Suicide Mission (The End) | MASS EFFECT 2 | Episode 18 

This is in the description, but I know some of y'all don't read it (and I don't blame you LOL): my chat didn't help me with this! They gently encouraged me to think through every decision, but every time I looked to them they said "you got this." The only tip I got was at the end: to bring "lighter" people, which I didn't even totally understand, but I'm grateful for 🤣

My fist suicide mission utterly traumatized me. I thought the ship uppgrades were non-essential, so I lost Jack, Thane and Grunt before even reaching the collector base. Even after all these years, when I'm replaying the mission I'm stressing out whether I have all the uppgrades.

Roses are red Violets are blue Assuming direct control This hurts you

This mission is why ME2 is the best game I have ever played. You actually get a tangible payoff from all the effort you put in to gain crew loyalty and all the upgrades you made to the Normandy; everything comes together into a final kick ass mission. Glad you liked it!!

Honest question: anybody else felt a little sorry forthe collector leader after the "releasing control" phrase? He looked like a child abandoned to fend for himself by an uncaring parent...

Its always so satisfying to watch a new player get a perfect run on their first try. No crew or squadmates dying, that's what up.

The romance scenes in ME2 were supposed to be longer, but when it was in development there was a big campaign by Fox news against them trying to say they were a "sex game". They had to shorten them to avoid controversy, kinda sucks.

1:18:28 "Releasing control." It wasn't until after the LE was released that I just now realized the Reapers or in this case Harbinger abandoned the collectors actually. This whole time, I thought the Collector leader was about to release and signal the Reapers to start the attack but the imminent destruction of the base prevented that. Now I realize that Harbinger left the collectors to die to "find another way." For a few brief seconds, that Collector was looking around helplessly. It was basically dead. Do we know if it had any fear or remorse waking up from its indoctrination for a few brief moments? We will never know. But it only makes me sadder and more determined to fight on knowing that's how the Reapers treat their pawns.

Also, Miranda had a pretty cool dialogue with the Illusive man if you brought her along in the last led of the mission.

Thank goodness you didn't lose anyone. I lost Zaeed and Tali in my ending. Tali's death hurt my soul.

Congrats on finishing with whole crew intact 👍👍. That whole scene is imbued with anxiety-provoking dread-nothing like a suicide mission to help one focus! Also applaud the Thane choice. Don’t know how far you are into ME3, but steel yourself for some difficult scenes.

You had ME crying remembering the first time I played this. It is seriously the most immersive, impactful game series I've ever played in my life. And even playing through it several times, it hits hard EVERY time.

I was scared for first time doing this suicide mission, I lost three of my crew in my game but I’m proud of someone who saved everyone in this game great job 👏

23:36 Two of my favorite things in the world together in this, I can't This is one of the best Mass Effect 2 playthroughs that I ever seen, because even if you have a little help (very little lol) you really didn't know what will be the consequences of your actions and tbh is very satisfying to see someone get the "perfect ending" in their first playthrough, I remember that I lost Legion, Mordin, Tali and Kasumi in my first time, anyways the only thing that I didn't like about your ending is that you didn't choose Legion to be in your squad but is not that bad LOL. So, I know that you already past Tuchanka, and you already know this, but if you cry with ME2, then you're going to suffer and to be so happy at the same time with ME3, so yeah, good luck and I hope to catch up soon

Can't believe I've been sleeping on this channel! I love the genuine emotion and the fact that you got a hole-in-one on the suicide mission. Well-done. I'm anxiously awaiting/dreading how much you're going to cry in the next one.

On the Collector attack: yes, Miranda is harsh. She is also your XO so her reaction is perfectly understandable: Pessley would have done the same :)

Let’s Go ME3. Can’t wait

I know so many completionists who were tempted to finish their quest log before doing the suicide mission and losing their whole crew in their first ME2 run, this was a pleasant change of pace.

Everytime I replay mass effect 2 the theme music of the suicide mission always reminds how of a masterpiece mass effect 2 is! The nostalgia, I'm about to finish mass effect 3 on the legendary edition tomorrow night. I get how you feel at the end. Me saving everyone in the suicide mission was so tense and gets me out of my chair, scary ain't it? Thats why this game is a masterpiece Meg!

the shania twain bit was the last thing i expected to see in a mass effect video lmao. took me right back to the 90s. also shout out to whoever in your chat said "i always kinda feel bad for the bug dude" at the end of suicide mission. hilarious.

Well done. Not losing anyone. This game is amazing and really tugs on your heartstrings. I can't wait to see you tackle ME3

"Who would choose Morinth over Samara?" The terminally contrarianistic. Also it's a good idea to accept her at least once (you can even reload to before that decision) so that you can unlock her bonus power that you can give Shepard, which is not only WAY better than Samara's, it's arguably the best bonus power in the game!

