When I first saw this I was like, "what the hell happened to all those ships in orbit!?" then the debris falling from the sky in the background, and the carcasses of dozens of mankind strongest warships, just floating around in the void. Talk about perfecting the emotion of Despair.
Even worse, remember that scene in the first Mass Effect where Sovereign rams through a turian ship without slowing. The Reapers probably didn't even bother shooting the Alliance ships down, they literally smashed them. Shows how powerful the Reapers are.
I swear music really does make thr scene. The sense of fear and desperation is truly apparent. Even when thr normady does come back it is a solemn tunr that only express a minutia of hope on thr face of thr current odds. What a masterpiece of a game. I played through it 7 times.
@@snappycenter7863 Okay, but to be fair, that was a different battle. After Sovereign was destroyed Turians literally looted what they could and developed Thanix Cannon. And if Thanix was strong enough to send Collector's Ship packing with like 2 shots, i doubt that even Reapers would come out of the battle with possibly hundreds of ships, unscathed. I still think that said battle was overwhelming for Humans and Hackett realized that even if the could hold their own for a few minutes, they could not win in that way. So in the end, while yes, the battle was bad i do not believe that in said battle, not a single Reaper was destroyed. Just seems unrealistic, not to mention that during ending one of the ships(which was not even equipped with Thanix) managed to shoot off several "tentacles" of a Reaper before being destroyed. If one ship with "regular" weapons could do that, imagine one equipped with Thanix. I just regret that Normandy had literlly no part in that battle. Literally the only thing that Normandy destroyed during that battle, was 2 or 3 of those "Oculuses" or whatever those Reaper Probes were called. There were possibly hundreds of Reapers that needed killing and one of the most advanced ships was busy destroying probes... Probes that in previous game Shephard killed on foot in 3vs1 combat during the suicide mission. It was just so bad.
They probably can't see him. Shepherd is just another ant scrounging around the ant bed attempting to escape, now if they did spot him they would've dropped everything they were doing and immediately go straight after his ass, like even the reapers in orbit would've fuckin' orbital dropped themselves right on top of him.
@@terrypennington2519 too true hes basically the only high priority target continuously proven to be a huge danger an threat to them no matter what and how they find him. The whole fleet would've blown that area off the map an level the place and slaughtered EVERYONE if theyd known he was there I think
Basically the reason they specifically targetted Earth, as they knew he was there somewhere. Harbinger in particular probably would've just dropped outta the sky and obliterated the entire city.
@@SpawnofThee Not really, they targetted Earth and humanity in general, Shepard proved the Reapers that humanity was superior enough to be a threat and also a great subject to assemble a new Reaper, I'm not sure about this but I think only very genetically complex species can be turned into a Sovereign-class Reaper while lesser species are turned in Destroyer-class Reapers, I think in ME2 it points out that even the Protheans were not complex enough to become a Reaper.
Oh how i wanted to tell the turian councilor, Ah yes, Reapers. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. Didn't you dismiss that clam?
Anderson staying behind was one of the most bad ass things I’ve seen in a video game. Man stayed behind because he knew the others would need his leadership.
THAT I think would be a great future game. The war, BUT Anderson's command squad/staff an he's the main character stretching from start to point we know in this game till you rescue Shepard.. That or maybe an RPG/RTS where you can be on Earth with Anderson or working with Shep an the Council to build up a militia/military capable of going to to toe with the Main Reaper forces at the end.
They never had real infinite ammo though (though I miss my spectre series pistol so much) so all the gun happy idiots here would be more screwed overheating and jamming their guns. Zaeed even mentioned his old reliable rifle jammed after he did such a thing. The most skilled were screwed, but the fearful had a semi chance for once. Take it how you will I suppose.
@@Norinia mass effect 1 had infinite ammo, your gun could over heat and not be usable for a few seconds. mass effect two introduced the disposable heat sinks. which you could not fire the gun without.
@@maddslothii2532 that’s what I meant. They overheat and jam. Infinite ammo would mean significantly less over heat than the original guns had (heck, I remember a pistol that overheated in less that a couple shots) What they should have done was fuse the systems, where thermal clips could be used for faster fire, but you could still fire the guns if you needed to, and could wait for in cases of overheat. My comment specifically mentioned my argument against it. Most people would freak in a war like this. They would hold triggers without release, or they wouldn’t stop firing and screaming. The guns would overheat or jam, and they’d be just as screwed with the overheat system as they are with the thermal clips.
@@Norinia agreed a hybrid system would have been the logical choice for a military with a galaxy long supply line, but they wanted to add "finding ammo" in to the game. as for over heating that was simple management and keeping an eye on your weapon, so long as you did that you could fire endlessly. the Specter rifle with some of the best could literally fire non stop and never over heat or take like 2 minutes of continues fire (I can't remember witch). I don't recall any Jamming, but thermal clips make it more likely a person with no trigger discipline will exhaust their 'ammo' supply. that is the worst thing about this, the actual ammo is still effectively infinite, but you can not longer use it without thermal clips. www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/1l3ggq/infinite_ammo_vs_thermal_clips_why_exactly_did_we/ gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/995487-mass-effect-3/61983225
Also, Ammo wasn't infinite. The "bullets" are shaved off of a solid block and then fired using mass effect fields. Each bullet you fire is the size of a grain of sand. While they last a long time, they do eventually run out. Just as Wrex when he fought Aria/Aleena on that Pirate space station.
