentinel started paragon, but had a mental break near the end of ME1 with that whole asteroid about to crash into a planet thing and went full Renegade after that and ultimately decided the only way to ensure the cycle would end would be to take control of it all herself and chose control. Femshep Soldier was tired and just wanted it all to end, so she chose Destroy. And Broshep Engineer never had a chance of truly saving the galaxy. All he wanted when he joined the alliance military was to hack the shit out of some cool alien tech, but he somehow got lucky and survived a mission so they pinned a medal on him and somehow annointed him the chosen one. He made literally all the wrong decisions, the campaign through all 3 games a cavalcade of fuck ups, distrust and death. He killed Wrex in game 1. Got everyone but himself, Joker, Mordin, and Morinth killed at the end of 2, and at the end of 3 he showed up at earth with so few assets the only choice he possibly had was destroy, and his choice nuked every civilized world back to the stone age. It was actually an interesting experience playing that last one. Usually when I play a game with moral choices I inevitably go as paragon as I can. So for that one I went "what's the worst possible choice I can make right here and now?" and did that. It actually ended up being the most entertaining playthrough of the six.

@PurpleLightsaberAlex

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice. My last playthrough of the series ended with Engineer Broshep just wanting all the space war nonsense to just end, so he went with high asset Destroy, just as your Femshep Soldier.

@victoriasharpe1661

3 жыл бұрын

I did a similar thing on one of my walkthroughs, just for something different. I went with all renegade choices, so ultimately most people where there is a choice ended up dead. I deliberately killed people off as a way to make it realistic. It was a very dramatic playthrough lol. My default playthrough is mostly renegade but keeps his squad intact. Does the loyalty missions etc. I've only been full paragon once or twice. I prefer the dramatic playthroughs lol

@JabamiLain

2 жыл бұрын

I can only bring myself to choose my infiltrator Femshep, because I did everything I could to make this Sherpard's story incredibly deep and meaningful. My Sherpard (who, all her life, always witnessed everything in life, including farming, as a big business machine) at first joined the military for revenge and protection. But after Akuze, she went throught a philosophical stage, that made her re-think everything that happened in her life so far, trying to find a purpose to all of this suffering. The answer to her question came when she chose to become what she saw as the perfect predator in the N7 program. Thing is, she didn't want to simply destroy things in the name of her duty. She also wanted to create something and build upon what already existed, with the cards she was given. So she became incredibly manipulative, calculating and cold, but with enough humanity to build the proper resistance against the Reapers. However, that didn't stop her from manipulating the Council throught public pressure, sabotage the Genophage (even though she saved Maelon's data) in the hopes that after the war, a third solution for the Krogan problem was found, kill Samara, because she wanted to perform a psychological experiment on Morinth, etc, as she hoped to create her own vision of a superior civilization. In the ending, she knew she couldn't choose to destroy, because then all of her planning, scheming and sacrifice would be for nothing, as they were made taking into account a connected society filled with Reaper technology. Worse, she would still be alive to witness this new society (I tested that). But there was a way she could still win, even if she chose either Control or Synthesis. Javik's memory shard. If she understood correctly the proccess behind those two endings thanks to the time she spent around the Geth and the Asari, and if she learned the lesson of hope and faith in other people correctly, then she could have the shard be incorporated in the Reapers' infrastructure alongside her, which would eventually cause such a strong emotional response, that they would have no choice but to either become hesitant in hurting people, giving said people enough time to find a way to destroy them, or have them commit a massive suicide against each other. Which one she chose ? That really depends on how commited she is to see change, imposed or not. And how willing she is to take that risk with the shard. I'm still not sure which of those two endings should be the official one for her. Leave down in the comments.

@ninatko

Жыл бұрын

Know true fan when you see him lol. Thank for the post enjoyed it

Commander. Throw it out the airlock.

The perfect music for doing research, in which you come upon pieces of great & exciting mysteries that could save your people, and all peoples.

when am at the bink of decide something in my life ,am keep remembering this scene!

i still get chills when i listen to this. i cant describe this feeling....

