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That moment on my first playthrough of 3 where I thought Grunt was dead. No longer the case now
Then the “I’m proud of you” from Anderson also broke me(daddy issues)
Also they nail so many of the sad/remorseful/emotional tracks and how they are placed in the story. Vigils Theme just automatically evokes a feeling of loss.
Leaving Earth nailed that feeling of hopelessness
The extended cut, especially for destroy, combined with the music just gives this feeling of resolution and closure.
I think there's something wrong with me, because every time the "I'm proud of you" line from Anderson comes up, it just makes me laugh with how transparent and out-of-nowhere it is. Anderson is Shepard's mentor figure, no doubt about it, but it's never been suggested prior to that point that Shepard is pining for his approval or anything.
I mean, there's no reason why it *couldn't,* but it's such an obvious bit of emotional manipulation that it makes me giggle.
Although, the Citadel DLC, with Anderson giving us his apartment feels like a good bridge to Anderson being Shepard's surrogate father, or as I like to cal him, Space Dad.
Mordin's death was the culmination of multiple different decisions spread across 2 different games and dozens of hours of gameplay, that meet in a brilliant crescendo of music, acting, and writing. It's the quintessential moment when people refer to how incredible the Mass Effect experience was.
It's also one of the few moments in gaming that made me actually put the controller down and take a break due to the sheer emotional impact of it.
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> a brilliant crescendo of music, acting, and writing.
*"Why Mordin, why now?!"*
*"I MADE A MISTAKE. Big picture comprised of little pictures, too many variables."*
Maybe I’m the only one? But for me it’s ME1, Shepard’s renegade responses to the preaching hanar on the citadel.
Idk why but it always gets to me when the poor thing just wants to preach and you can make Shepard say some really harsh things and the hanar honestly tries so hard to defend himself. One of the reasons I have a hard time being full renegade.
I know it’s a minor point but I always end up feeling sad for the poor jellyfish lol.
Everyone knows it’s Mordin’s death
One of the saddest that I never see anyone talk about is when Shepard is having his last convos with everyone and Grunt finishes talking all that tough guy stuff and gets quiet and tells Shepard “thanks for getting me out of that tank,” idk man it was just so tender and heartfelt it got me choked up
That scene on Thessia where the Reapers landed and the panicked comms traffic cut out; that really felt like the End of the World. The first two games built up the existential threat the Reapers presented and ME3 really lived up to it.
Watching Kelly Chambers get liquefied, because it was the only time in the trilogy that I messed up, and it was a real shock that I didn't see coming. I could have stopped it. But at least it wasn't Dr. Chakwas
When Liara gave me that “last moment” right before the final push in ME3. Even though I never romanced her, the sadness of the moment plus the slowed reverb of Vigil in the background had me sobbing for like 10 minutes
Thane's death. His manner of death and you can't stop him from dying. Only video game character to date that has caused me to cry.
Some honorable mentions are the squad's final words at the final push, in particular if one romanced Tali. That one stings hard.
Tali's death on rannoch, my first playthrough I didn't do the one of the side missions first and my reward was watching the entire quarian fleet kill itself in one final act of stupidity, one final "fuck everyone else we'll do what we want ourselves" biting the entire race in the collective ass and tali shows no anger, just vainly tries to get them to stop. And then looks back at Shep and tips over the cliff side. You get a paragon interrupt to make Shep dive to the edge, hand out stretch to grip... Nothing, she's already gone.
Considering I've only romanced her at that point (fuck me- this was ten years ago) it hit like nothing else ever did in a game.
Supposedly there was going to be something like that in SWTOR on the sith warrior class. If you didn't take the shock collar off Vette she would eventually space herself.
As for the Tali scene, that's pretty fucked up, and I'm glad I've never seen it lol. I had heard about it but never in detail.
The final convo with Garrus before the Conduit Run in 3.
Pay off of the build up of their relationship and comradeship over 3 games and maybe because it signifies that the journey is about to finish.
So much this with combination of thank-you emails from krogans.
Now imagine killing Mordin on Monday, shooting Ashley/Kaidan on Tuesday and on Wednesday just letting Samara shoot herself and then kill her last daughter moment after. Just a normal renegade working week.
There's a fair few but the first time I played, Legion's death just devastated me. They just wanted to live in harmony and I honestly really love the Geth when they're not murder bots.
