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The Cerberus Plot
Mass Effect 3 Soundtrack Lyrics

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@lalas3590

10y↑142

"Cerberus isn't just an organization or the people behind it.
Cerberus is an idea.
That idea is not so easily destroyed."

@knight13117

10y↑5

Totally reminds me of O'Brien's speech about the "Brotherhood" from 1984.

@watchinginaz

9y↑19

lol racists trying to paint themselves as noble idealists.

@lalas3590

9y↑17

watchinginaz
Actually, all of them were indoctrinated by ME3 so noone knows exactly how would they help had they not been indoctrinated.

@watchinginaz

9y↑7

La Las
Yeah I will give you that. By the time ME 3 hits they are just pawns being used by the reapers anyway.

@gammadion

3y↑2

@@watchinginaz The same can be said for antiracists, ironically enough.

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@pb19111

8y↑97

Those civilian murdering Cerberus thugs can dodge powers, but they can't dodge the Black Widow.

@MrKILLINOOBZ

8y↑11

or an N7 Valiant

@jerkopatrik

8y↑7

Or the Javelin

@benmcd8537

7y↑15

pb19111 Or a well placed Krogan charge

@VikingBnS

7y↑13

Ben McD
I
AM
KROGAAAAAAAAAAAN

@benmcd8537

7y↑7

Vindicator Damn Cerberus Pyjacks

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@miguelsantiago9411

8y↑50

Here's to hijacking an Atlas

@AbyssalEmpyrean

10y↑49

Humanity First

@KarasawaL30

12y↑17

"Your vision is pathetically limited."

@Voss2120

12y↑20

Anyone else notiuce the Cerberus Plot and Palaven action squence sound oddly similiar?

@nicolasmalerba6595

3y↑1

They both are soundtracks made by Christopher Lennertz

@andrewgardiner1077

3y↑2

Also sounds like Virmire from ME-1.

@galacticquasaur2956

@@andrewgardiner1077 Makes sense, seing as how the last part of the ost is the confrontation of you and either Ashley or Kaiden

@kblargh

12y↑8

for a second, i thought it said "cerberus pot", which would explain a lot, considering

@DioDinero

12y↑8

T.I.M.: "We intend to control the reapers to advance humanity." Me: Fuck that, you're going to get us all killed. *Finishes the game. Gets everyone killed* Me: ...Fucking hell, let's do it, Cerberus. Can't be worse than what I did.

@illusiveman3378

10y↑28

who is that...Its SHEPARD! ggaahhh...... dies

@batman_2015

4y↑1

Nooooooo

@Attilakiralyart

10y↑12

Best soundtrack while doing an artwork! <3

@glutymaximusy866

9y↑26

I keep a save to the Citadel Coup mission. And everytime I start it, I just go and gun down every last motherfucker in my sights. And then subtly approach their remains, and shoot it some more. idk why.

@jaguar550

12y↑12

I really love this track. Thanks for uploading:)

@uiuiuiseraph

12y↑4

Best piece of mass effect music.

@davidjones7962

10y↑37

While the Alliance sends our men and women to protect the Salarians and Asari, Cerberus is protecting Humanity's best interests. Join Cerberus: fight for Humanity.

@janmatous5625

6y↑3

David Jones I greed with Cerberus in Mass Effect 2... But in Mass Effect 3 they were wrong about controlling the reapers instead of joining Alliance and fight.

@KingOpenReview

6y↑1

an Matouš Controlling the reapers isn't what's bad. What's bad is stealing from Shepard, killing his friends, and generally dividing the galaxy.

@janmatous5625

Phesheya Bhembe Well, you're right. And I hope BioWare will make another Mass Effect with story continued after ,,defeating the Reapers". I bought Andromeda just to the collection.

@bez_znaczenia

@@janmatous5625 Yeah, I too want ME4 in Milky Way. And must be included Cerberus, at last as allies.

@batman_2015

Fuck Cerberus and anyone sympathetic to them. Burn in hell, fuckers.

@truexenith8596

5y↑26

Cerberus is to Mass Effect as ONI is to Halo.

@nonutnovemberman

3y↑2

And as C.E.L.L. is to Crysis

@WinstonKillDeath

3y↑1

ONI did some fucked up shit, but nowhere close to the same level as Cerberus.

@bloodyDeagle77

No. They are way worse. How your comment got upvotes is stunning tbh.

@truexenith8596

@@bloodyDeagle77 They're the most comparable.

