The first conversation with the Sovereing was one of the most memorable gaming moments for me.

@sketchsawyer

2 ай бұрын

Same!

@willvr4

2 ай бұрын

The writing is so dark and scary. Sovereign was truly terrifying. "You exist, because we allow it. And you will end, because we demand it."

@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear

2 ай бұрын

Played this in 2007. LIterally went from playing as Paragon to full on Renegade after this encounter that carried over to ME2 and 3. Can you think of any video game out there that has literally instilled such dread and cosmic horror in you that you LITERALLY change the way you play the game in terms of morality? Cuz I did.

@PopThatOrder66

12 күн бұрын

@@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear I was full on Paragon in ME1, but things got a lot more Gray in 2 lol. My Shepard still had his good heart, but it all became stopping the Reapers, no matter the cost. I shifted back to more solely Paragon with a few Renegade decisions made to "do what's right".

The genre you were referring to is Cosmic Horror. This series leans very heavily into it with the Reapers and other things, too. On another note, I absolutely love seeing different people's reactions to meeting Sovereign. It's such a bloody good scene. Absolutely chilling.

@KingdomAce

2 ай бұрын

Thats what it was! Thanks, I legit couldn't remember. And man I'm excited for more Mass Effect now!

@RabbitShirak

2 ай бұрын

@@KingdomAceThis was probably the highlight for the whole mainplot of the trilogy.

To this day, Sovereign's speech still remains one of the greatest in gaming history. The mystery, the music, and the voice all blend together perfectly. This one works better than later conversations in the other games precisely because the Reapers as a concept were fresh in your mind, when later on you would have known too much to be intimidated.

The maps were never blank; they always showed anomalies, the location of debris, and points of interest (including the main objective). The only things that weren't marked on the map were minerals.

Bro, what? I've never seen those tunnels under the breeding facility. I've done 4 playthroughs, and seen 3 full first playthroughs. See? These blind playthroughs are full of surprises. There's so much missable content, it's wild. RIP our boy Kaidan. You right. That bomb was going off either way. You had to choose him or Ashley. Good on you for thinking of the salarians too. They only say rescue ash or kaiden. It's been a hell of a ride so far. I'm ready to see how you handle the rest of your adventure. Let's get it 👏

1:21:45 bro this is why I love blind play thoughts, seeing players discover things I still haven't makes me want to play the game AGAIN (already finished it 8 times 100%) I've never gone through the sewer and it makes me wonder what else I've missed

duuuude i got so excited to see u discover the reapers man it's like "get ready there's more than just saren" vibes

Yo beem waiting for this one, finally you meet Sovereign 😌

yes, Geth are Robots, which is why Tali have the ability to shut down/take over Geth....robots

@lucas.n.carvalho.artist

2 ай бұрын

Always good to bring Tali in Geth missions, both for her abilities and story.

@Daralyndk

2 ай бұрын

max up Tali's hacking meeting geth... "they are not robotic tough..." 😀

@Berek71182

2 ай бұрын

Geth are not the most difficult enemy in the game. Thats why i barely use Tali at all. She is C-tier at best , being a niche pick to clear Luna-Base and the Armstrong Cluster. On insanity, Tank and Biotics are king. Kaiden is a more versatile choice to cover tech-skills than Tali and Garrus (F-tier)

There's that Sovereign reaction, gets everybody. Brilliant big bad. And big choices! Agonizing stuff, can you imagine if they put that on a timer? Back in the day there *wasn't* a ME2 or ME3 when we first played this :) (And frankly I think we were just less aware of modern narrative mechanics because this game is one of the ones that *created* them.)

So I just discovered your channel today and watch your first Mass effect episode from several months ago. And then now KZread shoves this video in my face and I absolutely have to watch it because the dialogue with sovereign in Mass effect. 1. Is easily one of the best game dialogues ever both in voice acting and in writing. I absolutely love the mess effect games. I have played them so many times that now I get more entertainment from watching. Other people go through their first. Playthroughs. Keep it up my dude. I will be here for the whole trilogy,......... And Andromeda if you decide to play it

The Bring Down the Sky DLC (Investigate Asteroid X-57) has a significant impact later on, so I hope you don't skip it. In Mass Effect, a lot of side content can have an effect later in the series, from a thank you note from someone you saved to a significant change in a major mission. You never know.