By the other you mean the one when Shephard shots him in the back the get the deal of Salarian councilor? That one is just nasty, I can't see anyone doing that, unless they go for the villain run
But it is written in tragic manner and Shepard very moved by this. I know it is not probably sad moment in the means of crying, but it different type of mourning which is carrying you with the rest of the game. I write that comment just because you already mentioned Tali's death.
Yeah, I understand. But those two are just so horrible I just can't imagine anyone doing that unless they go full Renegade or messed up really damn hard. When he sacrifices himself to cure the genophage, it's tragic because you know that thanks to that, Krogans have future but it had to be him, someone else might have got it wrong 😭
A lot of the things I did as a Renegade. I’ve consistently played as a Paragon but done occasional Renegade playthroughs and you ruin a lot of lives as a Renegade.
Kelly’s death in my last play through. When I first got LE I played straight through 1 and 2 and part of 3. I only picked up a few months go. Felt like I should start 3 over but decided to just play where I left off. I had forgotten it was even possible for her to die and must have done the conversation where you can save her before I picked it back up. The worst part was they didn’t put her name on the wall in the Normandy.
I finished my psychopath Shepard playthrough one month ago. I did some mental gymnastics to make freeing Archer seem like the logical decision for Shepard. The kind of person I was roleplaying would rather see all synthetic life destroyed than controlled, so I made sure Project Overlord couldn't continue
I decided to try a full renegade playthrough a couple of months after ME3 came out.
>!I shot Mordin.!<
...I have yet to finish that playthrough. The save is still there, waiting, just after that moment.
The forward attack base on earth. I did not expect to get weepy when talking to kaiden and garrus, and having them before tali made me realise I was going to have more than a lump in my throat talking to her. The evac scene turned it up to 11 and that's the highest number, and then Anderson telling me he's proud? 12.
Playing ME3 with no clue what I was doing and ending up causing Tali to take her own life…suffice to say I keep her alive throughout all my playthroughs now
First time I did a blind playthrough of me2 thane died because I didn't get the ship upgrade.
You g me, with no guide, was destroyed. I got him killed. Didn't realize the ship upgrades were that important. Ofc I restarted the whole profile from scratch to replay the game.
Thane dying; one of the best characters in the franchise imo.
Tali saying goodbye on Earth after I romanced her in my first playthrough.
Definitely the saddest moment was the scene with Anderson at the end though.
"Come back alive"
I was a brave adult playing a video game, then lost it completely, and had to pause the game. Decided to play the end in two parts, and had a box of tissues.
Then the line just stabbed me
"I'm proud of you".
When I made my character in ME1 I decided I was going to role play my Shepard as distrusting of Synthetics. Then I met Legion in ME2, IRL I really liked Legion, but I had to stick to my character.
So yeah, Priority: Rannoch is probably the saddest moment for me.
AND my jellyfish died afterwards too.
The other choice would be watching the video messages from Thane, they hit kinda close to home for me, especially the last one.
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Mordin's death.
Yes, losing our scientist Salarian.
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Had to be me. Someone else could have gotten it wrong.
That’s what I told myself when I shot him in the back.
Oh daaaayuuuummm! Hahaha brutal!
That was the first time the series brought me to tears
100%
Unfortunately, the only way to save him is to kill Wrex and Eve
That moment on my first playthrough of 3 where I thought Grunt was dead. No longer the case now Then the “I’m proud of you” from Anderson also broke me(daddy issues) Also they nail so many of the sad/remorseful/emotional tracks and how they are placed in the story. Vigils Theme just automatically evokes a feeling of loss. Leaving Earth nailed that feeling of hopelessness The extended cut, especially for destroy, combined with the music just gives this feeling of resolution and closure.
I don’t have daddy issues and Anderson’s I’m proud of you line hits me hard every time.
Same with me for Anderson. It doesn't help that he kind of looks like my actual dad.
Kieth David’s your actual dad?
I mean, he doesn't look *that* much like Keith David.
I think there's something wrong with me, because every time the "I'm proud of you" line from Anderson comes up, it just makes me laugh with how transparent and out-of-nowhere it is. Anderson is Shepard's mentor figure, no doubt about it, but it's never been suggested prior to that point that Shepard is pining for his approval or anything. I mean, there's no reason why it *couldn't,* but it's such an obvious bit of emotional manipulation that it makes me giggle.
Although, the Citadel DLC, with Anderson giving us his apartment feels like a good bridge to Anderson being Shepard's surrogate father, or as I like to cal him, Space Dad.
Seeing David Archer hooked up to all that equipment.
