5 Creepy Secrets You May Have Missed in Mass Effect

[@NizarElZarif]

The sacriest part is when Garrus finsihes his calibration, what would he do next ? These calibrations are the only thing keeping him in check, without them, the galaxy is in peril.

[@billabong-zn2et]

Perhaps he could find someone to mate with

[@Old-ded-memes]

What would he do next? He’d assume control of Harbinger and unleash it on C-Sec

[@JAlanFinch]

When he isn't Calibrating, he's out as ArchAngel to blow off steam 🤣🤣

[@lordenz1666]

Well if you don't date Tali he can watch lots of Fleet and Flotilla with our favorite Quarian. They are both perfectly awquard together to make it work too.

[@roggonval]

@@lordenz1666 sorry but if I don't date Tali or garrus one of them have to die

[@__-fi6xg]

the leviatan mission was genuinely creepy af, i felt superuncomfortable walking around those people, horror without cheap jumpscares. well done amazing job.

[@morinthshepard6567]

I aggree I was was waiting for those Colonists to turn their heads by 180 degrees and starting puking green yuk. I felt really uncomfortable in that one

[@dionnejinn3789]

Yeah, that bit of Leviathan mission was super creepy. I kept expecting those miners to gang up against me any second, but I also knew that I really, REALLY didn't want to kill them. It was horrible... I was terrified of activating anything on that mining station, because I thought it would trigger an attack. That feat only went away after following that one guy out of the medbay and into the mines, where there were no civilians to worry about. Bits of that mission reminded me of the colonists on Feros during ME1, but the Leviathan controlled guys were about 150% creepier. (By the way, the Thorian should have well been on the list of creepy aliens!)

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

It's funny because we know that they won't attack us, they felt kind of like living mannequins.

[@Nicole-xd1uj]

If you get a trinket from the consort in ME1, you can insert it in an artifact on Eletania and replay a really creepy experience of an early human being abducted by a Prothean. Very unsettling.

[@thefairylovesniper]

If you do the "Scan the keepers" quest in ME1 you get an email in ME2 that the keepers were related to sovereign. This email comes from the salarian you help in the scan the keepers mission.

[@MechLock1198]

Ploba and Logan remind me of a plot point in Revelation Space (the book series that influenced/inspired some of Mass Effect), where a star turns out to be a massive supercomputer, and it's moon actually a device that signals the Inhibitors (the inspiration for the Reapers) that a sentient civilization has become advanced enough to warrant powering up and destroying. The moon is a trap set by the Inhibitor machines, knowing space exploring aliens will be curious about the unusual star.

[@timrickert8203]

What if Logan and Ploba are hints of Leviathan on other planets?

[@AA-bc8nr]

Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll have to give that a read

[@chronickitsch]

Idk what’s going on with Logan but I always took Ploba to be hinted as a Reaper disposal planet. As it’s stated in game, the Reapers leave very little of any evidence of the prior civilizations after a harvest cycle. Where do they dump all that civilizations technological remains? Maybe a gas giant where all those things would sink into the atmosphere where it’s impossible to reach.

[@GamingSpoiler]

There are many subtle secrets that I found quiet disturbing: 1- ME3: The Asari commando speaking with her friend on the Citadel, about how she was deployed on a specific location and how she had to kill a little girl in order to prevent her from exposing her position, and later you find out that the girl she was referring to is someone related to someone you know (trying to avoid spoilers) 2- ME2: When you find out that Legion used your armor to fix his hole for no obvious reason and you suddenly find out that a Geth platform is actually your Yandere. 3- ME3: if you bring Morinth onboard the Normandy in ME2, you will find her in Priority Earth in ME3 as a BANSHEE.

[@nuclearsimian3281]

I only kept Morinth alive in one playthrough, and that was the playthrough that I realized that there were _two_ M-920 Cain launchers sitting there on the ground. I nuked the Hades Cannon, and then noticed the second one, picked it up and said "I wonder why there's two" then I heard the Banshee wail, and go "Oh, probably due to that" and then saw it was Morinth, then I was smiling broadly as I nuked her. That's for all the murders and for Samara, bitch.

[@vladyvhv9579]

What the heck is a yandere?