When Shepard first spoke with Sovereign, I face palmed so hard when he said “you’re just a machine, and machines can be broken.” Not even a badass like Shepard gets away with that much underestimation. In this, he’s realizing the full gravity of the situation. Granted he tried warning everybody about the Reapers, but this was the first time he actually understood how outmatched humanity was. Hell, I’m not surprised he ordered the evacuation of the entire planet.
Sovereign was one singular reaper and it took the combined alliance fleet to take it out. Shephard didn’t know at the time how many were going to swarm the place.
I mean the realistic reaction of a human in the first encounter with Sovereign would be like "Planned galactic extinctions? Wtf is this VI babbling about?"
Yes, me too. A world either on fire or crushed under the tread of massive sentient kill bots made entirely of the slaughtered citizenry of long dead civilizations. Good times.
@@KosherPorky Not from the looks of that short trailer, it seems to be a sequel to mass affect 3 considering we see Liara in it. And if its a sequel it means technology wont have advanced high enough yet since it means the andromeda crew are still traveling to andromeda which would take years, meaning we'll have the same tech just with upgrades to it but those upgrades wont have reached a level of where we can jump high in the area or evade into certain directions with boosting.
Only takes 30 years for humans to go from space traveling but still isolated to full galactic race with help from prothean and reapers of course. Meanwhile on thessia...
All part of the plan. "By using the technology of the mass relays, our technology, your society evolves along the lines that we choose". The discovery of Prothean (really Reaper) relics probably leads to a meteoric race forward at first but as soon as you've got to grips with the basics of all that tech you start to stagnate. Chances are that humans would have advanced only as far as the other races and stopped too if they'd had a thousand years or so from discovering the Charon relay to the reaper invasion instead of 30 years.
That would be a pretty cool spin off where I think where you play as captain Anderson & you fight reapers on earth & you can travel to different parts of the earth New York City Los Angeles London Tokyo Sydney Australia Dubai etc then the game will end with Shepard returning back to Earth
Even though I got onto playing through mass effect for the first time pretty late on, this entire opening sequence is one of the best I’ve ever seen. The feeling of dread and true hopelessness is so strong.
I started playing through the series when it first came out, trust me it hits the same for everyone. When the music when Shepard is leaving kicked in i felt like the previous 2 games led up to that moment perfectly.
That whole intro sequence before the Reapers reach Earth is panic-inducing. In every other game, this was the lose condition, we’ve seen their power and it’s very obvious there’s no way the galaxy could win in open conflict. Their arrival is less like an invasion and more awaiting the apocalypse.
My gf was just detected few months ago with systemic failure, heart, kidney. September she didnt wanted to continue the relationship. October, she even cut the comunication with me. Im hearth broken. but i kinda understand her, but im worry as hell with all the destructive behavior she is showing. Yeah, 2020 was so fucking hard.
@@therunn3197 Healing bro, thanks, I did found out some shady things about it, news i got from friends in common. I just wanna stay way away from it, is been hard and I cant put or blame all of what she did, saying is all because of the "medical condition". thanks for the answer, Im in more peace.
We can only hope it gets back there. Hard to believe it’s been 11 years since me3 and despite huge fan desire for more of these characters it’s never happened
After all these years. That ending cinematic with the kid boarding the soon to be destroyed ship is still one of my most memorable heart aches in gaming.
"It's not hard when you get to the hot food and soft beds" *Stares at the Mass Effect 2 chef quest and the top floor Cabin bed fit with hamster, fish tank and on suite bathroom*
@@Norinia 100 dollars though... That better be some great quality meals an top notch cooking.. Hope Gordon Ramsey makes a cameo to help cook it in the remaster
Actually, all things considered, 100 creds would be cheap AF for food. Feeding 30-50 people, including two dextros good quality food on only a 100 creds is a steal. Especially when you consider that Traynor's tooth brush costs 6000 creds.
That may be the game settings. Most games, including the Mass Effect Series, let's you set individual volume levels. I tend to lower the BGM volume quite a bit for most games.
I know this is late..but the game is great. The story is amazing, the end was messed up. But like jclc said. They released an extended cut DLC. Honestly, after that I had no problem at all with the ending. I was at peace with it.
i actually prefered the original ending. I like it vague, then i can use my imagination to fill in the blanks. In my canon ending (without DLC ending), I chose Control ending. Shepard takes over the Reapers as their new AI... Shepard commands the Reapers to disengage and exit the system, ending the Reaper war. .... No final words whatever, just leave, just like that. Mission to protect life in Milky Way galaxy is done. AI Reaper SHepard is bored now and is on the way to invade another galaxy, maybe Andromeda. i love this ending.
this sequence was the first time I cried while playing a game, more specifically the part where you leave earth. I was 14 when I played this, and honestly, I told my little brother not to play this game until he grew older. Not because the ending sucked, but because I didn't think the emotional weight of having to leave your own planet while it's dying was too much for anyone who wasn't the appropriate age on the cover.