@chrissierra-5633

2 жыл бұрын

The emotions are everything you felt during the trilogy It is the moment you think to yourself all the good memories you had during the trilogy And now is the destination worth it If not then your journey wasn't You choose to make things different You have understanding of why this happens Now the choice is now

This song it feels represents the millions of races that lost to the cycle! The fact were all that stands left to end it all makes it all the more haunting. The only person to make it that far after millions of races failed before hand!

That's the music of decision making.

I should go. i SHOULD go. i should GO.

@sasha_sparrow

3 жыл бұрын

Shepard? Wrex? Grunt?

Out of all the songs with Mass Effect's 3 OST, 'Wake Up' is my absolute favourite song. Because of this, I listen to it for getting some sleep. An beautiful song here. I do have an extended version of this (12 minutes), but thanks for making this go for an hour mate!

@GuyFawkesuphistory54

3 жыл бұрын

a bit ironic u being able to go to sleep with a song called wake up.

Best theme for Studying

Reaper: SO BE IT!!!

@xyhmo

3 жыл бұрын

Continuing the cycle?

I can feel sadness and energy of music slowly growing and for a few second falling and coming back up just to fall and it repair

Every choice mattering being a joke aside, this sequance on the citidal and watching the war with the reapers coming to an end will always be stunningly mezmorizing.

i think this is definitely one of my favorites

I use this to meditate at night.

The Catalyst is the most mind-blowing experience ever in the entire ME series. It proves that my theory is right

Heh, the piano sound is the preset from Spectrasonics Omnisphere - Ambient Space Piano.

Finished the trilogy for the first time two days ago, never cried over a game like that before

I think the ending was fair, most of the people who trash it probably were so emotionally invested in the story that they wanted their own version of the ending and are unwilling to admit that.

@tamiloxd7168

3 жыл бұрын

probably. I just wanted something like the ending of Dragon Age Inquisiton, and explanation of what happened next.

@DrHouseNUFC

3 жыл бұрын

I hated the ending but as you said, I was and still am emotionally invested and despite my opinion on the ending Mass effect trilogy is amazing.

@GuyFawkesuphistory54

3 жыл бұрын

@@DrHouseNUFC people hated the ending because of how the child said that synthetics and organics can't co exist peacefully even though the peace between the geths and organics disprove that. If you ask me they should have gone with the original explanation instead of this bull

@DrHouseNUFC

2 жыл бұрын

@@GuyFawkesuphistory54 I agree

@DantesInferno96

2 жыл бұрын

I disliked the ending because of their inability to animate cutscenes as to the fate of the races post war. They were really lazy.

When the citadel opened its Arms to the Galaxy ready for Shepherd to make his or her decision

i choose synthesis over other ones just because of one thing i wanted to give Jeff(Joker) and EDI a chanse

The Mass Effect ending is excellent, and a direct echo to Isaac Azimov's FUNDATION saga. For all what it's worth, the machine needs a human mind to make the ultimate decision, for the benefit of the Galaxy. #Synthesis. # United States of Milkyway.

@JesusChristDenton_7

Жыл бұрын

I am alive. All of us, synthetic and organic, have been changed. The war is over, and the Reapers are helping to rebuild. Where once they threatened us with extinction... ...they now bring us the collective knowledge of the cultures that came before. As a galaxy, we can now live the lives we have wished for... ...taking our first steps into a new and wonderful future... ...where organics and synthetics can coexist peacefully. With peace across the galaxy and with unlimited access to knowledge... ...to recover the greatness that was lost... ...and surpass it. We will reclaim our worlds... and the stars. As the line between synthetic and organic disappears, we may transcend mortality itself... ...to reach a level of existence I cannot even imagine. And we will remember that this chance for a new life did not come without cost. No matter how far we advance, we will remember the sacrifices of those who made it possible. And we will remember Shepard. Because of him... I am alive, and I am not alone. - EDI, Synthesis ending

The indoctrination theory always made sense to me. The thing with the boy at the beginning of ME3 and the growling reaper sounds, It makes sense Shepard was succumbing to the indoctrination, and when the boy appears at the end, you can also here voiceovers of male and female Shepard in the child voice. I do feel Shepard maintained control over himself the whole time, but it felt like the reaper indoctrination was starting to get to him. I also believe everything that happened after he ran towards the beam in the end of ME3 happened in his head.