I finished the trilogy not that long ago and I count the entire trilogy, tied with Cyberpunk 2077, as my favorite experience in gaming. This is the point where the Trilogy pulls usually pulls people in and doesn't let go and I'm glad you're enjoying the game so much!

@uv_crocodile

2 ай бұрын

quietly hoping for more Mass Effect, love the series so much. And yeah, Cyberpunk 2077, totally on board. had some PTSD after the DLC, but damn, it was absolutely, freaking worth it 💔❤‍🔥

I’ve saved both Kaidan from the bomb site AND Kirrahe and the salarians in all of my playthroughs. I wish the game made it clearer that saving Kirrahe and the salarians has no connection to saving whoever is at the AA tower (as logic-defying as that may be). A lot of people seem to be influenced by that misconception and it impacts their choice of VS when the Kirrahe/salarian rescue is actually contingent upon other actions in the mission. It’s a bit of a flaw in the game’s communication (or lack thereof) of its own hidden mechanics.

Sovereign is a menace 😂😂

aww how cool! thank you, life can wait 😄

Love your videos so far! Virmire is one of the most memorable moments in the series! The way it gets referenced in 2 and 3 is super emotional! And getting Wrex's armor guaranteed his survival in ME1! Congrats! You can reap Garrus and Tali's benefits in 2! And believe me, despite the initial mixed towards her, most of us prefer Ashley over Kaidan, even though they're both great characters overall. You chose like most of us, it's all good! And excellent work choosing the paragon choice with Saren, remember to do it for the final boss too! One last reminder, just to make sure you're enjoying the combat to the max: Aim at the target and THEN click the ability. Throughout the playthrough, you've been doing the reverse, that's why a lot of the times they miss or hit something else.

That specter AR had way better accuracy with slightly less damage and fire rate. Damage is not the only Stat that makes a weapon useful in a fight.

@willvr4

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, WAY more accurate so even with SLIGHTLY less damage, every shot is gonna hit. Same with the sniper, although I think the sniper he has now is better.

@N0-1_H3r3

2 ай бұрын

The Spectre Gear weapons are amongst the best of their tier, but those are rank VII weapons being compared to rank IX weapons. There are, eventually, rank X versions of the Spectre Gear guns too, and they're amongst the best weapons in the game, but they're only available at the very highest character levels.

I was so waiting for you to get to this point in the game! Really excited for your next one. It's great to hear that you don't usually let controversy affect your opinion of games. I had the same warnings when I first played the trilogy, and despite the warnings I had, I fell head over heals emotionally over the ending. It still holds up for me to this day.

Glad I found this playthrough! I've been playing these games since ME1 came out almost 20 years ago, and I love seeing peoples reaction to playing it for the first time, also jealous! Great job, and looking forward to future videos! At ~2 hrs you said, "It's too early for tears". Buckle up, my friend!

2:01:44 i believe Saren was suppose to have different models over time based off of concept art, he was supposed to look like a Normal Turian in the beginning of the game, with black robes, and then at Virmire, look like how he is right now, more or less. but i guess at the time Bioware couldnt do it.

TRIANGLE is the target for abilities, not the your weapon square.....the "Predator plasmacaster red aim TRIANGLE" must be LOCKLED on the target and THEN you select ability to hit that targeted enemy.....you were not on this 59:15 you target UNDER the enemy

the genophage doesnt kill krogan adults it mostly effects the fertility of the females causing stillborn births and miscarriages, but successful births do happen. the goal of the genophage was to reduces the birthrate among krogans because they bred and matured much faster than other species. if the genophage was cured the birthrate would increase by 1000 times what it is with the genophage. making the krogan race stronger by sheer numbers and could possibly lead to krogan expansion and subsequent wars, especially because war and violence is a part of the krogans nature and culture.

@willvr4

2 ай бұрын

I don't think that's fully explained until ME2...

Looking forward to the next one.

Biotic abilities don't work on drones. 2:23:00 You compare level 7 Spectre gear to level 9 gear.

Sovereign is like all reapers, lying to glorify themselves and their purpose.

