What makes you think Tali is good ? Just cause she let you beat her cheeks , doesn't mean the same with fighting in battlefields . Especially against the reapers.
This is beautiful, it’s like good-ending fan fiction even while being so silly. Just makes me happy seeing all these great characters being friends in a low stakes environment, even if they’re bickering.
You forgot to point the fact that Wrex was literally the last krogan to kill a Thresser Maw, before you killed one with Grunt during is loyalty mission, that alone should not be overlooked, he even comments about that, no other has killed a Thesser Maw
@@waragon4737 That was funny as heck, I burst out laughing when I heard that there was a request to breed with Shepard. But you're right, it's sad he doesn't bring that up
@@MSTavareshell he could have said "by the way shepard those requests are still there" a krogan romance would be interesting but also painful if you know what I mean
I absolutely love them all roasting each other 😂 Such a shame that AI voice technology can’t emulate Miranda’s accent. It’s especially glaring since all the others sound so good!
Kasumi can actually negate all of harbinger's attacks with flashbang. Harbinger can only walk up and stare at you after Kasumi hits him. even on insanity. So might be worth a bump up to C teir
@@highlordlaughterofcanada8685 Collectors he controls and no meme. He literally cannot attack but still walks right up to you and just stares at you. Makes for a great punching bag.
Miranda: "...are we not counting Morinth here?" Kaidan: "[...] Vega might fall for her and get murdered." James: "I would NOT fall for a murdering psycho asari - right away." IT LEFT ME IN TEARS! 😂
This is great, the banter is very realistic ! I laughed out loud when Jacob said he was happy being in C-Tier just because "he's always at the bottom of the tierlists" (which is accurate) :D
Absolutely adore this video. Love how you chose to rate squadmates by lore, not by gameplay. There's enough content on the former, but this is the first vid I see on the latter. Plus, the concept of characters just chilling together is very comforting for some reason. Gives off Citadel DLC vibes. Great work, mate!
Wrex is so canonically strong that he only could be a squadmate in the first game otherwise you wouldn't need a lot of the squadmates you get in the second.
NGL for a minute there I thought this was gonna be based on gameplay, but this is just as good, and actually makes sense if it's the in-universe characters making the list. Spicing your videos up by using formats aside from just the presidents was a great way to keep ur content fresh. The Ace Attorney video was especially hilarious and spot-on.
I can't express how much I love this 😭 Tough I call bull on James being so low, dude's a candidate for N7 as a lieutenant and rivals Grunt and Wrex for tankiness in game.
I honestly even like his big, assertive personality, if he’d been a squad mate since 1 or 2, I think most people would like him. It’s just his presence as the new face in the third game in an already small squad mate selection that really hurts him. Everyone had their favorite from 2 that they wanted included as a squad mate in 3, instead we get this bro-marine that was supposed to appeal to shooter fans picking up ME3 as their first foray into the series.
I mean gameplay and lore are highly different to be fair. For an example Edward kenway from Assassin's creed could solo armies in black flags gameplay but he wouldn't last 2 seconds against Eivor or Alexios.
@@FutureIndustrieseditzIt's true that gameplay can be inconsistent when it comes to properly rank characters, especially when you take into consideration how it's possible to build a character in a couple of different ways (prioritising defense over damage, power damage Vs power recharge etc) but that doesn't mean that it should be entirely ignored. Surely gameplay HAS to take priority over things like comic books or novels or any other type of spin off fiction. Liara is a close second to Niftu Cal when it comes to biotic power in the comics but be real, when does she ever display anything close to that power in the games? Doesn't seem fair to put her so high up because of it. I'm sure that if the other squadmates had their own barely supervised comics they'd have such ridiculous feats as well.
@@ThumbSipper while i understand the settlement i don't see why not add the cannon material outside of the game for character scaling you just have to note the difference between the character in other material and the game i.e Master chief
You can't really account for gameplay here though because the rankings would be widely different. Case in point, Kasumi is hands down one of the best squadmates in ME2 simply because of how well her mechanics synergize with Vanguard. Meanwhile, Ashley is practically useless because she's just severely outclassed in both ME1 and ME3. For a lore accurate list, this is pretty spot on.
Another detail about Samara that wasn’t mentioned was she fought Nihlus, another SPECTRE for over a week in a jungle, which ended in a stalemate because Nihlus put Samara in a situation where she had to save civilians or kill him, showing Nihlus feared for his life. Also Wrex killed a Thresher Maw, BY HIMSELF while Shepard had Grunt and 1 other teammate.
Lore-wise, the way Wrex dies on Virmire makes 0 sense. He’s probably stronger in a fight than Shepard during ME1, with only the upgrades and experience through ME2 giving Shepard an edge in ME3.
