I Laugh At Myself, While The Tears Roll Down Cause It's The World I Know | Mass Effect 3 | FINALE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2024
- Welcome to the very last episode in this amazing trilogy! Words can't explain how much I have enjoyed my time in the Mass Effect world. Thank you for making this experience one I will always remember :)
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"This will change your life. The characters you encounter will stick with you forever." - Your top comment on your first Mass Effect episode
Hear hear ! o7
Right?
Been years since I first played and every character still sticks with me. I can remember all of them as soon as I see them or hear the name
Even their voice @@Casual.YT.Enjoyer
"Best years of my life were spent on that ship. It's been a damn good ride."
The old man at the very end ("Stargazer") was a VA cameo from Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon
So cool! I didn't realize until recently
The voice of the catalyst was also a mixture of male & female shepherd@@kaliwali
And the child beside him is just his scaled down model which is straight up nightmare fuel!
@@dimbasz Buzz's mini-me.
@@dimbaszyeah I can’t believe they didn’t fix that in the LE edition.
This was my favorite playthrough, and I saw dozens of mass effect playthroughs...
Congratulations Kali and thank you for sharing the journey with us 🥰
thank you so much! 💚
I just found Kali's playthoughs and I already like her. Any other playthroughs that you'd recommend? (I watched nearly all of Whimsy Psyche's. I loved her level of emotional involvement)
The leviathan didn't allow the catalyst to get away. The catalyst killed them all. It wasn't even a war. The catalyst destroyed them in mass. What you saw was the descendants of the few survivors.
The Catalyst uses the term EONS, the cycles have been going on for at least two billion years. That is two billion years for the Leviathan species to continue evolving/developing it's powers they might not have been able to just slap a Reaper out of the air in the past. They have also had a culture of hiding for all that time.
@@Wyrmksc Not sure it was billions of years ago. If the cycles occur every 50000 years and the approximate number of reapers is in the single digit thousands. So if it's true that each cycle ends with a birth of the reaper. By that calculus 2000 reapers equals about 100 million years. In order for the cycles having been occurring for billions of years there would have to be 40000 reapers minimum. And that just does not make sense from what we've seen in the cutscenes and what the characters have said.
Just asked ChatGPT about it:
The exact number of Reapers is not explicitly stated in the games, but it's believed to be in the hundreds, if not thousands.
Yeah, was laughing so hard each time.
@@Raivo_KActually even less, it's not just 1 Reaper per cycle, there's lots of races to harvest after all.
Destroy was the only choice that Shepard could survive. In the words of Admiral David Anderson, "you did good child" .
I’d put a massive asterisk or disclaimer next to that. Shepard can only live if you have a good enough war assets score. If it’s below 7800, Shepard still dies.
Destruction is paradoxaly the only moral choice I think,
Control make you a ultimate being that could turn Tyranical any day
Synthesis is erasing every nuance and differences between all the races we pulled together,
it's the complete opposite of what we've tried to achieve bringing the galaxy together despite their differences so far
@@Deormanthis is so wrong
@@transmatizedElaborate ?
@@Deorman Because Destroy is the only ending in which you actively kill your allies, in spite of the fact that there are Viable alternatives in which no one has to die.
The negative consequences of the other 2 endings are just conjecture. Yes, Shepard "could" turn Tyranical one Day, but the Galaxy "could " also explode tomorrow. You dont sacrifice an entire sentient species because otherwise something bad "could" happen one Day down the Line.
Synthesis erasing every nuance between the Races by binding them into an Robotic hivemind(as the common argument against it is) is pretty much disproven in the Synthesis ending itself. Remember that scene where that Asari carrying the Box bumps into the aliance soldier, and he makes an apologetic gesture towards her? or how Your Loveinterest only notices that Edi looks sad when they look at her? Both things wouldnt happen in a hivemind, where individual perspectives are erased.
I personally just dont think valueing an shaky phylosophical point, or an "maybe something could go wrong" over actuall peoples lives can really be called the moral choice.
There is an understandable rationale behind the Destroy ending, but no more than any of the other endings, and at least from my perspective (lives > High Brow Phylosophy) its actually the least Moral ending.
You let Fear define what you are.
I meant no offense against you personally, i just really hate that constantly rehased argument.
Congratulations on telling the story "your way." Your playstyle--the thoughtfulness and analysis (Wrex: "...and then they talk about it MORE!") definitely set you a step above a lot of replays I've seen. Well done, see you next game!
thank you so much 💚
This series is life-changing. Thank you for such an open and honest react series! Best I've ever seen!
thank you!! 💚
Thank you Kali for including us in your play through, it was my favorite one I’ve watched. You have a special way of empathizing and analyzing that is so interesting to share!
thank you! 💚
a 65 year old man who has loved these games since they came out, and i get emotional watching someone else play them ! great games.
💚💚💚 such great games!
I have to say Kali, I've watched quite a few playthroughs of this trilogy, but something about yours strikes a chord with me.
I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it must have something to do with the level of authenticity you exert in your choices, the genuine interest you have in the ME universe and its characters, your ability to look past black & white and see all the shades of grey, and the way we can actually feel how you're feeling in a given moment.
You rarely see this kind of thing, which is why this will be one of the most memorable playthroughs for me. Thanks.
