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An End Once and For All
Mass Effect 3 Soundtrack Lyrics

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Blacksun388

9y↑2.6K

Goodbye Ash

Goodbye Legion

Goodbye Thane

Goodbye Mordin

Goodbye Anderson

"It's hard enough fighting a war. But it's worse knowing no matter how hard you try... you can't save them all."
—Commander Shepard

J Michael

9y↑2K

Anderson: "Feels like years since i just...sat down."

Shepard: "I've think you've earned a rest."

Shepard: "Anderson?"

Anderson: "You did good son,You did good,I'm proud of you..."

Shepard: "Anderson?"

I fucking cried....

All comments from YouTube:

Michael Kaduck

3y↑2.3K

"James told me there's an old saying here on Earth: 'May you be in Heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead.' Not sure if Turian Heaven is the same as yours, but if this goes sideways and we both end up there, meet me at the bar. I'm buying."-Garrus Vakarian, 2186 AD

Lord Mazdamundi

3y↑310

"Goodbye, Garrus. And if i'm up there in that bar and you're not, i'll be looking down. I'll always have your back."

Spiderz

3y↑114

This hurts... I had that conversation with him yesterday..

EstelaSayeed

3y↑67

I just had that conversation with him a few hours ago.. man every time I finish this game it’s always sad and hurts like it’s the very first time I played through this game series. There’s no Shepard without Vekarian ❤️

Man In the High Tower

3y↑19

Old Irish saying.

1x4x9

3y↑37

With 8000+ EMS and choosing destroy, you don't have to leave your LI behind mourning your death, and join Garrus for those drinks after all.

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Ali Castro

2y↑389

“Stand amongst the ashes of a trillion dead souls, and ask the ghosts if honor matters. The silence is your answer.”

CANT POSSIBLY

1y↑6

Silence? More like "Death Stare"

Melodies of Life

1y↑10

If they’re forgotten, then who’s going to remember them?

Trace O'Kelley

3y↑1.4K

Shepard: "You Gotta get out of here."
Tali: "I can't stay behind"
Shepard: "Don't argue with me Tali."
Tali: "Don't leave me behind..."
Shepard: "I need you to make it out of here alive, Tali....Get back to Rannoch. Build yourself a home."
Tali: "I have a home...come back to me..."

Krivbecnia The Wandering Waster

3y↑151

HOW DARE YOU!
How dare you make me cry...

Spiderz

3y↑106

That hurt me so badly... her home is wherever Shepard is... I felt so terrible.

1x4x9

3y↑89

That was geniuinely heart-wrenching the first time, and still is even after a dozen playthroughs. For all the places they dropped the ball in that romance arc in 3, this was one of the places that they kind of got it right. Was a good (missed) opportunity for Shep to drop the three words back to her though.

Raiden

3y↑12

Jacob

3y↑7

😭

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Luke Creed

3y↑823

How is it possible?

How is it possible that I played this trilogy more than 10 times and it still makes me tear up?
I know what's going to happen. I know it had to be Mordin - someone else might have gotten it wrong. I know Thane's wish is for me. I know Legion has a soul. I know Anderson is proud of me. I played it, over and over. I know we've had a damn good ride - the best...

How is it possible for a trilogy of videogames to make me feel so much?

Derok Deathaxe

3y↑11

yeah i've the same questions...ç_ç

sskyuubi1

3y↑4

mood

sskyuubi1

3y↑19

Finished second run through of LE yesterday and I still cried at the end dawg

Ruben Bylov Andersen

2y↑34

The power of great storytelling

Schweigaa

2y↑13

Dude I am sobbing right now, you worded that so perfectly

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The Phenomenal Alpha Spider

5y↑513

"Does this unit have a soul?"
Mass effect 1,2,3 were in leagues of their own. And this song just summarize it so perfectly. It was one hell of a ride.

Hellblazer42

5y↑25

"The best" - Commander Shepard

Gabriel Barreto

3y↑983

Get ready for the stars again, friends... We're going home in 2021.

Shervin Abiri

3y↑30

Let's GO!

st0rmyka

3y↑37

@Shervin Abiri We will go save the earth once again. Once for all.

Josh Reyes

3y↑31

They just dropped a teaser for the next installment, look up the mass effect YT

Facundo Sola

3y↑22

ONE LAST DANCE

Siavash Es

3y↑3

How did you know that there will be a new mass effect in 2021??

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Mel Thorn

9y↑3K

The Dragon Age series was my favorite BioWare trilogy for a long time.
Then I played Mass Effect.
Life... changed.

Benny Otto

9y↑88

Yes...it did.

Sandro Edilashvili

8y↑30

aam.. guys plz staph.. what? liquid from my eye?! IT isn't tear! NO!

Nathan P

8y↑75

I use to play video games. Then i played Mass effect ...
Live changed... yes it did.

Trudy Nord

8y↑27

+Mel Thorn MassErffect chamged my life for sure. Maser chief was always my number one in a shooter, but for an rpg......Shepard all the way. I cry every time I here the music from mass effect because I know there is no way of ever getting my Shep back ;(

Liberty Prime

8y↑27

+Mel Thorn Then you played Dragon Age 2 & Inquisition and Mass Effect 3
And you were covered in shit with two ruined game series
Life... changed.

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Vanilla 🧊

2y↑379

Just finished mass effect legendary edition yesterday and I can't stop thinking about it. It's easily my favorite game I ever played

Miika

2y↑11

I know! Played the trilogy through when it was originally released 2012, been coming back now and again to listen to this final piece and it always brings back the feeling and the chills. So epic journey and "I finally did it (with an awe)" is going through mind.