@@Raptor_Ren Honestly with how shields and barriers work in Mass Effect, Nihlus dying doesn’t make sense either. He was in a hot zone so one bullet shouldn’t have pierced his I would assume active shield as we’ve seen on multiple occasions that it takes more than 1 pistol round to pierce a shield.
Jacob: Must have been real comfy hanging out with Hackett while the rest of us were fighting Cerberus. Shepard: Jacob don’t be talking shit when u literally sat on a beach while I was incarcerated and everyone else had something important to do and u knew the reapers were coming.
He is pretty vanilla, but I usually end up saving him on Virmire, regardless of whether I'm playing Fem or Bro Shep. I know Ashley has a lot more character growth across the series, but she just always rubs me the wrong way.
@@legionarybooks13 Ashley doesn't have a lot more growth, she grows out of her racism by the end of ME1 and she's way more bland than Kaidan in 3. She's reduced to a shallow shell of her former self thanks to the writers who wanted to "give her sex appeal". Kaidan in ME3 has more cutscenes, more dialogue with other squadmates and overall more content than Ashley. He becomes a major, then a spectre, he leads his own biotic team and he actually has growth regarding his stance on Cerberus which Ashley doesn't get.
Javik cutting off Zaeed's hype moment had me laughing. I'm surprised you didn't put Javik as number 1 or 2 tbh, he was basically the Prothean Commander Shepard - not disappointed with the list anyway, everyone has justification for their place. Another great vid.
Javik was definitely NOT the previous cycle commander shepard. He was more like a c sec, n7 or at best, spectre level. What makes him OP is his knowledge and experience, which is also lacking considering that he got cryofrozen and missed the whole 20000 years in between, plus the technology and memories he carried with him. He barely had any knowledge on how to defeat reapers , while shepard discovered and pieced together pretty much everything the universe needed to succeed. If javik was previous shepard, there wouldn't have been a current shepard because there wouldn't have been any reapers
This really feels like the actual characters in some strange multiversal afterlife, having a in depth conversation on their combat prowess. Fantastic work.
It’s so cool to see the banter be pretty spot on to the original characters while also be injected with a little bit from our world as well. Awesome content. Keep up the great work!
I complained about this a few days ago. It nails Wrex, EDI, Zaeed, even god damn THANE but the AI can't do even a *slight* Australian accent for Miranda. Even the Bernie Sanders voice from awhile back got a tiny bit of an accent.
This. Was. AMAZING. "Try it when I'm not off guard. I dare you." That's the other great thing about doing this after the Reaper war. Legion can have a really personality since he's no longer just a machine.
I know I'm in the minority, but I actually liked the ending of ME3. I just hope they don't bring Shepard back in ME4, as that totally negates their sacrifice at the end. Plus, it just feels like lame fan service.
Lore wise I can agree with most, however gameplay wise Tali and Kasumi are both pretty good. And in 3 tali is op especially if you're also a engineer. Kasumi can basically free teleport and almost kill any mob in the game in 2 as well. And she usually never has aggro due to stealth so as tank shepard I just distract while she teleports and takes out alot of small fry.
Tali is the GOAT when dealing with synthetics. Kasumi has flashbang grenades, which are why she's always with me on the final ME2 mission (just remember to disable her teleporting to her death). I like the work that's gone into this, but it's bullshit. Wrex is available in ME1, and that's it. Pretending he's so great is nonsense.
I'm fucking dead. "The OG is coming through" 😂😂. Zaeed has always been my favorite character. I was gutted when Sachs died after all the brilliant work he's given us.
Respect for Zaeed. He’s always my right hand in ME2, not entirely sure why. I just love the visual of marching out of the Normandy with him and Legion at my side.
With the right build and an N7 Typhoon, Garrus would be placed in S-Tier. He's unstoppable in ME3, even in the higher difficulties. In fact, it's practically mandatory to have him with you at all times once he joins up with Shepard.
@@archiev1976 yes however Ash's isn't as good when combined with her disruptor ammo skill vs Garrus' AP rounds. James does better with an explosive incendiary ammo Typhoon than Ashley with it.
If it was real life, i would never have Tali leave the ship knowing any damage can be fatal. The mission would have to be tailored specifically to Quarian/geth tech since Edi could do everything else.
The Quarians would need to have some serious Shielding to be viable in a real world conflict. In Warfare, a casuality is anyone who's been compromised, either by injury or death. In many ways, straight up killing your target isn't the most effective method of causing the most harm to the enemy. Injuring them to the point where they need to evac the wounded requires resources and man power. It's why in a small fireteam, if one is down, it can halt a group of 5, as you'd need 1 or 2 to guard your wounded, and the remaining 2 can't cover enough sectors to move/fight efficiently. Now take a quarian. The moment their shielding fails and the bullet rips into their suit, injuring them, even its a flesh wound, will begin a series of events where their body is working against the clock. Not only do they worry about blood loss, but fevers and allergic reaction begin. Kal Reegar was on deaths door when we got to him. And if we don't tell him to stand down, he dies. Quarians are a front line liability. Better suited to rear or supporting roles where they don't see direct conflict.