[@absorbedtunic7673]

3rd one only really happens if you don't do the asari temple mornith/samara side mission

[@CptCalicoJack]

The first ME3 one wasn't a little girl, was a teen. Big difference

[@hearthstonepunchingbag9457]

@@absorbedtunic7673 - Not true. I've always done the Ardat-Yakshi mission, and Morinth always appears as a named Banshee at the end of the part of Priority: Earth mission where you knock out the final AA gun and link back up with Anderson on evac.

[@BladerArt]

The scariest moment for me was Sovereign taking over Saren's body and melted his skin

[@noisemarine561]

Second one for me is discovering the Collectors are Protheans. And watching humans get melted into grey liquid at the collector base.

[@nuclearsimian3281]

Overall, the scariest implication for me was what was happening to Haestrom's star. What the hell was going on there, why did in just _two centuries_ the planet go from hospitable to life to "the sun is so dangerous and so energetic that it will eat through military personnel shields in seconds." What caused that? Was it caused by someone, or something? Why were the Geth there, were they studying it, or just responding to signals about Tali's team? Or were they trying to fix it? There's too many unanswered questions there and I wish it could have played a role in ME3 during the Quarian arc.

[@xenon8117]

That’s what happens when they decide to rush a game and drop a load of plot threads while starting a bunch of rubbish ones.

[@xsirenflyx]

​@Xenon actually I believe that was gonna be the plot point of 3, but the leak of the whole story is what made them rewrite it. So really it's the fault of anyone who read it and shared it around.

[@dedi7122]

@@nahqiv I'd need to check the exact in-game dialogue, so I might be wrong here, but I strongly believe Tali or another character informs us that Haestrom's sun is much too young to be going supernova and whatever is happening to the star must be artificially induced.

[@abhyudayasharma4922]

​@@dedi7122you are right

[@blakethebeast3174]

My favorite is the Leviathans, no way we're not going to see them again. And who can forget the terror of encountering Conrad Verner in each game, nothing scarier than a fanboy.

[@garrett9451]

Wait, Conrad is in ME3 where?

[@brunoperdomo4678]

@@garrett9451 he becomes a cerberus recruiting agent in the refugee camp, in the citadel, you can convince him to stop and he has a nice ending

[@evanboll4651]

@@brunoperdomo4678 If you didn't help save Jenna in ME1, he dies in Shepard's arms in 3.

[@brunoperdomo4678]

@@evanboll4651 oh, I never player without helping her, that makes sense though

[@codenamerinwaz2703]

Most creepy thing about the Jardaan (for me at least) is that there is data pad you can find at the end of MEA during the party scene (?) stating that the Jardaan could possible just show up at any time (it been a hot minute since i have read it but i remember getting chills from that ).

[@ADMNtek]

yea that. and lets hope they aren't closely followed by whoever deployed the scourge against them.

[@evanboll4651]

There's also a log mentioning the possibility of the memory recall function of their DNA that we saw on Havarl being used to send out orders, and the potential of the entire Angara race being little more than organic drones waiting for orders to strike and kill us all.

[@variansloth]

the "even dead gods dream" and entire mission there takes the cake still to me. but i was replaying recently and this could entirely just be a game glitch or smth. but constantly on planets while exploring in me1 the sound where there's just Something in the distance. not sure how to describe it, just a faint.... whale song ig is the closest word i can think of? very much not that, but ig in a way. once i started to think about it as distant reaper sounds that i was only hearing because the planet didn't have any life on it and was perfectly quiet, it made it interesting to me

[@f.haskins928]

That would be the Rachni song/sounds. If on Luna for the rogue VI mission you can hear it.

[@lexehwaz]

Love the fact that you make videos not only about Dragon Age, but also about Mass Effect! Will definitely wait for more ME stuff

[@sarialue]

Ahh thank you! Excited to do more in January ❤️

[@thejerk4478]

​@@sarialue Loving your mass effect content! Bingeing right now!!!!

[@nathanielnadeau6501]

I think it would be a wasted opportunity if Bioware continues the series to ignore the Leviathans. It's sort of implied that they have very little disregard for other species which they view as lesser. So it would make sense that with the threat of the Reapers gone they would at least try to regain control over the Galaxy again. In any case I really hope Bioware expands on them in future installments since they are so entangled in the series' lore.