@jackylee5850

4y↑2

Cerberus does not get the drop on us this time, let's kick them in the balls for a change

@benmcd8537

7y↑6

It was inevitable that the IW was going to be the villain in ME3, he was exposed to a reaper artifact before the events of ME1 during the First Contact War, and being subtly influenced the effects of indoctrination and it started to rear its ugly head and the IW falls under the reapers control. His beliefs and ideals before ME3 were his own, but due to his exposure to the artifact he slowly became indoctrinated and once the reapers cane into the picture it was only a matter of time before he fell under their thrall. In the beginning of ME3 the IWs decisions are mostly his own, but towards the end his own indoctrination starts to assert itself.

@lauraschlieselhuber8487

what are you calling IW ?

@reggiecollantes5883

3y↑1

Epic Ashley's Creepy Castle&haunted Mansion

@weiserthanyou2052

5y↑4

Love that it's just like the View of Palaven, but instead of turians fighting Reapers its Shepard fighting Cerberus.

@gametrollerprime1594

3y↑2

I'm willing to forgive them for messing up Cerberus because this track is too good.

@HomerSimpson25815

The Cerberus 'Plot'

@FreyaofCerberus

10y↑89

I loved the Illusive Man in ME2, the whole idea of Cerberus made sense. Sure they were a little ruthless, a little prejudiced but they made sense. The Illusive Man's point was reasonable and you can't argue with their results. There was an actual temptation to join them wholeheartedly which i usually did. A pity that ME3 saw them become just another pointlessly evil organisation with the Illusive Man becoming space hitler. That was one of my main laments about the third game they wasted the opportunity to create an interesting villain. It easy and boring to just have the Illusive Man be indoctrinated and just have his equally brainwashed henchmen do stupidly evil things. It would have been that much better if they were as they were in ME2, normal people doing what they think is right to save humanity.

@NoneShallDefyMe

9y↑22

But it makes sense, and despite what ME2 says we still knew nothing about the man or the Organization. He lied and propped himself up so he could make it seem like they were just normal people doing what they thought was right. In reality it was a very secret Organization that wanted power on a galactic scale, using any means necessary to gain it. Sure they had a noble purpose with Shepard, just dont kid yourself though, they were evil as fuck from the start. A big reason they can get away with fooling people is because Illusive Man is charismatic and even a bit charming and he's not stupid.

Controlling the reapers would make not only Cerberus, but IM himself a God. You think someone running a controlling Organization like Cerberus is gonna give up ultimate control? Hell no. Plus he's still a fantastic villain, but ME3 just brought his real goal to the frontline.

@FreyaofCerberus

9y↑5

***** Going to have to disagree with you on this one. I loved ME2, i still think its the greatest game ever made and i did my indepth research. I knew exactly what Cerberus was about, it was people pursuing the goal of preserving and enhancing humanity at any cost. Research without safeguards, oversight or ethics. Is this evil? Maybe, maybe not. That was the beauty of ME2, Cerberus were exactly as evil as you saw them to be. And i didn't see evil, i saw ruthlessness and cunning. The Illusive Man doesn't want to be a god or emperor of earth, why would he? He already has everything he needs and robbing humanity of their free will is counter to the very core of his political beliefs. He is a space libertarian, believing that humans should be free of alien and government influence to evolve. Almost every single Cerberus person you talk to in ME2 speaks of the loyalty of the organisation, "they had my back when no-one else would".
So you see thats why it grates so harshly with the Cerberus of ME3 who forcibly lobotomize they people so that they can be faceless stormtroopers to massacre civilians and be shot in the face by you. The Cerberus who will attack humanity at a time of war. An Illusive Man who has decided he has had enough of being the untouchable shadowdy puppet master of an organisation with more resources than the Quarians; who are utterly loyal to him. No suddenly he becomes the villain of a pantomime calling to dare you to stop his evil plan. And what plan is that? To become emperor of the universe. Not even Martin Sheen's fantastic performance could reconcile those facts. Why do you think they included the "Cerberus Defectors" in ME3? Because the staff of the much better written Cerberus of ME2 were literally fleeing from the space nazis they has become in ME3.

I think the real point i'm trying to make here is you saw the Illusive Man as the villain in ME2 but he really wasn't. What did he do apart from make a few cold, calculating calls. He brought you back to life, gave you a ship, a crew, a purpose. I was floored that most of the options when you first meet him range from snarky to outright hostile. You owe him everything, you could at least say thanks before berating him over the actions of Cerberus. He was never supposed to be an outright villain and i maintain his transformation into space hitler was a choice made by the brainless drones at EA.
What is this? Complex characters who aren't immediately identifiable as good or bad? No, no, no this won't do, how will the COD fans jumping into the 3rd part of an epic three part saga be able to tell who to shoot? You know who was easily to see as bad; Hitler so basically just make him Hitler but in space and call it a day.