I remember back when I was a teenager I used to replay the trilogy over and over agaun, one tim eafter another. I ended ME3 and went back to creating a new character in ME1. That brings back memories...

Man i love the soundtrack of the mass effect games. I can't describe the feelings it triggers in me .

I was listening to snowfall and it reminded me of this... been listening to this for yrs never get tired of it.

This music... so great. I had forgotten..

Ce moment ou le temps s'arrête et la vérité se déclare enfin

Musique qui va idéalement avec le dialogue entre le catalyseur et Shepard. D'autant plus que le catalyseur prend la forme de l'enfant que Shepard rencontre au début du 3° épisode. C'est une scène étrangement calme, qui contraste avec la violence de la bataille finale.

Reading "The Expanse" series and this is my audio backdrop.

When I reached that level, entering y that room and the music kicks in, I start to had a sense of "cleanliness" on me, don't know why🤷‍♂️

The most important thing for me is that Shepard came, saw, heard and won (By destroying the reapers and at the same time saved himself)

Shepard... T'es afk? - Je dois y aller.

@ikasuki1

3 жыл бұрын

Les fr fans de JDG XD

My chest caved in and I got a boulder in my gut as soon as this started. Sometimes I wish I could do something as meaningful as what takes place in Mass Effect, which is simultaneously the greatest and worst part of video games. You find a drive for having an impact, but this age will not allow for one person to do anything meaningful anymore. Hurts.

@tzimiable

2 жыл бұрын

You only say that because you dont see the scope of your actions. The direct influence of Shepard is immeasurable. But so can yours be, if from a distance. Our actions flow outwards like ripples in a pond. In time, they travel around the world. Will you create good or bad ripples? Your choices can, and will change, someones life.

Great study music

This moment always remember me the moment of lord of the rings...where elrond shouts at isildur...: CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!!!!! DESTROY IT!!!!! ISILDUR!!!!! ISILDUR!!!!!!

I played the entire ME trilogy last year and kept hearing negative things about the ending and the decisions you had to make. When it came to time to choose, I SWEAR MY HEART WAS RACING. How TF do you choose the fate of millions!? What kind of game makes you second guess every decision you've ever made through the playthrough? TELL ME!!!!!!! Kudos to mass effect. I'm late but it has deff become one of my favorite games ever.

@odinallfather4560

4 жыл бұрын

This epic story has a way of getting into your mind like that and you can almost feel the weight of the decisions where Billions and Billions of lives hang on the edge of the abyss

@Sean12248

4 жыл бұрын

Babylon 5 tv series has a very similar story. It's from the 1990's but worth watching.

@steve_ire321

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but try to tell gamers that these days. They haven't a clue. Nowadays, compare the ME Trilogy to mostly anything recent, and the recent can't hold a candle to it.

@Rainbowhawk1993

4 жыл бұрын

Steve IRE Unless you bring up the Witcher 3. But it only had the one masterpiece game while Mass Effect has a complete trilogy of games that have their strengths and weaknesses. ME1: Best story ME2: Best characters and Final Mission ME3: Best Gameplay Me personally: ME3 > ME1 > ME2

@MzaM

4 жыл бұрын

that's because you didn't play ME3 when it was released. You probably got to play it with the extended endings. The originals were really bad and short. The fans were pissed because Bioware said that the ending wouldn't be a "choose A, B or C" ending, but that was exactly wha it was. In the end, the choices you make through the games don't really matter that much, you just have to choose one ending and that's all.

Memories of getting to this point for the first time and initially thinking "Oh god is this kid just space Jesus and he was behind it the whole time?" XD

perfectly fits for the mysterious entity, everytime i start walking toward it i cant help but to feel the fear inside me, words cant really describe

[You must choose.]