[@Roshea]

ME1's sense of exploration (as clunky as it was) was probably the most uncanny valley-esque experience. It really captured the unknown expected from space travel even in a medium where a lot of the galaxy's territories were charted. I'm glad ME2 & ME3 built on that lorewise but those games were more linear in their approach. The focus on improved environments is a tradeoff I will probably have to prefer. There's just something about exploring a planet and arriving at a structure viewed in the distance. Few games did this well, the Windwaker being another one although not rated M like Mass Effect!

[@PadawanOfChrist]

Not sure if this counts, but the creepiest thing in Mass Effect is Project Overlord... Or at least the most disturbing, imo. My favorite creepy thing that you covered, though, would probably have to be the ancient species! Would love to learn more about them & also would love a story about Ploba & Logan.

[@bearbear3793]

I have to agree. Project Overlord is absolutely disturbing

[@gaidenblattner176]

Should have had a renegade interrupt to kill Dr. Archer when you learn what he did to his brother.

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

The soundtrack didn't help either.

[@ragabashmoon1551]

Oh yes, definitely. While I did keep him in the machine on my first Renegade playthrough, I've NEVER done so again, not even on Renegade playthroughs. I am on the autistic spectrum myself, so what they did to him... it's just a whole other level of disturbing than anything in any game I've ever played.

[@LegendaryDarkKnight602]

For me the scariest moment was the entire Overlord mission, the second scariest moment was the Omega dlc when Shepard, Aria, and Nyreen were in the dark side of Omega and well, the Adjutants. The third scariest was when you get to the Ardat Yakshi facility, it's dark and you hear the Banshee screaming.

[@VoidShyrok]

Becoming a prisoner in your own mind is always a horrifying idea. But personally, seeing anything that lives in the deep ocean is just a thousand times worse.

[@Dracosian4802]

I know I'm a bit late but has anyone pointed out the theory that the Inusannon became corrupted into the Adjuncts. Looking at the statues on Ilos the Inusannon all seem to possess large worm like appendages on their heads, specifically, in my opinion the worm appendages look parasitic and appear to be burrowed into the eye and mouth of a humanoid species. This specifically is how the Adjuncts work and it is specified that they are from a previous cycle. Perhaps the Inusannon were a species of parasitic worms that converted hosts into bodies (sort of like mind flayers from dnd) and the reapers repurposed them (as they always do) into the adjuncts

[@Morgan_The_Dude]

or like goa'uld from stargate maybe

[@Fireball7428]

For me it's Project Overlord and your allies being turned into your enemies at Cerberus base, like Jack and Legion.

[@clementburgess-hulme1878]

In a saga full of incredibly memorable missions full of distinct moments, I will never, ever forget TGS Mineral works. Do you know about the applications of tungsten?

[@Old-ded-memes]

Did I dream this or did someone in the game suggest that the keepers might be “huskified” rachni

[@Cryo_Gen]

Those already exist its the large creatures that shoots the bombs at you. Think they are called ravagers

[@lordenz1666]

Definitely the leviathan's, they are even scarier than the reapers itself imo. Hope they make the plot somewhat plausible for the next game so that this dlc makes sense.

[@02091992able]

Han Olar has survivor's guilt. Its common with war veterans and those that survive a traumatic experience at which a friend or someone close to them died in the same event.

[@variansloth]

yeah. never been to war but have survivor's guilt myself after some lost ones so thought it was obvious, but ofc biased. was reading comments hoping someone else pointed it out/saw it too

[@mizzy8655]

I just felt bad for Han Olar. He’s suffering from survivors guilt and he’s become disassociated with himself. Nothing he does feels real because mentally he’s still on that train looking at that poor woman getting killed by the rachni

[@absorbedtunic7673]

There's a planet in the first game that is literally just a massive tomb/graveyard world pretty sure the codex states it has trillions of buried dead of an ancient spacefaring species

[@archangelgabriel5316]

Don't forget Saren was killing keepers at the last scene of ME1 and he was working for the reapers.

[@leftlucid]

he was killing those Keepers because they didnt open the Massive relay in the citadel 🤓

[@danielm.595]

@@leftlucid yep, the whole plot of ME1 started because the Keepers weren't responding to Sovereign's commands.