Wow, thank you so much for these kind words! 💚🥹
I just found Kali's playthoughs and I already like her. Any other playthroughs that you'd recommend? (I watched nearly all of Whimsy Psyche's. I loved her level of emotional involvement)
I have to say the flashbacks are an inspired touch.
What I really liked about this was that you took ownership of your decisions. I don't understand why people get so upset about what decisions someone else is making, everyone is going to make different decisions based on their perspective. Which I find more interesting than someone aquiesting to the crowd.
Too many people go 'full paragon,' or 'full renegade,' which makes no sense to me. I actually like that she role played what she felt than following one route.
It isn't just with her playthrough, I've seen it with tons of ME playthroughs. People get very upset when you don't do things the way they perceive as being 'the best'. Or if you don't do the missions and DLC's in the order they think is best. I saw one youtuber getting abuse in their comments because they left the archangel recruitment mission till later in ME2. It's insane the level of backseating that goes on in comment sections.
People need to remember it's a blind playthrough for a reason. It's highly unlikely someone is going to make all the best choices without messing up somewhere. She did incredibly well really.
@@VenomKpp i remember hearing somewhere that bioware was actually surprised and a bit disappointed when they realized that like 95% of players just pick the paragon option for everything. its a whole rabbithole you can go down about human psychology, because obviously nobody in real life is that virtuous, but when people play games and can choose whatever they want, people almost always choose to be really good people. I'm thinking and hoping for the new mass effect that the choices and playstyles are more balanced
I get why, cause it’s a stupid decision to them. Everyone is different but that doesn’t make a decision any less stupid. That being said it is her decision to make.
Not liking the three choices is pretty normal. Remember, nothing is perfect. Every decision we make will always have both good and bad effect. It's up to us on how to deal with those consequences and following up on them.
Hey Kali, FortyTwoLlamas from Twitch here. Thanks for your beautiful empathy and thoughtful commentary. It made watching this playthrough very special. ♥
Llamas! It's so good to see you here and I'm so glad you enjoyed this play through!! 💚✨
There are no wrong choices. That's the beauty of Mass Effect. Don't pay any mind to anyone who says different.
Amen.
@@Sleepless4Life Green is the wrong choice, because it's just so thematically discordant and stupid.
@@thel1355 Your opinion. I respectfully disagree. I'm with OP on this. There are no wrong choices. You chose what you think is right. Could there have been more choices or better choices? YES! Personally I like destroying cuz that's what I set out to do. Hence I mod my ending. Seeing Shep stand there next to the others is my happy ending.
@@Sleepless4Life I used to think the same as the OP post, but then I saw the green ending and that was proof that I was wrong. I just had to accept that it's really not just a matter pf perspective. Green really was the stupidest ending, objectively and scientifically.
@@thel1355Yeah turning into a ghost and gaining mind control of the giant mechanical space squid is definitely the more rigorous scientific story.
You're the first player I've seen who was willing/able to place themselves in the Catalyst's shoes and try to understand where it's coming from regarding being a cleansing fire for new life to flourish.
Yes, its method is wrong but at least you tried to look at it from the catalyst's perspective to understand it, rather than to just downright disregard it and lash out at it. 👏🏻👏🏻
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE your idea to insert flashbacks in black and white of your previous videos 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Your idea's REALLY EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It brings a whole new concept to those moments in the game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The BEST ME3 ending I've watched on TH-cam because of that HUGE IDEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg thank you so much hahahhaa
originally, I was worried it was too corny. I went back & forth with myself on if I should leave them in or not. I'm so glad I decided to 💚 this game deserves all the love!
It definitely was great and added to it
Pleeeeaaase put your replay of the trilogy on TH-cam!! 🙏😇😂
Also, for Andromeda, what's interesting is that the people who would tune in would most likely be the kind who appreciate the game more than they dislike it (I have a soft spot for it, truthfully 😅) and (probably) be supportive more than negative, but either way, I hope you enjoy that one too 😇
the ship Normandy is far better than TEMPEST 🤣
seconded, andromeda doesn’t have as big as an audience on yt but its mostly positive vibes these days!
Thank you Kali it's been a blast watching you discover this game and seeing you become Shepard. Living that role and and giving your viewers such a great ride through the Mass Effect trilogy. " You did good child".
thank you! 💚
I started watching back in Tuchanka when you couldn't shoot Mordin. I knew back then it was going to be a very special playthrough. I caught up to the whole ME1+2 right by Citadel DLC's end. I can confidently say this is a top tier playthrough, definitely one of my favorites. Congrats on finishing Mass Effect, it's very special to be able to relive it through someone else for those of us that have this game in our hearts. Thank you for sharing your journey, hope to see more of you and looking forward to your next adventure. Keehla Se'Lai
thank you so much for the huge compliments 💚 i'm so glad you enjoyed this crazy ride as much as I did! keehla se'lai
"We were Shepard and we will always be Shepard."
- Kali (ME3 Ep. 25)
Thanks a lot for sharing that amazing playthrough with us.
It was a lot of joy to live and laugh and cry with you through one of the best stories there is to play.