Caleb L

Ditto

Christopher Hall

2y↑2

I've been playing Mass Effect since the first game came out, and I've yet to find a Sci-fi game this good

Jesse Kriete

2y↑1

Same best remake ever

Moise Mensah

2y↑3

Same. Finished it three times since it came out and still the same feelings I had when the series ended. I was 20 when ME3 came out. The nostalgia ! 💔

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David James

2y↑84

The most heart breaking line I've ever heard.
"I have a home..."

Drokash

8y↑1.5K

Video games have to be special to make me cry. And I don't mean a single tear, I mean genuine cry. Mass Effect 3's ending was that. I know, it's a shitty ending compared to other games out there but this music, combined with the grey flashbacks of all your past squadmates smiling at you just broke me.

William Lihavainen

8y↑59

I Completed it i the middle of the night and cried my ass off, pretty sure everyone heard me =)

J L3G3ND

8y↑46

I agree, the music was incredible with the shots of lost crew members and your love interest that your leaving behind. The rest of it was generic until they redid the endings, but the music and the beloved characters are unforgettable

Fulop Istvan

7y↑8

Same,this made me cry,this music is so sad,alongside with the ending, just could not resist not to.

Tanel

6y↑27

I just finshed it and i'm a 32 years old guy and that game hit me hard.Fucking broke me at the end.

Toffee Crisp

6y↑7

+# LIONHEART Says the guy whose sublist consists of well muscled sculpted men.... xD

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Connor Young

3y↑185

Fun note: The last minute or so of this song is a rewritten version of “From the Wreckage”, the song that plays while Shepard appears from the wreckage at the end of ME1. Some might even say that this foreshadowed that Shepard was still alive, even before the extended cut was released.

Sorell

7y↑492

"There's all these stories where some brave hero decides to give their life to save the day, and because of their sacrifice, the good guys win, the survivors all cheer, and everyone loves happily ever after..... But the hero, never gets to see they ending, they'll never know if their sacrifice actually made a difference, they'll never know if the day was really saved....... In the end, they just had to have faith......" -RvB

Only here because Why not

4y↑28

The pain of uncertainty, it's so chilling, is it not?

the ghost of var resh

4y↑2

So ture of words

Alex B

4y↑4

SASAGEYO!

Resident stranger

4y↑8

Church?

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Pants Shitter

9y↑2K

Because of this game
I had 2 lives
This life
And this game

GP

8y↑31

+Chicomgaming how dare you put your life before ME?

Eravaash

8y↑15

+Chicomgaming Im yours ;)

Jaren Darkwolf

8y↑32

Here we have a Krogan, a Human, and an Asari in order. Who am I? The Turian with a bad joke.

Live in Reykjavik

7y↑5

Terran? Wrong universe there.

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Anime Shaggy

2y↑135

Never played the Mass Effect games before until Legendary Edition. I have to say this series now ranks as one of my top 5 favorite games of all time. The story, characters, lore were so interesting and kept me engaged the whole time.

TK-550

5y↑203

When this game ended, i felt like my life had ended too.

Eclipse

38w

🤓

Cephalon Doom

37w↑1

@Eclipse-mk3hm you dropped this 🤓

Nem

7y↑963

The simple lesson this game taught me.

Even Hero's have the right to bleed.

MP

The

ODST 534

7y↑50

You can't save them all. Rip Legion, Mordin, Ashley or Kaiden, Thane, Anderson, and anyone else that died on your journey.

Toàn Lý

7y↑13

ODST 534 You can save Mordin but the price is very high. Sacrifice 2 for 1

James Wayton

7y↑24

that sounds so cheesy as fuck man, wow.

Mihai-Ciprian Ghilinta

7y↑1

Even Hero's have the right to bleed. How so?

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Puckett

1y↑20

Just played this trilogy for the first time on the Legendary Edition. It’s impossible to put into words how the ending made me feel. No other game has ever made me feel this much emotion, and I’m both ecstatic and completely dread-filled to play this again for the perfect ending.

DarthOmix

8y↑1.6K

Mass Effect has probably one of the best communities I've seen, from what I've seen. There's very little division, even in the battles for waifus. "I like Tali", "I like Liara". People don't bash each other's choices, they respect their tastes. Because no matter who you pick, you see enough of the characters to get their appeal for other people. They didn't lock quirks and charm behind romance routes, you got to know them no matter what your relationship was with them.

For example, I played a female Shepard who stuck with Liara for the whole trilogy and treated Garrus like an older brother figure. They were my A-Team. By the end of the game, the crew of the Normandy didn't feel like a cast of characters cobbled together to tick niche boxes and meet some inclusion quota. They felt like a team that had come together from a variety of circumstances, bonding over hardship, to become a family. And as the head of that family, I was heartbroken when anyone was lost. I never had a game do that to me. That is why Mass Effect will always be special to me.

It was a good ride that I have every intent to take again. Keelah Se'Lai.

The Insp3ctor

8y↑55

Not until you bring up ME3's endings

Cosmic

8y↑68

No even on that we're pretty unified. We all hated them.

The Insp3ctor

8y↑5

zactoid7 I meant when you try to decide which ending is the good ending

Furisco

8y↑43

Until you see the Bioware Forums.

* Sips Ryncol *

The Insp3ctor

8y↑3

Furisco The ME reddit is pretty chill though

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Blacksun388

9y↑2.6K

Cthulhu

9y↑34

Don't forget Grunt though, he was the best :(

Blacksun388

9y↑207

grunt didnt die in my playthrough

Solaxe S

9y↑8

The Eyes Of Hatred Best? Grunt barely had any personality

Ivan Pomytkin

9y↑141

Solaxe S EHEHEHE

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Christopher, The Smith

2y↑86

I think we can all agree Mass Effect is literally the best, nothing has ever really come quite as close since

The Illusive Man

2y↑1

Play the witcher 3

ΛutistiЄ

2y↑5

@The Illusive Man
The Witcher 3 was mid at best.