Tali in ME1 is a S tier companion in combat. Unfortunally in ME2 she's a D or C at best. in ME3 I'll say A, reduce the cooldown time as much as possible, give rockets to her drone and AoE shield Drain along with Paladin pistol and Wraith Shotgun she's a great squadmate. So overall I would give her B. I agree with Wrex being in S, bro is a walking meat tank. Thane should be S as well imo. Edit: Kasumi is extremelly flexible, c'mon bro. And Grunt below Garrus is wrong.
Keep in mind that for insanity playthrough for the trilogy it pretty much opens saying "don't take Garrus out of your party." He is from a species who requires a tour of military service and spent years operating in a near total hostile environment (Omega). His weapons training means he can probably use everything from a steak knife to a grenade launcher with competence. Add to it he spent DAYS under siege from the three gangs/mafias of the galaxy alone and without sleep and was still keeping them at bay before Shepard joined in. Grunt is a badass certainly, but high impact sniper round to the head will shred the krogan plate armor and turn his brain into a soupy substance.
Mordin Solus is an STG ex-operative. When you first meet him he was casually killing off dozens of blue suns who came to close to his clinic. He regularly tossed with krogans on his runs in tuchanka, killed many people in many ways: guns, knives, drugs, tech attacks, once with farming equipment! And he broke Omega's first rule!! I mean, if he can get ARIA to run back to Afterlife, no way is he C-tier!
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 In insanity me2 Mordin is one of the most usefull squad members due to his incinerate vs armored enemies. But he's not a frontliner like grunt meant for war.
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 lorewise? What lore, fact he's old and not in his prime? It never says salarians get weaker the older they get. This man fought Aria toe to toe with stg tricks, and he's rated bottom tier? Doesn't make sense.
@@mortaljokes Salarians lives up to 40 years of age. Physically, species decline the older they get, except Asari that have completely different biology as natural biotic. If you send Mordin protecting the survivor in the suicide mission, he dies, because the game has a secret power level that makes him among the weakest squad members lore wise.
Ya know, I rewatch a lot of the same shit, and considering this channel is always one of the ones I constantly rewatch, I think this has provided me with the biggest smile on my face
Oh my god I love this so much! Love how you added the citadel dlc party music in the background. This whole discussion feels like it belongs in the game 😂
This is amazing, I really hope you do more! This is all extremely in-character. If you ever run out of monthly characters from ElevenLabs, I'm willing to donate mine since I have nothing better to use them for.
This is just the Mass Effect content I needed. I've been missing Mass Effect and all my favorite squadmates for years. All their personalities are on-point too!
This was really well-written!!! I wish the voice actors could get paid for stuff like this though. Like people (or the AI company) should have to pay a fee to use their voice. That is their unique art, after all.
I can say with certainty I hate how much of this list I agree with. Not putting Jacob at the bottom of any tier list physically pains me but I have to be honest. What a sacrifice we must make for our integrity. It pains me just as much to have Tali so low. But we don't need Tali to fight. Tali can stay safe out of combat. I'm glad to see some facts and Logic putting Wrex at the top. Let nobody forget He killed a Thresher Maw alone on his Rite of Passage. Grunt needed Shepard to do the Heavy Lifting. Wrex (along with Samara) also has centuries of experience on the rest. He's also open minded and able to accept and embrace change which can only be an asset. If anyone wants to bring up the insult that was the Virmire bad ending then I will fight them myself. That was unjust.
On my very first playthrough I barely used Wrex in ME1. Only after we see him in ME3 did I realise how awesome he is. Now, he's mostly my go-to in ME1 replays. It's a cruel tease we only get him briefly in ME3!
Legion is quite OP on insanity as he actually knows how to use covers and uses his drones to distract enemies, that plus he wields the best sniper riffle in the game and pretty much Shepared + Legion can solo most of the game. The only problem is that bioware gives him way too late. Unless you use mods or save editor.
I know Wrex has already cemented his place at the top of S tier, but you forgot to mention that *he killed a damn thresher maw to go from "boy" to "man."*
Honestly, the fact that Tali can fight with such a huge disadvantage and still keep up with some of the best in the galaxy says more about her than her weakness.
Tali a god tier technician in the setting, no way she doesn’t at least get into C, deserves it alone for being a squad mate in all three games. Plus her drone can come in clutch getting enemies to turn around.
The fact Javik is now being voiced by an AI would make his blood boil 😂
Technically a VI by Mass Effect's definition.
@@slizzardshroomer9666vi ai who cares Javik is going to be ticked either way
Blasphemous! HAHAHAHAHAa
Throw this whole thing out the airlock. -- Javik
boiled blood of the enemy was a popular liquor in his cycle
American Miranda isn't real, she can't hurt you
American Miranda:
It's weird, clearly the AI had no problem with Zaeed's accent lol
I knew something was off!