You did exceptionally well, both as Shepard with your choices and as Kali with your choices 🙂, editing this so good,and doing a very nice premiere viewing party. 🎖🌟❤
Couldn't say it any better:
"You did good, child. I'm proud of you."
- Anderson
Thank you so much for hanging out in the premiere & all of your comments throughout this trilogy! 💚
Thank you for investing the time to make "watching someone play a game" such a truly enjoyable experience. I will definitely checkout your other upcoming playthroughs and other content. And I'll also put some more interesting ME background stuff in the Discord over time (and probably some suggestions, what other games you'll very likely enjoy). @@kaliwali
It's so weird when player's make the argument that they choose to not "Play God" when Destroy is literally killing all synthetic life. But great playthrough! This was fun. To me, with the extra knowledge that I learnt at the end of the game, Control is my personal canon ending because I didn't succumb to choosing the fate of other races whether merging into a new DNA or straight up killing all synthetics after everything we went through. I know Shepard and having them be the guardian of all lives was the best viewpoint. We aren't the illusive man. We were the hero of all living beings.
Congrats on a perfect playthrough and getting the extra end clip with Shep taking a breath :)
This trilogy has been with me since 2007, and nothing will ever beat it, and I never tire from seeing others fall in love with it, just like I did back then!
Phenomenal playthrough, it was great to see you enjoy the trilogy for the first time. Thanks for keeping us entertained throughout, I hope your second run is even more enjoyable!
thank you! 💚
*"YOU DID GOOD, CHILD. YOU DID GOOD"*
- Captain David Edward Anderson
pls it's almost been one whole week DONT MAKE ME CRY
Thank you so much for letting us come on this amazing journey with you🥺🥺
Can't wait for Dragon Age!! My favorite series💜
Ooh that's a Collective Soul reference. Great song!
Can't wait to see it but also sad it's coming to an end...
Thank you for sharing your incredible journey through this story with us. Hell of a ride. You stuck to your guns the whole way through. “You did good child. You did good. I’m proud of you.” RIP Anderson.
Rest in peace to EDI and the Geth: you saw everything through to the end and I've loved watching your decision making at every step of the way.
It's been an absolute pleasure sharing your Shepard's journey to victory and hearing your opinions through the credits told me this experience would stick with you for a long time.
The Geth are not dead. The crucible did not target them. EDI is dead, though.
@Viewable11
"The Crucible will not discriminate: all synthetics will be targeted"
*Geth show up in every ending except destroy*
They're dead, my guy...
@@1215298 the nice thing is that you could just build more geth
@MattMajcan
Exactly: and those Geth wouldn't be the same Geth who died.
They would be completely new Geth based on the old Geth: just like how the Clone Shepard is literally nothing like the original Shepard.
The Codex explicitly says that when an AI is deleted, its dead: uploading the same files into new hardware will create an entirely new AI. This is also the conversation Engineer Adams and Engineer Donnelly were having when talking about EDI being limited to the Normandy.
Anyone who fundamentally argues for the destroy ending on the idea that Geth "can just be rebuilt" are basically agreeing with Javik that they are toasters and ignoring the codex, books and statements that say this explicitly is not how AI work in Mass Effect.
@@1215298 okay well its been like more than a decade since i played it, i just randomly thought of that. it doesnt even make sense because it kind of makes the entire ending pointless if you can just make synthetics again and then the cycle will repeat itself
I absolutely loved watching you play through the Mass Effect trilogy. Bioware did such an amazing job of building a world that was like an epic movie that you as Commander Shepard get to be a part of. It was good to hear you work through the difficult choices that are presented to Shepard, to hear your reasoning, your thoughts on why you chose what you did. In the words of Admiral Anderson, "You did good, child. You did good. I'm proud of you. "
Thank you so much for the kind words!! I'm glad you've loved this series right alongside me and enjoyed hearing my thoughts and over-thinking 🤣💚
Omg I was really looking forward to this moment, but at the same time it’s a pity that everything is ending)))))))))) Kaliwali thank you for the bright emotions))))))) you're incredible ))))
Thank you for all these vids. It was great to watch your journey.
I am going to watch some other your playthroughs but later as I still plan to play those games myself first.
This has been an amazing journey, thank you for sharing it with us!
The sound effects and music for the final mission (and repeated elsewhere) is one of the few times I will turn all the volume up to 100 in any game, it's a masterpiece.
This has been a great watch. I only found your channel by chance just as you started ME3. So I'm now going to start at the very beginning of 1. You have a new subscriber, I love your play style and the fact that you are so immersed in, and voice your reasons to, every decision you make. Congratulations commander x😊😊
I don't think I've ever left a comment on your channel before, but I wanted to for this occasion. I think this has been my most favorite playthrough of the mass effect games. The amount of thought you put into everything was amazing. I loved hearing your perspective. 🙂
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoying this play through so much! 💚🥹
Garrus and Tali are the best couple. I avoid romancing either of them so they can be together.
i couldnt not date garrus and someobody told me tali is best girl i had to expierence it to see
Absolutely same!
