Noah Caldwell-Gervais | A Thorough Look at Mass Effect @broadcaststsatic | Uploaded August 2014 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
This is a whole-series retrospective on the Mass Effect trilogy and all of its DLC. It looks at the games in terms of design, character development, and plot. It also tries to put a finger on what's special about the Mass Effect experience and why it's so beloved. This takes a long time to do-- don't think I made the video thinking you'd sit there listening to me for two and half hours. It's like an audio book-- choose a chapter and watch as much or as little as you like. It's also got major spoilers for all of everything Mass Effect, but if you haven't played the games by now, maybe spoilers is what you'd need to change your mind about it.
__________TABLE OF CONTENTS__________
Mass Effect 1: 0:49
ME1, Bring Down the Sky: 19:28
ME1 Continued: 20:53
Mass Effect 2: 30:56
ME2, Kasumi's Stolen Memory: 1:01:53
ME2, Lair of the Shadow Broker: 1:03:01
ME2, Overlord: 1:05:52
ME2, The Arrival: 1:08:30
ME2, Continued: 1:12:29
Mass Effect 3: 1:21:10
ME3, From Ashes: 1:55:11
ME3, Leviathan: 1:58:51
ME3, Omega: 2:02:38
ME3, Citadel: 2:04:46
ME3-- Climax/Indoctrination Theory/Mass Effect 4?: 2:11:20
SPECIAL THANKS TO SUBSCRIBERS THIS VIDEO! It's been hard to fit making these videos into my life, and a lot of folks asked for this one specifically, so here it is by way of saying thanks for taking the time and having the patience to watch my content.
This is a whole-series retrospective on the Mass Effect trilogy and all of its DLC. It looks at the games in terms of design, character development, and plot. It also tries to put a finger on what's special about the Mass Effect experience and why it's so beloved. This takes a long time to do-- don't think I made the video thinking you'd sit there listening to me for two and half hours. It's like an audio book-- choose a chapter and watch as much or as little as you like. It's also got major spoilers for all of everything Mass Effect, but if you haven't played the games by now, maybe spoilers is what you'd need to change your mind about it.
__________TABLE OF CONTENTS__________
Mass Effect 1: 0:49
ME1, Bring Down the Sky: 19:28
ME1 Continued: 20:53
Mass Effect 2: 30:56
ME2, Kasumi's Stolen Memory: 1:01:53
ME2, Lair of the Shadow Broker: 1:03:01
ME2, Overlord: 1:05:52
ME2, The Arrival: 1:08:30
ME2, Continued: 1:12:29
Mass Effect 3: 1:21:10
ME3, From Ashes: 1:55:11
ME3, Leviathan: 1:58:51
ME3, Omega: 2:02:38
ME3, Citadel: 2:04:46
ME3-- Climax/Indoctrination Theory/Mass Effect 4?: 2:11:20
SPECIAL THANKS TO SUBSCRIBERS THIS VIDEO! It's been hard to fit making these videos into my life, and a lot of folks asked for this one specifically, so here it is by way of saying thanks for taking the time and having the patience to watch my content.
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