@ValkyTM

3 жыл бұрын

I should go

I first played the whole trilogy back in 2016, after KZread popped some videos in my home and made me very curious about this game. I loved it from the start and didn't have any problem with the ending, mostly because I played the extended one. I chose Destruction and Synthesis, playing both because I was curious about them. Both were good in their own ways, but I've always felt that this game always lacked a very specific thing to be perfect: the chance to choose Destruction AND save the synthetics. It could be handled both from a narrative (EDI manages to copy her personality in a super secret server, the geth develope a secret structure to house their codes, etc) and gameplay (do some specific things in all 3 games to achieve the result and get the maximum score) point of view. Of course it should be something very difficult to achieve, but I think it would add that layer that would make this game complete as it should have been from start.

@tzimiable

2 жыл бұрын

I somewhat agree, but the older I have gotten, the more I like the endings of Mass Effect. The older I get, the more I appreciated art that mirror reality. Reality is seldom, if ever, perfect. Sweet choices are often spiced with bitterness. I find it appropriate that Mass Effect, that was almost like a second life, also have no perfect endings. You always have to sacrifice SOMETHING. Life is your choice of what it is.

@mrmaster9801

2 жыл бұрын

@@tzimiable true, but since life has many possibilities, a game that pretends to mirror it should have at least the small chance to make everything go "right". If, on the other hand, we say that a game cannot mimic life perfectly, that "it's just a game" or "I just want to enjoy some quality time, without thinking too much about real life", then we have even a better reason to provide such an ending.

@JesusChristDenton_7

Жыл бұрын

I chose the Synthesis ending.

Perfect music before making a big choice

if only choices were from the original scenario made by Drew K. This song would have been just perfect for those endings...i still have depression about ME3...

@quonomonna8126

4 жыл бұрын

ME3 wrecked me emotionally

@jcanal0221

4 жыл бұрын

That ending lead to a pretty similar scenario, and in my opinion it was worse. The only thing I like more about it is that it had previous build up in me2, but that's it.

@arthuralexandermatveychuk974

4 жыл бұрын

Then the choice would be either sacrifice all humanity in order to let Reapers find solution to dark energy problem or destroy Reapers to deal with it on its own. THAT is much difficult choice. I think most of people would just destroy Reapers, and many still would be not satisfied, cause again this ending doesn't depend on all your previous choices

@tonycmac

4 жыл бұрын

ME3 was ...... is a travesty of bad game design from start to finish. ME3 is an insult to the fans and everything Mass Effect. ME3 is BioWare's F U to the series and the fans.

@franciszaldivar337

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonycmac I don't know, got that much more in ME:A

You can clearly tell Mansell's touch in this piece

@linkenski

4 жыл бұрын

1 year old comment I know. Mansell did not ever touch this music. He only wrote The Child and Leaving Earth for the first mission. Sam Hulick reused his theme and made An End Once And For All, all by himself and this theme (Wake Up) was entirely written by Sam Hulick.

The Best of the best so far and a movie one day. But I will play and buy and keep.

We won't talk about the Citadel Citizens living their best lives while a genocide is happening right behind them, while also the fate of the entire galaxy is being chosen by a dude named Shepard.

@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117

11 ай бұрын

They've taken the blue pill

@Cynwale

11 ай бұрын

@@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 My brothers who played Halo 2 in Legendary told me: "******** ***** ******** ****** JACKALS SNIPERS!"

@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117

11 ай бұрын

@@Cynwale I think drones and brutes are far more annoying. I've beaten the game on legendary and I'm clinically insane because of it.

@Cynwale

11 ай бұрын

@@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 Never tried it personally, but the recurring rage was from Snipers.

Allways pussled me that the leviathans dident have factory reset Code for the reaper AI, imagine having control over them without having to sacrifice yourself.

The end of one the best adventures ever

Really love this, was wondering if I could let me know where you got the animation for the video, the start :)

*SO BE IT*

I love the dream-like feeling of this entire sequence, which is why I can't hate the ending. I rather like it, even if it maybe is silly (haven't made up my mind) that you get to decide the fate of our galaxy in that one single moment.

It's been ten years. It's okay to admit now that the ending was actually pretty good.

