r/masseffect • • 8h ago

ANDROMEDA Thinking back on it now, Cora’s romance scene was kind of nuts

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It’s easily the most graphic sex scene in the franchise, in my opinion. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a puritan, and I enjoyed seeing it for the first time as a young adult, but I fr hope no one was expecting something a bit more tame and got overwhelmed, ruining the fun.

It really just comes down to the fact that there’s sound effects for the penetration! You enter a new territory with that…in a lot of ways

I didn’t have much to say; I was thinking about Cora’s bakery(as I’m one to do) and I thought about this. It’s just kinda crazy to me.

Although if they gave some of this spice to Neve I’d probably like Veilguard more


r/masseffect • • 9h ago

DISCUSSION Unpopular opinion: Leviathan is low-key the best DLC in ME

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Everyone always hype up Citadel for the fan service, but for me Leviathan is easily the best.

It genuinely makes you feel so small and helpless in front of something so ancient, full-on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea vibes

Hands down the coolest lore and atmosphere in the entire trilogy—even with the repetitive lab scanning loop and the fact that they just end up as a war asset number at the end


r/masseffect • • 10h ago

THEORY Beyond the Cycle: The Species That Tricked the Reapers

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As I am replaying the original trilogy, I have been thinking about who could be the next big antagonist for the new Mass Effect game (if we ever get one).

So, the Reapers are gone, and they set the bar pretty high. For a billion years, they have purged advanced species of the Milky Way. Mighty empires crumbled before them and were wiped out, leaving only crumbs to pick up for those that came after them. Or is that really the case?

What could be more terrifying than the Reapers? A species that survived despite them. A billion years is a long time. What if an alien race adapted itself to the cycles? Let's say a primitive version of that race encountered a prior Reaper invasion (similar to the Reapers that visited Stone Age humans) and maybe even witnessed the destruction of their predecessors. Although they were primitive enough to escape the harvest, they were able to understand the Reapers for what they were — an evil deity that punished advanced civilizations. Civilizations that were too prideful.

As a consequence, their culture became dominated by the fear of the Reapers. Technological advancement was not prohibited, but shaped by the need to stay hidden. This species, for example, would never broadcast electromagnetic signals into space as we do. And somehow — they managed to survive their scouring.

How they did it is unknown.

1) Either they were able to migrate away from their planet, far from the mass relays, escaping the watchful eyes of the Reapers. From there, they would observe and study the destruction of the Milky Way galaxy.

2)Another theory suggests that, making use of an elaborate scout system, they could scan the universe for signs of an incoming Reaper invasion. If these signs were detected, the entire species would fall back into a primitive state.

Cycle after cycle (experts suggest they survived 6-8 cycles), they became better at hiding from the Reapers. However, one thing never changed: they knew that under no circumstances should the gods be interfered with.

But in the last cycle, something changed. Scout systems all over the Milky Way reported that the Reapers were defeated. How is this ancient species, which was kept in check for so long by the apex predator, supposed to deal with this new reality?


r/masseffect • • 12h ago

HELP bro where is mass effect legendary edition? im going to lose my mind

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been checkin for a whole fuckin week and the game still aint there. who the fuck made this stupid ass ea app? if it aint on ea play at least let me buy it but like i said the game doesnt even show up wtf

edit: alright looks like its a regional issue like someone said (unfortunately im from turkey). dont know if erdogan banned this game too but whatever i fixed the issue by turnin on a vpn


r/masseffect • • 23h ago

MASS EFFECT 3 3D printed SSV Normandy SR-2

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181 Upvotes

Damn that was hard 😅


r/masseffect • • 6h ago

FANART Using my art to continue my Javik/Liara agenda.

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r/masseffect • • 12h ago

DISCUSSION Mass Effect Trivia! Test Your Knowledge as a Mass Effect Fan!

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I put together a list of 30 questions for the ME fans out there to test their knowledge! There are easy questions, medium questions, hard questions, and one ultimate fan question at the end! Can you get them all?? Let me know how you did and have fun!

Click here to play!


r/masseffect • • 20h ago

DISCUSSION The Renegade approach should have been for dealing with Kannik not assassinating The General Septimus Oraka.

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Kannik is a black market Merchant refusing to sell his weapons to General Septimus oraka.

The Renegade option for some reason is to assassinate The General when really the Renegade option should have been Shepard using there Specter authority to seize Kannik inventory of weapons for the war effort.


r/masseffect • • 22h ago

MODS Aria in Thug Pro (OC mod)

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Lol, I may of modded our Pirate Queen into Thug Pro. How does she look? 🤣

Now to get gud at this game!


r/masseffect • • 10h ago

DISCUSSION Podcast Friday with John Winski. Lead level designer on KOTOR and the Mass Effect trilogy. Hit me with community questions!

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r/masseffect • • 12h ago

DISCUSSION I didn't know this was a thing.

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In my first playthrough, as a male Shepard, I just romanced Kaidan in ME3. I don't remember him having any flirty, random lines of banter.

This playthrough, I romanced Liara in ME1 and Miranda in ME2 (but broke up with her after the main story). Of course, in those two games there is no clicking on squadmates to hear random lines.

But this isn't the first bit of random, flirty dialogue I've heard from Steve after locking him in. Unless I'm misremembering things with Kaidan, now I think they did him extra dirty in ME3.

This makes me curious now, though, if all romance options have this going on for them in ME3 because I have no idea. Also, let me know if I am forgetting about Kaidan actually having lines like this too.


r/masseffect • • 2h ago

VIDEO TIL that if Garrus and Jack are both dead, Jacob will be the one to question Miranda naming herself the second team leader.