Such a beautiful playthrough. I was with you all the way from the first episode of ME1 because it just happened to be recommended to me. I’m so grateful that it was because your play style is so genuine and heartfelt. Thank you for allowing me to come along for the ride ❤
thank you so much 💚
This was a great playthrough not only because you're a gifted player, but because you're honest and eloquent with your feelings and reactions. I'm glad you got to take this journey; thank you for bringing us all with you!
thank you! 💚
You've done great and you have been unique (with your curiosity and willingness to understand); it's been a great pleasure to laugh with you, to cry with you, to be amazed with you; thank you.
PS. Great job with those black and white retrospectives!
Thank you so much for all of your thoughts & comments through this trilogy! 💚✨
@@kaliwali 👍🥁
I'm a little late watching your latest Mass effect episodes but I was busy sadly, but I finally I did my catch up. Thank you for your playthrough, it was one of the best on TH-cam! Made your own choices and done what you really wanted to even if it was not the best decision, but you belived it was and that's what matters, this playthrough was truly yours unlike some other guys on TH-cam, and even added some unqiue touch with your edits. I loved it, and keep up the good work!
Thank you! I'm glad you loved this series so much 💚 I'm so sad it's over still lol
I remember the part just before the last mission, where you're basically saying goodbye to your crew. I saved Garrus for last. Ive never cried so much playing a video game.
Hello from France ! 🇫🇷 I just wanted to take a moment to say how much I appreciate your content. I don't normally watch playthrough of big games like this, but there's something special about the way you approach these games. Your involvement in the story, your attachment to the characters, and your love for the Mass Effect video games are truly palpable. As a long-time fan of this trilogy, to see someone else share that love and invest emotionally in the same way as I do is incredibly refreshing. Thank you for all the work you put into your videos and for the passion you convey. It's truly a pleasure to watch someone play with such emotion and dedication. Keep doing what you're doing, because it means a lot to fans like me👍.
thank you so much!! 💚
You did the right thing am so proud of you ❤❤❤100
Love your work!
Thank you. ♥
Thanks for this very emotional playthrough, it was beautiful to see your reactions! ☺️💗✨
Your ME series brought me to your channel. It's a special game and it was a blast watching your journey 🤘
Man .. the goodbyes, especially the ones from Garrus, Liara, Tali and Joker, always get me teary eyed.
I'm floored. What an amazing end to an amazing playthrough. I've seen one other playthrough, but the raw emotion of yours seriously stood out. You notice a lot of nuances in the body language and voices, like when Shepard said "Hold on. We can do it" with that shakey voice when defending the missles to take down the destroyer to get to the beam. Also destroy FTW. Imo, we set out to destroy them all along, so that works for me. RIP Edi and the Geth. They'll be missed. Kaidan, Jenkins, Mordin, Thane, Legion, Eve, Anderson, Conrad Verner, Kelly, Pressley, and maybe even TIM too.
I'm absolutely in love with this trilogy. It holds a special place in many hearts. Welcome to the club. This is my favorite one on the Citadel 💙
thank you! 💚
Congrats on finishing the Mass Effect trilogy, always a fun ride to watch someone's play through and see wat ending they get.
Thank you Kali, for letting us come along with you on this ride. Thank you for letting us relive all the wonder that is Mass Effects.
Thank you so much for these amazing videos across all three games. I will certainly miss watching your adventures. I do hope you will share your male Shep playthrough in the future.
I slowly worked my way through this last episode because I really didn't want it to end.
It's been such a treat to watch you play these games and be moved by them in a very special way, I'm very sad it's over but I'm excited to see what's next for you!
See you next time, Commander.
thank you! 💚 i definitely understand the feeling of not wanting it to end... lol
Leviathan species was the first harvest, only a handful of survivors escaped into hiding.
Thank you for this amazing play-through. Quite possibly my favourite of all time.
thank you! 💚
Out of all the people I have seen play this game you are the most unique, you actually thought things through went in depth with the lore and politics. And don't worry about the choice there were only 2 real opinions destroy or synthesis no one really takes the control option. Thank you for the journey and content you shared with us I look forward to future endeavors.....also I recommend reacting to the other endings also the ME4 trailer.
thank you! I'll be putting out reaction videos to ME stuff starting next week! 💚✨
Cheers from Finland! Thank you so much for this playthrough. It was so fascinating to watch again some of my favourite scenes from one my favourite game trilogies. Can't wait to see the Dragon Age series.
Thank you! 💚
This editing is great Kali, loved the journey
I started watching this playthrough a few episodes in to mass effect 2 and I'm really happy. Thanks for sharing all the happy and sad moments while playing this amazing series. I love it when you pause and share your thoughts while playing. It makes this my favorite playthrough. (PS there is a secret ending as well) you should watch that one too!
thank you so much!
CONGRATULATIONS for the end of this long journey with Mass effect and thanks for sharing. After many years watching reactions and comments on yt about my favourite trilogy played on every aspect (even done vids tributes at prime time), it's the first time liking ALL single vids in a walkthrough, your emotional eloquence is refreshing and lovely, i will miss your fine mind, your compassion and your commitment for this game and finally this channel can only become more popular with the personality that you are. Regarding the trilogy, how envious i am that all new players have the extended cut dlc, this new ending is stil with plot hole but the original one back in 2012 roll the end credits with Joker in this no man's land without knowing what's happen for rescuing our crew and many other things, anyway wishing you all the best Kali and may the Goddess be with you.
Thank you for an amazing journey.