"Cavalry's here, gentlemen!" Cue "Normandy Reborn" Amazing how even in this scene we get such an uplifting moment. Of course, then we get "Leaving Earth"...
Damn, that Reaper crashing down at 13:24 is just massive. To be honest, I didn't really see a way the universe was going to be able to beat them in any way at all.
13:58 The dreadnought that gets destroyed was one of 9 constructed by the Systems Alliance. Consider how massive of a loss that is given how few humanity actually possessed.
13:47 I don’t know who the madlad captain of that Dreadnought was, but God fucking bless his crazy ass and his crew for going down swinging. Never compromise, even in the face of Armageddon.
The sound of the reapers, that’s what always gets me, sends chills down my spine, imagine skyscrapers coming down to you with those sounds and then seeing it obliterate your block, fucking horrible
This was the fucking best way to give the midlle finger to the people who don´t believe in the Reapers like the Asari, 2 games in that Shepard save 2 times the galaxy and only the protagonist friends believe in th reapers. The scene is very cool, like independence day, all humand forces been destroyd, and if you play the first 2, you know what takes a shuttle or a humand soldier in full armour to be killed, and we see all destroy, the skycraper falling, and well the PTSD of the explosion of the Alliance Heardquarter, killing all of the superior officers and the best of Humanity in a couple of shoots. But the Alliance Heardquarter is in UK, London and London is fine at first, and then we see the horror in multiple places in Earth, and we see soo much people are in hall, all died, the defense of the orbit above London was strong or the Reapers tarjet last the Main Heardquarter and Shepard. And Anderson takes the leadership because all of the rest died in the first attacks and now there is no politics to work with, is harcore war in Earth. But yeah Anderson is king.
I was pure soldier all 3 games and not having any biotics like you made this hell! I’m trying to conserve Ammo and use everything I can. I ran out of Ammo right when the Normandy came in.
it's funny how it takes the Reapers faster to get from the Moon to England than in does for them to get from England to the US or wherever Shepard is right now
Long time back, but still hits like a brick to the face. I've watched DOZENS of sci-fi that didn't come anywhere near the Lovecraftian TERROR that this game's opening made me feel. Course I was a teenager alone in the house for the whole weekend, so that didn't help, but I had the stereo output on the games audio THROUGH THE ROOF (no neighbors, just corn) so uh.... lol that didn't help either. "BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
That's what always gets me. There seems to be two definitive reaper classes. The smaller more agile variant, and the full on Sovereign class dreadnought. You never openly face a Sovereign class reaper, why? Because there's likely not a single thing you could do to it and it would utterly push your shit in, and I love that. Hell, back in ME 1 it took basically every available ship of *every* species to even make it vulnerable. The fact that pretty much 80% of the reapers in this opening sequence are Sovereign class vessel's just shows you one thing, humanity is about to gonna get annihilated.
When at 11:09 Shepard met that kid, that he/she always sees in his/her dreams, you can hear an alternate version of "Leaving Earth", which only plays during this scene.
Whatever people say about the ending, the intro was pure poetry. That end sequence where the boy climbs on the shuttle and immediately gets blown up... the swelling music... the destruction in orbit... damn. I really think that when they put this demo together, they hadn't yet decided what to do with the boy--whether he was real or not, whether Shepard was starting to be indoctrinated or not. They knew it would be emotionally compelling and give viewers a personal stake, and they thought it would be more interesting if it was ambiguous whether he existed (no one helps him into the shuttle). I sort of wish they'd gone with a "indoctrination" storyline, just because it'd have been mind-bending as heck.
While ME3 does have it shortfalls, you can't deny that it does put more effort into the character of Shepard. It is nice that you can fit the personality of Shepard to whatever you want, but with the past two games he/she just feels like a drone you're operating; an empty shell with no real uniqueness to him/her. But with ME3 he/she stands out a lot more, like you can see them more distinctively as an individual and you could actually describe them
Haha good ol' corporations, let's get music pulled because we are losing imaginary money. Sure wouldn't want to get free promotion for your products...... [Idiots]
I've beaten ME1,ME2 and ME3 so many time and just recently got platinum on the PS5 legendary edition...its so good every time I do a playthrough it's luie playing a new game again...this scene 21:00 I think hit me the hardest out of all 3...
I was late to the party, so I only ever played the revised Complete Edition, so to me Mass Effect 3 was a triumph, a masterpiece of science fiction storytelling. It's one of the few games whose narrative stuck with me long after the credits rolled. Wonderful game, and I hope the Mass Effect franchise reaches these heights of storytelling again.
Huh. Anybody else get the feeling that something like this is going to happen with Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire? I mean, with the White Walkers/The Others and the wights and the whole "Winter is coming" thing?