>2007 >start up mass effect and playing through it thinking the entire time my enemy is Saren and the geth >Play 90% paragon the whole time, justice and peace, a bastion of human spirit >Get to virmire and talk to sovereign >Literally do a 180 and go full renegade for the rest of the series after Virmire knowing who the TRUE enemy is (reapers). >I dont have time for people who get in my way when it comes to saving the galaxy from such beasts, I understood the threat and what it represents is something that no other species in the past could conquer. Can you think of any game EVER that has made you change HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME IN TERMS OF DECISIONS? Any game that literally instilled a sense of doom and fear in you from one specific moment in said game instead of an overall vibe? Can you think of any game out there that has given you goosebumps the way sovereign's voice/speech does? Because IMO, this is the ONLY game I've ever played (been playing since Duke Nukem 3D back in the 90's) that has made me literally change how I play a game (morality), if that makes any sense. This is also the ONLY video game in existence IMO, that truly instill a sense of cosmic horror in the player.

@flaminginferno6641

2 ай бұрын

Actually the voice actor of Soverign is Peter Jessop not Mark Meer, hell Mark Meer was barely a voice actor at the time he was mostly just additional roles in some Bioware games, his first big role was Shepard.

@IAmNotARobotPinkySwear

2 ай бұрын

@@flaminginferno6641 Today I learned, thanks! edited that part out of my original comment

Damn I really enjoy your playthrough bro

You are right, if you didn't have your charm up, you wouldn't have been able to talk him down. You would have to put him down, or, if you refuse to pull the trigger Ashley would have... (because of course she would)

Saved Kirrahe hell yha

YES IT CHANGE THE RANGE, lol, it is a ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM He using the wrong "zoom" lol

@Belnick6666

2 ай бұрын

I think he is trolling lol

36:00 Extremely minor note, but Liara was referring to your *repeated* ability to deal with the krogans. She's very subtle and precise when she speaks, and it doesn't always translate exactly how a human might say something :) Not that that invalidates your overall point! I also kind of headcanoned that for the most part it's a pretty ragtag group that's only slowly coming together and some relationships are stronger than others. Love it about the game too, way too many games just make everybody besties immediately (or unnecessarily continue to drive tension.)

poor Kaiden, but for a blind playthrough how would you know, but you gotta choose one after all, i do wonder for how the rest of the playthrough would go for you as you reach the last parts of Mass effect 1. but there is always another playthrough to see that other decision, but idk how ashley is in Mass effect 2 and 3. (also that choice only effects if ashley or kaiden lives or dies, no one else)

1:21:40 - bro, ngl, i doubt you're gonna get any answers for this because I bet you could count on one hand all the people that found out how to open that door (not the one outside but the one you opened to get into the tunnels in the first place). I have played ME1 numerous times since it first released and I NEVER figured out how to open that door nor have I ever seen these tunnels before. And you did that on your first playthrough LOL

1:53:00 regarding divergence - Logical point of view on this. And chances of finding the exception to this would be so rare to stumble on, astronomically rare for a streamer really, but when the trilogy is completed it might be entertaining to google just how far off the rails it will allow you to go without hitting a "Critical Mission Failure" reload screen.

before you embark on Ilos, you should do at least Asteroid DLC I'm not sure what it is called precisely but you'll see it it is good sidequest that is much longer than usual quests and also at least partially in unique setting

@KingdomAce

2 ай бұрын

I wondered what that was, okay, I'll definitely do it then. Thanks for the info!

@Daralyndk

2 ай бұрын

@@KingdomAce no problem It is one of the three, I believe DLC for ME1 but only two are included in Legendary Edition as there was some issues that made it impossible to recover or something. Problem with ME1 is that once you finish last mission, you can't go back so you would miss out on it. It is not all that different from rest of the game, but it is definitely much better than your run-of-the-mill sidequest

Just like how Japanese names are Surname-First name, the Krogan have a similar organizing. So you see Urdnot first, but that's actually his surname, while Garrus, Tali and the others all have their first name listed first. So Wrex is actually his first name. Also, you finding his family armor and talking to him on the ship makes Wrex much more pliable to convince. If you hadn't, this conversation on Virmire with him _could_ get a very different twist if your Paragon wasn't already very high, so yes, you were correct in that assessment. It would get as worse as where you get to see dialogue options like "Signal Ashley to shoot Wrex in the back". *Squad synchronization* Yeah, ME1 didn't really have a close-knit group of people. Possibly because there were time constraints, or because they wanted to not alienate the shooter-fanbase that didn't care about the characters as much. But after hearing how everyone, _including_ the shooter-fanbase, wanted more character interactions and closeness, both ME2 and ME3 built upon that majorly that it became almost legendary. Then again, Bioware already had the reputation for doing that much in terms of character development and personality/interaction from their earlier games back in the 90s, like Baldur's Gate. So my assumptions towards time constraint and the shooter-fanbase alienation may be very plausible. *Help the Salarians* Yep, disrupting the communication devices, destroying the flyers and such are all optional targets, but if you find and do them it increases the chance of Kirrahe's teams to survive the mission. One of these things are at 57:10, the red satellite on top of the building. Those things won't get highlighted when you run, so you've missed that one. I don't know why that message was displayed at 1:00:44 because you've missed destroying it at 57:10 . At 57:52 you see the flyers, which also help in keeping the teams alive. If you ignore them, you can actually lose a significant portion of the Salarians, even Kirrahe. *Sewer* You can actually go through the sewers to avoid using the main entrance, but almost nobody knows there's a door there to hack, so most people only discover this once they're inside. It does mean you never get to disable the alarms near the main entrance where Tali did so in the cutscene, so I honestly don't know what consequences that has. I find the regular route more satisfying, so I've never tried it myself.

