Mass Effect 3 - Ardat-Yakshi Monastery (with Samara) 

+neterwan I hated Brutes when they showed up because of how tough they were, but Banshees scare the crap out of me every time. I *dread* doing this mission because of how well it builds up to your first encounter with a Banshee. They're also even tougher than Brutes, and harder to hit.

And the most annoying are Phantoms.

Banshees are so freaking troubles...Especially at Insanity difficulty... 😅

Shepard didn't say anything at first. It seemed he had almost forgotten about Javik he finally spoke. "One way or another, we all die. In the end, honour is *all* that matters."

Imagine her killing 2 people at the same time. Or 3. Or even 20. If she can kill 1 effortlessly on a daily basis, imagine how many she couldve killed without us stopping her. 20 people a day x 365 days is pretty huge.

Makes you wonder what makes 400 years of serial murder seem like “amateur shit”

also when she found out she was an ardat-yakshi

Raspberry Mint so that makes her (to a human equivalent ) 40 with 50 years old?

@@ncrvako more like 30, I think.

@@nathanielrodriguez1873 Didn’t Samara say it had been centuries since she saw them last?

@@Skyblade12 yeah, but I was talking about the equivalent of the matron stage. Matrons would be like humans in their 30-40s.

That's why you where defeated :P

The merge ending was my favourite ending - Shepherd gave EDI a chance to live. That's kinda the only ending I liked.

@@lukerosales5879 Meh, sure it was good for EDI but what about everyone else in the universe? Suddenly merging the minds of all organic and synthetic life in creation is.... Well a loss of individuality, and what about the hundreds of trillions of people that didn't want to Suddenly be part machine? Or share a head space with everyone everywhere. Linking so many individuals together so Suddenly then asking them to live like that forever? Its cool that Shepard can live on in the Cloud but.... like... what kind of existence is that... The other options sucked just as much, control the Reapers or kill all synthetic life in the universe... like wtf? Seriously what kind of monster chooses to kill all synthetic life....

I think it makes sense story-wise that it went like this. Samara having to hunt and kill Morinth gave her character depth, she wasn't a one-dimensional soldier who strictly followed a code, killing Morinth had devastated her. Even here, she was willing to kill herself to save her only surviving daughter. Morinth on the other hand only cared for herself. Even though she tried to reach out to Rila and Falere, they knew that she was a dangerous example of what would happen if they succumbed to their urge to kill. Hell, even Liara, an century-old asari was aware of Morinth's 400-year-old kill count and while it was smaller compared to other killer Ardat Yakshi was still dangerous. This mission may have been depressing, but it humanized Samara a lot more and showed us how devoted she was to the daughters she had left.

@@lukerosales5879 but on the flip side to that it could also be used to give Morinth depth

@@samsmith4242 I think Samara's loyalty mission gave sufficient depth to Morinth's character. While she embraced being Ardat-Yakshi, she felt persecuted by her own mother, and you could feel her pain when she says that she couldn't stop being Samara's daughter.

@@lukerosales5879 and she shouldn’t get more why???

@@samsmith4242 Because she's a serial killer, and she's extremelly dangerous. It's very, very hard to justify siding with Morinth and killing Samara in Mass Effect 2. Like, it just feels like the player choosing the evil/asshole option just for the sake of being evil/an asshole.

Samara never quits being justicar, but she also loves her children and would rather die than lose last of them. Killing her greatest child did hurt her a lot and she will not repeat it.

@@vksasdgaming9472 If she is still a Justicar, at least she gets to spend time with Falere now. I thought she was retired by the end.

@@Foxhound3857 Ardat-Yakshi were supposed to be in monastery or be killed. Falere chose to stay despite her monastery being destroyed. Samara could approve it. Most likely Morinth was the reason why she became a justicar.

@@vksasdgaming9472 I also like Falere's last line "I don't need a building to honor my code." The physical monastery may be destroyed, but the monastery of Falere's discipline is still standing despite the trials and tribulations of her loss. Her discipline and honour, coupled with "I could have left anytime I wanted" shows the strength of her moral character as well.

@@Adjudicator1 There had to be reason why Ardat-Yakshi were horrifying villains or ambiguously heroic characters in asari folklore. They most likely were very talented indeed. Morinth appeared very dangerous and cunning and she hadn't hit her stride yet. My guess is that Ardat-Yakshi had/have habit of creating cults dedicated to them.

Something maybe... dunno, mental something. Handwave it away the same way the "thermal clips" were introduced as ammo.

Why?

@@arminxvs3372 You know i have no idea now. It was so long ago, maybe it was the banshees being terrifying idk

@@bearbones7913 Haha yeah the atmosphere was eeriee which perso I liked tho there was something unsettling about this place. Did not hate it but was happy to gtfo there. ^^