Oh no. Someone is sleeping on the couch after putting Tali in D tier
😂
we all know the real D that Tali is getting from Shepard
Well that depends if this version of shepherd is dating tali
What makes you think Tali is good ? Just cause she let you beat her cheeks , doesn't mean the same with fighting in battlefields . Especially against the reapers.
She's only in that tier due to her low immune system despite being a decent combatant.
This is beautiful, it’s like good-ending fan fiction even while being so silly. Just makes me happy seeing all these great characters being friends in a low stakes environment, even if they’re bickering.
citadel dlc is almost that lol
@@highdefinition450 Nah Citadel dlc is too heavy with the context that everybody is basically expecting to die in the assault on Earth.
@@spiraljumper74was thinking the same thing the entire time. Partying while millions are being harvested on earth feels icky
Its more like the ending of Andromeda where the crew are in the couch watching a movie.
@@spiraljumper74Not with the happy ending mod, my headcanon is Destroy, timeskip, happy ending (Citadel dlc postgame)
"Stop staring."
But the hips, the beautiful hips.
You forgot to point the fact that Wrex was literally the last krogan to kill a Thresser Maw, before you killed one with Grunt during is loyalty mission, that alone should not be overlooked, he even comments about that, no other has killed a Thesser Maw
Although I'm sad he doesn't bring up the breeding requests for shepard
@@waragon4737 That was funny as heck, I burst out laughing when I heard that there was a request to breed with Shepard. But you're right, it's sad he doesn't bring that up
@@MSTavareshell he could have said "by the way shepard those requests are still there" a krogan romance would be interesting but also painful if you know what I mean
@@waragon4737 I know what you mean
@@waragon4737 which I thought was even funnier when playing as Fem Shep! 😄
I like the fact that it's actually describing them in reality, not gameplay.
Actual ranking: Zaeed, Garrus. List ends.
Ranking in Gameplay ME3 Garrus and Ashley with a Typhoon ME2 Miranda end list
I absolutely love them all roasting each other 😂
Such a shame that AI voice technology can’t emulate Miranda’s accent. It’s especially glaring since all the others sound so good!
ElevenLabs seems to have a hard time with accents. Hopefully, it'll improve with time.
I thought Tali's voice was the most off - AI probably had a hard time emulating the sound-from-helmet effect.
Kasumi can actually negate all of harbinger's attacks with flashbang. Harbinger can only walk up and stare at you after Kasumi hits him. even on insanity. So might be worth a bump up to C teir
Wow didn't know that.
kasumi is sexy S tier
I know you're meming, but are we talking the Collectors he assumed control over or his actual Reaper body?
@@highlordlaughterofcanada8685 Collectors he controls and no meme. He literally cannot attack but still walks right up to you and just stares at you. Makes for a great punching bag.
@@Andybi0tics He's just standing there, menacingly!
The Banter even if new feels super nostalgic
Exactly what I came to the comments to say. I kinda figured Samara and Wrex would be the top two, but I didn't know who would win
@@EloquentTrolltrue tbh I think it's a stalemate
@@FutureIndustrieseditz they both scary
Finally, someone giving Zaeed the credit he deserves. THE OG IS COMING THROUGH.
Fear the old in a profession where men die young
Zaeed doesn’t have a single meaningful bit of dialogue in the entire trilogy
@@AG-sj4omhe has plenty, if you’d listen to him 🥺
@@nicwalker882 ngl I stopped going to his room after a couple times going there. Just goes on and on about his mercenary life bro is so 1 note.
@@nicwalker882 he up there with Jacob on the boring scale
that Wrex and Garrus voices are spot on along with Shepperd's
Feel like Jack's was pretty damned good too.
Feels like most of them are pretty well done. Only ones that are noticeable to me are Grunt, Tali and some sentences from Miranda.
@@campber9908zaeed was waaay off but maybe that's because I can tell easily (I'm English) whereas to American listeners it's hard to tell
I’m sure you won’t read this but please don’t stop the mass effect videos as you go cause we love hearing these voices again and you’re hilarious
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i guess i really could use more fanservice to get by with this traumatic depression syndrome or something
Miranda: "...are we not counting Morinth here?" Kaidan: "[...] Vega might fall for her and get murdered." James: "I would NOT fall for a murdering psycho asari - right away." IT LEFT ME IN TEARS! 😂
This is great, the banter is very realistic ! I laughed out loud when Jacob said he was happy being in C-Tier just because "he's always at the bottom of the tierlists" (which is accurate) :D
Surprised this wasn't the president's doing this
Technically, that video exists already but that was how many separate videos ago
Presidents did it from the perspective of someone playing the games, this is more in-universe lore.