@txgoldrush

9y↑8

Crusading Critic Did you not play ME1?Many clues to Cerberus's true motives were found there, Nevermind the fact that they were experimenting with Reaper tech in one side mission. They were always evil.And no, ME2 is the weakest of the trilogy. It had no focus and a weak main plot. The character missions saved the game.

@FreyaofCerberus

9y↑6

txgoldrush Cerberus wasn't well developed in ME1, a vague "rogue military black op". They were part of the Alliance government and really only served as the motive for a handful of side missions. They were barely in the game and i'd argue that the Cerberus of ME1 is a different organization from ME2.
Besides are you high? ME2 the weakest? You must be high. ME1 was the weakest. I mean yes it set everything up and had some awesome parts. But the controls were very last gen, the inventory was a nightmare and everyone was so goddamn serious. The sign of a masterful writer in games and movies is to inject a little levity and humanity into your characters. The characters were so much more likeable and interesting in ME2 than one, apart from Garus, Dr Chakwas and Joker obviously. Liara is up in the air for me, i liked her better in 2 and 3, she came across as way too much "thank you for rescuing me noble warrior now let me reward you with sex" in ME1. No focus? Again i have to ask what you've been smoking, the entire game was laser focused on the collectors. Get your team to fight them, train and get to know your team so they survive the fight, upgrade your ship to better your odds of surviving the fight. The you go fight the collectors, seems pretty damn focused to me. Much more so than some of the side quest you get in ME1. The plot was far from weak, they needed a new villain and they made a great one. The collectors came across and mysterious and creepy and yet the stakes were still saving earth. And that final mission in ME2 is some of the best damn game making to date.

I recently replayed ME3 with all the DLC i missed first few goes round and with the stuff that they had been forced to cut due to EA pushing deadlines its actually a much better game. Still have issues with some stuff but much better. The Omega DLC added the grit and the realism and Citadel added the heart and humor that ME3 so suffered from lacking by and large. The way the cards now fall it has to be ME2 as the best then ME3 then ME1. Just cause it came first doesn't mean its the best.

@txgoldrush

9y↑10

No, they weren't. While they did have a handful of side missions, it foreshadows what they would become. There is a mission where ExoGeni is mining Reaper tech to hand to Cerberus, which kills their colony. So as far back as ME1, they held interest in the Reapers. And in the novels, written by Drew Karpyshyn, they were definitely villainous and what went on in Retribution leads to ME3.

ME2's plot is very weak, weaker than ME1 or ME3, which had the best plot. ME2 has a lot of contrivance problems, the main plot is simply not well told. First you have a deus ex machina Space Magic opening with the Lazarus Project, which handwaves how Shepard came back to life. Its funny how hypocrites bash ME3's ending for "Space Magic" deus ex machina, which I would say that while Synthesis was kinda space magic, but there is no deus ex machina. It was a hamfisted lore killing contrived way to jump Shepard two years. The Virmire Survivor is treated poorly in ME2, and Horizon has an annoying plot hole because Bioware didn't check their work. How the VS isn't captured by The Collectors, which would have been an excellent plot point, is beyond me while they nab the colonist woman a few yards away, both were stunned. The "mission to nowhere" to get the party off the ship so the Collectors can kidnap the crew, yeah, that's pretty contrived and unnecessarily so. More thought should have been put in that sequence, as well as a final boss that should have been canned. Bioware was smart to can the proposed final boss in ME3. The plot is a mess, it was the character stories that made ME2. Most are in agreement that the ME2 main plotline was weak and that the characters are the star of the game.

ME3 had a lot of heart. It was the darkest and saddest of the games. And unlike ME2, the characters developed in the plot, not independent of it.

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@ChaosWarrior91

12y↑5

i love 2:40-3:07...that part is so good. Then again my favorite is also 0:00-3:49:)

@deathrooster14

12y↑1

He was a merc in the first contact war. When his wife and child was killed in the invasion of Shaxi, he decided to form Cerberus to protect humanity. And look what he's done now.