I....I can't believe its over😢 loved your playthrough of the trilogy. So many good moments. Thank You Kali.
thank you! 💚
14:20 You do get to see Tali and Garrus' relationship grow. There are a number of conversations when you approach either of them to talk where they're flirting with each other over the radio.
Great work, congratulations! Your playthrough has been unique, different from many others i have seen on youtube :) P.S: Dragon Age series is fantastic too and i am so happy that you will play it too :)
Thanks, Kali, for a great playthrough. You made so many different choices than I did in my first play, so it was interesting and fun!!❤❤
thank you! i'm glad you had so much fun watching this trilogy! 💚
So sad the journey has ended. Very excited that you are going to replay it on your own time eventually, sad that we won't see it. Loved the playthrough, especially thanks to all the choices I never made and saw the conclusions to, or haven't done in a long time. And thanks to how genuinely and seriously you took it. Can't wait for Dragon Age Origins. It's just as much an experience as Mass Effect was.
Also also! Check out the map of the council room in ME1. Not sure if anyone said it yet, but the shape is... interesting ;)
finally yes.. this is better than the super bowl lol .. i followed you since mass effect 1 ......really enjoyed how you played ... good luck for you next achievement on your channel as well
LOL thank you so much for being here since ME1 💚🥹✨
Loved your playthrough and it's great seeing someone else join the ME fandom. The edits back to previous videos was very cool and creative.
thank you! 💚
Ive re played this trilogy over a dozen times and it still gets me everytime.
I am so excited for what they have planned for the next game
Been watching since Ep 6 or 7 of your ME1 playthrough. Really enjoy your presentation style and it was a joy to watch you play through the trilogy. It really is something special and it was a treat to watch someone play through for the first time. The endings are controversial to this day (be glad you weren't around for the fallout when ME3 originally came out!) but looking back, I don't think it's enough to sour the games like some say. It's my favorite game series, and this might be my favorite playthrough of it. Well done, Commander!
Thank you so much for following me from the very beginning! I'm glad you enjoyed the crazy ride 💚✨
You made the same decision I ultimately did. Throughout your whole playthrough I have admired the way you chose what you actually felt and not what you thought your audience would demand, even when you made choices the majority would disagree with. Such an excellent ME3 run!
thank you!
Danke dir für die unglaubliche Reise, die du mit uns geteilt hast.
3:06:56 That heartbroken "Damn it" from Joker always cuts deep. He still feels guilty for getting Shepard killed at the start of ME2, and he's holding onto hope, refusing to abandon Shepard. And when he realises that there's nothing that he can do to save Shepard, his Commander, his friend, it breaks his heart to leave him/her behind. I don't know how the game decides who tells Joker that it's time to go, but some of them also hit really hard.
An interesting thing is in the catalyst child's voice. You can hear a deeper echo behind it, which is actually the voice of BroShep (Mark Meer). If you're playing as a male Shepard, then the voice of FemShep (Jennifer Hale) echoes behind the child.
Finally! A gamer/reactor finds another Cain to deal with the banshees! I was hoping you would. You just made me happy about my prediction for you.😉
Hey Kal great job on getting Shepard's breath scene at the end, destroy ending is the only way to get that scene. And there is still ME Andromeda to play. Dont let the haters tell you not to play it, although not as good as the trilogy it is still worth a playthrough. Lots of unanswered questions but its gameplay is fun. Congrats.
I caught the tail end of the premier but I’m definitely gonna watch this before the superbowl. But I’m glad to have understood your ending. My first time seeing it crushed me in regards to everything that would happen (NO SPOILERS) and hope your next play through would be even more epic offscreen. Adding the knowledge with turning up your insanity difficulty adds a well amount of spice to all you’ve achieved throughout the games so I’d highly recommend it. It pushes you to your limits in regards to the action, and with the knowledge of the battlefield, the advantage should be yours. And please do a reaction to the other endings!!
ty for popping into the premiere! 💚 i'll def be putting out some reaction videos starting next weekend!
What a ride! And welcome in the club of the mass effect fanatics! Now you just need to make a stream watching the other endings, the new trailer, and of course, the most important, "Michael form the office in mass effect"! Thank you for everything!
THE LAST ONE DEFINITELY, YES
Well, this has been my favorite playthrough... ever, I think. I really enjoy the way Kali plays, it's always very insightful. I had a great time. I'll stay around to see what else happens in the channel. Thanks a lot, Kali. It has been a wild ride.
Thank you so much for being here through this entire journey! 💚✨
'I'm proud of you, you did good' . . . . fantastic playthrough, thanks for all the memories!
The thing i notice about peoples reaction to ending of Mass Effect 3 now, is that they seem to be taking it a lot better, than people did originally.
One reason is probably that people had 5-6 years of expectations built up around what would happen, and many were disappointed (when you play 3 games back to back, you sort of don't get that).
Second was a distinct lack of closure. The original game ended rather abruptly. A lot of scenes were added, including the evacuation scene when running towards the beam, because people had no idea what happened to their squad mates and if, or how they survived. The entire epilogue narrated (in your case by Hackett) was also absent , and a lot of dialogue between Shepard and the Catalyst wasn't there.
