Comments on: Mass Effect: Top 10 Epic Moments in Mass Effect

By: Winkel61

Winkel61 — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 23:53:56 +0000

I know I’m late to the game, my sister bugged me for years to play it. Once started, I’m an addict. To me more an experience than a game.
One thing I’ve noticed though, in most top ten lists when the fleet arrival is mentioned (My favorite scene), what seems to be overlooked is Adm. Hackett. I’m a Navy brat, and Admirals do not come to you, you go to them.
The fact that Hackett boards the Normandy, gives his speech from the Normandy, and leaves the final timing to Shepard, is in essence, Hackett telling the galaxy that Shepard is the one that made it happen. It’s Hackett’s way of showing the amount of respect he has for Shepard.
Thanks for hearing two cents worth, and keep up the good work.

By: Commander Angel

Commander Angel — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 15:54:21 +0000

Dear author,

I really love you a lot!!! :D You know why? Because

1) I am a Mass Effect Addict. No matter how many years it has been, I am still obsessed with this trilogy until now!

2) I love Kaidan Alenko a lot! And like you, I also just couldn’t bring myself to leave him behind on Virmire. I also tried doing it but when that cutscene rolled in I was like “NOOOOO!!!” while rapidly hitting on the escape button to load my save game ASAP. XD

3) When reading your articles I felt as though I am reading my own thoughts! XD

4) I loooove BioWare! It’s my most favorite game developer! Hence I also love the Dragon Age series and I agree with everything you wrote about the game! XD

You know I’ve been playing games since I was like 4, but Mass Effect (and Dragon Age) are the only games that affected me so much. Mass Effect is the first game that ever made me literally cry and I always feel as though they are real. Sometimes it scares me when I am having this feeling of “home-sickness” as if I just wanna go “home” to my FemShep.

WHY?! WHY CAN’T I LIVE WITH MY RENEGADE INFILTRATOR SHEPARD???!! T^T Why can’t I hang out with Jack and Grunt more?! Why can’t I be with Shepard and Kaidan?! Why???!!!

Anyway, I’m here for my Mass Effect fix so thank you~! XD

By: JXMcKie

JXMcKie — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:08:50 +0000

My preferences are mostly the same, but with a few changes/other scenes added…

10. (ME2) The grand reveal of the Normandy SR-2 – Yes that scene definitely got it right
9. (ME3) Avenging Thane and breaking Kai Lings sword, then plunging the omnitool into Kai Lings heart.
8. (ME1) The Fifth alliance fleet taking out Sovereign, whether you save the council or not (didn´t save them)
7. (ME3) When Grunt emerges after surviving the Rachni Queen mission.
6. (ME3) Shepard taking a “Deep Dive” and confronting The Leviathan.
5. (ME2) The entire opening sequence when the Normandy gets blown up and Shepard dies
4. (ME2) Samara´s “Long Walk” using her biotic powers to make a path through the collector nano-swarm in the collector base and protecting her teammates. It can be either Jack or Samara, but I choose Samara and I think the sight of her, staggering along in the end as if she carries all the burdens of the World on her shoulder (and in a way she does, always thought Samara one of the most sympathetic, strongest AND tragic characters in ME)…well just Epic ! Would have liked an additional scene with Jack watching Samara in awe and realizing that though she (Jack) is the more powerfull, she lacks the (self-) control that Samara exhibits in that “Long Walk”. Then later, after the suicide mission, having a scene with Jack asking Samara to tutor her, and Samara realizing that Jack is a “miss-treated child” agrees and starts teaching Jack to mend herself and letting her past go (scene with Shepard walking into the room on Normandy2 where Samara usually is located, and seeing Samara and Jack meditating together and Jack learning to “embrace eternity” and achieving “Peace of mind” under Samara´s tutelage, and Shepard queitly leaving the room again with a little smile on her face).
3. (ME3) The entire “final attack on Earth” scene : Hackets speech (Stand strong, stand fast, stand together). My femsheps diplomatic prowess assembling every species in the galaxy, organics and synthetics, in a final, desperate, epic, all-out attack. and watching literally thousands of spacevessels jumping out of FTL in the solar system and approaching Earth, and then an epic space-battle, outdoing even the opening scene of Star Wars III.
2. (ME1) When Shepard climbs out of the rubble after Sovereign is taken down.
1. (ME3) The entire “endgame” with Shepard sacrificing him/herself oneway or another (Counts as both the most epic and the most moving scene), but I agree that the “optimal” Destruct ending with Shep surviving is the most epic (but not the most touching of the 4 endings).

Many other epics moments, but those are my preferences…!

By: girlplaysgame

girlplaysgame — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:35:08 +0000

In reply to Chris. That's true, I almost forgot about that! That was pretty freaking epic, especially the leap that Shepard makes at the very end ... thanks for reminding me, I'll have to add it :)

By: girlplaysgame

girlplaysgame — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:34:06 +0000

In reply to Valhalen.

True … I feel like it’s more satisfying with the Extended Cut though because you see the scene where your LI refrains from putting your name on the wall of the Normandy just before … or does that happen w/o Extended Cut? I don’t even remember!

By: Valhalen

Valhalen — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:46:04 +0000

My Shepard looks exact like the one in the Leviathan video at 4:24. =O

By: Valhalen

Valhalen — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:08:46 +0000

Shepard’s last breath is present without the Extended Cut, but requires over 5.000 EMS on Destroy Ending.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:24:44 +0000

I would say that the Suicide Mission from ME2 should be on the list somewhere, particularly the bit at the end where after taking out the Proto-Reaper-thing the squad work together to get on board again. I find the bit where Shepherd just makes it on, after ensuring everyone else got out a live was epic.