[@Door_dash11]

I think the only gory kinda scene in the entire Mass effect trilogy is the moment when the rachni killed that Russian guy in the purge control in Mass effect 1, piercing straight through his chest ( very horror movie style, in a way little bit dead space style) It is also the only scene where we can see noticeable blood spill & inflicted wound. I believe the other being the garrus getting shot scene but even that was toned down. Piercing humans with spikes had no traceable blood spill But the purge scene with the worker (I think his name was tarkovsky or something in ME1) on Noveria was all look at me chestbusing and blood scene.

[@02091992able]

The Angara may be the ones that deployed the Scourge to rebel against the Jaardan their creators. The anomaly is attracted to Jaardan tech and destroys it. The Jaardan may be some sort of machine or apex race that creates life in the galaxy and make worlds livable for them. But the Angara do not know they committed this atrocity as they didn't realize that the weapon would attack them as well as the Jaardan. The chaos the knowledge of the attack was lost, and their civilization declined. Something like Humans and the Isu in Assassins Creed.

[@Mizore34]

I'm always so happy to see ME Andromeda mentioned 🥺💖

[@dirk903]

Me too, i really enjoyed Andromeda. I never could figure out why it got so much hate (i read alot of the whining, but never really agreed with what people were saying, except the occasional hilarious animation bugs)

[@Dr.Gainzzz]

@@dirk903 interesting because I love mass effect and played the trilogy multiple times but could only get like 5 hours into andromeda. I would say the main problem is the lack of role playing and the writing of dialogue. Sometimes the dialogue was so bad I laughed or shook my head in disbelief. Being a pathfinder is just a lamer version of being a spectere. And the companions are all extremely unforgettable besides the girl with the butch haircut. And lastly the amount of content and missions you have to do without really having a clear order of which way to do them can become confusing and frustrating.

[@Samurai_Stoner]

I'm holding out hope for a dragon age type remaster bundle

[@MarkSashegyi]

Saren headshotting a Keeper while taking the Citadel shows he knew and despised of their culpability with the Reapers even after he was nearly fully indoctrination.

[@MURRAYVSTHEWORLDx5000]

Han Olar's email and recollection of his story, idk maybe its because I studied writing, but I am left unsettled to my core everytime.

[@silentwolf313]

I always assumed the objects on Ploba and the other planet were a reference to the Hydrogues from the book series Saga of the Seven Suns. They inhabit giant mobile sphere ships at the cores of Gas Giants which seems to fit the descriptions here perfectly

[@julia-6195]

Klencory - Beings of Light; the Virtual Alien spaceship (not necessarily creepy, but different); But I agree the Leviathans are probably the creepiest. Some people are wondering what the big bads are going to be in the next game. It could be the Leviathans.

[@ADMNtek]

Beings of light still sounds a lot like that damn ghost kid form the end of ME3.

[@TheSapientBean]

the leviathans, are great, and werent dark, as thye stated themselves the "thralls" had enough autonomy to create a.i and well, geth, so its no different than protheans or the council with lesser races. and the massive plot hole, of 10 years, did they feed them? did their bosses of world not get in contact.

[@CanMav]

Quote by Lovecraft + space cockroaches (The Kirik) = Perfect vid from Saria

[@niccikeller6260]

All those brilliant Dragon Age videos and now I run into s Mass Effect video. You're simply wonderful chèrie. Thank you for all your uploads 💙💙💙💙❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@huanhoundofthevailinor2374]

That's why it's my belief that shepards only chance of been alive is through the leviathans they had control also would be a way to lock in the destroy ending as Canon because the leviathans would chose no other end for the reapers they wanted them gone

[@jonnybatman007]

The adjutants that Cerberus creates in the Omega DLC for ME3 were pretty creepy. Cerberus notes even theorize that Adjutants were likely a Reaperized version of a previously harvested species. To me, they resemble the inussanen. Since Adjutants can make another creature turn into them by injuring them and no other Reaperized species does this (not without Dragon's teeth or processing centers) leads me to believe that the inussanen also had this ability.

