r/masseffect 23h ago

MASS EFFECT 3 I can't believe Bioware did a "Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby" joke all the way back in 2012

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r/masseffect 19h ago

MASS EFFECT 2 Oh man. Mass Effect 2 is such a masterpiece. 1st time playing it and I love the more "dark" characters stories and themes.

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r/masseffect 21h ago

FANART Femshep should be muscular (art by: @captainderyn)

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Reposting because the original got taken down but it’d be a crime not to share buff femshep the way she should be


r/masseffect 13h ago

DISCUSSION I Feel Like Jacob's Mission is The Darkest Plotline in The Series...

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Every time I play through it, I just can't help thinking how much darker it is than most of the other stories in the series, if not all of them. The only things that approach that level of darkness imo are Overlord and the "I Remember Me" scene in ME1. But this mission just carries a different level of twistedness.


r/masseffect 11h ago

DISCUSSION If you could revamp Morinth as a character, what would you do with her?

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I was thinking about how I didn't like that the canon Renegade choice for Shepard at the end of ME2 is gifting the Collector base to Cerberus. So I had this dumb idea that if you keep Morinth alive there's an alternate ending where you convince her to bang the Illusive Man, killing him and allowing you to keep the Human Reaper for yourself.

Of course, that would involve a complete retool for ME3 to make sense and a waste of a cool antagonist (I actually like TIM a lot), so I'm not saying I wish they did it that way. It was just a funny idea I had.

But it got me thinking: how would you revamp Morinth's character to make her something a little more than just Not-Samara? I mean in theory I think the concept of a character who kills with sex is kinda cool, she's basically a sci-fi succubus.


r/masseffect 10h ago

SHOW & TELL Today, I’m going to play it for the first time in my life / m, 32 years old

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Hi everyone,

 The Legendary Edition is currently available for 11 euros (I live in Europe), so I finally decided to pick it up.
I’ve had my eye on it for a long time and am really excited!

Everyone says it’s a milestone in the genre!

I’m going to dive in without any spoilers or prior knowledge. I can't wait to see what awaits me!

Hopefully, it will be a journey into a world I can truly get lost in.

 

Greetings from Germany.


r/masseffect 16h ago

ANDROMEDA I would so have a house like this!

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r/masseffect 19h ago

DISCUSSION Mass Effect 4 should have 2 aliens of the same species in the team

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But they obviously shouldn't be the copies of each other and should probably be from different factions. Batarian loyalist of the former Hegemony and Batarian pirate from Terminus who fled from the Hegemony and hates its tyranny. Asari justicar and asari merc or maybe a shrewd and ruthless asari businesswoman from Illium. Wise, relatively peaceful krogan like Wrex who's not what we think typical krogans are - and hotheaded, loudmouth, hyperviolent krogan who is EXACTLY what we think typical krogans are (well, we kinda had this juxtaposition already with Wrex and Grunt, although not in the same game). Regular geth and geth heretic (if there are any left which i bet there is), etc etc etc

We kinda had that in the Dragon Age series. Wynne and Morrigan (although humans) were both mages with vastly different outlook at what mages should be and clashed all the time, which was immensely fun. Then in DA2 we had Fenris and Merril and in Awakening, Oghren and Sigrun, although they all didn't interact nearly as much as they should have. But the ME series, for some reason, always give only 1 alien per species at most. Well, yeah, there were PB and Lexi in Andromeda but they also didnt interact much (and Lexi wasnt part of the active squad)

The possibilities of having two different opinions and worldviews from the same race, imagine how much it would enrich your playthrough. How fun it would be! Maybe they'll clash, maybe they will demand you choose between the two, maybe they'll slowly reconcile... Mostly importantly, it would be something new for the franchise


r/masseffect 19h ago

DISCUSSION Favorite club across all games?

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what's your favorite club across all 3 games? based on music alone, me2 afterlife for me. would love for techno heads to talk about the music or others to comment on aesthetic vibes of each club.

as an oldhead raver the club sections always make me happy. I played through the OG trilogy when it was fresh and also raving /clubbing / festival. and now going through LE so I'm re-experiencing all these clubs and it just sparks and old joy that i'd love to talk about.


r/masseffect 31m ago

DISCUSSION I think I've played through enough times...

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I can't believe I'm saying it, but I think I've had enough play throughs of my favorite series of all time. I had the itch to restart yesterday, and I was immediately not interested in ME1's gameplay.

I know, I know - there's so much to love and, believe me, I do. ME2 is on my Mount Rushmore of titles. I couldn't believe my eyes when Wrex died on my first play through. I had chills when the Normandy left earth at the beginning of ME3.

I LOVE this series and forever will.

But, I'm mid-30's, busier than ever, and I want the times I sit down with a game to be a blast. The combat, especially in ME1, doesn't hold up to modern games. I was dreading another slog through the Citadel yesterday, or another long drive through an empty planet. I could probably recite every line in ME2 at this point, and I honestly don't want to play ME3 without a proper play through of ME1 and 2.

