# 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:** 32
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/624 "2021-11-25T22:10:46Z")
It’s going to be an adaptation of the comic book _Blasto: Eternity is Forever_. Enkindle this! > **[Mass Effect: Blasto: Eternity is Forever](https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Mass_Effect:_Blasto:_Eternity_is_Forever)** > > Mass Effect: Blasto: Eternity is Forever is a single-issue comic featuring Blasto, a fictional hanar Spectre featured in several films in the Mass Effect universe. The comic is written by Mac Walters, with art by Omar Francia. It was released... ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/625 "2021-11-25T23:32:09Z")
Well whatever the series ends up being, it won’t be as good as my fanfic! ---
**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:** [November 25, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/626 "2021-11-25T23:33:12Z")
Commander HotpantsMcHugeBoobs Shepard looked deep into Captain Kirk’s eyes “Are you ready to boldly go where no man has gone before…” ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/627 "2021-11-26T18:44:52Z")
Cast Ron Perlman as Wrex. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/628 "2021-11-27T20:00:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Dana Allers was annoying. I don’t care about the controversy. The character was useless. She gave you like two conversations. What was the controversy? I honestly don’t remember. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/629 "2021-11-27T20:02:32Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > What was the controversy? I honestly don’t remember. I’m asking as well. I had no idea about controversy. I only played the game this past year and she was so bland, she served no purpose. An unrealized story-line basically. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/630 "2021-11-27T20:28:37Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > Dana Allers was annoying. I don’t care about the controversy. The character was useless. She gave you like two conversations. > > What was the controversy? I honestly don’t remember. The character was voiced by and modeled after Jessica Chobot who is a writer and host for gaming content working for IGN and G4TV. The controversy was about placing a media personality who works for platforms that tell people whether to buy a game in a game that they will be reviewing. I don’t think it’s a huge deal because she isn’t known as a reviewer. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/631 "2022-01-06T03:40:01Z")
For those interested: > **[Mass Effect 3's Happy Ending fan mod now available for Legendary Edition](https://www.eurogamer.net/mass-effect-3s-happy-ending-fan-mod-now-available-for-legendary-edition)** > > One of Mass Effect's most popular finale mods is now available for the trilogy's Legendary Edition. This latest version… ---
**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:** [January 15, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/632 "2022-01-15T21:26:43Z")
I will forever be a console player based off of laziness and accessability, but there are times I wish I played on PC for mods. Not necessarily this one, but things like infinite sprint, deplete all planet resources in with one probe (for ME2 this is a friggin godsend) and some others. Oh well. In other news, I have an N7 zip-up hoodie that I wear pretty much everywhere and a good handful of times someone will comment on it. It happened way more when we theme parked more, but I still get some comments. Except I have YET to have anyone say anything when I’m out with my daughter. I just want to be somewhere and have someone be like “Hey cool jacket!” and me be like “Oh if you like that then here’s my daughter Tali”. One of these days…one of these days… ---
**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 10, 2022, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/633 "2022-05-10T19:55:52Z")
Mass Effect 5\* potential spoilers Apparently there was a description on a website that teased the return of Shepard in the next Mass Effect game. Lame if true. It said “Shepard’s final quest may have ended the threat of the Reapers, but at great cost including Earth itself. **While Shepard and the survivors are left to pick up the pieces** , fans are left wondering what is next.” \*Or Mass Effect 4, second attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/634 "2022-05-10T21:51:50Z")
Do Not Want. ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/635 "2022-05-10T23:24:52Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Do Not Want It’s like Star Wars syndrome. They can’t just leave behind the thing we had that was great. I do want another Mass Effect trilogy. I just want it to be entirely new characters and storyline. Maybe 200 years later or something? ---
**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 10, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/636 "2022-05-10T23:39:29Z")
I’d like to see a Mass Effect game set during the Morning War, the Rachni War, or the Krogan Rebellions. But I suppose we’ve _got_ to have humans or no one will buy it but the hardcores, right? ---
**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 11, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/637 "2022-05-11T00:42:01Z")
Fixed already. No more Shepard, just the survivors. ---
**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 11, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/638 "2022-05-11T02:10:55Z")
I heard. I am still not really interested in a Mass Effect game that continues in any way. Did the Andromeda game act as a sequel or just a new adventure that does not reference the original games? I can’t emphasize enough how satisfied I was with the ending I got in the main games. Not perfect, but final. I can live with the ending and don’t question it. ---
**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 11, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/639 "2022-05-11T03:06:00Z")
The basic premise of Andromeda is that several ships loaded with cryo-sleeping colonists launched for the Andromeda galaxy between the events of ME2 and ME3. Upon arrival things go awry, and it’s up to the player character to rescue the colonist mission from disaster. So, it’s set long after ME3 because the ships were in transit for 600 years, but is completely separate plotwise. There are a couple references to characters and such from the main games. A voicemail from one Dr. T’Soni, who was consulted on some matter. You come across an NPC that’s Zaeed’s kid, iirc. Stuff like that. But in no way does it continue the plotlines outside of things like Krogans still being pissed off at Salarians for the genophage. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/640 "2022-07-13T17:49:27Z")
After spending ~140 hours slogging through Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, I decided to cleanse my palate by playing through Mass Effect 3 again. (Actually, I started replaying Mass Effect 2 first, but I lost interest.) It “only” took me ~30 hours to replay, but it’s clearly a far, far superior game. I’ve played it many times before, but it still had the ability to surprise me. For instance, I broke up with Miranda at the beginning of the game and I didn’t realise that guarantees that she will die later on! My biggest criticism of ME3: that goddamn Marauder at the very, very end when you’re playing on Insanity difficulty. I’ve managed to kill him once in the past, but this time I gave up after 20 failed attempts and I reduced the difficulty to Normal. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/641 "2022-08-12T20:48:19Z")
If it REALLY bugs you there’s a way to loop around the rock formation where you see him and he’ll get stuck and you can just pick him off from behind. Lost interest in 2? Heresy! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/642 "2022-08-14T14:40:56Z")
On harder difficulties I find Mass Effect 2 to be kind of a grind because of the amount of armor and shields (and often both!) that enemies have, and your characters only have one or two useful powers to use. And as I mentioned earlier in this thread, I find the side quests in Mass Effect 2 kind of hit-and-miss in terms of plot (although the few main quest missions are pretty good). ---
**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:** [September 7, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984/643 "2022-09-07T02:01:39Z")
Here is a little slideshow going over what the writer things are the best and worst aspects of each Mass Effect game. > **[The Best And Worst Parts Of Every Mass Effect Game](https://kotaku.com/mass-effect-andromeda-best-worst-citadel-dlc-ending-1849502801)** > > I’m Commander Shepard, and these are my favorite and least-favorite things about BioWare’s classic space RPGs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-effect-legendary-my-thoughts-while-i-play-these-games-spoilers-as-i-play/941984.md?page=33)