[@todaysgrailtomorrowsbeater]

great narration great video

[@sambothefate3462]

The best thing about the javik dlc is that you get to know what a ptothean looks like

[@darkpaladinlanceramessesii5719]

My most creepy experience is from mass effect 1. I was exploring the galaxy before the end game. I came across a ship. With a comatose Guy and his girlfriend attack you out of nowhere once you all the audio recording. If you go back to the guy. You have the option to kill or keep him alive

[@ridesq]

If I never see or hear another banshee again, I’ll be thrilled. This thumbnail gives me chills.

[@timothybrandriff6499]

I've remarked on this before, The Leviathan DLC is the BEST Lovecraftian video game content ever made. It is better than games that are expressly marketed as "Lovecraftian".

[@huanhoundofthevailinor2374]

For me the inusannon are one creepy race the remind me of the beings from d&d the mind flayers scary thought if they could do something like them

[@kasumilotus]

I think the Leviathans could easily be a major or side villain in the next installment. 😨

[@capnscooby2510]

A channel dedicated to two of my favorite game series, yes please

[@dirk903]

A sub for you : ) Cool video, i like the topic. I am currently on a playthrough now, about 1/3 through ME2 There were a few creepy things for me. The mission to thesia when you first encounter a banshee The leviathan dlc I think the overlord dlc was pretty creepy too, with David (was that his name?), think he played with your mind a bit I get some of the missions mixed up lol

[@CptCalicoJack]

iirc, the "child" at the end of ME3 tells you that it created the keepers

[@ActionQuackson]

Thanks for the video!

[@catharsysgaming]

I think the most scary thing, people have come across if playing dlc in the original for ME2, or in playing legendary edition. The Overlord mission, I'm always in tears at the end, just to see someone suffering that much, and though connecting with geth in a very interesting way, just how he looks at the end... Doesn't help that David looks like a dear friend of mine i lost contact with almost 2 decades ago, which seriously does get me crying alone, but dude... That storyline scared me so much. It's always a draining experience when playing the game through multiple times.

[@hearthstonepunchingbag9457]

*SPOILERS* It's worth it to do the mission and then reconnect with him in ME3, though... to see him happy and healthy and working with the other students at Grissom Academy... and he unlocks the armory for you so you get a free Mattock upgrade

[@Super-Godzilla99]

the race javik talks about in and after the geth dreadnought mission.

[@jurgennolte7577]

My best ending taking control turning the reapers into galactic guardians.

[@resolute_visit]

I didn’t even know there was a volus in the labs of noveria 😭 I kept getting so lost in that place that I probably skipped past him or something 😭

[@buckrodgers1162]

The creepiest thing in ME is in ME2. When you see Geth controlled by that kid in the 'Project Overlord' DLC. And that kid when he's hooked up to that machine to control the Geth. That was always one DLC that I always procrastinated to do, because I just thought that entire 'setup' was creepy, and highly disturbing. It wasn't so much a secret though.

[@babarjaputak2314]

Han Olar is traumatized because he killed Dr. Zhonmua to escape the Rachni and he' struggling with the guilt of his actions. He tells the story when you meet him in ME1. While trying to escape the Rachni, he locks the door to the tram, leaving Zhonmua behind. She starts banging on the door begging him to let her in, but he ignores her as the Rachni catch up and kill her

[@EscritaComPedro]

Yay, another video 🥺♥️

[@vladyvhv9579]

That weird thing about the aliens abducting and experimenting on the caveman, from ME1.

[@Snusmumrikean]

Rachni is my favorite race. They look like monsters, making us assume they are evil monsters. But what we have learned from Salarians they are EXTREMELY EVIL. Quirky but they are the most evil race of the main space races. And the account that the Rachni kidnapped them and learned the FTL drive to attack the rest of the universe is absolutely something the Salarians would use as a cover story. My theory is that Salarians did what the Salarians does best, experiment. Captured Rachni with the intention to control them. Not the reaper or leviathans. But the Salarians themselves made the Rachnis song get corrupted, giving them a command to attack for a test. Resulting in the order getting stuck in their song, and was the reason why they couldn't be communicated with or bargained with. They could only attack. And we know that Salarians are no strangers to in-"humane" experiment, cover ups, backstabbing with a huge smile on their face. If it was any other race that encountered Ranchi i would lean with the reaper/leviathan theory. But just because it was specifically Salarians im sure they were the real cause.