Donald did get worried when Joe mentioned power levels in the Mission rankings. Probably too scared of us to make it themselves
@@highlordlaughterofcanada8685 you definitely know Obama sent the base of the tier list to Shepard
I like the presidents but sometimes its nice to try something new.
Absolutely adore this video. Love how you chose to rate squadmates by lore, not by gameplay. There's enough content on the former, but this is the first vid I see on the latter. Plus, the concept of characters just chilling together is very comforting for some reason. Gives off Citadel DLC vibes.
Great work, mate!
Wrex is so canonically strong that he only could be a squadmate in the first game otherwise you wouldn't need a lot of the squadmates you get in the second.
NGL for a minute there I thought this was gonna be based on gameplay, but this is just as good, and actually makes sense if it's the in-universe characters making the list. Spicing your videos up by using formats aside from just the presidents was a great way to keep ur content fresh. The Ace Attorney video was especially hilarious and spot-on.
Yeah, based on gameplay Kasumi is probably the best.
I can't express how much I love this 😭
Tough I call bull on James being so low, dude's a candidate for N7 as a lieutenant and rivals Grunt and Wrex for tankiness in game.
I honestly even like his big, assertive personality, if he’d been a squad mate since 1 or 2, I think most people would like him. It’s just his presence as the new face in the third game in an already small squad mate selection that really hurts him. Everyone had their favorite from 2 that they wanted included as a squad mate in 3, instead we get this bro-marine that was supposed to appeal to shooter fans picking up ME3 as their first foray into the series.
I mean gameplay and lore are highly different to be fair. For an example Edward kenway from Assassin's creed could solo armies in black flags gameplay but he wouldn't last 2 seconds against Eivor or Alexios.
@@FutureIndustrieseditzIt's true that gameplay can be inconsistent when it comes to properly rank characters, especially when you take into consideration how it's possible to build a character in a couple of different ways (prioritising defense over damage, power damage Vs power recharge etc) but that doesn't mean that it should be entirely ignored. Surely gameplay HAS to take priority over things like comic books or novels or any other type of spin off fiction. Liara is a close second to Niftu Cal when it comes to biotic power in the comics but be real, when does she ever display anything close to that power in the games? Doesn't seem fair to put her so high up because of it.
I'm sure that if the other squadmates had their own barely supervised comics they'd have such ridiculous feats as well.
@@ThumbSipper while i understand the settlement i don't see why not add the cannon material outside of the game for character scaling you just have to note the difference between the character in other material and the game i.e Master chief
You can't really account for gameplay here though because the rankings would be widely different. Case in point, Kasumi is hands down one of the best squadmates in ME2 simply because of how well her mechanics synergize with Vanguard. Meanwhile, Ashley is practically useless because she's just severely outclassed in both ME1 and ME3. For a lore accurate list, this is pretty spot on.
Another detail about Samara that wasn’t mentioned was she fought Nihlus, another SPECTRE for over a week in a jungle, which ended in a stalemate because Nihlus put Samara in a situation where she had to save civilians or kill him, showing Nihlus feared for his life.
Also Wrex killed a Thresher Maw, BY HIMSELF while Shepard had Grunt and 1 other teammate.
Lore-wise, the way Wrex dies on Virmire makes 0 sense. He’s probably stronger in a fight than Shepard during ME1, with only the upgrades and experience through ME2 giving Shepard an edge in ME3.
@@Raptor_Ren Honestly with how shields and barriers work in Mass Effect, Nihlus dying doesn’t make sense either. He was in a hot zone so one bullet shouldn’t have pierced his I would assume active shield as we’ve seen on multiple occasions that it takes more than 1 pistol round to pierce a shield.
Jacob: Must have been real comfy hanging out with Hackett while the rest of us were fighting Cerberus.
Shepard: Jacob don’t be talking shit when u literally sat on a beach while I was incarcerated and everyone else had something important to do and u knew the reapers were coming.
OOF!
I'm all here for this Wholesome Treatment of Kaiden. Bro is underappreciated as hell at times.
He is pretty vanilla, but I usually end up saving him on Virmire, regardless of whether I'm playing Fem or Bro Shep. I know Ashley has a lot more character growth across the series, but she just always rubs me the wrong way.
Kaiden stinks. I'll never let him leave Vermire alive rofl
@@legionarybooks13 Ashley doesn't have a lot more growth, she grows out of her racism by the end of ME1 and she's way more bland than Kaidan in 3. She's reduced to a shallow shell of her former self thanks to the writers who wanted to "give her sex appeal". Kaidan in ME3 has more cutscenes, more dialogue with other squadmates and overall more content than Ashley. He becomes a major, then a spectre, he leads his own biotic team and he actually has growth regarding his stance on Cerberus which Ashley doesn't get.
Javik cutting off Zaeed's hype moment had me laughing.