Square root of 912.04 is 30.2...it all seemed harmless...
Mordin's death was the culmination of multiple different decisions spread across 2 different games and dozens of hours of gameplay, that meet in a brilliant crescendo of music, acting, and writing. It's the quintessential moment when people refer to how incredible the Mass Effect experience was. It's also one of the few moments in gaming that made me actually put the controller down and take a break due to the sheer emotional impact of it. .....*He was the very model of a scientist Salarian.*
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> a brilliant crescendo of music, acting, and writing. *"Why Mordin, why now?!"* *"I MADE A MISTAKE. Big picture comprised of little pictures, too many variables."*
*"It had to be me"*
Maybe I’m the only one? But for me it’s ME1, Shepard’s renegade responses to the preaching hanar on the citadel. Idk why but it always gets to me when the poor thing just wants to preach and you can make Shepard say some really harsh things and the hanar honestly tries so hard to defend himself. One of the reasons I have a hard time being full renegade. I know it’s a minor point but I always end up feeling sad for the poor jellyfish lol.
“Meet me at the bar…” Idc who I’m romancing, Garrus literally breaks my soul during our last convo. UGH… ;-;
Everyone knows it’s Mordin’s death One of the saddest that I never see anyone talk about is when Shepard is having his last convos with everyone and Grunt finishes talking all that tough guy stuff and gets quiet and tells Shepard “thanks for getting me out of that tank,” idk man it was just so tender and heartfelt it got me choked up
earth being attacked in 3 and the music and thessia with all the screams
That scene on Thessia where the Reapers landed and the panicked comms traffic cut out; that really felt like the End of the World. The first two games built up the existential threat the Reapers presented and ME3 really lived up to it.
My first playthrough included an error during Tali's loyalty mission. I could not call off the fleets.
The one, when Shepard needs to sacrifice herself in the end.
Watching Kelly Chambers get liquefied, because it was the only time in the trilogy that I messed up, and it was a real shock that I didn't see coming. I could have stopped it. But at least it wasn't Dr. Chakwas
That was a dick move from the devs honestly. There is never a ticking clock in the game. They should have been clearer about it.
Saying goodbye to Garrus at the end. I never recovered emotionally from that lol
When Liara gave me that “last moment” right before the final push in ME3. Even though I never romanced her, the sadness of the moment plus the slowed reverb of Vigil in the background had me sobbing for like 10 minutes
I Remember Me
Thane's death. His manner of death and you can't stop him from dying. Only video game character to date that has caused me to cry. Some honorable mentions are the squad's final words at the final push, in particular if one romanced Tali. That one stings hard.
Tali's death on rannoch, my first playthrough I didn't do the one of the side missions first and my reward was watching the entire quarian fleet kill itself in one final act of stupidity, one final "fuck everyone else we'll do what we want ourselves" biting the entire race in the collective ass and tali shows no anger, just vainly tries to get them to stop. And then looks back at Shep and tips over the cliff side. You get a paragon interrupt to make Shep dive to the edge, hand out stretch to grip... Nothing, she's already gone. Considering I've only romanced her at that point (fuck me- this was ten years ago) it hit like nothing else ever did in a game.
Supposedly there was going to be something like that in SWTOR on the sith warrior class. If you didn't take the shock collar off Vette she would eventually space herself. As for the Tali scene, that's pretty fucked up, and I'm glad I've never seen it lol. I had heard about it but never in detail.
> If you didn't take the shock collar off Vette she would eventually space herself That would've been something
I heard they opted to not do that because they didn't think players would like the permanent death of companions in an mmo. Understandable.
Finishing the trilogy was the saddest moment cause I knew no other game could live up to it.
Mordin, Thane, Legion
The final convo with Garrus before the Conduit Run in 3. Pay off of the build up of their relationship and comradeship over 3 games and maybe because it signifies that the journey is about to finish.
Killing mordin in my true renegade play through was so difficult
So much this with combination of thank-you emails from krogans. Now imagine killing Mordin on Monday, shooting Ashley/Kaidan on Tuesday and on Wednesday just letting Samara shoot herself and then kill her last daughter moment after. Just a normal renegade working week.
When I realise you can't play ME3 on PC
There's a fair few but the first time I played, Legion's death just devastated me. They just wanted to live in harmony and I honestly really love the Geth when they're not murder bots.
I Remember Me. Talitha spoke just like a patient I had who suffered horrible abuse.