Mass Effect is where it's at.

Jo C

2y↑4

I Agree....nothing even comes close! I have played the Witcher 3 and while its a good game it cannot touch the Mass Effect trilogy!

Chris Vega

1y↑1

@ΛutistiЄ RDR2 (+ original RDR) story is not worse. Guaranteed.

nissandro manfred

52w↑2

@The Illusive Man i played witcher3 twice very good One. But mass effect smokes on witchers face

YuriSS

3y↑89

This game is actually cruel, I mean... It touches you so emotionally... No game does it that way. This game literally plays with your emotions, with everything you've been through throughout this trilogy. I played the entire trilogy about 40 times an I still didn't know why ME3 was so special for me. Now, with the LE and all the dlcs, I realized why ME3 is and will be my favorite videogame of all time: it plays with you emotionally on all sides, in every possible way. I nearly cried even in the final battle with all the fleets, not only because it is one of the best scenes that could have been made in a video game, also because of that feeling of anger, despair and revenge, the feeling of "it ends here, at all cost"... hard to explain. If I almost cried in that scene, imagine for the rest of the game.

This game is cruel... And that's why I love it.

BeEg xxc

2y↑5

The feeling "I want to fuck them up so bad" this scene gave me was so good when I saw reapers falling dead in destroy ending. I hope they didn't die instantly, I hope they felt the fear and the aknowledged fact they've lost. They were finally beaten by the ones they depsised so much.

Raider Joe

7y↑913

I remember when I first started hearing this, as Shepard jumped into the energy stream (yeah I went synthesis for my first ending) and it hit me. This was the end of a three game, five year journey. At that moment I was overcome, and I am unashamed to say I broke down crying. I was so invested in the universe that....realizing it was over was like being hit by a freight train of emotion. Thank you, Bioware, for making such a memorable, awesome game series, and here's to future adventures. It was a good ride, Shepard. The best.

Kyle

7y↑56

Synthesis is the best ending (especially if you brought peace between the Quarians and the Geth), so that's perfectly fine.

mouseno4

7y↑33

I would never say it is the best ending. Rather, it is the best ending of what is available. The other 3 endings just plain suck in their results and repercussions. Destroy kills the Geth. Control goes against everything Shepard fought for. Refusal is pointless and wimpy.

TheShadowGmr

7y↑3

The best.

Max

7y↑43

forcing all of the galaxy to merge is pretty shitty. EDi and the geth are sadly a necessary sacrifice. whatever it takes to stop the Reapers

Jorge Loza

7y↑3

What about controlling the Reapers? No indoctrination intended

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Pieter Lindeque

6y↑95

Damn I just finished the whole Mass Effect Trilogy last week and had to come listen to this again. My Shepard was a broken man who lost his parents to slavers, lost his brothers to threshers, lost dear friends and comrades on his journey. Yet despite all the pain he carried he always did the right things, and in the end it was a broken man that fixed a broken galaxy.

Will never forget these games.

Lord Mazdamundi

3y↑6

We had a same shepard, i remember feeling really bad for him, when on some dialogue and some answer, he just looked so... Empty, his tone of voice, the look in the eyes. And that's how in a few details, we can see how destroy a man can be. Bioware did Art with Mass Effect and Dragon Age

Ian Uhl

3y↑33

Despite 3s end, this trilogy shaped multiple generations of people. Very few movies or books can claim to have the lasting effect that Mass Effect does.

Avemir _

8y↑4.3K

"We've had a good ride"

"The Best"

mclightning88

8y↑18

+Skywalker1359 Gosh damn it.

Benjo

8y↑104

+Skywalker1359 Now what am I going to do with all these feels?

ImperialMartin

8y↑17

+Skywalker1359 Dem feels coming back again.

Sloth Guru

8y↑3

+Skywalker1359 :(

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Your Average Internet Person

3y↑25

This music is so beautiful. Hearing this as my Shepard sacrificed herself to control the Reaper and thought of Anderson, Mordin, and Thane in her final moments just broke me😭

Cptn Hero

3y↑178

i finished ME3 the first time with the legendary edition....
not gonna lie...this game had me tearing up many many times in the final game of the trilogy.
the beginning was so sad....the nightmare-scenes with the kid running in this burned forest...oof
i lost some fcking good teammates over the games.
i hated cerberus so much when they got away on thessia and for all these crucial experiments..after that i wanted to bring them down so much.
slowly while playing...i realized that i might not come back when the job is finished and the reapers are gone.
And on top of that, Tali made me feel like i have to do everything i can, to make sure she will get her house on Rannoch :(

dito

3y↑15

Welcome aboard soldier.

Keelah se'lai.

Comment Section-chan

Which of the 4 endings did you get in 3?

Cptn Hero

2y↑2

@Comment Section-chan i finished it 3 times and always chose destroy ending, just because i couldnt really deal with all the other ones. synth is just something no one should choose as a single person and its just not natural imo. Control is also way to risky, no matter what. and i didnt feel like my headcanon-shep would ever do that instead of destroying them once and for all.

Comment Section-chan

2y↑1

@Cptn Hero Seems you only list 3 endings. I picked the 4th secret ending

VX1

34w

@Cptn HeroI feel like if you are paragon you choose control ending simply because shepherd wouldn't sacrifice the geth to win the war.
If you are renegade you choose the destroy ending, since no sacrifice is to great to defeat the enemy.
The synthesis ending is just weird.
The doomed ending is also really good. I feel like that ending would play really well if Sheppard lost all of his comrades in a world where he was always against him that he simply gives up. That maybe the reapers have a point

Nikolett Sipos

7y↑359

I've just ended this game 2 days ago and I still feel that my heart is broken.
A huge part of me stayed there in the Normandy.