1:00:40 "Satellite Uplink Disrupted" - Anyone in comments understand what triggered this? We're nowhere near the uplink marked on the map and I didn't actually see any moment where it was disrupted. Without spoilers, is there a moment in the video I missed or something?

After Virmire, you may want to go do the X-59 Asteroid DLC as well, if you haven't done that one yet. And yes, Quarian armor is pretty rare and the ones you find are pretty average, but that DLC has a good one. It also has a good omni-tool. There aren't many options where you can undertake that DLC after Virmire anymore, so if you progress the story too much it'll become unavailable. I'd hate for you to lose content you might still want to experience.

So, regarding companions not talking to each other much, they actually have a lot of interactions on the citadel elevators. In the original version of the games, you couldn't skip the elevator segments because they served as loading screens for the next area, so they put those conversations there to make the wait more entertaining. Unfortunately, it looks like rng kind of screwed you over and gave you those radio broadcasts instead. Even so, the game gets better about giving squad interactions in the sequels.

W episode

If you like the Volkov sniper, try it with explosive rounds. Totally OP! They took it out of the next two games ☹️.

@joshuajackson472

2 ай бұрын

In me1 I don't use anything other than a sniper. I get that specter hwsr sniper from the csec requisition officer every time, that thing is a beast.

@jakephocas1396

2 ай бұрын

@@joshuajackson472 It is good, but the Volkov is an auto loader. Fires faster. That fits my playstyle better.

@joshuajackson472

2 ай бұрын

@@jakephocas1396 I can dig that. I've usually been more about single, well timed shots...that or going full lmg bullet hose, depends on the game. Despite playing through the series more than a few times, I've only ever played paragon, even though i always prefered dark side in the kotor games. Maybe I'll do a renegade playthrough and try out the volkov.

@joshuajackson472

2 ай бұрын

@@jakephocas1396 I'm currently in a playthrough now, but it's also paragon. I've always played the ME trilogy as infiltrator, that's what fits my playstyle best, but I'm always biotic in Andromeda. So I decided to do an adept playthrough for the first time. I'm writing this while paused in the final mission of ME2.

...And since I'm talking over here XD - ME3 was already fixed to a better representation of what was intended. You don't need to worry about it in LE. I still have trauma from the original and even I think you can now play it vanilla (and then do another playthrough with a mod if you like.) That's all I'll say about it to avoid any possibility of spoilers!

Actually, since you found Wrex's family armor, you were pretty much guaranteed to talk Wrex down.

Ashley being racist or "speciest" or w/e you wanna call it, is rooted in her upbringing with her military father. I kinda get it, and it's one of her flaws. But that's why I kinda like her character design. When you play ME2 you'll see that racism between species is pretty common and it's FAR from a human-only way of thinking. It's realistic. Most groups of people have their prejudices and preconceived notions about...other groups of people who are different from them.

I hope you won't skip Bring Down the Sky dlc.

why no spectre gear?? did he forget he could get that in c-sec?