She romanced Thane?.... uh oh, that'll be a fun future reaction to see

Sometimes you miss really cool or important moments in cutscenes cause you're looking at the chat....

Joker: There's a lot of empty chairs in here." Meg: Empty chairrrs at empty tables... ...I love you Meg.

You made it! This is hands down the best mission I've ever played! I had my stomach churning the whole time praying nobody died.

Amazing your first play through and all party members survived 👏

Thane romance is a bittersweet one, I don't know if you plan to pursue it in ME3 but it will be very emotional

In my first play of ME2 Jack died. I didn't have enough paragon or renegade points for the dialogue when jack and miranda fight so i kept mirands loyalty and lost Jacks. So she perished on the last section as part of the defence group.

I never lost somebody in my first suicide mission and since then I always use the exact same teams. But that first time was nerve-wracking.i never bought the med bay upgrade and was sure somebody was gonna die as a result. After the initial flight though I was mostly sure of my choices. The only one I was unsure of was sending Mordin to the Normandy. Luckily it always works out.

Brilliant, awesome. It was my first time watching someone play an entire game and I loved the experience. Dang I think I might be hooked now! I love the extra bit at the end of you looking at the chart and reacting to how it could've gone wrong so easily. Congrats on getting 100% at the "final exam"! ;)

1:28:18 , regarding the numbers, there is an equation to calculate how many people die from holding the line in the last part. if the average score of the people holding the line is 2 or up no one dies while holding the line. Usually this is is easy to pass if you have done all loyalty missions. But it is generally a good idea to keep strong team-members behind (Garrus, Grunt, Zaed ) since these have a score of 3 if not loyal or 4 if loyal meaning they can lift up the average score of the team. Note that even if someone is not loyal they can still survive as long as the people holding the line have 2 or up average. It can also work in a negative way, for example, if you take Grunt and Garrus with you against the reaper and send zaed back with the crew, the people left holding the line will have an average less than 2, meaning one person will die even if they are all loyal. In my first playthrough only jack died since she wasn't loyal and sent her with the crew back to the ship since I thought that she would be safer.

Your reaction and emotional state at the end is why Mass Effect is the greatest trilogy video game in history

how you were freaking out when someone was close to dieing is exactly how i was when you hovered over Miranda during the Biotic Specialist... she is literally the only one (even loyal) to fail that part.

I LOVE the Suicide Mission. Not only you need to upgrade the ship, but you need to KNOW what areas your crew are good at to send the right specialists to the right tasks. AKA, for you to do well, you need to CARE about the world and it's characters. It's a awesome way to blend gameplay and storytelling.

Congrats commander. I always look forward to your uploads. I've been a fan of this game way before the fist was out, because of KotOR. It still gives me goosebumps.

Congrats on surviving the suicide mission! Keeping everyone alive on your first playthrough is pretty impressive. I lost Jack and Mordin due to Jack and Samara not being loyal on my first run

I can never unsee Thane getting impaled by 1x1 meter metal shard on approach

Mordin's everyone's first choice as crew escort, but I think I used Jacob my first time too. He's reliable and just gets his orders done, the kinda guy who'd gladly take the less glamorous job

I lost half the crew and 2-4 squad members (Jacob, Jack & a couple more) on my first playthrough. DEFINITELY made for a memorable playthrough :D

I legit got really worried when it got to the biotic walk and knowing what would happen if she had picked Miranda. Glad you made the right choice, lol. /thumbs up

It's too bad your stream chat spoiled your choice selection, knowing someone could die from which choices. Sometimes it's just better to play blindly and experience the game as designed. The game is pretty good at telling you who to choose - best tech expert, best leader, best biotic, etc.

You are the first person I’ve ever seen to also romance Thane, I appreciate you so much for that decision! I love his romance truly. Great job on the mission as well

"I don't get to see it!" Yeah thank fox news for that. They freaked out when the me1 came out. Lied, said it was basically a sex simulator game. I imagine EA reigned Bioware in on it in me2.

It’s a beautiful thing seeing others care so much about the characters as yourself. To know your not the only one who gets emotional over it. You do a really great job. Wonderful job.

Your playthrough of this amazing gem is by far the best on RU-vid!!!!!

Reactions like yours to the suicide mission ending shows IMO why this is considered one of the best games of all time.

The collector leader is indoctrinated for so long and when he’s finally free from control, his home is being destroyed and doesn’t even know why 😢

Hi love your vids can’t wait for mass effect 3 😃

About your doubts: welcome to the everyday life of battlefield commanders :-)

Congrats on clearing the game with no casualties! Even saved the support cast. Not exactly an easy feat on the first playthrough!