I'm surprised you didn't put Javik as number 1 or 2 tbh, he was basically the Prothean Commander Shepard - not disappointed with the list anyway, everyone has justification for their place. Another great vid.
Javik was definitely NOT the previous cycle commander shepard. He was more like a c sec, n7 or at best, spectre level. What makes him OP is his knowledge and experience, which is also lacking considering that he got cryofrozen and missed the whole 20000 years in between, plus the technology and memories he carried with him. He barely had any knowledge on how to defeat reapers , while shepard discovered and pieced together pretty much everything the universe needed to succeed. If javik was previous shepard, there wouldn't have been a current shepard because there wouldn't have been any reapers
This really feels like the actual characters in some strange multiversal afterlife, having a in depth conversation on their combat prowess.
Fantastic work.
Everyone else: *throws shade at each other*.
Kaiden and Thane: "I got you, bro."
it was a wholesome interaction
It’s so cool to see the banter be pretty spot on to the original characters while also be injected with a little bit from our world as well. Awesome content. Keep up the great work!
How can it nail some of these voices, yet miranda sounds like a cali girl? Awesome stuff tho
I complained about this a few days ago. It nails Wrex, EDI, Zaeed, even god damn THANE but the AI can't do even a *slight* Australian accent for Miranda. Even the Bernie Sanders voice from awhile back got a tiny bit of an accent.
@primeradiancy Whatever AI program you use probably just hates the Brits.
@@kroganshepard6594 are the British and Australians interchangeable to you too? You must be American huh
@@primeradiancyNeed to feed it some Steve Irwin
@@ggmann13 Yeah you got me there lol
Nice to see you still making mass effect content (also nice to see that this video takes place in a parallel universe were mordin lived)
Lad forgot about jenkins
This. Was. AMAZING.
"Try it when I'm not off guard. I dare you."
That's the other great thing about doing this after the Reaper war. Legion can have a really personality since he's no longer just a machine.
That was genuinely a great bit of dialogue.
Never any doubts about nature's gentle giant Wrex being S.
Happy to know Liara's in A.
Tali: i have a shotgun
Shep: i have germs
"Not bad for a pyjak." Wrex called Jacob a monkey xD
Frieza is typing. . .
I love this, its fucking funny but at the same time uses reason and logic
Well said.
“NO we hate that! It’s a war crime” actually made me lol
That Kaiden-Thane interaction at 9:00 is just perfect.
Somewhat ironically, Legion's voice is the one the AI seems to have the most trouble with.
I cope with the ending of the trilogy by watching this. It's like the Citadel DLC party but a video.
I know I'm in the minority, but I actually liked the ending of ME3. I just hope they don't bring Shepard back in ME4, as that totally negates their sacrifice at the end. Plus, it just feels like lame fan service.
Ah yes, this must be the secret ME3 ending we never saw. Excellent writing, you nailed the dialogue style of each character.
Lore wise I can agree with most, however gameplay wise Tali and Kasumi are both pretty good. And in 3 tali is op especially if you're also a engineer. Kasumi can basically free teleport and almost kill any mob in the game in 2 as well. And she usually never has aggro due to stealth so as tank shepard I just distract while she teleports and takes out alot of small fry.
And in ME 2 she is MVP on collector ship and Horizon, also Suicide mission.
Tali is the GOAT when dealing with synthetics. Kasumi has flashbang grenades, which are why she's always with me on the final ME2 mission (just remember to disable her teleporting to her death).
I like the work that's gone into this, but it's bullshit. Wrex is available in ME1, and that's it. Pretending he's so great is nonsense.
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Perfect scaling and very hilarious, this kinda feels like sequel content for ME3.🤣
A nice switchup with Shepard. And great dialogue. No objections, wish my boy Legion was higher, but the reasoning is solid.
Likewise hes my fav character. But the assessment was valid
Gameplay wise, Kasumi is the best squadmate in ME2, along with Miranda.
I'm fucking dead. "The OG is coming through" 😂😂. Zaeed has always been my favorite character. I was gutted when Sachs died after all the brilliant work he's given us.
Wrex is also the only squad mate that is registered as having 30 of war asset value. All the others have 25.
Great vid, the Zaeed hype video had me rolling
Jack saying “excuse fucking you” took me out 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Respect for Zaeed. He’s always my right hand in ME2, not entirely sure why. I just love the visual of marching out of the Normandy with him and Legion at my side.
With the right build and an N7 Typhoon, Garrus would be placed in S-Tier. He's unstoppable in ME3, even in the higher difficulties. In fact, it's practically mandatory to have him with you at all times once he joins up with Shepard.
It's always correct to ascend Garrus to godhood.
In actual gameplay that is correct but this video is about how strong they are in the stories. But I always pick Garrus for my squad of course.
so would James and Ashley. They both have bonuses to assault rifle damage
@@archiev1976 True, but not quite as many overall damage bonuses compared to Garrus.