I hope I will have a second life so I can play it again without knowing the plot.

Best game EVER.

Keelah se'lai!

Rainbowhawk1993

7y↑7

Welcome to our world. We're glad you liked it so much.

TheMarkOfAWarrior

7y↑6

I joined the party about a year ago. Reading all of the comments on this video gets me every time.

The Political Moose

7y↑3

Same really. I lost count how many times I beat the series. Love the trilogy so much I had N7 tattooed on the back of my arm.

TheMarkOfAWarrior

7y↑1

I said i had joined the community a year ago, but thats wrong lol. Been 2 yrs. Ive beat all of them 8 times through, with a few replays of the first and second in between that i cant count.

Juliano Silva Rodrigues

3y↑2

Maybe this is your second life.

Ray

5y↑293

"Its been forever since I just sat down"

Couldn't hold myself when Anderson said that.

Viktor Frankling

3y↑10

same bro I just let it rip

Pendleton 115

3y↑6

I cried like an Absolute baby while replaying Legendary Edition 😭

Sunny

3y↑12

I cried like a baby when Anderson died.

Moise Mensah

3y↑11

@Pendleton 115 Same. Tears streamed down my face!

Lance Curry

2y↑3

I was among the number. Anderson had me gritting my teeth in the tears as I tried not to cry.

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Yunpei Yang

8y↑1.5K

"Tell me another story about the Shepard."
"It's getting late but, okay. One more story......"

Drss4

7y↑214

but first you have to pay 59.99 for main story, and extra $15 for each DLCs

Patrick

7y↑218

Worth every fucking penny though.

Drss4

7y↑45

Yep, as long as it have Shepard in it

Lucas V

7y↑34

Should I buy that Citadel dlc? I'll play the whole trilogy again and I don't know if is any good

Jack Whapplington

6y↑40

Its worth it for a final goodbye, for if you loved the series replay it with all DLCs for a wild and amazing journey.

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True Pac

8y↑898

"We've been through a lot, haven't we? But it's been a good ride." "The best." I cried.

Marcin K

6y↑14

It makes me cry after these years, when i finished this beautifull game.

Andrew Messer

5y↑10

RIP Anderson

Hassassini

5y↑1

We all did

ant 'NY

5y↑5

Saying your last words to everyone before the Charge of Light hit hard.

Siha Krios

Of course, absolutely.

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LittleFlame

47w↑4

Just finished playing Legendary edition now. 6 years and i'm still barely holding myself together and keeping emotions in me, seeing it all... victory at all cost. The simple human who didn't hesitate and never stopped eventually bring peace in galaxy. Honestly, i'm sad because there's no continue

Chaise Karateka

1y↑16

I'm at the point where just listening to this is enough to make me cry...

The Handler

1y↑6

same bro

yportne

1y↑2

Hearing this makes me want to replay the whole trilogy just to experience the ending again.

James Anderson

1y↑1

just finished the game with green line... Jack never meet me again...

Earline Sims

31w

I've listened to this about 50 times and everytime I cry.😢 it's been a good ride.
The best.😢

WJ Studios

8y↑963

I understand everyone was pissed off at the original ending. But the truth of every hero's story is sacrifice. And here, Shepard isn't just sacrificing himself, he is sacrificing the future he could have had with anyone. But that is what life is. Everything has an ending and every hero has to die, including you - the player. This game kind of ends with a question, how are you going to live your life now that you know even the hero of the story has to die?

Quondam Choir

8y↑20

I love those books. The republic commando series.... Awesome to find someone else who does too.

WJ Studios

8y↑9

My favorite books of all time

Glory

8y↑2

Bal kote, darasuum kote!

Dave Grégoire

8y↑60

Finally someone who think that it is way more epic that Sheppard sacrifice his life to save countless others. I loved then end and can't think of another ending right now. The rush of emotions this trilogy gave me is just amazing.

Token

8y↑49

im not bothered about the sacrifice or that shepard dies... I was upset at the lack of care seemingy put into the ending and the plot holes and lack of information given regards each ending. I replayed recently and romanced thane and that helped improve the sacrifice SO much, but i think most fans dont mind that shepard died, they mind about the piss poor ending. Still love the games though.

I also agree it is a better ending if shepard has to die in the same way i dont like everyone surviving the suicide mission - im so glad i fucked up the first time around because i was nearly in tears losing four of my guys

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TBAG [Epic Gaming]

1y↑20

Recently played and finished the ME Trilogy (Legendary Edition) for the first time. I'm usually not that into Sci Fi shooters but this game had such an amazing cast of characters. You know a game is special when you can't stop thinking about it after finishing it. And this soundtrack at the end broke me 😭. Lots of people didn't like the ending (I can understand why) but I kinda liked it. I chose the destroy ending and it felt pretty fitting all things concidered. I completely forgot that ME4 was in development too so after remember it when I beat the game I got so excited. I hope the destroy ending is canon so we can play as Sheperd again. Man, what an awesome character. Great game

Jack Nico

3y↑48

This scene gonna hit different on the legendary edition straight up

Aegis

3y↑11

Playing through all the games 100% over the span of two months, I cried like a little bitch when it ended again.

Shervin Abiri

3y↑1

@Aegis Same

Moise Mensah

3y↑1

It did! 💔

TrackManiaFtw

10y↑168

People may argue about the ending but one thing is absolutely certain : Mass Effect 3's soundtrack is among the most amazing ones out there :)

Dimitri Kampitsis

10y↑1

what about medal of honor 2010 ending soundtrack? you must listen

TROLLO TRALLA

10y

Dimitri Kampitsis High Ground was awesome in MoH but you really can't compare the soundtracks, they're too different.

