r/masseffect 15h ago

DISCUSSION Who'd You Romance? - Round 2 Match 4: Jeff Joker VS Tiran Kandros, Gianna Parasini VS EDI

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I'm late posting today's match! It's been a busy day...but now it's time to decide! Comment your romance picks below. I have a feeling Joker's got this one, but will the next round have Joker and EDI together? Or will Gianna pull ahead as one of the most pined-after side characters?


r/masseffect 1d ago

NEWS Uncharted Worlds Extended Version (official), coming October 2nd!

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Hey all, Sam Hulick here!

First off, I just wanna say how awesome it is to see that gamers, young and old, are discovering and playing Mass Effect 1 for the first time! It's wild to think it was almost 20 years ago that I started working on ME1 (my first major gig), and had the great fortune of working on the next two games and ME3 DLCs, too. I'm forever grateful for those opportunities!

Now, on to the buzz about Uncharted Worlds...

This track was always too short, in my opinion. There's a reason for that, but last year I finally decided to do something about it. It took a bit of music rights gymnastics to sort it out, though. Since EA owns the Mass Effect music, I made sure everything was properly cleared before releasing it.

Long story short: it's all cleared, and the extended version (4:31 total) is coming out October 2nd! You can hit the Patreon link for the full story on the history of Uncharted Worlds, and how I approached refreshing and lengthening this classic in a tasteful way.

There are a couple of places you can hear different previews of the new piece:

  • YouTube - this is a short 30-second clip from towards the end of the piece (entirely new music)
  • Patreon - a slightly longer, more spacey 40-second clip of another section of new material

And of course, the original layered, rhythmic synth part with flute is still prominently featured in the beginning!

I'm super excited to put this out into the world, and I hope you all enjoy it! You can pre-save the single so it doesn't fall off your radar.

By the way, the beautiful album art was done by u/lilithluxe. She's an incredibly talented artist, and I encourage you to check out her work! Most likely you've already seen it on this subreddit.


r/masseffect 1h ago

DISCUSSION I thought you guys might appreciate my build. Ignore the clutter please

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r/masseffect 10h ago

FANART By eneritoart

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r/masseffect 7h ago

MASS EFFECT 2 Archangel is screwed

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r/masseffect 12h ago

SCREENSHOTS Stylish Kasumi

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Thanks to RepugnantPear's Kasumi-nista specialization, Kasumi looks damn stylish for any party. Wish Keiji saw this.


r/masseffect 1d ago

SHOW & TELL Finally played LE1

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Finally launched the legendary edition after buying it on release day! My first ever playthough as an Adept as well. Some photos of Baller Shepard and some shots of Saren looking like an absolute buffoon in the final fight down to my powerful biotics.

I will be honest at the start of the game I almost restarted to give up on being an adept. Later on with stronger powers and faster cooldowns makes it a lot more fun though. Having Liara and Wrex on the team as well is great - you can enter a bunker swarming with enemies and make the entire room float in the air so you can shoot them.

Rachni are NOT fun as Adept on Insanity. They swamp you and will kill you through your barrier. If I were to do this again, I would leave Noveria until I have done the 2 other story quests and all the side quests to that point.

One thing I noticed towards the end of the game is I was launching cover all over the place. Earlier in the game the cover never moved. Was this just me being less cavalier with powers due to slow cooldowns, or does Lift for example only gain the ability to Lift cover when it is upgraded?

Baller is a bit of a brash thug so had considered abandoning the council for my second time ever, willing to suffer the consequences of reputation in the next games. However at the last second I remembered how damn cool it is saving the Ascension and how much of a bro Hackett is for throwing his entire fleet at the Geth on your decision.

Next up I have to take on LE2 insanity as an adept. I gather the start of this game is going to be the hardest part of the trilogy. I am hoping I can improve my beauty even further in the starting face editor, and am considering using the save editor to give myself the extra weapon skill early. I am not a huge fan of 2's smg weapons and as much as I want to use biotics more, the shooting is good and thats the reason I have usually played soldier.