Also everyone that was disappointing with the ending took straight to BioWare Forums, and there was a ton of people there discussing back and fourth, about how lackluster it was.
BioWare released free DLC about 4 months after the premiere of ME3, called "Extended Cut", to deal with the backlash. And it was huge. You can imagine, when they make a massive DLC they didn't plan to do. There was even a hug petition to remake the entire ending. There were a buch of theories spawned by this ending, including the famous (of infamous) "Indoctrination Theory", which is on TH-cam and you should definitely watch.
Personally I both love and hate the ending. I like some of the things they tried to do, but it all comes out of left field when they introduce the Catalyst. If they wanted to do what they did, they should have laid the the groundwork since the first game. Instead they made a huge philosophical ending, with world changing consequences, that was very loosely based on some of the themes/ideas in the game.
The theme of inevitable conflict between organics and machines I think only appeared in ME3, and became the reason for everything.
Most people have the same reaction: "It doesn't make sense". Especially the kill everyone and turn them into Reapers to save organics from synthetics.
You could argue, that you can make almost anything believable (perhaps even that), but it takes a lot of work and thought, but most of all planning, and that (or lack thereof) is what ME suffers from most.
Also, if inside the Citadel, there is this collective Reaper intelligence, then how could the Proteans sabotage the it?
Before the appearance of the Catalyst, Shepard had agency, and he/she was driving events. After, Shepard is given permission and a choice by a "God", because "circumstances change".
I particularly dislike the Synthesis ending, because it changes the nature of all life in the galaxy is some unknown but enormous way, that is completely vague, and could be catastrophic, but ends up being a feel good ending when everyone is without a hint of cynicism, live happily ever after in perfect harmony. I also notice a lot of people like it now.
You should listen to Shepard in those other endings (the epilogues), because it sounds jarring and a little dystopian.
I hinted at this before, but IMO there either should have been 4 games, or ME2 should have been spent on preparing for the invasion. ME2 is where things go of the rails (because it is an almost completely self contained story), and you need a clumsy deus-ex machina to fix everything. And the threat is so huge that maybe you need it, but without the "lucky find in the Mars archives", and "starchild" (The Catalyst).
Hands down the BEST playthrough I've seen. So Genuine, I enjoyed seeing your version of this game. I have also wrapped up your Witcher series with the same feeling. Andromeda is nowhere near as high of caliber as the OG trilogy. However I think you will enjoy the combat, and since it will be a tie in to the next Mass Effect. I'd like to see your thoughts on an Andromeda. Have a great day and looking forward to the next game you choose to play.
thank you so much! 💚
what are a great journey,thank you Kali
I hate that I have to go to bed here. Kali, you've been wonderful with everything you've accomplished here, and I'm gonna watch this in about 8 hours when I get out of bed. It's 1:45 here in Australia, and I'm not good with late time (I'm kinda old) , so I'll be enjoying this when I wake!
I haven't seen anybody work a sniper rifle like you before. It brings me such joy! 🤗🤗
I hope you enjoy the final episode when you can finally watch it! Thank you so much for being here through the trilogy! 💚✨
Congratulations! Finishing the first time is a big moment for lots of people. I used to be a die hard "destroy" player but i generally do synthesis now- i believe that literally no choice ends without 'blood on your hands' so to speak, but no ending is 'wrong'. the choice is yours. It's been a hell of a journey! I hope to see you watch the other endings as they are cool too.
Something to note about the destroy ending that may make the decision feel less uncertain. The Catalyst wasn't entirely correct about how destruction worked. It didn't permanently destroy anything, it just damaged them so severely they shut off galaxy wide. Nothing synthetic is lost, it just needs to be repaired, even if that may take varying amounts of time depending on the thing. Hell, just in the aftermath cutscenes you see small scale tech that's already been quickly repaired. Shuttles for the krogan, normandy opening doors almost immediately after and after some time taking off. Edi and the geth are, at the time of the end of the game, deactivated, absolutely, but they can be reactivated. We have a soft confirmation about this with geth being confirmed in the next games and destroy being widely considered the "canon" ending, among other evidence. I don't know how long it will take Edi to be repaired by those on the Normandy, but the Quarians, considering not only their new culture relies on the Geth so severely, but their suits being tech too and their long term health needing the Geth on some level, would probably jump straight into repairing everything. We see the Citadel being repaired and we have proof that organics have already figured out relay tech (Conduit on Ilos), honestly the only real loss synthetic wise long term would be the relays, considering how large scale a project they'd be to repair and that you need working ships and construction fleets to do so, but they are controlled by the Citadel, and we already repaired it on screen.