Dimitri Kampitsis

10y

TROLLO TRALLA true, but 8 heroes aboard was the best sound track

TheJackal

3y↑27

Shame I wasn't around when these games were new. They made me care about the characters like no other. Hell I even shed some tears when some inevitably bit the dust in the third game. Tragic how Shepard will never see Tali again.

Gilbert v

3y↑26

I just got done playing this series for the first time via the legendary edition. I knew it was a classic, but holy hell I was not expecting it to be this good. I only wish that I had gotten around to playing it back when it released. This is definitely my new favorite game series

Crimson

2y↑6

I'm honestly glad I waited until I was an adult more in tune with his emotions. I was a teenager when Mass Effect finished, and I think I can appreciate it a lot more as a more mature person.

CDRNatashaShepardN7

2y↑7

I must have played mass effect 3 so many times but still this piece makes me cry every time I hear it. The series is my favourite by far. I’m crying right now

Penguin Hunter

3y↑7

still make me tears up a bit after all these years

AdasAtelier

3y↑1

Me too ;_;

Journey95 Far

4y↑7

Mass Effect 3 is so underrated, really an amazing final part of the Trilogy and a great send off for Shepard & co. its emotional af

IAMTHEICEMAN

9y↑600

When Shepard said "It's hard enough fighting a war. But it's worse knowing no matter how hard you try... you can't save them all.", it reminded me of my uncle who said something very similar after he quit the police force when he wasn't able to negotiate with a criminal and three hostages died. It haunts him to this day.

Ramiro Navarro

5y↑39

Wow man. That's really hard. Hope your uncle is better.

AINZ OOAL GOWN

5y↑35

It's why we love mass effect. It allows us to feel ways we couldn't normally feel. Your uncle did his best and Shepard would be proud of him for his service, and for trying. We all are. I hope your uncle has found peace

FreelanceDev4life

5y↑16

A good cop. It haunts you when you can't.

johnny doe

5y↑5

I will pray for your uncle

Thomas Bradley

Oof

Josep Duran

5y↑37

"You did good, son. You did good. I'm proud of you". That made me cry... and my first videogame was Space Invaders at the arcades.

Melodies of Life

2y↑4

The way the instruments grow in intensity during the last stretch of this song almost feels like a reminder that no matter how much you mourn for what was, you have to keep going forward, or else every sacrifice that was made to get you there was meaningless

kevin lewis

4y↑6

I don’t think I’ll ever stop replaying the Mass Effect trilogy it’s far too special to me.

Atari Fan

kevin lewis fantastic isn’t it

Cody

It will always have a special place in my heart.

Valiant Spartan

4y↑11

Ah yes the legendary ME trilogy. One of the very few games that made me cry. It's honestly such a phenomenal trilogy I don't even have the words to describe it.

Adumbratio

8y↑78

I remember i cried like a little girl after wathing this gray flashbacks.A gave a part of me to this game.And i think if a game can make you cry,it trully can be count as masterpiece.Thank you Bioware for this magnificent trilogy.

Vladorelu

8y↑5

I feel you man. When Joker said ''damn it'', I lost all control. I've never cried because of a movie or a book, but this game man...

Adumbratio

8y↑1

am'gaM Ragerino Kripperino
it's more than just a game

Nem

8y↑1

Dark W0lF I romanced Liara, that shot in gray of her Smiling will maker me cry every single time.

Mr.Bingleton

Your not the only one. I completed ME3 the other day and I got a little choked at the end. I remember seeing the original endings and all I remember about them was being pissed off thinking "Wait thats it?" but with the extended cut it made more sense wrapped up the trilogy nicely.

hon3y_mochi (Mochi)

Vlad.... You have not idea how that felt. No idea.

Dave Jackson

8y↑269

Even though the ending could have used some work, this is still one of my favorite franchises of all time. Out of ANY game, have I ever felt more of an impact and connection to fictional characters. This is why I occasionally come back to the soundtracks.

HP98

8y↑2

You need to try out the Witcher series then!

Dave Jackson

+ThePiachu90 I just picked up wild hunt because I read you don't have to play the first two to get the story. Should I get all three?

HP98

8y↑2

Dave Jackson Witcher 1 is the worst of the three games, however I'd say its a classic with flaws and is fun if you're into the Witcher series. Witcher 2 has a good story and improves a lot on the first game in terms of visuals and game mechanics plus i found it enjoyable. It's true that you don't need those games to get into Witcher 3, however it helps. If you have time to spare and want to get into the Witcher universe (which is very in-depth and interesting) then i'd recommend getting the previous games. However if you'd rather just get straight into Witcher 3 and not spend time i the previous 2 games id just recommend finding a youtube video that explains everything up to Witcher 3 so atleast you know what is going on, as it can be a little overwhelming getting into the whole universe. There are many good videos out there explaining the events of the previous games and even events before the games.

lojkotamarek

8y↑9

I have played all 3 games of the Witcher and also every Mass Effect game and I must say, THERE IS NOTHING so emotional as Mass Effect franchise, not even The Witcher. Bioware made hell of a work. :)

Mark Inglis

8y↑3

mission 3, Homeworld, enough said, I will love and play mass effect till the day I die, pour a cold one for me Sheppard!

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Drew Russell

3y↑70

“It would be easy for a single ship to get lost up there.”

Yes it would.

Fencer94

5y↑5

Man. Five years later (after my first playthrough) and this still sends chills down my back.

Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan John-117

8y↑11

At around 1:00 to 1:30 hit me in the feels. Our duty as soldiers is to protect humanity. Whatever the cost.

Voro 'Rogarai

8y↑7

Ayy coming in with the master chief lines

Mcstompwaffle

3y↑10

3:29-4:39 is one of the best sections of music ME has. I'm glad they chose this excerpt for the Legendary Edition trailer.

Mel

3y↑40

"It was a good fight"
"A great fight"
"Then go and finish it. And when you go to the sea, I will be waiting for you at the shore"

ugly sobs until the credits roll

MisterX867

10y↑168

I don't care what people think of this game and the ending. It's still an amazing and entertaining video game to the very end for me

Taco1011

10y↑20

I think so too. It was a great game (and series) with a fitting ending.

Cool Jim

10y↑1

Taco1011 That's just the music talking. The ending is still the same with plot holes as far as the eye can see, like the destroy option for example Shepard is still alive but Bioware later states that ME4 has nothing to do with Shepard.....Then why the hell show him alive in the destroy ending if ME4 has nothing to do with Shepard?

Taco1011

10y↑4

I'm gonna stick to my guns and say that it was an alright ending. Honestly, I could care less about what people like or disliked about the ending.

Adam Carter

10y↑1

lparker7 Well for one, the Destroy ending isn't the canonical ending. So most likely, Shepard will be dead in ME4 still. And who knows when ME4 will even take place anyway. I can't imagine anything comparable in scope happening in the galaxy for a while after the end of ME3, so ME4 could be 100's if not thousands of years in the future or take place before the events of the original ME trilogy.

The Dream Warden

10y

***** Rumor on the grapevine is that ME4 will take place during the First Contact War.

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WeissVogel

1y↑3

I just attended a funeral service last Saturday and all of a sudden this rang in my head. It’s that deep

Laser

5y↑9

There is no other book, other movie, other game which made me so emotionally attached and invested like Mass Effect did. It still hurts so much and brings tears to my eyes after all those years. I'm afraid nothing can ever surpass this and I would give anything to relive it again.

Andromeda

I honestly wish I could forget it all so I can replay it again

SirFloopy

7y↑8

As heart-wrenching as this scene and soundtrack are, I love the victorious feeling near the end, in the heavy brass horns that start around 3:40. It shifts the feeling a bit from "Reflecting on everything we sacrificed to get here" to "We actually won! Take that, Reapers!"

Rainbowhawk1993

7y↑1

That's what's so great about it. It let's you reflect on everything. All the ups and downs and how it was finally over. Then taking a breath and looking up to see "We've done it."

Leowulf

3y↑21

Jesus Christ. It's hard to believe this is almost ten years old and Mass Effect as a franchise is basically 15 years old at this point. I think as a kid I didn't grasp how significant this franchise was. Now that I've seen sci-fi and fantasy works in both games and television, it's really hard for any piece of fiction to hit the peak that Mass Effect did. The music, the characters, the choices, the settings, the environments, the designs - this game is so perfect, the world building is perfect. I think it's easy to get caught up in outrage culture and as gamers, I think a lot of the younger audience that was raging about the ending have grown up.

This was always a very deep, dark, serious game and I think a fairytale ending was never an option but at the time, this wasn't something people really associated with games I think. The general consensus is "Good guy save world, world happy, end happy." What an amazing franchise honestly, I'm so excited to replay it.

tzimiable

Honestly, the older I get the more I appreciate the ending. When I played it I wasnt happy about it, even though the epilogue helped a bit. But as time passes by I find myself growing more and more impressed by all the ending. They are all interesting choices even if none of them are perfect. Thats how it usually is. The only thing you get in this world is choice. Usually they are not good ones, but at least you have that freedom.

Hanith

@tzimiable Very nicely summarized. Each of the endings(except giving up) are choices, your choices. Three game slowly brought you to this point. Each of the choice will change galaxy forever. If nothing else i like that they give you choice based on your "mind". Want peace? There is a way, but you have to bring the greatest sacrifice. Want control? Do it, but you, as an individual, will be lost forever. Wanna destroy them? Sure, do it and kill every single synthetic(and it even more hideous if you gave them free will first... You give them sentience just so you can use them and then you will kill them all), and god knows how many organics, because without Mass relays they will be stranded in that specific part of galaxy, not to mention BILLIONS of years of combined knowledge, from civilizations they harvested.

In the end, not one of the choice is technically good. They are kinda equally bad, but that's what makes this game unique.

LambSeusLocated

@Hanith This is exactly why I loved the endings mate. They made you think before picking as each had their pros and cons. I never played the ME games when I was younger and just finished them recently. I think that with the way the endings are done, it makes it even more impactful and am not entirely sure why they were not well received originally

Kit

7y↑5

Still giving me chills after 5years... Damn this trilogy isn't just games... but I don't find my words to describe what I feel about them...

gabedamien

10y↑63

Regardless of how good or bad the original ending was, or even how good the actual GAMES were, when this track started to play right after I made my final choice... it is simply indescribable how it felt. No other game series I know of ever built up such a weighty culmination of investment, of backstory, of agency, of emotional depth. And in that one instant, you realized... it was all over. the dozens, even hundreds of hours spread over three games, inheriting each of your decisions and relationships – it all came down to this moment. It was a cathartic release unlike anything I’ve ever experienced from any form of media ever.

Nam Vu

10y↑12

couldn't have put it better myself. This track, and the voice of Liara from the memory capsule in the refusal ending, it gives you a feeling unlike any others. You knew then that, it's all over

ClutchManGaming

10y↑4

Never felt so emotional for a game until this one.months after ME3 released, I got the Trilogy. played all non stop for a week, High emotions after this for dayssss. when i remember me3 i feel emotion. Best game ive ever played.