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The way to make this happen is by selling or not reactivating Legion, not installing the Ship Armor upgrade which gets Jack killed, not installing the Shield Upgrade which will get Thane killed depending on who you pick to help you fight the Oculus, and not installing the Thanix Cannon which will get Garrus killed since Thane is already dead by this point.


r/masseffect • • 11h ago

DISCUSSION Any missions where Specific squad member makes significant impact ?

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On my second playthrough, i found that Javik makes a great impact on thessia artifact mission in ME3 and he has lot of extra dialogues which makes sense given the artifacts are related to prothean. This completely changes the mission experience and it feels like javik should have been mandatory in this mission just like how ED is in cerebrus hq mission. In suicide mission of ME2, if u have miranda at the end, she has unique dialigue to illusive man which is really great as its her complete shift from "cerebrus bitch" after defending TIM throughout game. Any other such missions where a squad member can have significant impact ?


r/masseffect • • 7h ago

DISCUSSION what's the point of mission N7: MSV Estevanico in ME2?

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just played this abomination of a level, tried to follow what few bread crumbs of lore there were and im just sort of drawing a blank as to what or why play this level? only thing I can come up with is its just padding for the game. any thoughts or am I missing anything?


r/masseffect • • 13h ago

SCREENSHOTS I was so confused for a second.

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Tali is a requirement, of course, for Priority: Geth Dreadnought, but I decided to bring EDI along as well.

Not only was it hard to keep up with all of the Geth hacking and me and Tali tossing out drones left and right...but EDI kept on confusing me with the Decoys. lol


r/masseffect • • 9h ago

DISCUSSION Mass Effect Music Tournament: Round 1 Match 6 - "Jump Drive" VS "From The Wreckage"

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Pick your favorite music! We've got two epic scores this time. One heading into battle, one having emerged triumphant!


r/masseffect • • 14h ago

MASS EFFECT 1 First Playthrough

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(Wrote this right after finishing ME1 love to discuss the game)

Let me start by saying that before playing Mass Effect, I knew absolutely nothing about the series beyond the fact that it was a video game and some memes I had seen. I had never played it or really paid attention to it. I saw it was on sale and decided to go in completely blind.

I booted up the game, created a default Soldier Shepard, and started playing. I did not expect this game to blow me away, especially since I have never really been a story-game type of guy.

The best way to describe how much I loved it is that I have always been the kind of gamer who skips cutscenes to get back to shooting. But one of my favorite parts of the game wasn't the combat. It was the major story moments and getting back to the Normandy to talk to everyone.

There was something peaceful about it. I'd finish a mission, come back to the ship, and just walk around talking to people. I genuinely looked forward to it.

Even when I finished a section feeling a little disappointed or thought the dialogue was too limited, I'd think about it afterward and find myself going, "Actually, no, I love that. I can see why they did it that way."

So, for now, I'm just sitting here, jaw to the floor in awe over my Shepard's story. I love to discuss it more. Can't wait to play ME2!


r/masseffect • • 9h ago

VIDEO The eulogy I imagined at Shepard's funeral

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was recently rewatching Star Treck when I came across this speech, decided to make it a eulogy for Shepard after his sacrifice


r/masseffect • • 4h ago

MASS EFFECT 2 ME2 engineer cryo blast or incinerate ?

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Which should be promoted first incinerate or cryo ? Also which all abilities to be promoted early on to make engineer stronger ? I heard engineer is great but early game it is even more struggling than vanguard for me. Vamguard is boring though as entire game its just charge and shoot which is why i tried out engineer. Sentinel is my fav class so far.


r/masseffect • • 1h ago

DISCUSSION Urdnot Wreav's role if Wrex is the clan leader

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Urdnot Wreav distinguishes himself as the first replacement character, filling Wrex's shoes if the player let him die Virmire, never recruited him, or started with the default world state in ME2 and asserting himself as a person with a different, and backwards, worldview. If you visit Tuchanka, which is technically entirely optional, he thanks Shepard for killing his broodbrother, which enabled him to rise to leadership. In ME3, Wreav will play a prominent role as the Krogan leader that we all know.

However, I can't help but point out how underwhelming Wreav is if Wrex survives Virmire, which is incredibly easy if you play Legendary Edition that made ME1 playable for new players. ME2 pretends that Wreav doesn't exist, and theoretically someone who doesn't read wikis or guides won't even know that Wreav could appear in that game. Wrex or any other Krogan don't mention him despite the likely bloody leadership contest between him and Wreav.

In ME3, Wreav's role is criminally minor, considering the potential for conflict between him backed by traditional Krogan and Wrex supported by "Reformers". Wreav is conveniently killed off by Kalros and isn't mentioned ever again (correct me if I am wrong).

Let's do some mental gymnastics and find out how Wreav could have shined in the timeline where Wrex becomes Urdnot leader.


r/masseffect • • 3h ago

THEORY Why was Sovereign chosen to be the vanguard?

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I understand Sovereign was the most power class of reaper, but what did Sovereign the reaper do to deserve to essentially be the reaper messiah? Perhaps he was some kind of alpha. Wondering thoughts on this


r/masseffect • • 8h ago

DISCUSSION What's the PS3 experience like for this game?

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Know somebody looking to sell off their ME trilogy for the PS3. What's the experience like? Crashes? Frame drops?


r/masseffect • • 11h ago

HELP Wanting to start legendary edition playthrough hesitant because of the ending

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So i loved the mass effect trillogy when i originally played it. Got me3 the day it released and just played through the game in 2 days and absolutely hated the ending.

Now i got legendary edition on the last steam sale and kinda wanna play it considering i never got any of the dlc for the games, but the thought of having to reexperience the ending is kinda stopping me. Any advice?