@Frixix

12y

thats the kind of music it plays here wen i take a dump

@Tom_The_Cat

9y↑8

0:00-1:20 SOMEONE EXTEND IT

@Tom_The_Cat

9y↑1

WAIT I JUST LOOKED TO THE RIGHT WHOOPS NVM

@Tom_The_Cat

9y↑1

NO I JUST CLICKED ON IT AND WAS LIED TOO

@kingofmonsters14

12y

@ROUGEBLOCK well, not in the way we expected. in the Collector's Edition artbook, it says that T.I.M. was supposed to turn into a reaper-beast, like a brute but, instead, we get a cutscene.

@kimeujoseph8502

The Illusive Man was just looking out for humanity but he was right

@Havocfang2

12y

RIP Marauder Shields

@Passi2014

12y

thanks ;D

@Zer0nite

12y

@Kroche929 No one is promising a fix for the ending. Just because a legion of fans are hoping some theory is correct doesn't mean bioware is going to patch the entire fucking ENDING for a released game.

@commandershepard8378

12y

I'm a tad busy trying to find my crew in an unknown star cluster somewhere in the galaxy without the assistance of mass effect generators... Visiting hours are on Thursdays from 4-7 PM Earth time.

@zetter13

TAKING CASUALTIES!

@malibaros

"Ridgefield....Lamont.....you alive?"

@alexsau91

12y

@kingofmonsters14 BioWare has responded to that, apparently the developers wanted to "give players the satisfaction of fighting a character they know rather than a random creature, highlighting the fact that the Illusive Man's weapon is his intelligence, not his physical strength".

@XxiStealth088V

12y

This soundtrack reminds me of Ergo Proxy's.

@cannonshots2000

12y

by the goddess!!

@TheWorldMemeDatabase

12y

whats the horn thing that plays through the whole track, but more prominently in 1:52 - 2:10... christopher uses it in almost all of his work on the game

@DracoStoc

12y

@Zer0nite. It's not the entire ending. It's literally 5 minutes of dialog and 20 seconds of walking. Everything else was just fine. Hell all they need to do is provide an epilogue.

@FroggerTheToad

12y↑1

Not everything needs to be a boss fight.

@Tanman1134

12y

Listen from 1:20 to 1:40 Got to Mass Effect 1's "Virmire Ride" and listen to entire song ??? Profit!

@superjr465

6y↑2

2:40 best part. extended one plz everyone

@MrCooterlips

12y

It would be awesome if my school's marching band would play this!

@JakeNubbin

12y

what is the song that plays during grissom academy combat? That song kicks ass but i dont see it on youtube

@cannonshots2000

12y

keelah!!

@gabenewell3955

9y↑2

its shepard OH Shit !!!!!!!!!!

@Tanfo77

@0:19 reminds me of this https://youtu.be/mx_juVxIHFw?t=64. And also this https://youtu.be/OnprPWbXXYQ?t=109 but in a faster tempo.
When I was playing, I kept thinking, I've heard this somewhere.

@consolesblow

12y↑1

This almost reminds me of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

@battydtno1

12y↑1

me after Thessia= Cerburus in going to hell for this!!!

@Douchiemcgigglestein

12y

And this Boys and Girls is why Anderson should've been Counciller

@TheWorldMemeDatabase

12y↑1

also the weird vocalization sounding thing that goes from 3:20 to the end of the track

@JamesCarnmal

Did you ever found out? I'm looking for it, myself.

@TheWorldMemeDatabase

12y

also 2:42 - 3:08 is that the same horn as 1:52 - 2:10

@GauravMahajanAvaron

12y

his name isjack harper

@NecoTheSergalGAME

12y↑1

Well, since supposedly he'd still be alive if that was all just a dream. Then he still may. Especially if he really did go through fully with the Reaper surgery, either the twist is that he 'finds a way' to control them or he just turns into a brute which is the more accurate choice instead of space magic of impossibly strong will.

@midnight5895

ffs ^^ y its wednesday? I wanna game all night long, replay this jewel <3

@prointernetuser

12y

Cerberus = United Galactic Trolls

@random22026

12y

Listen to yourself, you're INDOCTRINATED

@mrchiledonut

12y

If you don't turn this up, it's probably less exciting.

@TheMarineten

11y

0:00 to 1:20 is the best

@Passi2014

12y

holy shit, in every game where a guy has not a real name like in this game "T.I.M." I always have to see who that is... in german he´s the unknown ;D

@d0gsk1ll93

2:40

@b0tster

12y

if you support the indoctrinated theory, yeah. I mean there is a bunch of evidence supporting it. But anyways, having him turn into a reaper beast would also work, representing the reapers control over you getting stronger.