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When I first saw this I was like, "what the hell happened to all those ships in orbit!?"
then the debris falling from the sky in the background, and the carcasses of dozens of mankind strongest warships, just floating around in the void.
Talk about perfecting the emotion of Despair.
Made my spine shiver!
Even worse, remember that scene in the first Mass Effect where Sovereign rams through a turian ship without slowing.
The Reapers probably didn't even bother shooting the Alliance ships down, they literally smashed them.
Shows how powerful the Reapers are.
And the title card. Essentially shows how intense and emotionally bad the game is going to be.
I swear music really does make thr scene. The sense of fear and desperation is truly apparent. Even when thr normady does come back it is a solemn tunr that only express a minutia of hope on thr face of thr current odds. What a masterpiece of a game. I played through it 7 times.
@@snappycenter7863 Okay, but to be fair, that was a different battle. After Sovereign was destroyed Turians literally looted what they could and developed Thanix Cannon. And if Thanix was strong enough to send Collector's Ship packing with like 2 shots, i doubt that even Reapers would come out of the battle with possibly hundreds of ships, unscathed. I still think that said battle was overwhelming for Humans and Hackett realized that even if the could hold their own for a few minutes, they could not win in that way.
So in the end, while yes, the battle was bad i do not believe that in said battle, not a single Reaper was destroyed. Just seems unrealistic, not to mention that during ending one of the ships(which was not even equipped with Thanix) managed to shoot off several "tentacles" of a Reaper before being destroyed. If one ship with "regular" weapons could do that, imagine one equipped with Thanix.
I just regret that Normandy had literlly no part in that battle. Literally the only thing that Normandy destroyed during that battle, was 2 or 3 of those "Oculuses" or whatever those Reaper Probes were called. There were possibly hundreds of Reapers that needed killing and one of the most advanced ships was busy destroying probes... Probes that in previous game Shephard killed on foot in 3vs1 combat during the suicide mission. It was just so bad.
Funny how Shepard's the only one in the galaxy who could stop the Reapers but they're just letting him walk around down there.
They probably can't see him. Shepherd is just another ant scrounging around the ant bed attempting to escape, now if they did spot him they would've dropped everything they were doing and immediately go straight after his ass, like even the reapers in orbit would've fuckin' orbital dropped themselves right on top of him.
@@terrypennington2519 too true hes basically the only high priority target continuously proven to be a huge danger an threat to them no matter what and how they find him. The whole fleet would've blown that area off the map an level the place and slaughtered EVERYONE if theyd known he was there I think
Basically the reason they specifically targetted Earth, as they knew he was there somewhere. Harbinger in particular probably would've just dropped outta the sky and obliterated the entire city.
@@SpawnofThee Not really, they targetted Earth and humanity in general, Shepard proved the Reapers that humanity was superior enough to be a threat and also a great subject to assemble a new Reaper, I'm not sure about this but I think only very genetically complex species can be turned into a Sovereign-class Reaper while lesser species are turned in Destroyer-class Reapers, I think in ME2 it points out that even the Protheans were not complex enough to become a Reaper.
He's just dust struggling against cosmic winds.
It's a good job that desk was curved, otherwise it would have been a very short game.
The intro mad me so mad, I just mumbling "I've been trying to tell everyone this"
Oh how i wanted to tell the turian councilor, Ah yes, Reapers. The immortal race of sentient starships allegedly waiting in dark space. Didn't you dismiss that clam?
@@mattstorm360 "We've already dismissed that claim" *proudly sips tea*
improve your persuasion skill
Anderson staying behind was one of the most bad ass things I’ve seen in a video game. Man stayed behind because he knew the others would need his leadership.
THAT I think would be a great future game. The war, BUT Anderson's command squad/staff an he's the main character stretching from start to point we know in this game till you rescue Shepard.. That or maybe an RPG/RTS where you can be on Earth with Anderson or working with Shep an the Council to build up a militia/military capable of going to to toe with the Main Reaper forces at the end.
One of the greatest opening sequences in all of video game history.
Fax
True
The best
No question. Strong competitor to Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver
Don't get nostalgia the dialogue was terrible and uninspired
"Hell, you spoke to one... then blew the damn thing up!"
*GREATEST* *LINE* *EVER* !
10:10 "Good thing we 'upgraded' our guns so they no longer have infinite ammo."
They never had real infinite ammo though (though I miss my spectre series pistol so much) so all the gun happy idiots here would be more screwed overheating and jamming their guns. Zaeed even mentioned his old reliable rifle jammed after he did such a thing.
The most skilled were screwed, but the fearful had a semi chance for once. Take it how you will I suppose.
@@Norinia mass effect 1 had infinite ammo, your gun could over heat and not be usable for a few seconds. mass effect two introduced the disposable heat sinks. which you could not fire the gun without.
@@maddslothii2532 that’s what I meant. They overheat and jam. Infinite ammo would mean significantly less over heat than the original guns had (heck, I remember a pistol that overheated in less that a couple shots)
What they should have done was fuse the systems, where thermal clips could be used for faster fire, but you could still fire the guns if you needed to, and could wait for in cases of overheat.