Congrats on everyone surviving! All your instincts were correct so I think your chat just helped you not second guess them. I got super lucky the first suicide mission in making the correct choices- I had no idea until reading up online after that people could permanently die. Or die before without upgrades! Excited to see you tackle ME3!

I enjoy the sight of humans on their knees :)

The ending was so amazing it made me feel extremely awestruck and a bit emotional from everything since the beginning to the dramatic end

1:12:17 Remember what Tali said when you recruited her? “If you’re taking down Cerberus, I’ll lend you a grenade”

I can’t wait for you to start the third game !

When 9 year old me first played this mission all I had left was Garrus and Jacob.

Oh man, I still remember my first ever playthrough. I was like 10 years old and just didn't understand games that well. Didn't buy all the upgrades, didn't finish all the loyalty missions, basically did most of the bad things I could have done. Literally all of my favourite crewmates (well, all of them are my favourite but you know what I mean🤣) died. Tali, Garrus, Grunt. Never to be seen again. I was so devastated I legit played through the entire game again, this time with the help of the internet to make sure nobody died (and before anyone says I should have gone on to ME3 with my bad decisions, I was 10. Ain't no way in hell I was playing the next game without my buddies). But yeah, My favourite game in one of my favourite game series. Played through it 3 times so far, and every time I cry like a bitch during certain scenes and when the credits roll in. Can't wait to see you go through the Arrival DLC and more importantly, the end to this beautiful trilogy.

2 died on my first playthru back in the xbox360 days. This game is so good. It's so nice to see someone play it and go thru the stress for the first time

I had the exact customization for my BroSheps armor as yours including the visor (but for the mission I used the collector armor)

Miranda is actually protected for most of the Suicide Mission. (I guess because she's always the one talking in the cutscenes?) She doesn't die from any of the ship upgrades, you can't assign her as the tech, if she's in the squad with the biotic it will always be the other squadmate that dies, if she's the second fireteam leader she survives even if she's not loyal, and finally you can't have her escort the crew. The only way she can die is if you take her to the boss and she's non loyal, or if you leave her with the hold the line party and the math works out to make her die, and she has relatively high priority for the latter so her dying would probably mean that many others have died already.

I still remember taking Miranda and Thane to the end fight on my first play through solely because they were on the CD cover and it didn't disappoint me. (Also, it was Veteran difficulty so Miranda casted me 5 medigels)

Dang, she drags Kelly every chance she gets. 😂 I love it

On my first playthrough, Legion and Miranda died, but that's it. Maleshep who romanced tali and I didn't realize how badly legion dying screwed stuff up in ME3 until I played it lol

complete each characters personal side mission and also ask them what improvement they have to help improve the ship for the omega relay mission or otherwise all characters whose side mission you didn't do will most likely die. also to point out if you don't chase after them as soon as possible half the crew will die, including Abbey from engineering leaving Ken devastated.

The first time I saw the final shot of the reapers in the window I screamed in my chair. I think the wait for ME3 was probably the hardest wait in my life.

I didn’t lose anybody in my crew so I’m very happy! Oh except Jacob. He served well in the vents 😅

God, the music in this game is Star Wars tier.

It's really fun watching someone else go through it for the 1st time. Stressful too lol.

I loved this mission and Mass Effect series.

dude I cannot believe I had so many casualties in my first playthrough hahahaha jack, zaeed and mordin perished, I wasn't able to rescue the rest of the crew only the rest of my companions survived and doctor

Oh my god - i'm not through the video yet, but can you watch a video of the 'worst possible ending in ME2' and react to it? I don't know if you can handle it tho, but it's crazy how wide the emotional range of this game is.

On to ME3, and to find out how ALL of your decisions so far play out. Good Luck Shepard Commander!

You know....I am very grateful that you managed to get everyone to survive the suicide mission. Plus, I wanted to tell you how I was making my decisions mostly. Well...I did differently with my two Paragon characters in my OG Playthroughs. Yes. I made a Paragon Male and a Paragon Female Shepard. With some decisions differently during the suicide mission. For my Male, as Tech Specialist, I have choosen Kasumi. Miranda as the Second Team Leader through the first rush. At the second rush, I choosen Jack as the Biotic Specialist, Jacob as the Second Team Leader and sent Mordin back to escort the crew. For the final push, I took Kasumi and Zaeed and decided to leave the Collector Base intact, since not many Paragon Shepards done it...at least I haven't seen much Renegade Ending videos with Paragon Shepards. For my Female, Tech Specialist was Legion, Jacob as the Second Team Leader in the first rush. At the second rush, Samara as the Biotic Specialist, Miranda as the Second Team Leader and sent Mordin back as well to escort the Crew. Took Miranda and Jacob in the final push and decided to destroy the Collector Base. And sidenote: Both of my Shepards choosen the middle line to end the conversation with the Illusive Man. :)

On my very first playthrough, the only one I lost was Jack, and that was because I was romancing Miranda at the time, and I didn't have the Paragon points to keep both happy.