@@archiev1976 yes however Ash's isn't as good when combined with her disruptor ammo skill vs Garrus' AP rounds. James does better with an explosive incendiary ammo Typhoon than Ashley with it.
Grunt is a super-Krogan, for clarification.
Like the Miranda of Krogan.
Love all the references in each character's dialogue. You can tell that this was made by a fan.
If it was real life, i would never have Tali leave the ship knowing any damage can be fatal. The mission would have to be tailored specifically to Quarian/geth tech since Edi could do everything else.
The Quarians would need to have some serious Shielding to be viable in a real world conflict.
In Warfare, a casuality is anyone who's been compromised, either by injury or death.
In many ways, straight up killing your target isn't the most effective method of causing the most harm to the enemy. Injuring them to the point where they need to evac the wounded requires resources and man power.
It's why in a small fireteam, if one is down, it can halt a group of 5, as you'd need 1 or 2 to guard your wounded, and the remaining 2 can't cover enough sectors to move/fight efficiently.
Now take a quarian.
The moment their shielding fails and the bullet rips into their suit, injuring them, even its a flesh wound, will begin a series of events where their body is working against the clock.
Not only do they worry about blood loss, but fevers and allergic reaction begin.
Kal Reegar was on deaths door when we got to him. And if we don't tell him to stand down, he dies.
Quarians are a front line liability. Better suited to rear or supporting roles where they don't see direct conflict.
Like most of us in real life Tali is much more usefull in a war safely removed from actual fighting.
Favourite TH-camr atm… your Mass Effect videos are hella addictive and have really good replay value
This was awesome! Please do more Commander Shepard and friends videos, you nailed their personalities!
Zaeed was shot in the fucking head and just didn't die. LMAO
Tali in ME1 is a S tier companion in combat. Unfortunally in ME2 she's a D or C at best. in ME3 I'll say A, reduce the cooldown time as much as possible, give rockets to her drone and AoE shield Drain along with Paladin pistol and Wraith Shotgun she's a great squadmate. So overall I would give her B.
I agree with Wrex being in S, bro is a walking meat tank.
Thane should be S as well imo.
Edit: Kasumi is extremelly flexible, c'mon bro. And Grunt below Garrus is wrong.
Flexible....😏😏
Yo bro, are you that guy from reddit? I think I've seen you're pfp before on the ME subreddits.
Sure in terms of gameplay but I think Primes rankings with the lore aspects as the key components make perfect sense.
Keep in mind that for insanity playthrough for the trilogy it pretty much opens saying "don't take Garrus out of your party." He is from a species who requires a tour of military service and spent years operating in a near total hostile environment (Omega). His weapons training means he can probably use everything from a steak knife to a grenade launcher with competence. Add to it he spent DAYS under siege from the three gangs/mafias of the galaxy alone and without sleep and was still keeping them at bay before Shepard joined in.
Grunt is a badass certainly, but high impact sniper round to the head will shred the krogan plate armor and turn his brain into a soupy substance.
@@derrickbrown2831 Lone Wolf yeah.
Oh boy. This reminds me of a video of Commander Shepard and V from. Cyberpunk 2077 ranking about the Mass Effect characters
What a weird collab
loved the banter. this was great!!
Zaeed putting music on and ranking himself correcetly. Amazing
Surprised that thane, zaeed and Jacob made it as high as they did.
But happy to see them get some respect
Why does Miranda’s AI voice sound exactly like her OG voice actor with a fake American accent if she was cold reading the script?
My boy Zaeed getting the respect he deserves.
"Stop staring."
NEVER!!!
Agreed!
Mordin Solus is an STG ex-operative. When you first meet him he was casually killing off dozens of blue suns who came to close to his clinic. He regularly tossed with krogans on his runs in tuchanka, killed many people in many ways: guns, knives, drugs, tech attacks, once with farming equipment! And he broke Omega's first rule!!
I mean, if he can get ARIA to run back to Afterlife, no way is he C-tier!
The problem is that he is off-prime, his power level (within the game) is relatively low.
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 In insanity me2 Mordin is one of the most usefull squad members due to his incinerate vs armored enemies. But he's not a frontliner like grunt meant for war.
@@mortaljokes
Lore wise not
@@quentinhirschfeld9382 lorewise? What lore, fact he's old and not in his prime? It never says salarians get weaker the older they get. This man fought Aria toe to toe with stg tricks, and he's rated bottom tier? Doesn't make sense.
@@mortaljokes
Salarians lives up to 40 years of age.
Physically, species decline the older they get, except Asari that have completely different biology as natural biotic.
If you send Mordin protecting the survivor in the suicide mission, he dies, because the game has a secret power level that makes him among the weakest squad members lore wise.
It's currently 2AM and I can't stop watching these, you're incredible, keep doing what you're doing
Report to the ship as soon as possible.