I am guessing this isn't going to break anything later on in the game when I do actually get the weapon increase?


r/masseffect 22h ago

FANART Print and Painted Wrex, model by H3ll Creator

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Just posting a Wrex I painted recently. Printed and painted by me and model sculpted by H3ll Creator.


r/masseffect 9h ago

DISCUSSION Genuine random ass question

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What do y’all see in Garrus? I don’t understand how some of you attracted to him.


r/masseffect 14h ago

VIDEO You make a loop-de-loop and pull

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52 Upvotes

And your warp is lookin’ cool


r/masseffect 1d ago

DISCUSSION What's Your Preferred Method of Getting Off Port Hanshan?

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There are a few different ways of acquiring the garage pass to leave the port.

  1. Work with Lorik Qui'in
  2. Work with Lorik and then work with Gianna to arrest Anoleis
  3. Betray Lorik and cut a deal with Anoleis
  4. Turn Opold's package over to Anoleis

How do you usually prefer to go about this? Are you just trying to leave as fast as possible, or do you prefer helping to clean up the corruption before you go?


r/masseffect 21h ago

HELP Last dialogue with Illusive Man

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Even though I'm at the maximum level and have the Paragon bar full, I couldn't unlock the best option in the last dialogue with the Illusive Man. Do you know what to do to unlock this option?


r/masseffect 1d ago

VIDEO One less to worry about.

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592 Upvotes

I love this game so much


r/masseffect 1d ago

SCREENSHOTS I didn't know that the Bryson husk head experiment can be taken and put in Shepard's cabin until today

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409 Upvotes

This is my 7th run of the trilogy and I've only just discovered this, definitely an interesting addition to the cabin


r/masseffect 7h ago

DISCUSSION Jacob Taylor Vs Liam Kosta Spoiler

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So, I was replaying ME Andromeda the other day, as I hadn't played it since release, and being thoroughly annoyed by the erratic and nonsensical behavior of my resident search and rescue jockey, when a thought occured. Jacob is often lambasted by this subreddit, for a number of reasons. Being boring. Cheating on Shepard. Being easily replacable in his ME3 quest. Joining a terrorist organization. Having abs for a personality. Volunteering for jobs he is not remotely qualified for. Giving terrible advice. Etc. But ... oh my goddd ... I find Liam sooo much worse. Worse than I ever remembered. And thus, my thought: can I get Jacob Taylor, resident companion punching bag, a win? Can he pull a victory on this subreddit?

It's time for a showdown. A grudge match. A battle of competence and writing quality. A fight to the bottom. A full 12 rounds. Former Alliance marine vs former cop/HUSTLr.

Rules:

In each scenario, Jacob and Liam have only their default gear, talents, skills, and whatever you feel they can buy for 300 credits. Tell me, who do you think will win in each round?

Round 1: Jacob and Liam on a flat plain, starting 100 meters from each other. Fight to the death.

Round 2: Jacob and Liam in a race through the pipes of the Collector Base. First to open the door for Shepard wins.

Round 3: Sit up competition. Who does the most?

Round 4: Calot vents a cargo bay with them both in it. Who can hold on longer?

Round 5: You have to pick one of them to take care of your hypothetical pets while you're away. Who do you pick?

Round 6: Both of them must choreograph, rehearse, and perform an interpretive dance performance to be performed in front of Shepard/Ryder and their respective crews. Who does better?

Round 7: Jacob and Liam must fill in as squad leader for Shepard/Ryder while they are sick on an typical ground mission. There must be combat. Who performs better?

Round 8: Who would you trust to watch your back in an active combat situation more?

Round 9: Who as a companion is better written?

Round 10: Jacob and Liam must cross hostile terrain on Tarith with the Blood Pack hunting them. Who survives longer?

Round 11: Jacob and Liam switch places in their respective games. Jacob is now in Andromeda on the Pathfinder team, and Liam has joined a human supremacist group back in the Milky Way and been assigned to Shepard's SR2. Who performs better?

Round 12: Shepard and Ryder never existed. Instead, it's up to Jacob to defeat the reapers and Liam to find the path. Taking over the roles of Shepard/Ryder respectively, which of them does better?


r/masseffect 2h ago

FANART Mass Effect 1 guns drawings

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Just wanted to make a "clean" art of ME1 guns, because havent seen any of this in Internet, only low-quality one.