@TheLastCrusader22

4 ай бұрын

I've always said that. People just liked to jump on the hate bandwagon back then, as those sorts of people still do and always will. It's by no means a flawless ending, it's not the best I've ever seen, but it's DAMN well not nearly as bad as some people were screaming it was. Apart from most people already knowing how it ends, that was the other major reason the remasters didn't reginite the "controversy", because increasing amounts of people have reevaluated their hasty opinions and recognised a lot of the ME hate in 2012 was bandwagoning. Not nearly as many as should have, mind you, but still. They probably just wanted a happy ever after ending where everyone is fine anyway, including Shepard. That would be have been much more insulting. My Shepard was, is, and always will be willing to lay down her life to protect the galaxy. That was always her destiny and I've never been upset about that part

@reinux

4 ай бұрын

@@TheLastCrusader22 Agree, and I think with how things are now in the world and with game design being a lot more diverse than it was back then, people now would get it a lot more than they did back then. It was just too far ahead of its time, maybe.

@apophisRO

Ай бұрын

​@@TheLastCrusader22 Yeah. The ending is good in the extended cut. It's just that ME has one of the most diverse and opposite fanbases I've ever encountered in gaming. It's probably because of the game's impressive content and codex. It's the case of "you can't satisfy everyone".

❤️

the fact that my cat is currently licking his junk while im listening to this only makes it better

@MichaelFlenderson

4 жыл бұрын

💀

... Выбор был не сложный, для того кто внимательно проходил все три части, читал и слушал, всё очевидно - это симбиоз! Но я помню как отправил Шепарда к этому лучу...я как будто сам на самом деле шёл туда. Помню страх, и обиду от того, что впереди мир ждёт процветание...а меня смерть. Хотя обида слово неподходящее, пожалуй грусть и печаль, и даже не в отношении себя, а в отношении моей девочки, которой я обещал вернуться и жить счастливой жизнью с ней... Девочка моя.......друзья мои.......враги мои......вас ждёт новый, счастливый мир. И я отдаю всего себя ради вас!.... Прощайте... С такими мыслями мой Шепард шагнул в луч и растворился... п.с.: не понимаю нытиков, что ноют о том, что концовки не продуманы, и все одно и тоже. Одно и тоже?! Да совершенно разные концовки! Только с виду похожие, это да. Трилогия - шедевр! В плане сюжета и проработки персонажей. Только геймплей хромает, ну да ничего идеального не существует.

@slavpetrovich32

4 жыл бұрын

По сути ванильная версия игры не совсем точно раскрыла целей жнецов и уж тем более не давала какой-то глобальной разницы между концовками. Большинство, пройдя игру в первые же недели ее выхода, просто-напросто столкнулись с "пустышкой" в конце, а более поздние прохождения расширенной версии со всеми дополнениями уже не дали такого драйва прохождения игры как в первый раз - из-за этого и негатив. Мне повезло, у меня просто не хватало времени на третью часть в первые недели, поэтому я приступил к ней уже в расширенной версии, перепройдя предыдущие части перед прохождением. Касательно концовок, синтез считаю не просто лучшей, а наиболее каноничной, т.к. вся суть цикла жнецов большинству так и осталась неясна. Суть заключалась не просто в поддержании жизни путем выкашивания высоко-развитых стагнирующих в войнах рас, а в эволюции рас, не только чисто биологической, но и моральной, путем отбора достойных в цикле с конечным условием выхода из цикла в Катализаторе. Даже чисто "программно" такое решение ИИ, созданное Левиафанами с целью прекращения стагнации и хаоса в галактике, выглядит наиболее оптимально. Ну еще многим не нравится эта концовка, т.к. Шеп погибает во всех смыслах, хотя они не понимают, что подобной жертвой главный герой, аки Спаситель, дает галактике новую эпоху, уровень развития которой просто уходит за горизонт мышления обычного игрока, который игру не для "подумоть" проходит Думаю, если когда-нибудь по Масс Эффекту снимут серию фильмов, именно синтез будет финалом

@Samurai_ru

4 жыл бұрын

@@slavpetrovich32 фильм уже врятли снимут, так разговоры о съёмках идут уж почти лет десять а воз и ныне там. да и страшно мне за фильм, игра великолепная, а не обгадят ли всё это на экране как часто случается?... лично мне достаточно трилогии, которую я прошел несколько раз, за оба пола, за героя и отступника, и за разные классы (но всегда выбирал синтез ибо любые другие варианты просто глупые и не разумные мягко говоря).