My man Zaeed finally getting the respect he deserves! The rest is also well placed. Wouldn't change a thing!
Voices sound a little off but still amazing
I really felt like i was back in the citadel dlc. Felt good having this feeling of discovering new things about a game i fell in love with so long ago
Ya know, I rewatch a lot of the same shit, and considering this channel is always one of the ones I constantly rewatch, I think this has provided me with the biggest smile on my face
Commander Shepard! You forgot that Wrex also defeated a Mawworm(?) during his Initiation all by himself on Tuchanka!
James being the next Human N7 Operative is amazing and I’ve headcanoned it for ages.
Oh my god I love this so much! Love how you added the citadel dlc party music in the background. This whole discussion feels like it belongs in the game 😂
I still really like this video, with how the entire squad is interacting with each other
This is amazing, I really hope you do more! This is all extremely in-character. If you ever run out of monthly characters from ElevenLabs, I'm willing to donate mine since I have nothing better to use them for.
Wasn't Mordin also apart of the Salarian spec ops? You gotta be pretty kickass in order to get there.
This is pure genius.
Great video fam. You're really the GOAT of AI Mass Effect videos.
Wrex also fucking took down the thresher maw during his rite of passage, no1 else has done that in centuries till Shep came to help out Grunt
This is just the Mass Effect content I needed. I've been missing Mass Effect and all my favorite squadmates for years. All their personalities are on-point too!
This was really well-written!!! I wish the voice actors could get paid for stuff like this though. Like people (or the AI company) should have to pay a fee to use their voice. That is their unique art, after all.
This is amazing lmao good job on the characterisation and banter. Now we need a "shepards favourite squadmate" ranking
I was sceptical when i saw PrimeRadiancy video without POTUS in my feed. Glad it was proofed to be unfounded.
12:50
Shep: What is that music?
Saeed: THE OG IS COMING TROUGH!
That's awesome. 😂
I can say with certainty I hate how much of this list I agree with. Not putting Jacob at the bottom of any tier list physically pains me but I have to be honest. What a sacrifice we must make for our integrity. It pains me just as much to have Tali so low. But we don't need Tali to fight. Tali can stay safe out of combat. I'm glad to see some facts and Logic putting Wrex at the top. Let nobody forget He killed a Thresher Maw alone on his Rite of Passage. Grunt needed Shepard to do the Heavy Lifting. Wrex (along with Samara) also has centuries of experience on the rest. He's also open minded and able to accept and embrace change which can only be an asset. If anyone wants to bring up the insult that was the Virmire bad ending then I will fight them myself. That was unjust.
Ashley was using plotonium rounds, and even then, it takes several Plotonium rounds to the organs to keep him down.
On my very first playthrough I barely used Wrex in ME1. Only after we see him in ME3 did I realise how awesome he is. Now, he's mostly my go-to in ME1 replays. It's a cruel tease we only get him briefly in ME3!
I loved how this video was set up and how each of the characters talked shit about each other.
Legion is quite OP on insanity as he actually knows how to use covers and uses his drones to distract enemies, that plus he wields the best sniper riffle in the game and pretty much Shepared + Legion can solo most of the game. The only problem is that bioware gives him way too late. Unless you use mods or save editor.
Javik is the Shepard of his cycle. Also Wrex is the GOAT - he is a seasoned warrior, a biotic, and has what Krogan considers diplomatic abilities.
I forgot Zaeed's voice actor but he passed away some time ago. RIP.
Brilliant video. Thanks for making this.
This is one of the greatest things ever. Never expected the entire team to have AI voices but I want more of it!
The voices are spot on for the most part. Impressive
I know Wrex has already cemented his place at the top of S tier, but you forgot to mention that *he killed a damn thresher maw to go from "boy" to "man."*
Honestly, the fact that Tali can fight with such a huge disadvantage and still keep up with some of the best in the galaxy says more about her than her weakness.
Kasumi's flexibility is second-to-none.
Legion got knocked out by a little slap from a husk.
14:16. Wait, Jack encountered the Space Ninja?
Thane's habit of murdering Asari makes him low tier for me. 😁 Even more for Samara.
Yes and she folded him zero diff.
what about her reach tho
Damn, why is this so good? The writing for these characters are amazing! You did amazing, man!
Tali a god tier technician in the setting, no way she doesn’t at least get into C, deserves it alone for being a squad mate in all three games. Plus her drone can come in clutch getting enemies to turn around.
She is literally the second most likely to die during the suicide mission, higher than Mordin but below Jack.
I haven't played or watched any Mass Effect media, but damn I love that Grant guy, he took high B tier ranking with pride
Not gonna mention God mode garrus. The insanity boss killer.
Imagine when Mass Effect 4 comes out, we get great banter scenes like this (like with Citadel).
Overall great video! I Hope you do more like this.