My comment specifically mentioned my argument against it. Most people would freak in a war like this. They would hold triggers without release, or they wouldn’t stop firing and screaming. The guns would overheat or jam, and they’d be just as screwed with the overheat system as they are with the thermal clips.
@@Norinia agreed a hybrid system would have been the logical choice for a military with a galaxy long supply line, but they wanted to add "finding ammo" in to the game. as for over heating that was simple management and keeping an eye on your weapon, so long as you did that you could fire endlessly. the Specter rifle with some of the best could literally fire non stop and never over heat or take like 2 minutes of continues fire (I can't remember witch). I don't recall any Jamming, but thermal clips make it more likely a person with no trigger discipline will exhaust their 'ammo' supply. that is the worst thing about this, the actual ammo is still effectively infinite, but you can not longer use it without thermal clips.
www.reddit.com/r/masseffect/comments/1l3ggq/infinite_ammo_vs_thermal_clips_why_exactly_did_we/
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/995487-mass-effect-3/61983225
Also, Ammo wasn't infinite. The "bullets" are shaved off of a solid block and then fired using mass effect fields. Each bullet you fire is the size of a grain of sand. While they last a long time, they do eventually run out. Just as Wrex when he fought Aria/Aleena on that Pirate space station.
I can recognize Arbiter's voice anywhere ;)
And Goliath.
And Spawn
@@Blackhawk211 A man one half of the longest fight scenes in movie history. In "They Live"
Don’t forget juile in saints row
@@1326evolvedGodzilla His name was Julius. The male version of Julie.
When Shepard first spoke with Sovereign, I face palmed so hard when he said “you’re just a machine, and machines can be broken.” Not even a badass like Shepard gets away with that much underestimation. In this, he’s realizing the full gravity of the situation. Granted he tried warning everybody about the Reapers, but this was the first time he actually understood how outmatched humanity was. Hell, I’m not surprised he ordered the evacuation of the entire planet.
Sovereign was one singular reaper and it took the combined alliance fleet to take it out.
Shephard didn’t know at the time how many were going to swarm the place.
I mean the realistic reaction of a human in the first encounter with Sovereign would be like "Planned galactic extinctions? Wtf is this VI babbling about?"
"Each of us has to be willing to die to save humanity. Anything less.... and they've already won"
I love it when a plan comes together xD
I love how Earth looks in Mass Effect! Hope it actually looks this nice in the future.
Yes, me too. A world either on fire or crushed under the tread of massive sentient kill bots made entirely of the slaughtered citizenry of long dead civilizations. Good times.
Alex McBride too bad humans are not capable to work together , we will never get this world
It would probably look more like Blade Runner 2049 Earth...
TheJCJexe BR '49 Earth wouldn't be able to sustain human population
"Hope it actually looks this nice..."
Yeah, being burned, destroyed, ripped apart by gigantic, 2-km long alien monstrosities.
This introduction is ten times better then Mass Effect Andromeda's intro.
The game was ten times better than Mass Effect Andromeda's game.
Doi
@Charlie Reeder Seems that trilogy is likely to continue with the new mass effect game coming soon.
@@horrorpleb249 It might be a star wars sort of situation. The original trilogy is still a trilogy, and a new trilogy will open up
@@KosherPorky Not from the looks of that short trailer, it seems to be a sequel to mass affect 3 considering we see Liara in it.
And if its a sequel it means technology wont have advanced high enough yet since it means the andromeda crew are still traveling to andromeda which would take years, meaning we'll have the same tech just with upgrades to it but those upgrades wont have reached a level of where we can jump high in the area or evade into certain directions with boosting.
Ah yes "Reapers", we have dismissed this claim
6:30 that sound... goosebumps
Only takes 30 years for humans to go from space traveling but still isolated to full galactic race with help from prothean and reapers of course.
Meanwhile on thessia...
All part of the plan. "By using the technology of the mass relays, our technology, your society evolves along the lines that we choose". The discovery of Prothean (really Reaper) relics probably leads to a meteoric race forward at first but as soon as you've got to grips with the basics of all that tech you start to stagnate. Chances are that humans would have advanced only as far as the other races and stopped too if they'd had a thousand years or so from discovering the Charon relay to the reaper invasion instead of 30 years.
@@PassiveSmoking no
@@williamwykoff2044 Yes. That exactly what would have happened.
Did you not pay attention to the games?
@V-Rex The weakness of humanity is also our strength in this universe. Since we're a short-lived species... THERE'S NO FUCKING TIME, JUST DO IT
I always wanted a ME game where you play as someone on Earth under Anderson's command trying to survive and fighting the Reapers.
That would be a pretty cool spin off where I think where you play as captain Anderson & you fight reapers on earth & you can travel to different parts of the earth New York City Los Angeles London Tokyo Sydney Australia Dubai etc then the game will end with Shepard returning back to Earth
True people never leaving earth
Re-watching this after seeing the Mass Effect Legendary Edition.