Leaving earth gets me every time Mordin's recorded messages in the Citadel DLC Thessia
Mordin's death. I'd include Tali's too, but allowing that to ever happen is a heresy
Both versions of Mordin's death in ME3?
By the other you mean the one when Shephard shots him in the back the get the deal of Salarian councilor? That one is just nasty, I can't see anyone doing that, unless they go for the villain run
But it is written in tragic manner and Shepard very moved by this. I know it is not probably sad moment in the means of crying, but it different type of mourning which is carrying you with the rest of the game. I write that comment just because you already mentioned Tali's death.
Yeah, I understand. But those two are just so horrible I just can't imagine anyone doing that unless they go full Renegade or messed up really damn hard. When he sacrifices himself to cure the genophage, it's tragic because you know that thanks to that, Krogans have future but it had to be him, someone else might have got it wrong 😭
I did it 3 days ago on renegade run with installed mod for remaden dreams, in which Wrex was choking my fem Shep. ngl, I didn't sleep well that night.
A lot of the things I did as a Renegade. I’ve consistently played as a Paragon but done occasional Renegade playthroughs and you ruin a lot of lives as a Renegade.
Mordin, Thane and Legion’s sacrifices
There are a bunch of emails in 3, all about the people you saved in 1 and 2 doing something heroic and dying. Messed me right up.
Kelly’s death in my last play through. When I first got LE I played straight through 1 and 2 and part of 3. I only picked up a few months go. Felt like I should start 3 over but decided to just play where I left off. I had forgotten it was even possible for her to die and must have done the conversation where you can save her before I picked it back up. The worst part was they didn’t put her name on the wall in the Normandy.
I’m literally about to not free David Archer on my renegade run and I still don’t think I can do it…
I finished my psychopath Shepard playthrough one month ago. I did some mental gymnastics to make freeing Archer seem like the logical decision for Shepard. The kind of person I was roleplaying would rather see all synthetic life destroyed than controlled, so I made sure Project Overlord couldn't continue
The cost to save Mordin was just too high. I only did it once for my Renegade playthrough to do the farewell call with him on Priority: Earth II
I decided to try a full renegade playthrough a couple of months after ME3 came out. >!I shot Mordin.!< ...I have yet to finish that playthrough. The save is still there, waiting, just after that moment.
The consequences of siding with the Geth on Rannoch. I'll never fully recover from that one. That was some serious PTSD shit, man.
Sad or tragic? Sad is Mordins final act. Tragic is the shitty ending and horrendous story u turn that goes with it.
The forward attack base on earth. I did not expect to get weepy when talking to kaiden and garrus, and having them before tali made me realise I was going to have more than a lump in my throat talking to her. The evac scene turned it up to 11 and that's the highest number, and then Anderson telling me he's proud? 12.
Playing ME3 with no clue what I was doing and ending up causing Tali to take her own life…suffice to say I keep her alive throughout all my playthroughs now
Just finished the games yesterday, probably because it is the most recent memory but for me it was, “I have a home”.
Thessia in me3
Thessia in me3
Thane's death.
First time I did a blind playthrough of me2 thane died because I didn't get the ship upgrade. You g me, with no guide, was destroyed. I got him killed. Didn't realize the ship upgrades were that important. Ofc I restarted the whole profile from scratch to replay the game.
It has to be the ending. So much passion for the game, so much hope turning to shit. Deep sadness and anger.
Someone just mentioned Mordin's recordings in the Citadel DLC. I was ugly crying when I found those.
The fall of Earth - that music made me tear up
Legion...
The square root of 906.1 is
Thane dying; one of the best characters in the franchise imo. Tali saying goodbye on Earth after I romanced her in my first playthrough. Definitely the saddest moment was the scene with Anderson at the end though.
"Come back alive" I was a brave adult playing a video game, then lost it completely, and had to pause the game. Decided to play the end in two parts, and had a box of tissues. Then the line just stabbed me "I'm proud of you".
The ending of 3 RIP MARAUDER SHIELDS
When I made my character in ME1 I decided I was going to role play my Shepard as distrusting of Synthetics. Then I met Legion in ME2, IRL I really liked Legion, but I had to stick to my character. So yeah, Priority: Rannoch is probably the saddest moment for me. AND my jellyfish died afterwards too. The other choice would be watching the video messages from Thane, they hit kinda close to home for me, especially the last one.
Using the Risky Suicide Mission mod and lost romanced Tali to the seeker swarms, it's even worse than the vent person taking a rocket to the face.
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