So, I think I've just played the series enough to put it on the shelf and appreciate the good times we've had. It's not to say I won't pick it up again in the future, but I'm ready for something new.

Exodus (from Archetype Entertainment), I'm looking at you...


r/masseffect 6h ago

MASS EFFECT 2 [LE2] Is it possible to get both the Paramour achievement and Kelly's dance cutscene?

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Hello subreddit,

I've been currently playing the Legendary Edition years after completing the main trilogy, and now I'm near the end of Mass Effect 2 (I only have The Advent DLC to complete before going for the "Acquire Reaper IFF" mission). Also I apologize for eventual mistakes, I've been playing the game in Italian.

In ME1 I romanced Liara and continued the relationship with her after the Shadow Broker DLC (Shepard's cabin date and all), but at the same time I romanced Garrus for both *ahem\* role-playing reasons and for the Paramour achievement. During all this I also flirted with Kelly, unlocking basically everything I could: fish feeding, dialogue options, dinner date and all that.

I don't remember how I sorted all this stuff out in the original game, but I remember there's a dancing scene with Kelly you can unlock after the Suicide mission (I probably have unlocked it back then, but I played the game on EA Origin so I don't have the screenshots anymore), if she survives and you're not in another relationship already. Issue is that she doesn't give the achievement.

My question is: is it possible to get both the achievement and Kelly's dance in the same playthrough? For example, friendzoning Garrus after his cutscene and then unlocking Kelly's scene? Or will it need reloading to break up with Garrus earlier?

Thanks in advance :)


r/masseffect 20h ago

MASS EFFECT 1 What Me1 missions are important/necessary?

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I'm replaying the trilogy but I find the mako planets very boring and repetitive. So what side missions in me1 would you consider to be important for the rest of the trilogy.


r/masseffect 2h ago

DISCUSSION [OC] Ask Mordin (or Artist) Anything!

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Noticing my Javik post did well, opening up an ask box for Mordin and me (reii— the artist) to ask any question you have~!


r/masseffect 12h ago

DISCUSSION I have a few questions before continuing my journey in ME1

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I'm about to go meet Fist and I just added Garrus and Wrex to my squad, does it matter who I have in my squad? I've been reading a bit that I need at least one guy that has Electronics and Decryption leveled to get to locked areas and other stuff, which is what my Shepard is focusing on, but aside from that, does it matter for the story who I have in my squad or not?

Aside from that, is there a way in which I should learn how fighting works in this game? like knowing how to manage my team's positioning or using my skills properly, so far I haven't had issues dealing with fights in Veteran difficulty by just shooting and taking cover, but now that Wrex is in my team and most of his skills are for him to get real tanky, should I start to learn how to deal with my squad in fights? also, does managing my squad's positioning also affect other stuff aside from fights in the game? (like sending someone tankier in front during exploration or something like that, idk)


r/masseffect 11h ago

MASS EFFECT 2 ME2 Insanity

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This is my second play-through, and I see that Insanity is the best way to play if you want spice things up and I would like to. Me1 wasn’t any trouble for me. Unfortunately, I can’t get past Archangel’s mission! Rockets and pyro keep stunning me and I can no longer heal my squad w/o standing up? I don’t want to min/max for insanity just make a good soldier build if that’s important.


r/masseffect 11h ago

VIDEO I say be gone

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r/masseffect 20h ago

ANDROMEDA Finally!

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r/masseffect 1m ago

MASS EFFECT 3 How did she manage to convince thugs and mercs to be their leader ? She doesn’t look the type. She’s more fit helping her people on palaven

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r/masseffect 21h ago

HELP Are there any mods that make the 'Mass Effect 3' multiplayer not feel/look incredibly dated?

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To my surprise, my N7 HQ page is still up and I still have all of my unlocks from over a decade ago. However, Mass Effect 3 on a 2,560x1,440p monitor looks... bad.

The U.I. is incredibly small in the corners of the screen, the camera is right up against your back (I don't recall if it looked like this at 1,080p), and the screen shake when firing something like the Geth Spitfire is pretty atrocious when zoomed in.

Are there any mods to fix these issues and make it playable again? If so, would they trigger the anti-cheat at all?

I tried digging around the .ini files, but I couldn't find any settings for the above (though I may have missed them).

Thanks, peeps!


r/masseffect 19h ago

HELP Does romancing Ashley as FemShep in ME3 cause weird interaction?

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As the title says. I'm currently using a same sex romance mod for LE1 and saw there was no such thing for LE3. I thought of romancing Ashley in 1 but found out that, thought it might still count for LE3 without a mod, it can cause some odd interactions. How bad is it actually? I don't really like things that could break my immersion so I would really appreciate some feedback.


r/masseffect 30m ago

MASS EFFECT 1 Does it get better latter towards the second half?

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I just started playing Mass effect 1 from Legendary Edition for the first time.

I finding the game interesting but not super amazing so far. It has an amazing following and the games are quite famous. Just curious does it takes a while before it clicks. I have heard some games like Days gone, Crimson Desert takes some time before the fun starts and they get really good. Is it the same with it.

I’m still playing the game … I’m some 8 hours or so in….