[@RaDeus87]

I find the planets/systems that have been cleansed by the Reapers the most creepy, like Helyme and Joab.

[@MikefromTexas1]

I loved the Leviathan DLC. Very Lovecraftian.

[@andresdelgadotallavas2579]

Keep uploding mass effect content ! Great work

[@r4d2iu]

Probably cerberus soldiers looking like husks (from Mars in ME3)

[@Vendetta9624]

The keepers were created by the reapers to be maintenance.

[@aerynstormcrow]

The leviathan enthrallment is existentially creepy but not in the classic sense.

[@heancio2]

"Nada é mais assustador do que a vasta escuridão do cosmos "

[@ElDaktor]

There's going to be an insane power vacuum post ME3. I'm wondering if that's the story? Cerberus remnants will still be out there, grabbing at reaper tech.. Maybe that causes the leviathan to come out of hiding? Broad strokes, but I can see some story threads there

[@danmarusan2878]

Every Cerberus member who didn't left in time became indoctrinated. Therefor Cerberus is history

[@tijanaaaa7183]

*grabs popcorn* 👀 secrets? Count me iiiiiiiin

[@BeautyIsJustAMask]

Although I doubt it will be the case, I never actually considered the main antagonists of the next ME game could be the Leviathans.

[@TheMindx1]

More Mass Effect Videos!

[@sarialue]

thank you for this comment, will do!

[@mrquin89]

Is it possible that any aliens or even reapers left the galaxy in a previous cycle before Andromeda

[@alexkollos]

So many different direction BioWare could have went after the completion of ME 3 and yet they decided to try and make Andromeda playable without tying up any loose ends of the trilogy. Hope the next game is more thought out.

[@Anvilshock]

Scariest thing (though not a secret, depending on who you ask) is how willingly people but up with EA's draconic and invasive launcher and account garbage just to get to play the newest shiny toy.

[@LilBeaniebby]

I hope the 314 theory comes true that in me:4/5 we meet a new species

[@nebulous798]

Holy shit, this channel is so good!

[@quickclaw240]

Andromewhat, never heard of it.

[@Morgan_The_Dude]

idk the MEA scourge is pretty creepy. its just dark energy fibers that can destroy whole planets, ships and stations. i dont remember if we ever find out what caused it and why its there and attacking remnant/jardaan tech thats the pretty creepy part also, (little rant) i know most people did not like Andromeda but i liked it well enough and was disappointed that they never brought the clif hanger to a close with dlc. like we know the archon was a fleet commander and obsessed over the remnant but not the real leader. we know they were there under orders to exalt the cluster and that fleet at the end was the or a primus and reinforcements but where is the rest? how does this end for the initiative and angara? who were the jardaan really????. they just gave up on it when it had potential. if it didnt do well the least they could have done was make up for it and actually bring killer dlc and fixes like take a hello games move like they did for no mans sky but no.

[@Ntmoffi]

The keepers are just another repurposed race like the protheans. One became the collectors and the other, whatever it started as, became the keepers.

[@MrDopestDope1]

my nightmare is EA staff

[@Deception975]

2:55 Well, about that. Ann dies if you use both renegade interrupts.

[@Andersn22]

Wild that literally none of these are secrets

[@wolfmutt888]

Is it bad that none of this is creepy to me. Actually I think it's just my paranoia because during the leviathan DLC I kept thinking I was about to walk into an ambush.

[@Daktarik-p8h]

I liked the gameplay of the Leviathan DLC but I hated the lore implications

[@joetheman74]

There are two "A's"

[@Roin0525]

Super scary? Hmm. Oh, it would have to be that Mass Effect 3 will be the last good Mass Effect game we will ever get. 😱

[@BoogieSpiderman]

Is this better than halo? I'm unfamiliar on both games.

[@hawlkman]

I love 1, 2 and 3. Andromeda was trash and I never tried the legendary one.

[@stevenhager341]

In Mass affect 2 you find out the keepers were prothians

[@lexehwaz]

Nope. Collectors were protheans

[@DaytonaRoadster]

that Project Overlord DLC almost made me crap my pants