@KingdomAce

2 ай бұрын

I never knew about it. But I literally bought some in this video

@Belnick6666

2 ай бұрын

@@KingdomAce yea yea, I skipped the part when you were down by the mako, sorry lol

@BlueKryptonite45

2 ай бұрын

​@KingdomAce btw the reason why that spectre gear was worse is because it was the mark 7 version of those guns, while the ones you were comparing them to were the mark 9 versions

19:20 would've worked anyways 👍 😁

still not learned how to double zoom with the make? :o

Yeah, done watching your playthrough. 😊

@KingdomAce

2 ай бұрын

Here's a tip to address your frequent comments in the last 24 hours, let people play a game how they wanna play! Its okay to miss things when playing, thats what makes the eventual replay more magical! Its not like I'm missing out on anything crazy, maybe some items I already have. And its not like I didnt go and buy specter gear at the end anyways! And I already had millions in my wallet at this point in the game, so who cares if i convert a bunch of crap to omni-gel? Who's it hurting? Definitely not me. Stop letting how people play bug you so much! Its really not that serious! Im not TRYING to collect everything, or even DO everything so if i do miss something, thats okay! Not sure why how someone else plays effects you so much when it doesnt seem to majorly effect anyone else watching. But I hope ya find a different playthrough you can enjoy more than mine!

@michamasowski9221

2 ай бұрын

​@@KingdomAce Bro now you can see, it's not particularly "the witcher community" that makes stupid comments like this. It will happen in almost every episode, it is what it is. A lot of people arr frustrated and they are going to ruin your fun and episodes. My tip to you, from sincerest heart, dont give a shit about that comments. The bigger channel and views will be, there will be more comments like this. So dont let this people ruin your fun. All the best bro, I'm waiting for mor content from witcher and other games!

@chrissmityyy

2 ай бұрын

With your attitude, good. Go do your own playthrough instead of trashing Ace. It's his first playthrough. Let him do it his way.

@KingdomAce

2 ай бұрын

This comment really means a lot. Thanks so much. I know I don't always do what a pro does, but I always figured people liked blind playthroughs because they're not perfect. Just feels crazy to me to get mad at someone playing a game for the first time. It's one thing if I was trashing the game for my own mistakes, but I haven't even done that at all, so I just don't get it. But thanks for making my day. I'm actually recording more right now so this was the power boost I needed!

@chrissmityyy

2 ай бұрын

@KingdomAce aye man, glad to help. I get to see different things and different viewpoints from watching these blind playthroughs. I appreciate that stuff. I wish I could play for the first time again. It's quite the experience, and you only get one. Keep doing you. Haters gonna hate 🤷‍♂️🤙

As long as you manage your expectations about the ending of ME3, I think you'll love it. Personally, I love the ending of ME3, but apparently a lot of people hate it. I think the main reason the ending is so hated by some people is that Mass Effect does a really good job of giving the player the illusion of choice, even though the game is actually very linear. The ending kind of strips away that illusion. For some people that was a big deal.

*You are not Saren *Rudimentary creatures of blood and flesh, you touch my mind, fumbling in ignorance, incapable of understanding. *Theres a realm of existence so far beyond your own you cannot even imagine it. I am beyond your comprehension. I am Sovereign. *Reaper? a lable created by the Protheans to give voice to their destruction, in the end what they choose to call us is irrelevant. We simply are. *Organic life is nothing but genetic mutation, an accident. Your lives are measured in years and decades, you wither and die. We are eternal, the pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. We are the end of everything. *Confidence born of ignorance, the cycle cannot be broken *The patern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civillizations rise evolve advance and at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished. The Protheans were not the first. They did not create the Citadel. They did not forge the Mass relays. They merely found them, the legacy of my kind. *Your civilization is based on the technology of the Mass relays, our technology. By using it your society develops along the paths we desire. We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it. *My kind transcends your very understanding. We are each a nation, independent, free of all weakness. You cannot even grasp the nature of our existence. *We have no beginning, we have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilizations are eradicated and forgotten, we will endure. *We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom. *Your words are as empty as your future. I am the vanguard of your destruction. This exchange is over. *Sovereign Mass Effect 1*

Save Ashley. Kaidan just evolves to be a bitter persson deeper in the story while Ashley just grows as a person!

@unlmtdsky12

2 ай бұрын

He grows to be a more bitter person? What makes you think so? (I’m genuinely curious because that is not my perception of him at all.)

@RabbitShirak

2 ай бұрын

@@unlmtdsky12my thoughts exactly. He starts voicing his opinions more I think in the sequels but I don't remember bitterness.

@brigadinetype4235

2 ай бұрын

This is a rare opinion, and it reflects romantic choices.

Flawed reasoning on that choice!

You need to stop running everywhere! You are missing things because of this! Be aware of things around you.

@KingdomAce

2 ай бұрын

What am I missing?