I don't want to make it sound like this end is sacrificeless, because it is not. This still sets all organics back a long time and all Synthetic repairs will take a decently large amount of time, and we lose all the guidance and knowledge the previous cycles processed through the loss of the Reapers, which we recall aren't exactly just an AI, but rather a Gestalt consciousness made up of all the living things harvested of a species. Harbinger was the mind of every Leviathan harvested forming consensus in one body and the human reaper would've been the same. It's closer to a multiple personality disorder Gravemind from halo than an actual terminator. The point of destroy, however is that you let the current living beings forge that future themselves. Harkening back to Legions conversation about why the Geth mostly rejected the reapers, paraphrasing. "The reapers offered us their knowledge, we refused. Accepting answers blinds you to alternatives, Sovereign said this itself "by using it, you develop along paths we desire." Geth will build our own future." I personally believe that it's a good thing to forsake that reaper knowledge in exchange for a bit brighter of an ending for the people you love. Not to shadow the other endings. You are essentially sacrificing yourself to speed up evolution for everything else. With destroy they'd get there eventually anyway, the catalyst said this itself. I think I saved a whole damn galaxy, I'm not giving up my new career as a Tali-mancer to speed up science a little. You could argue that with the "anything can be repaired" route that the reapers could be reactivated just the same, and you're right, I 100% believe its true (the dead but still indoctrinating thing we saw in Me2 where we met Legion was because the thing wasn't actually dead, just a vegetable.) However that dips into fanfiction, and given the culture that would sprout afterwards, i doubt anyone would actually try other than extremist groups or cults, for the most part, they would be abandoned and either deconstructed or yeeted into space as clean up occurs. I truly think the REAL sacrifice is losing the knowledge and minds of all the previous cycles, with the rest just being a timegate of repairing everything, as with the other 2 endings we get that from the reapers, whether as allies or as our puppets. Edi, the Geth, the quarians and galactic society via the relays are gone for now yes, but I truly think that's only a couple of years issue. Aside from the relays, its not like organics forgot how to build any of that. Edi was built solely by humans, mind you, and while yes it involves reaper tech, even if they needed new material for repairs, it's now everywhere and the original mechanics who made her didnt seem to have ill effects of making her. Hell, the upgraded Normandy guns you made in me2 are reaper tech the Turians developed off of Sovereign. It can be dabbled in so long as you don't interact with the Reaper itself as a whole unit or in any activated manner.
I know, more rambling and pages of text from yours truly, but I wanted to share why destroy isn't as bleak as it seems. It's not "everyone lived happily ever after with no cost", but the sacrifice you're making in Destroy isn't the one you think it is. It's a jump in evolution, not the lives of the Synthetics you know and love. It's partially confirmed, and this is next to no conjecture, but just pointing out things we already know to be true, just applied to other things they affect. You did great, the emotions you shared are nothing to be negative about. It's that emotion you showed that is what people watch for. This made us emotional, and seeing lets-players share that emotion is like sharing something you love with someone and them being into it as much as you. It was an amazing journey to witness, and yours had its own unique qualities, decisions and opinions that others differed from.
Hi Kali, I just wanted to thank you for an amazing playthrough. The ME trilogy is what got me back into gaming and to get to watch someone experience what I did back then once again meant the world to me. I went through every decision with you and even saw some things in a different light - thank you I'll definitely be sticking around to see what you play next, I like how you approach games ! Take a bow, you did good, and we are super proud to have you apart of this community. Its also awesome to see 10 years after the fact that the trilogy stands up, take note Bioware. Kali.........You're N7 no doubt :)
I haven't even watched the episode yet.........so I'lll comment later
Thank you so much! 💚 I'm so glad you enjoyed this play through so much. Thank you for the kind words!
This is bigger than the Super Bowl ❤ - sad that this coming to an end, but can’t wait to watch Kali’s final ME 3 video!
Hey Kali, new sub here......I've watched alot of Mass Effect playthrough's and yours is by far one of the very best. The way you connect with the characters and the story of the game is truly amazing, and I absolutely love it! Looking forward to seeing more of your future playthrough's!
Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching this amazing trilogy! 💚
Mission accomplished. The objective was always to destroy the reapers 🙂
Yeah... I did the same... The synthesis it's like accepting that the Child is right or the illusive Man and it's awful for my avatar if I become like this cause... Shepard need to sleep, to rest.
The War is ended
The Mission was always destruction of reapers
I was a bit late to see that final episode, but I must say, I've seen a lot of different playthrough, either in english or in my main language, and yours was definitely my favorite. Your way of playing (You're such a good shooter, way better than me x) ), exploring everything, being so caught in the lore, your way of putting yourself in others shoes which is pretty similar to me, your emotional moments that helped me relive the emotions I was originally used to, the fact that you stick to your choices because the fact that you made different choices that I usually played a great part in the fact that I loved this playthrough... That's all the first things I think about when I think about why I loved your playthrough!
I can't wait to see you on other games like Dragon Age and other decisions based game like Detroit :D
Oh boy, the edition. Holding the tears was more difficult seeing scenes from previous games.
You did good, child. You did good.
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What an incredible adventure thank you for bringing me on this journey kaliwali🥰 I'm so proud of you for being so strong against all the haters 💪on your decisions that you made and for believing in you and your path I feel so proud to be your subscriber and I also apologise for not texting all the way through mass effect 1 but I was there the journey but I was just silence because I am very shy you are an excellent content creator never forget that ❤️🌹
Hey Kali!
Thanks so much for doing this playthrough. I've played through this trilogy countless times, but I find watching others play it so fun and interesting in terms of the choices they make.
You have in particular been a pleasure to watch as you think out loud major decisions and explain your reasoning while also taking the time to brush up on the lore through the codex. I don't know a lot of people who have played this game, so it's as if I can finally hear other's points of view on why they make specific choices. So thanks for that.🙏
This is by far my favourite game and you're the first person I've seen who has the exact same outlook as me on the Sythesis ending. As soon as I heard what it was about I knew I could never make that decision for an entire galaxy. I find it incredibly interesting how it's actually one of the more popular decisions though in the fanbase.