Even though I got onto playing through mass effect for the first time pretty late on, this entire opening sequence is one of the best I’ve ever seen. The feeling of dread and true hopelessness is so strong.
I started playing through the series when it first came out, trust me it hits the same for everyone. When the music when Shepard is leaving kicked in i felt like the previous 2 games led up to that moment perfectly.
That whole intro sequence before the Reapers reach Earth is panic-inducing. In every other game, this was the lose condition, we’ve seen their power and it’s very obvious there’s no way the galaxy could win in open conflict. Their arrival is less like an invasion and more awaiting the apocalypse.
Legendary game. You've either played it or lost out
People: hopefully September will be better
September:
My gf was just detected few months ago with systemic failure, heart, kidney.
September she didnt wanted to continue the relationship.
October, she even cut the comunication with me.
Im hearth broken. but i kinda understand her, but im worry as hell with all the destructive behavior she is showing.
Yeah, 2020 was so fucking hard.
Luis Callirgos I hope you are better, I understand how hard that can be on someone.
@@therunn3197 Healing bro, thanks, I did found out some shady things about it, news i got from friends in common. I just wanna stay way away from it, is been hard and I cant put or blame all of what she did, saying is all because of the "medical condition". thanks for the answer, Im in more peace.
Its 2020 and now Bioware is a shell of its former self. I remember getting blown away on this scene back in 2012. Gold old times.
We can only hope it gets back there. Hard to believe it’s been 11 years since me3 and despite huge fan desire for more of these characters it’s never happened
The arks left 1 year ago...
Wow..
More like 6 months. They left during the events of Mass Effect 2, which was 6 months prior to the Reaper Invasion.
Kinda wish the Reapers got them too so so wouldn't have that shit game.
@@Wave_Boi The game wasn’t half as bad as ppl made it out to be
@@TastyGamingQc if it didn't have Mass Effect in its title, sure. But that's like buying a Maserati and getting a Chevy Impala instead.
After all these years. That ending cinematic with the kid boarding the soon to be destroyed ship is still one of my most memorable heart aches in gaming.
Brutal
"Consider yourself reinstated, commander."
Not even captain -_-
I know rankings, but honestly, Commander Shepard sounds so much more badass.
Commander sounds cooler lol
Palaven and Terra, only 2 worlds not to get instakilled when the Reapers showed up.
And its only because they were the homeworlds of some of the most resilient races to ever exist, Turians and Humans.
I dont think Tuchunka fell to the Reapers either but it wasnt exactly civilized
@@cameronferrell5722 hard to wipe out a tomb world.
Well the Asari DID put up a decent fight... They just werent used to that sorta fight, most of them, so they didnt last long on their own
@@cameronferrell5722 Makes you wonder just how brutal the First Contact War was, if humans and turians are evenly matched in stubbornness and warfare
6:07 years later this scene all the way up to the reaper appearing still gives me goosebumps and a feeling of fear that I cant explain why
i still fear them everytime, they are just so convincing
Yo for real, who just tosses an iPad like that?
@Ben van der Riet Especially not 4 years later, no
ipads are trash thats why
@@nauseous3925 thank you for the timely reply Warrior 304
@@MykonosFan im on a roll today
I love the laser sound effect I dont know why
13:59 forever will be the best moment I will remember of this game. That freaking explosion just tells you humanity will not survive
22:00 The single greatest shot in gaming history. Absolutely masterful to have the reaper appear as the music kicks in.
going to be honest, it would have been better ambiance and more sense if a few air raid sirens were thrown in here. EA missed an opportunity.
It would have been cool, but then I guess they never expected Earth to get attacked and so they didn't even have sirens.
Maybe they thought there wasn't any point since the Reapers where making such a commotion that nobody could ignore them?
"It's not hard when you get to the hot food and soft beds"
*Stares at the Mass Effect 2 chef quest and the top floor Cabin bed fit with hamster, fish tank and on suite bathroom*
You have to be heartless not to cash the 100
Credits it takes for the quest so everyone can eat some nice meals.
@@Norinia 100 dollars though... That better be some great quality meals an top notch cooking.. Hope Gordon Ramsey makes a cameo to help cook it in the remaster
Actually, all things considered, 100 creds would be cheap AF for food. Feeding 30-50 people, including two dextros good quality food on only a 100 creds is a steal. Especially when you consider that Traynor's tooth brush costs 6000 creds.
Forgot something yall... All them deluxe models Shep buys through out the galaxy... It quite an expensive an big collection
I still find it kind of cool that TH-cam can filter out the music and leave the audio in.
That may be the game settings. Most games, including the Mass Effect Series, let's you set individual volume levels. I tend to lower the BGM volume quite a bit for most games.
ME1 will always be my favorite but good Lord this intro hit heavy. Especially after the last two games.
6:27 - 6:34 Best 7 seconds in the damn trilogy.
The anguish you see in Shepards face...the whole end sequence is very emotional and compelling.
Seeing the child in peril combined with that brilliant score was very powerful. Really made you care about the games story
I know this is late..but the game is great. The story is amazing, the end was messed up. But like jclc said. They released an extended cut DLC. Honestly, after that I had no problem at all with the ending. I was at peace with it.