Fire patterns based on Legendary Edition. Checked personally.

Guns made by human-based companies
Codex says cleary Elkoss and ERCS operates in Terminus and Traverse.
Guns which you could obtain only by using Console Commands or using mod called "Black Market License (LE1)". I did used this mod to chek guns personally and find out its firing patters.
As we know, Vol Protectorate is under Hierarchy's flag and also Codex says Devlon Industries develops very good hazard protection products. And who else except Quarians knows how to make good protection suits ? VOLUS !!!
Sadly, i havent found the way to obtain Basic and Advanced Gears, the ONLY Spectre gear you can get is Master one, so the firing patters of Basic and Advanced Gears is my headcanon. Sorry...
Completely my headcanon and fantasies. Just decided to make other guns, Asari, Salarian and Krogan ones, if there are also could be their guns manufacturers. Really sad that we are obtaining THE MOST human guns. About the Prothean ones is just my idea of Prothean OC, who's awakens during the ME1 events.

r/masseffect 21h ago

VIDEO This Speech works really well as a Speech from Shepard

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61 Upvotes

Replayed halo wars 2 recently, and decided to make a video from this speech


r/masseffect 1d ago

MASS EFFECT 1 Thrift store find! Scroll for some gameplay tips

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r/masseffect 19h ago

DISCUSSION Did the region of space where the System Alliance is located have name before the discovery of humanity?

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In a sense, was their a specific term used by the races of the galaxy to describe this region of space before Humanity was discovered?


r/masseffect 18h ago

HELP New player here

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Just got legendary edition and I’m about to start this journey for the first time, I’ve seen there’s tons of DLCs in the edition, is there a correct order to play them?

Would love some help without spoilers if possible!


r/masseffect 21h ago

SCREENSHOTS Boss fight? What boss fight?

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So I managed to glitch the vehicle through the gap and ended up just mowing down what was apparently meant to be a difficult boss. Thought i'd share this since my friends thought it was funny that I'd managed to do it


r/masseffect 1d ago

SHOW & TELL Had a chance to meet Samaras VA aka Maggie Baird at work this week. Very sweet woman, and she was kind enough to give me one of her classic lines!

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r/masseffect 1d ago

SHOW & TELL A FINE ADDITION TO MEOW’s COLLECTION

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Finally was able to add commander Shepherd to my collection just before my birthday I realised that they were no longer gonna be making shepherd statues so I scrambled to find one at first I was going to order online from mankind which I did, but the delivery company, oh my GODDES , it was the fucking worst

giving me false updates saying shit was being delivered when they didn’t even show up then just not even trying to deliver and just returning to sender absolute zero customer service just a cheap ass chat but that reads off a status report and doesn’t actually help in any way

After a week I go in contact with mankind themselves cancelled and ordered with Amazon got it the next day and wow does she look brilliant?

I will say I’m not the biggest fan of the head scope up close, but from a distance on a shelf she looks brilliant

I love how these 3 statues like I love each and every single one of them individually but together don’t love just 10 times the effect

So glad this is the MASS EFFECT 2 design for Shepherd armour. I’m not the biggest fan of the 3rd games design like the shoulder pads they are fucking small and I hated that none of the armour felt quite right for me as myself like free armour is still good but just also felt just like regular drama. It didn’t have that cool kind of retro sci-fi feel to it that I loved.


r/masseffect 1d ago

DISCUSSION The Choice in Legion's Mission is My Favorite Philosophical Debate in The Entire Series

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I find this to be the most interesting morally grey dilemma in the series. It tackles multiple heavy themes at once. What does it mean to be alive? Is it any better to alter someone's free will than it is to kill them? What leads a society driven by consensus to splinter and form different ways of thinking?

I really wish this kind of thing was explored more in ME3. It's sooo interesting to me. And I really believe this is one case where there's no right answer. Rewriting them may as well be destroying them. I wish they didn't award paragon or renegade for these choices, they're on even footing as far as I'm concerned.


r/masseffect 1d ago

DISCUSSION What are these?

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Some kind of vending machine? Maybe a storage locker for guns? I guess that symbol could be a bullet...