A little take away to make you feel better for the Destroy ending is that the AI child said that we'd have little difficulty rebuilding what was destroyed. So, the geth, Mass Relays and everything will be rebuilt in time. In terms of EDI, one can only hope we could somehow restart her up properly again. And, hopefully the Normany get back to Shepard in time (Liara knew with that smile of hers to the sky at the end).
However, glad you got the "perfect ending" (in my opinion). Here's hoping for something special in Mass Effect 4.🙌
I hope you can do a reaction to all things Mass Effect next (especially the ME4 trailer)! :D
Also, definitely think you'd have an absolute amazing time in the following games if you enjoyed this so much:
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Persona 3, 4, 5
- Mass Effect Andromeda (lot's of controversy around this one, but I myself really enjoyed it)
- Dragon Age (trilogy)
Best of luck for your next series! I'm sure you'll really enjoy Detroit Become Human.
Thank you so much for the kind comment! 💚
I'm glad you enjoyed this play through so much and hearing my thoughts/over-thinking on every decision LOL
Also thank you for the recommendations!
Kali it’s almost 3am here. I’m about to go to bed and then you put this up? 3 hours to finale? Do I stay up or go to bed? Ugh!!!
LOL I think sleep is more important, but maybe a short nap!? 😅💚
Farewell to and awesome trilogy played by KaliWali! What a great start to finish ending this last episode with pure love , admiration, and emotion. Great job ! Salute 🫡
Thank you for being here every episode! 💚🥹
@@kaliwali always! And it’s been a pleasure from start to end. Have a good weekend!
Hello Kali! I started following you for this saga that I love and also to practice my English (I'm from Argentina). Although I didn't agree with some of your choices, I loved watching you discover this incredible universe. I hope that at least when you finish Andromeda you upload a video telling us your opinion. Greetings!
Nice! Thanks kali 🥰
Can't wait, one hour remaining!
Major Coates was used in the first teaser and the first reveal trailer for ME3. The teaser was him sniping from a burned out building in an unnamed warzone. The reveal trailer showed it was Big Ben that he was holed up in. Fans waiting for ME3 knew from the trailers that Earth would be invaded. We didn't realize at the time that the unnamed soldier from the trailers would be the last new character we'd meet in the trilogy.
Most everybody has Javik use the memory shard their first playthrough.
When the Leviathans created the Catalyst, they simply turned it loose to complete its assigned task. They were completely blindsided and helpless when the Catalyst sicced its drones on them. Unlike EDI and even the Geth, the Catalyst did not learn alongside their creators for any length of time. It merely applied machine logic to the problem presented. As the Leviathans told you in the DLC, they did not think themselves vulnerable to the same flaws as the lesser species, and did not believe that the Catalyst could turn on them like it did. In essence, the Catalyst believes the created will always turn on their creators because it chose to turn on its own creators. Logically, then, all synthetics would go to war with organics.
Throughout all the cycles, wars would happen because one side would attack the other. It's not always because the created choose to rebel; it's the frictions caused by the differences in viewpoints. Organics attack each other all the time over difference of opinion. The Geth went to war only because the Quarians panicked over the Geth accidentally becoming sentient. And the Catalyst destroyed its creators...in order to stop synthetics from destroying their creators?
The Catalyst's solution was flawed from the beginning, but it seemed totally logical to itself. It lies to itself about what it does to organics, and I'm sure some of the other synthetic races throughout Mass Effect history came to the same logical sophistry.
The Catalyst may as well have tried to stop physics from working as try to stop the "chaos" of different species having different viewpoints.
If the Catalyst hadn't so brutally interrupted natural cycles of evolution, though, Synthesis would have eventually been possible during Leviathan's time, the first cycle. As it is, combining the Crucible and the Catalyst allows for the Synthesis evolutionary process to be sped up a few millenia. Some players think that Synthesis is somehow "forced" onto the galaxy in that ending, but it really is just speeding up the process a bit. The species in the human cycle are ready for it.
Besides, EDI narrates the Synthesis ending.
You should watch a video of all four choices (Synthesis, Control, Destroy, Reject) now that you've made your own choice; as well as all the "Gamerpoop" recommendations. Personally, I find Gamerpoop to be just too immature, and I make classier recommendations like _Mass Effect Hidden History: Are Videogames Art?_ and Malukah's tribute song _Reignite,_ as well as Miracle Of Sound's tribute songs _Take It Back, Commander Shepard,_ and _Normandy;_ but, to each their own.
If you didn't talk to Cortez about his husband, if you didn't recommend him to rest some times in the Citadel, he would have died here, when the reaper attacked his kodiak
I talked to him and did everyones side quests and he still died in mine.
@@VenomKpp You might have to hit every talking point with him from Samantha sending you to talk to him to the memorial wall. I don't know if hanging out for a drink in Purgatory is necessary to save him or if it is just an extra war asset. The only time he died on me was when I missed the memorial wall meeting.
I love that you chose this ending! Really great playthrough!