+LucchiniSW I was introduced to this universe with the Mass Effect 2 Intro. I think it's a tie. What they have in common is that it respects the classical principles of narration : A routine mission, then shit happens and the adventure starts.
Korounet Sorry but not even close. In ME2 you have no idea who you are, what you're role is, who anyone else on the ship is. ME1 Intro is by far the best. Short and sweet. And not to mention memorable.
LucchiniSW In my case, I played ME on PS3 so I started with the ME2 demo which covered the intro. I had a video that summed up ME1 so I knew who Shepard was and what was at stake. Plus the conversation between Miranda and the Illusive Man also aludes to your role in all of this. And if you already played ME1, the ME2 intro is really not hard to understand. The only thing you don't know is who's attacking you. Apart from that you see your love interest who calls you "Shepard", you see Joker and Pressly Shepard walking through the deck is epic, you see the first relay and all but in M2 you see the Normandy being teared to pieces and Shepard dying. It's really powerful. My favorite part is when Shepard go to rescue Joker. No music, you can see a planet through the damaged hull of the Normandy while everything in the ship is floating. I got a little carried away there :P but all I wanna say is the ME1 and ME2 intro both did great but aren't necessarily comparable as they served two different purposes.
They called it the geatest discovery in human history. The civilizations of the galaxy call it... Mass Effect What a way to introduce the game universe... We are not alone, and the other races take things for granted we don't even know about... And all that in three lines.... Goosebumps everytime....
As many times as I've played Mass Effect, that opening sequence always gives me chills. And as you see your Shepard walking towards the front deck when the music starts playing, gets me every time.
It hurts because it was a "sad" ending. It was a great and shocking ending. I don't understand how so many people completely missed the point of ME ending . It's one of the most outstanding and well written endings that could have ever finished the series. People where asking for it to end like a Disney fantasy picture. That's just not satisfying. Bioware made an outstanding bet that led to an ending with deep emotional impact. It was very intricate and complex. An ending that utilised with great pertinence the mechanics of the game and the foundations of the various mysteries and myths that make the ME universe. Everything from the very first ME amounts to this precise ending. And it's an incredibly bold move than to let the player know through the consequences of his choices, if the one he made was the right one. I'm guessing people where just mad and frustrated to find out they where indoctrinated and that in fact they made the "wrong" choice, the one farthest from the protagonists nature. But that's how incredible it is.
This is the first game I bought with my with my XBOX 360... I remember the first time I seen this scene... As soon as I started reading "in the year 2148....." I was hooked... One of the best openings in any video game, ever..
It was my first game too, and I completely get ya^ It was a beautiful thing to see on Christmas, my first Xbox and game Took my breath away from the second the title screen showed up...
Saints row and mass effect 4 life ME2 is overrated I feel. Dumbed down the RPG mechanics and had one of the worst end boss fights ever that had no baring on the story subsequently. The first one is still the best imo.
Absolutely correct. Me2 and me3 feel like some kind of remake instead of sequels. The optimism and utopian future along with the interesting and original ideas of me1 are completely gone
much of me1 was going around in mako. if we exclude it me1 was actually the shortest game of the three. i liked 3 the best, although i enjoyed citadel in me1 the most
God damn, 2019 and this intro still makes my hair stand on end, no words can describe how great this trilogy was, and still is. The words Mass Effect will forever be etched as one of histories greatest videogame stories.
This is absolute perfection. Not only the music evokes the feeling that you're in for a wild ride but supports the visual storytelling. Seeing the Normandy approaching the Mass relay and realizing the scale and scope of that thing.
This intro is awesome! Yes, the music is good, the presentation of your character is quite well given, the visuals are cool, but the thing that i found the best here is those camera movements, they're so cool, following Shepard, handheld-like, taking a look at all the crew before showing him from front, really original. It shows that the people who made this had a lot of good ideas and wanted to make the game looks as good as possible
*sees intro* *tear rolls from eye* *sigh* Alright. Fine. *goes to Steam, downloads Mass Effect 1 and DLC to it to start replaying the whole trilogy once again*
In the year 2021, explorers on RU-vid discovered the remains of an ancient bestseller game. In the decades that followed, these mysterious artifacts revealed starting new remakes, enabling travel to the past times. The basis for this incredible remake was a force that controlled the very fabric of space and time. They called it the greatest discovery in gaming history. The Nations of the Earth call it... NOSTALGIA EFFECT
A lot of older movies, especially military and Sci-Fi dramas, started out like that. Mass Effect's intent since the beginning was to capture that classic Sci-Fi mood of discovery and wonder movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, etc. had.
Producer 1: "What name might set our new game apart in the SciFi genre?" Producer 2: "Let's name it after the physical phenomena unique to our setting so that that story won't be dependent on what we call it." Producer 3: "AND BY THE FOURTH GAME WE'LL OVERWORK OURSELVES INTO A PIT!" Producer 1: "Stop, Steve, if this kicks off there's no way a company would ruin a good money maker."
I was a late bloomer into the Mass Effect franchise and BioWare games in general really. IDK how really but they went right over my radar as a kid. Still though better late than never BC I ended up going down a rabbit hole during my teenage and young adult years that has allowed me to experience some true classics.
best game intro ever the music, the sound effects the timing everything went smooth and epic and the massrelay is fantastic you know you get money worth and an legendary adventure
I remember, during my adolescence, while I was talking with my family about my love for the game, my dad once said how the dialogue choices can help me with my autism at that time. Still useful even if I want to create a Sheppard based on someone else that I knew, like a female boss of othertime for example who was a jerk with me, while I added renegade points to her dialogue. Just to learn more about how you would deal with the situation. For someone on the spectrum like me, this is one the games that was revolutionnary with these elements.
Dude, let me read the screen and then hit the “X” button to move on. I saw that I was being timed on my reading comprehension, got stressed out, and completely missed it. The prefatory screen describing what they found on Mars is amazing! Just wish I didn’t have to go to RU-vid to digest it.
Listen carefully how the music becomes ''menacing'' when the Normandy approaches the relay... that feel like ''something is wrong here''... that's why ME1 seems even better to me after playing the trilogy... all these little things that make this series so incredible!
One of the best games ever, best sound track, best atmosphere. Also pretty hilarious that ME1 models and facial animations were superior than ME: Andromeda which came out 10 years later... Lol
Make MEHEM official or take whatever that worked in MEHEM, remaster all 3 games in Unreal Engine 4 and re-release the trilogy. You will get my money without a single word.
In Mass Effect timeline, explorers on Mars have discovered the remains of ancient spacefaring civilization in 2148. But it looks like that thanks to Elon, we will get to Mars much sooner than that. Some of us may live long enough to witness the First Contact War, the one with Turians.
@@hunterhorsehelmsley7315 Oh, actually this is not what happened. It wasn't a full scale war and while both sides took hits, the last event was the Alliance victory in evicting Turians from Shanxi. Terrans stood their ground.
One of the best starts to a game series leading to one of the most disappointing endings. But the game-play and story through the middle of the two will always leave it as one of the best franchises ever made to me.