Vote Biden
@@BS-rm1hv no
@@eodyn7 ?
i actually prefered the original ending. I like it vague, then i can use my imagination to fill in the blanks.
In my canon ending (without DLC ending), I chose Control ending.
Shepard takes over the Reapers as their new AI... Shepard commands the Reapers to disengage and exit the system, ending the Reaper war. .... No final words whatever, just leave, just like that. Mission to protect life in Milky Way galaxy is done.
AI Reaper SHepard is bored now and is on the way to invade another galaxy, maybe Andromeda.
i love this ending.
@@BS-rm1hv still want to vote the confused dementia patient in
Damn... without music is very creppy that ending... :(
TH-cam....
this sequence was the first time I cried while playing a game, more specifically the part where you leave earth. I was 14 when I played this, and honestly, I told my little brother not to play this game until he grew older. Not because the ending sucked, but because I didn't think the emotional weight of having to leave your own planet while it's dying was too much for anyone who wasn't the appropriate age on the cover.
This makes me wanna play the game again
The second I saw the reapers on earth, my immediate reaction was 'Oh...oh shit!"
14:00 So, a dreadnought huh? A ship that supposedly CANNOT go into atmospheric conditions and is restricted to space.
Desperate times calls for desperate measures
Too bad desperate measures DIDNT work.
Look, there's no time!
That looks like a cruiser a dreadnought is way bigger that that and has a larger main gun. I think ashley was in space.
Considering it never once fired it's main gun, it was probably gutted and being retrofitted on Earth just like the Normandy.
"We were hoping you would tell us."
Shepard: "Bitch I told you so."
And that ladys and gentlemen is the intro of the best game of the world
"Cavalry's here, gentlemen!" Cue "Normandy Reborn"
Amazing how even in this scene we get such an uplifting moment. Of course, then we get "Leaving Earth"...
Yeah. That part at the end, where the Reapers land and the Normandy is leaving the planet while flaming debris falls down, is just brutal.
The M8-Avenger still after all these years makes one of the most satisfying sounds I’ve ever heard.
I spent days trying to stop this
Am I the only one who just played with soldier shepherd no powers???
nope, on medium difficulty, i did
Nah, my first try I played like that too because I didn't know I could use powers.
Yeah me. I just liked shooting. Didn’t really understand how to use powers effectively.
Damn, that Reaper crashing down at 13:24 is just massive. To be honest, I didn't really see a way the universe was going to be able to beat them in any way at all.
True, might have gotten some inspiration from The War of The Worlds.
Anderson sounds like sgt Johnson or the arbiter off halo
+coopermax1 both voiced by Kieth David
oh ok thanks for telling
commander zavala
+Brewster Million nah zavala isn't voiced by him
It's the arbiter too I think.
The sound of sovereign is impossible to shake
13:58 The dreadnought that gets destroyed was one of 9 constructed by the Systems Alliance. Consider how massive of a loss that is given how few humanity actually possessed.
I remember playing this for the first time..... Man I wish I felt something like this again.
God, Who else remembers the hype?!
SO much hype. My friend saw the trailer and was like "THEY HAVE GETH AND QUARIAN SHIPS FIGHTING TOGETHER!" And then this demo. Holy crap.
Had the goosebumps when I seen that opening for the first time 😅 still do to this day 💯
13:29 ahhh yea love that sound
This whole scene is a middle finger to the council. Look what you could've stopped if you had to have fucking listened to Shepard!!
All the trilogy is a direct middle finger to politicians
They released a free "Extended Cut DLC" that complements and fixes some of the problems with the endings. With that, it's not so bad.
13:47 I don’t know who the madlad captain of that Dreadnought was, but God fucking bless his crazy ass and his crew for going down swinging. Never compromise, even in the face of Armageddon.
The sound of the reapers, that’s what always gets me, sends chills down my spine, imagine skyscrapers coming down to you with those sounds and then seeing it obliterate your block, fucking horrible
13:58 is astonishing
21:20 I was like "No... don't you dare... ohh... no..."
And that music.
I felt like whole galaxy was at the edge of the extiction for real.
That moment when they realize Shepard was right about his Reapers theory all along gives me goosebumps
I need more dammit it’s 2018 and I’m dying for more. Andromeda need more and they need to remaster this trilogy ASAP I’m not joking come on already
Your wish has been granted
@@OhYouMusty Only three more weeks!
@@NathanMUFCfan The hype is real!
Mass effect 2 had the most epic opening ever.Shepard had his ship destroyed and he got lost into space
time to play this masterpiece trilogy once again.
Damn, i can’t wait to see this remade in mass effect legendary edition, gonna be epic!
