# Mass Effect Legendary - my thoughts while I play these games (spoilers as I play) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [May 13, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984 "2021-05-13T11:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/384 "2021-05-30T02:46:30Z")
Are you fully in the cult of Tali yet? or do we need to convince you more ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/385 "2021-05-30T02:52:03Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Have you visited Ashley in the hospital? Yes. She wrote me an email after that she became Spectre. > [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Are you fully in the cult of Tali yet? or do we need to convince you more Uh, I love Tali. She is one of my core members. I still don’t have her in this game, though. Haven’t even seen her yet. I presume the game will force me to meet her? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/386 "2021-05-30T02:52:54Z")
If a grunt down in the Purgatory bar asks you, “Who’s like us?”, take the Renegade interrupt. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/387 "2021-05-30T02:54:58Z")
By the way, if you romanced Jacob in ME2, he’s the only squad member in the entire trilogy who cheats on you by the time of ME3. It’s rather unfortunate, given that he’s the token black guy. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/388 "2021-05-30T04:00:52Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I presume the game will force me to meet her? Yes, once you get to that part of the main story. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/389 "2021-05-30T05:04:05Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > OH, MAN. Some of these Renegade interrupts you’re not doing, you’re missing out on great stuff. I usually go full Paragon (e.g., I never punch that reporter), but those are most of the Renegade interrupts that I always do. Who wouldn’t want to headbutt a krogan? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/390 "2021-05-30T08:19:01Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > I usually go full Paragon (e.g., I never punch that reporter), but those are most of the Renegade interrupts that I always do.[/spoiler] Yep. Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/391 "2021-05-30T17:18:35Z")
I played a little today and I: - fought a battle in the Citadel - actually reflex-pushed the Renegade button and killed Udina - visited Thane on his deathbed after he saved us from that new guy they just introduced ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/392 "2021-05-30T17:31:07Z")
Depending on your decisions up to that point, even including whether you romanced Ashley and cheated on her in ME2, the game may make it necessary for you to kill her. (Note: The Virmire Survivor is placed in the Spectre position, and in charge of escorting the Council to safety, whichever one survives Virmire.) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/393 "2021-05-30T17:32:15Z")
I assume since you’re going full Paragon, Kolyat was there with Thane at the end? What did you think of their last goodbye? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/394 "2021-05-30T18:38:39Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > I assume since you’re going full Paragon Kolyat was there with Thane at the end? What did you think of their last goodbye? Yes, he was. It was great. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/395 "2021-05-30T18:54:37Z")
Shepard and Thane really brought Kolyat back from the brink, didn’t they? He was going to become an assassin, and instead, he might become a priest. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/396 "2021-05-30T19:13:14Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Shepard and Thane really brought Kolyat back from the brink, didn’t they? He was going to become an assassin, and instead, he might become a priest I have been happy with the way the two deaths I have experienced in ME3 were written. Mordin died, his last spoken words were awesome. When asked if he was sure he would do it, he said, “Of course. Otherwise, someone else might mess it up.” Thane as well, who I did not use much in the last game, but he was very memorable. Loved that character. Died the right way. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/397 "2021-05-30T20:05:04Z")
I also thought Thane was pretty boring in ME 2 (although he has a bit more depth if you romance him) and more interesting in ME 3. Now on to the quarians! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/398 "2021-05-30T20:23:34Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > When asked if he was sure he would do it, he said, “Of course. Otherwise, someone else might mess it up.” Actually, the exact quote is, “Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong,” which I’ve seen on T-shirts, and, memorably, on a license plate holder for a Marine veteran’s license plate that read “MORDIN”. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/399 "2021-05-30T20:55:18Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Actually, the exact quote is, “Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong,” Thanks. It captures his arrogance while at the same time being a great final thing for him to say to someone as he goes to sacrifice himself. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/400 "2021-05-30T21:12:31Z")
I loved Thane as a character, but he will always have a place in my heart because he got me an A on project in class once. We had to write a newspaper advertisement for a jewelry store and I used his choppy way of speaking when he was reliving memories as the way I wrote my ad. My professor loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/401 "2021-05-30T22:08:45Z")
I have a complaint. Why did the sidequest menu go away in this game? I tried to do almost all the quests, but it was at least nice to know which ones were main-story ones and which ones were sidequests. Or at least to split them up so I have separate lists. [Here is my current list of quests. It’s getting ridiculous.](https://imgur.com/gallery/SurKNSS) ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/402 "2021-05-30T23:55:35Z")
Main-story quests have ‘Priority’ in the title if I’m not mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/403 "2021-05-31T00:20:36Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Main-story quests have ‘Priority’ in the title if I’m not mistaken Is that what that means? It may seem obvious, but I am just dense. I know that some are labeled by the location or name of planet they are on. I guess you must be right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984.md?page=21)