To answer your early question, the only reason I chose Morinth over Samara was in my first playthrough. You can unlock her ability Dominate for your second playthrough. It's like the Tech ability Sabotage, but can be used on organic enemies with no armor.

I always send Grunt back to protect the crew - something about sending a literal WALL of muscle just makes me feel like they'll be safe

If you bring Miranda (and possibly Jacob as well) to that final confrontation, when you turn down the Illusive Man's proposition he'll order her to execute you. If you got her loyalty, she'll say something like "consider this my resignation" before disconnecting the call.

Emotional investment makes your vids much more interesting then most walk through...

One of the best final sequences in gaming, in my opinion. It's not perfect, but it WORKS.

Tali after surviving the suicide mission: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XBe3V4XLae8.html

I am always loyal to Liara. She s the best, it seems to be just the best relationship in the entire game

This is definitely the best game I’ve ever played. The more you explore and upgrade the better your final experience will be. I played it on insanity, definitely one of the hardest things I’ve accomplished

Why didn’t you send Jacob through the vents? In my first play through I lost Zaeed,Samara, Garrus, and Jacob with half of those being on purpose

Probably my favourite mission ever of any game.

1:09:24 It's a Mattock, a Turian marksman rifle. Probably my second favourite weapon in the Mass Effect trilogy, behind the Avenger assault rifle.

Please do Arrival soon. It's great at setting the stage for Mass Effect 3.

I always make sure all side quests are complete before the crew gets abducted, and jump through the Omega 4 Relay immediately. If you wait, you lose people... At least from my experiences. 🤷‍♂️

I'm afraid to watch this because i'm afraid you gonna get people killed...! Well here goes nothing. Edit. Well you definitely did better than i did when it was my first time. I lost Jack, Kasumi and Zaeed. You know you can actually lose everyone and then at the end Joker escapes alone and explains the situation to illusive man.

Love it when you role play and get angry! Laughed so hard when Strawberry was like “Miranda! Leave Joker alone!” Of course Miranda coming in with a hot take 🙄 yeah Miranda we get it everyone’s been kidnapped maybe don’t yell at the one organic survivor?

GG WP

Arrival has some pretty tough decisions in store for Sheppard. About the deaths: there are many youtube videos showing squadmate deaths, but the most important decisions are the ship upgrades and the loyalty missions, I lost Garrus during the swarm gauntlet. I always thought that picking Samara as the shield generator was the cause, that her shield failed at the last moment. You proved me wrong. Now I'm confused.

Just completed this on the Legendary edition and for the first time I did everything perfectly. All 12 Squad members survived, and I managed to save the entire Normandy Crew. I'm quite content with myself. lol I've always wanted to try again since I first played through 10 years ago, but until now, getting back into the series was intimidating because there's just so much. I saved my squad but lost the Normandy crew the first time.

I don't remember all the choices I made on my first playthrough, but I fucked up and lost three people. I got the game at a second-hand game store after going there with the intent to get Dragon Age: Origins, because I'd played and enjoyed Dragon Age 2 already. Anyway, there was a two-for-one deal, but I'd only intended to get Origins, so I asked the Sales Assistant for recommendations and he'd literally handed me Mass Effect 2 before I finished the sentence, and that's not an exaggeration. But yeah, because I wasn't importing an ME1 save, I didn't start off with the bonus paragon points, and ended up a few points shy of the check to resolve the conflict between Miranda and Jack, so I went into the mission without Jack loyal. She died on The Long Walk, and Samara and Mordin both died holding the line. I then played the game all the way through again, but once again found myself just shy of the Miranda/Jack check. That time I lost Miranda's loyalty, and she died after helping me defeat the Human Reaper. The *third* time I played the game was with an imported save from Mass Effect 1, & I managed to keep everyone alive :')

So many ghoosebumb for this ending omg i love it so much

I lost Jack and I don’t even know how 😞 Edit: just saw your spreadsheet thing. Dammit. Knew I’d regret not upgrading the shields

Prepare a huuuuuuuge box of tissues for the third part.

Your crew ain't dead but you better hurry up and get them! (You don't wanna know what happens if you wait to long.)

1:21:55 Harbinger: welp… this’ll take a while. Anyone know any good stories?

Yeah my dumbass listened to Jacob when he volenteered lol. Never listening to him again 😂