Michael Tritle

2y↑3

Song hits me in the feels every time I hear it

quYg

1y↑7

Bro nostalgia hit me like a frickin bus.

Extra Plain

4y↑3

Mass effect 3 was my first experience with the series and is still my favourite for that nostalgia. The world, the characters, the stakes, music, visuals all of it incredible.

kevin lewis

4y↑3

I never expected this trilogy to mean so much to me the characters all feel so real, they’re like family. Mass Effect will always have a special place in my heart.

Juan Laise

4y↑100

Anyone else here on 2020?
This made me start to replay the trilogy one more time.

Mr CHEESEMANn

4y↑2

Juan Laise of course, this game will never die

SpaceJesus

4y↑1

Just finished ME2 again, Paragon. Just started ME3 again

XxJesusxXx64

Juan Laise of course

Монетник Харьковский

replay too and cry

CallMeCloby

4y↑1

Ngl, this was the first time I ever played it and damn it hurts to know I missed out on this for so long. Throughout it though, my favorite part of the trilogy will be the characters. One of the first times I was able to feel affected through them. Wish it was real, cause it damn well felt like it sometimes.

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OrganicMachine

8y↑188

Still find it hard to let go of the series. Just started playing it again in lieu of new games. It's that good. 10 years later and I'm putting in the one that started it all again, and I can't wait to get to the part in the third one that this song plays at. Just listening to it here brings back so many memories and emotions. I don't expect to ever find any story that hits me like this one does.

Admiral Anderson

8y↑11

It's is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

Sashi_Me

8y↑12

cant wait for Mass Effect Andromeda and its sequels.

MCP/ChronicBuzz

7y↑7

I never understood what people ment by the phrase "The journey is the reward" until I played Mass Effect.

Tom Speeddraw

7y↑3

Try the Dragon Age Series, same studio, epic story ; Dragon Age origins has a shitty gameplay but a great story, for DA2 it's kind of the opposite, story is still good, but you'll love it for the gameplay, not the story ; the Inquisition one is the best game I ever played, with the best story. Okay the open world was kind of a mess, but the story, I know it sounds weird, but it's ahead Mass Effect. And god knows how much I love ME.

Robert Harris

7y↑2

Tom Sanada what? origins had one pf the best RPG gameplay systems ever. ill take it youv never played KOTOR.

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altaiir541

3y↑85

"because of her, I'm alive! And I'm not alone..."

I miss EDI

Tom Blantz

She can be brought back when the Mass Relays are rebuilt. That’s what I hope can happen. Though Joker may not live to see the light of that.

tran minh

@Tom Blantz I’ve played the trilogy back to back religiously for the past 7 years. I used to always to Synthesis as I believed it was the answer that the Catalyst was looking but only Shepard can deliver. But then recently I thought to myself what if it’s lying, EDI showed that she could lied when she took control of the Normandy at the beginning, and her codes are based on the Reaper’s, what if the Catalyst was lying to Shepard. The recent ME4 teaser also heavily suggested that destroy was the cannon ending so we’ll have to wait and see.

Tom Blantz

2y↑2

@tran minh I know right? The ME4 trailer was indeed suggesting that the destroy ending was/is canon. My point in the reply to the guy’s comment: when he said he misses EDI, he’s probably implying that he chose the destroy ending. Because the destroy ending would mean the end of EDI, no? When I said “when they’re rebuilt, she can be brought back.”, I meant that it’s assumed by some fans that the mass relays and other synthetic life can be brought in back.

N7117ACIV

3y↑2

This is one of the few games out of all I've played that has been able to make me cry

TEXAS FALCON

2y↑5

10 years later I still play this game from Mass Effect to ME3 i thank this series for getting me through high school and helping me on my video game creation career for my inspiration for great story building their will never be another game that takes me through an emotional trips to making the best outcomes

joselitocespedes1985

3y↑6

April 2021.. 1am.. eyes bloody watered up! Im 35 years old and listening to this reminded me of younger days, recalling how I reached a Y intersection along the road.. Still wondering till this day If I made the right choice and this theme.. just gets to me and I feel like everyone was going through something throughout this Trilogy and here we are.. about to embark on the Legendary edition.. we made this far.. lets keep going!

chumaster24

8y↑3

To this day, the greatest video game story ever told. There is so much that comes together to form this incredible trilogy that is one longer ending short of a masterpiece. Can't wait for Andromeda!

Fabled Thunder

9y↑2.3K

Shepard: I'm sorry.
Mordin: I'm not it had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

Bradda

9y↑209

Would have liked to run tests on sea shells.

Vargos Silver-Fang

7y↑63

ThunderGun2 That made me cry mate.

Fabled Thunder

6y↑25

Right in the feels.

Miricious Vespyre

6y↑31

I remember that part. Made me smile with a tear. Damn Dr. Souls

smthnlse

6y↑4

Killed me

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John Carter

4y↑10

It has been 3 years. 3 years since the great war for peace. She sits on her balcony, admiring the night sky. She takes a sip of her wine, and reads the reports she has received from the office. Reports from all over the galaxy say that the enemy has been indeed destroyed during the war, and their return is unlikely.

She sighs, reading the report, because she knows in her heart, their return will surely come. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday. she puts down the tablet of reports, and looks back to the night sky. She feels herself tearing up, but stops herself. She smiles.
"I miss you...." She whispers into the sky. "...Shepard."

Her tablet lights up. She picks it up to see a message. "Commander Tali'zorah vas Normandy, General Hackett has requested an Extranet meeting with you."

She smiles, and takes another sip of wine, and goes inside to answer the call.