Its IF they remaster the whole series what they do at the end with the 3rd game, this one's last battle that has room to make this game LEGENDARY
This was the fucking best way to give the midlle finger to the people who don´t believe in the Reapers like the Asari, 2 games in that Shepard save 2 times the galaxy and only the protagonist friends believe in th reapers. The scene is very cool, like independence day, all humand forces been destroyd, and if you play the first 2, you know what takes a shuttle or a humand soldier in full armour to be killed, and we see all destroy, the skycraper falling, and well the PTSD of the explosion of the Alliance Heardquarter, killing all of the superior officers and the best of Humanity in a couple of shoots. But the Alliance Heardquarter is in UK, London and London is fine at first, and then we see the horror in multiple places in Earth, and we see soo much people are in hall, all died, the defense of the orbit above London was strong or the Reapers tarjet last the Main Heardquarter and Shepard. And Anderson takes the leadership because all of the rest died in the first attacks and now there is no politics to work with, is harcore war in Earth. But yeah Anderson is king.
7:15 imagine hearing that while chilling in your house
This opening always makes me emotional!
I was pure soldier all 3 games and not having any biotics like you made this hell! I’m trying to conserve Ammo and use everything I can. I ran out of Ammo right when the Normandy came in.
Capt Kirrehe: "Hold the Line! Hold the Line!!"
it's funny how it takes the Reapers faster to get from the Moon to England than in does for them to get from England to the US or wherever Shepard is right now
This and god of war 3 had the best opening sequences ever
Long time back, but still hits like a brick to the face. I've watched DOZENS of sci-fi that didn't come anywhere near the Lovecraftian TERROR that this game's opening made me feel. Course I was a teenager alone in the house for the whole weekend, so that didn't help, but I had the stereo output on the games audio THROUGH THE ROOF (no neighbors, just corn) so uh.... lol that didn't help either. "BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>"
Look at that sovereign class reaper dreadnought, it's epic strong.
That's what always gets me. There seems to be two definitive reaper classes. The smaller more agile variant, and the full on Sovereign class dreadnought. You never openly face a Sovereign class reaper, why? Because there's likely not a single thing you could do to it and it would utterly push your shit in, and I love that. Hell, back in ME 1 it took basically every available ship of *every* species to even make it vulnerable. The fact that pretty much 80% of the reapers in this opening sequence are Sovereign class vessel's just shows you one thing, humanity is about to gonna get annihilated.
When at 11:09 Shepard met that kid, that he/she always sees in his/her dreams, you can hear an alternate version of "Leaving Earth", which only plays during this scene.
Whatever people say about the ending, the intro was pure poetry. That end sequence where the boy climbs on the shuttle and immediately gets blown up... the swelling music... the destruction in orbit... damn.
I really think that when they put this demo together, they hadn't yet decided what to do with the boy--whether he was real or not, whether Shepard was starting to be indoctrinated or not. They knew it would be emotionally compelling and give viewers a personal stake, and they thought it would be more interesting if it was ambiguous whether he existed (no one helps him into the shuttle). I sort of wish they'd gone with a "indoctrination" storyline, just because it'd have been mind-bending as heck.
Gotta admit its quite fulfilling an a great arc though.. after ALL shep went through jist to get to the series. THEN through to the end..
While ME3 does have it shortfalls, you can't deny that it does put more effort into the character of Shepard. It is nice that you can fit the personality of Shepard to whatever you want, but with the past two games he/she just feels like a drone you're operating; an empty shell with no real uniqueness to him/her. But with ME3 he/she stands out a lot more, like you can see them more distinctively as an individual and you could actually describe them
Haha good ol' corporations, let's get music pulled because we are losing imaginary money. Sure wouldn't want to get free promotion for your products...... [Idiots]
Not really idiots. If you don't defend a copyright, you lose it. Blame the politicians, not the corps for this 1.
This was a good game for its time
This citadel reminds me Star Trek Into the darkness
Jesus...I know what's going to happen and I'm still frikin anxious!!!
I just love that horn, sounds almost like the tripods though.
I've beaten ME1,ME2 and ME3 so many time and just recently got platinum on the PS5 legendary edition...its so good every time I do a playthrough it's luie playing a new game again...this scene 21:00 I think hit me the hardest out of all 3...
Rage against the dying of the light!
seeing those reapers in the background gives me chills everytime
goosebumps, everytime
13:20
I was late to the party, so I only ever played the revised Complete Edition, so to me Mass Effect 3 was a triumph, a masterpiece of science fiction storytelling. It's one of the few games whose narrative stuck with me long after the credits rolled. Wonderful game, and I hope the Mass Effect franchise reaches these heights of storytelling again.
i hope you played the previous games first
Huh. Anybody else get the feeling that something like this is going to happen with Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire? I mean, with the White Walkers/The Others and the wights and the whole "Winter is coming" thing?
Man this just aged like fine milk didn't it.
@@SeanstonVA ...Yup. Like fine milk sitting behind a hot radiator.
Oh the memories.
Lol at 18:00 3 of them lined up for like 3 seconds and he didn't use his biotic.... Not very efficient
this one would be happy to live through this more than watching our own kind kill itself with time, fear and war.
Lance Henrikson is a LEGEND! Great voice acting!
8:09 Anderson: Shepard, I've already checked, he doesn't have his wallet with him.
Mass Effect 3 kicking off with a bang!!!