@grygierpeps

12y

Fans demanding charity refund because they misunderstood and thought the charity was to change the ending... my calibration is fine. =P

@Thore2k24

12y↑1

@kingofmonsters14 and thank god for that! TIM was never the traditional boss fight type, he is supposed to be scheming in the dark! wouldnt have it any other way... but even with this one positive thing the ending still sucks!

@kingofmonsters14

12y

right. plus, it's a pretty unquie final boss. no big-ass explosions, no giant gun. just Shep, T.I.M., and their silver tongues. (no sexual referance intended, people. get your heads out of the gutter.)

@commandershepard8378

12y

Tali? Erm, I am afraid our little affair needs to be kept a secret. You knowing about that is really bothering my. I have no idea what Liara would do if she found out. I mean, it seems pretty obvious considering Tali walks around sneezing all the time and whatnot, but lets keep this on the low, shall we?

@AvengerAtIlipa

8y↑1

The Reapers seem to be prioritizing North Africa for some reason in that image?

@Solaxe

8y↑2

+The Avenger at Ilipa large population + possibly many important installations in Sahara

@gabenewell3955

Same with the covenant

@zakariazouhdi7311

Thermostatro. He has the power control every THERMOSTAT !

@commandershepard8378

12y

Se'lai.

@commandershepard8378

12y

Watch your language, Tali.

@TheWireLayer

10y

There is a sound-part of this song missing, i cant find it in any OST songs...

@Shepps95

11y

*facepalm* What a great excuse. I wanted a badass boss fight with Harbinger! You know like on Rannoch with the Reaper. Instead we get Marauder Shields.

@nathangordon4891

Klickker what's wrong with marauder shields?!

@Diock1000

12y

i'm sure they will do thay when they give us the real ending. i say real ending because i believe they simply ripped it off from the game, so the fans would get furious, and they will say hey you didn't like the ending, so we made a new one, but you have to pay for it.

@deathrooster14

12y

@kingofmonsters14 That would have been awesome if they left that in. Fighting him aboard Harbinger.

@saviordd1

12y

@kingofmonsters14 I'm okay with this, this way had more impact

@Flemeth100

9y↑1

Loved that music, shame that BioWare made cerberus a mindless reaper force in Mass effect 3.Loved those guys

@cissa496

12y

@kingofmonsters14 Bioware has never been known to screw up Mass Effect. I think they've got something going on behind the scenes XD. I sense an Illusive Man in Bioware ;O

@vstxp

12y

this music must be playing when you're fighting kai leng

@shotgunsandsmoke

11y

If Hans Zimmer ever did a sci fi game or movie, it would sound like this

@deathrooster14

12y

That would have been an awesome conclusion. Instead, we get this.

@Palamedes2009

3y↑1

Haunted Castle

@OmerSaidtr

12y

I wish there were a longer version of the part 1:20-2:20 as it's in the game :(

@Crealtos

12y

I would love this as an ambient, the combat part is kinda meh :(

@blackgate4735

I love Cerberus in the second mass effect, but it was so lame doing Illusive man just another indoctrinated idiot. He was an interesting character(

@WinstonKillDeath

He was interesting because he was indoctrinated. He, at one point, did genuinely care for humanity, and some of that still came through. Just because he was indoctrinated doesn’t make him a non-compelling character or not a tragic figure.

@SonOfLoki101

12y

Does anyone else hear "Conrad Creeper" at about 2:10 ?

@Palamedes2009

Epic minecraft castle

@Necronomicon131313

12y

Type in google: mass effect 3 ending sucks. Click the top result. Then sign the petition. Easy.

@seranok2692

@Perkelektus

8y↑12

Cerberus did nothing wrong tbhq

@gravynolastname3786

6y↑1

Aside from trying to divide man against both himself and all potential allies that could possibly stand together to face the biggest threat to life ever known, I guess not

@gabenewell3955

@@gravynolastname3786 Cerberus didn't do anything wrong though

@gravynolastname3786

@@gabenewell3955 aside from what I said in the first post, they also sold their own agents into subjugation to a force hellbent on destroying life. Have you been experiencing any ringing in the ears? Violent headaches? Seeing oily shadows? You may have gotten too close to the enemy...

@gravynolastname3786

@@gabenewell3955 I also wasn't a fan of the whole murdering civilian fetish they presented everywhere in ME3 like on Benning, the citadel, sanctuary, Mars, and even experimenting on Kahoku's men and then killing the man himself back in ME1