MC Ren

3y↑4

Most beautiful piece of music ever made for a game

Elias Fender

7y↑3

hands down, mass effect will forever be the best trilogy i have ever had the pleassure to play. and years later i still can't stop coming back. i am at my ninth replay atm..can't wait to make it ten

ahmed jawad

3y↑1

Just came back from the legendary trailer. Can’t wait to feel this again

TacoBombBastic

4y↑4

This music starts and the whole journey just hits me all at once, I miss this trilogy.

Adam C. Norby

8y↑73

Some stories are so good, we don't want them to end. Those are the stories that will live on forever. We grow, we learn from them, we feel like we are a part of that world. The world of Mass Effect was one of them. It was so good, so meaningful, so insightful, so powerful that we never wanted it to end.

ImperialMartin

+Adam C. Norby Yes,couldn´t have expressed that better in words ! :)
I feel the same way and I think most players who played ME feel kinda that way.

m

4y↑4

me and my freind played me3 together 7 years ago. he passed away 6 month ago and now im listening to this alone at 4 am. i wish no one loses their loved ones

Matt H

4y↑1

Know that there are people out there that love you.

JohnDoe

3y↑5

The most amazing game series in my life. I remember how I bought disk with first game, I remember feeling of discovering new worlds, even though they were mostly empty rock mountains.

Jacob

4y↑3

7 years later and still one of the best games I have ever played. Loved the story, the characters, the villains, the music. Thank you Mass Effect.

Friendly Reaper

What I always like about Mass effect is that there really are no villains.Every character in the game is doing what they think is right, none of them are "evil" for the fun of it.

SPACE BOOOST

6y↑6

Not 5 seconds in and I'm already installing the trilogy again. Words cannot describe the love I have for this series.

P-Ball That Mofo from South-East Asia

8y↑1

This track is so bittersweet. You just get the feeling that this was it, all those choices boiled down to make the Ultimate Sacrifice.

And that victorious bit was just good.

Arfpint

8y↑77

As much as I disliked the ending, this track has to be one of the most emotive, incredibly moving pieces of game music ever created.

Always has me in tears.

KamiSam

5y↑2

I miss them so much. They were like my friends in hs when I didn’t have anyone else. They have a special place in my heart. Here’s to my favorite franchise and here’s also to hope for a new story that will make me sad to leave again.

Viperhat

6y↑3

This can break you if you were a Talimancer, just her broken "I have a home." actually hurts you on a deep emotional level, because you know that this is not going to be a happy ending...

KiraKiraSekai1

7y↑4

Even after all this time, this track hurts my heart. Well done, Commander Shepard.

Kyle Rosen

2y↑2

Thinking of Shepard. True hero. We need someone like that now.

Arsalan Ahmed

3y↑2

Can't wait to hear this again in Legendary Edition :)

J Michael

9y↑2K

Graham

9y↑117

BlackMosesHD I love that line "since i just........
sat down..."
Takes a real sad break to think for a minute of peace.

Matthew Walters

9y↑45

That moment made me start to feel empty inside, like I started crying then

Nimrise

9y↑17

+BlackMosesHD That was one of dozends of moments i cried while playing ME

Christian Brutal Sniper

9y↑19

+BlackMosesHD you forgot that anderson says:mmph mmph

Nikki Nieves

9y↑9

+BlackMosesHD fuck. this comment made me want to cry.

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grimmjow0106

5y↑1

The feels r REALLLLL.
Great soundtrack , great series, great music, great chars , great adventure, great song

Isaiah Colesanti

7y↑1

This is one of the first emotional video game endings I have ever watched or played which made me shed tears in my eyes.

Sean Halo

5y↑2

Still listening and still cracks me up in summer 2019.
I remember those days playing all day long online with a friend.
It's sad to see how times change.

OldManMoo

6y↑2

6 years later, and song still goes right for the feels. Joker's face when he realizes he has to leave Shepard behind... Not a dry eye in the house.

Eldand Ny'is

7y↑1

God this song can still make me cry like nobody's business.

Battle Bear

10y↑92

All these feels. I can't hold them. I remember the first time that I finished the game, with my very first character I had in the series. During and after the ending sequence, I started to cry like a baby. And I still do every time I play this game. Mass Effect has a way of showing us human nature, even through aliens. It's a story of struggle and pain and sacrifice. A story of what we go through to get what we want. That unalienable desire to not only survive, but to thrive. And it had to be Shepard. Someone else might have gotten it wrong.

Black Nerd Mike P

10y↑5

icwut u did thar

Battle Bear

10y↑7

Yes. Indeed.

Battle Bear

10y↑1

We have true insight. We can sit back and let the world flow. Watch in silence, only commenting to ourselves. You should try it sometimes. Just let others do their thing, just watch. Just listen.

A12GaugeRampage

10y↑9

Well put. I may dislike certain parts of the ending (mainly how no matter what choices are made throughout the series they don't impact the ending greatly) but I felt that it was fitting for Shepard to die in order to preserve life. He lived up to his namesake. Great series.

Battle Bear

10y↑12

***** Sometimes, it is not about where we end up, but rather the journey we take to get there. It is the human experience. To find our way through our brief existence. Remember that.

Nam

2y↑2

Finished the legendary edition 2 days ago, cant stop thinking about it. Im gonna miss these characters especially kaidan, tali, garrus, and liara. I hope they all come back for the new mass effect

Pierrot83

5y↑2

oh man, 2019 and it still make me cry a little

Abdullah Gammash

7y↑4

Mordin sacrifice hit me really hard. since then, I knew things won't be easy, I knew that we will suffer great losses.

Mordin, Thane, Legion, Anderson, Shepherd and many other brave warriors of all races, your sacrifices won't be forgotten.

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