@user-yz6xx2wl5d

3 жыл бұрын

Согласен синтез решит основную проблематику игры вокруг которой и был построен весь сюжет раз и навсегда, остальные концовки это полумеры. Но так же есть и недостаток для меня в виде того что не очень приятно видеть своих членов отряда и любимку изменёнными ведь они нравятся такие какие есть, то что Шепард погибает и уже не будет "они жили долго и счастливо" тоже огорчило но видимо такова героическая судьба, пожертвуй собой ради других...

@anastasialipatova4798

3 жыл бұрын

Как Вы красиво и эмоционально это описали. Мешком ностальгии, да прямо по башке) Да, и у меня всё так, разве только что, идя к лучу, Айрин Шепард встречала смерть как сон после тяжёлого дня, а обещание вернуться с самого начала было ложью - она и не надеялась вернуться. Насчёт "очевидно" пожалуй можно поспорить - при желании о любой концовке, кроме разве что отрицания, можно написать километр текста на тему "почему именно ____________ концовка единственно правильная" (хотя ТОГДА-то я вообще нисколько не сомневалась насчёт зелёного, и в характер моего персонажа он лучше всего вписывался). Даже "теория одурманивания", которую лично я сильно не люблю за то, что она превращает историю, подобную библейской притче в какой-то вселенский детектив, в принципе логична. Как по мне, концовки прекрасны (если с Extended Cut, как без, я не знаю). Можно считать Горн "богом из машины", но с такими врагами сразу было понятно, что для победы, или даже для выживания, нужно чудо - и чудо случается. Что касается проработки персонажей - мне кажется, что более живых и проработанных персонажей я и вовсе нигде больше не встречала - как в плане работы сценаристов, так и не в последнюю очередь в плане озвучки. Английская озвучка гениальна, не меньше. А вот теперь, кажется, я имею все шансы пополнить ряды нытиков, в том, что касается продолжения. Очень уж мне не нравится идея того, чтобы какая-либо концовка была вот прям железно каноничной - тем более красная. И идея ещё раз откопать и оживить Шепард(а) тоже не слишком радует. Прошу прощения за некропостинг и этот словесный салат.

Cant fool me. the new Netflix show "Inside the Mind of a Cat" uses the same soundtrack around 38minutes in

Can't wait for ME4 to confirm that the "red" ending is the canonical ending.

@TheLastCrusader22

2 ай бұрын

It's the only real way they can go if they intend to at all continue, even vaguely, the storyline from the original trilogy. Of course, I don't think they will do that, since that would permanently ruin replays of the OG trilogy, but they might just be that stupid, you never know. In the teaser, Liara was alive and looked normal, so that at least rules out synthesis, which a lot of people like to claim as the "best" ending (it's not, btw). At the end of the day, I don't think people should expect the new ME (if it's even released) to have more than loose connections at best to the OG trilogy

@John_II

2 ай бұрын

@@TheLastCrusader22 Well said. I agree that if EA/BioWare commit to one ending, then it sort screws the ME3 experience even more. So maybe loose connections are all we get. Because it's not just whether Shepherd survived but whether the mass relays are intact, the reapers are controlled/destroyed, and so on. Then there are all the story choices - did the Geth and Quarians make peace? Did one finally win on Rannok? Did the Krogan Genohpage get cured? Did the Salarians join the allied fleet at Earth? :)

This is music you can never have loud enough.

There is another soulution

Believe it or not, but i liked this part and the Ending(s) very much.

more like 1 hour of Crying

“Catalyst, how does one last long in bed?”

@jamesurban3148

4 жыл бұрын

Me:i know but i cant tell you

@MichaelFlenderson

4 жыл бұрын

Practice

@about80ninjas

4 жыл бұрын

God, none of you know what comes next and has me disappointed...

@JmanManuel

3 жыл бұрын

Bask_In_My_Glory “NO YOU CANT I STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING”

@about80ninjas

3 жыл бұрын

JmanManuel “WHAT?! Bullshit!”