Garrus | Mass Effect 2 Legendary Edition: Pt. 7 | First Play Through - LiteWeight Gaming

[@Someguy1785]

The actor for Zaeed had such an awesome voice. I think he was in every Bioware game until he passed away. R.I.P. Robin Sachs

[@S1deshowRob]

He was also SpongeBob’s substitute driving teacher

[@justanotheranimeprofilepic]

​@@S1deshowRob I'll never be able to unlearn this thank you

[@Mercurial_Phoenix]

Fun facts: Garrus' actor didn't sleep the night before recording this mission so he would sound more tired. Male Shepherd's actor voices most of the Volus, Hanar and all of the Vorcha. Aria is voiced by Carrie-Anne Moss, who played Trinity in The Matrix. The way Salarians speak was based off of Steve Buscemi (Not kidding).

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Wow! These were all super unique to read!

[@hoya1178]

That sounds a bit unnecessary, why not just *act* tired instead?

[@Seth-fg4ho]

​@@hoya1178 To generate the proper natural vocal textures, especially since the actor probably knew how important Garrus's return scene was. It's a lot less unnecessary than starving oneself for a some big cinematic role that requires the character to be anorexic or something. Some actors prepare in whatever ways will make their performances seem more genuine... you might be surprised at what they'll go through, particularly method actors and people taking on roles they deeply relate to. In this case, the voice actors in games can't enhance their performances with visuals, so they want to use any vocal tool are at their disposal to sell the characters. I remember the singer on one of Iron's Maiden's albums also stayed up all night and exhausted himself before recording the opening lines of a song entirely to get the proper shady quality to his voice. It all simply dedication to the craft.

[@hoya1178]

@@Seth-fg4ho Some of the best actors don't need any of that to perform just as good. Method acting doesn't require any of that, it's just come poor misinformation that Method actors stay in character or do things like that in preparation, many method actors don't that actually do that. It's not requried by Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg teachings. Also preparing for a role such a losing weight is not related to method acting necessarily, plenty of actors that aren't method actors do that. For example Michael Fassbender when he played the hunger striker Bobby Sands in the film "Hunger" lost a lot weight for the role but he is not a method actor. Also I'm the actor for Garrus could have done just a good of a job without staying up all night and I'm not sure it added anything to his perfomance to do so.

[@Seth-fg4ho]

​@@hoya1178 I should apologize for misinterpreting your comment, which came off as simply, "Why doesn't an actor just act?" It sounded over-simplified. You're clearly more educated on the matter that that, so I'm cool with you calling me out for that judgement, especially since I did a poor job of communicating my point (the danger of leaving half-assed responses on social media... I usually don't expect that anyone will read them.) I guess the comment sparked something personal. Speaking as a writer and a musician, it would drive me up the wall if I mentioned having trouble with some process, or if had the desire to try some off-beat approach, and someone said, "Why don't you just, you know, 'play' or 'write'?" Those words mean different things to different people. Everyone has their own personal processes, even those with formal training at level of say, Strasberg's or Julliard. Creatively, we all need help getting to where we need to be from time to time, and that why there are so many tools available. So, I didn't mean to suggest that "losing weight for a role" or prepping in any way IS "method acting." I only mentioned method acting to point out that there are different ways to approach the craft and different ways of getting into a character's head (i.e., not everyone is a method actor.) I mentioned losing weight to point out that there are various ways to prep for things, whether it's altering one's body or, perhaps, staying up all night. It's true, I've heard stories of method actors doing kooky things to get there, but maybe that's just more a matter of the individual actor than any specific technique. That's what I was getting at: it's all about individual approach to a role, or a story, or a song... whatever. Brandon Keener, who plays Garrus, must have felt, for whatever reason, that he would be in a better place vocally or mentally to sell the moment if put himself in a similar situation to Garrus. Hell, maybe he was simply experimenting. Wanted to see if staying up would make a difference. Like I said, it's not first time I've heard of someone doing that very thing to prep for a vocal performance.

[@TeeZee22]

Even though she's too smart for it to be a total surprise, that reaction to Garrus is just the latest in a long line of examples that show why LWG is the absolute best! Others might be good, but Teegan is a one of a kind treasure and should be protected at all cost!

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Aww thanks so much TeeZee! I know everyone had to wait but I hope the reaction was worth the wait!

[@TeeZee22]

@@LiteWeightGaming Always worth waiting for high quality!

[@powermaxx11]

LMFAO when zaeed said 'he's not gonna make it' really making shepard worry, I was not expecting that lol

[@hendreor.m6685]

Just for those that didnt knew: Aria T'Loak is voiced by the actress that was Trinity in Matrix

[@LiteWeightGaming]

That’s so awesome!

[@_Cetarial]

I’m Commander Shepard and Garrus is my favorite squadmate on Omega. Been waiting for this one, I would definitely consider ordering a few drinks on Omega in the future btw, it’ll be worth it. (Also another fun fact: Patriarch is voiced by Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh.)

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Okay this is now the 2nd time I’ve read this! So it must be funny!

[@H-F-A]

Heyhey, enjoying the playthrough! 😊 22:00 doing a renegade interrupt doesn't detract from paragon and vice versa, but sometimes being patient and/or waiting things out will give you other conversation options. Like at the citadel with the rude reporter Khalisah al-Jilani you could have chosen a renegade interrupt, but because you didn't do one there you then had the option to choose a paragon dialogue to shut her up instead. So the interrupt doesn't detract, but it can sometimes change the scenario and/or further dialogue afterwards. Up to you when you feel like waiting things out or feel paragon/renegade in the moment, any can be interesting!

[@leroyrussell8766]

"I need more ammo." Runs away from all the ammo laying all over the bridge. LOLOL 🤣

[@karlsmith2570]

1:09:32 When an ability icon is highlited red, you won't be able to use it on a target Which was why your "Biotic Pull" wasn't working in targets that have active shields, it was lit up in red when you wer targeting enemies with shields up

[@MarquizeMufasa1990]

Lite ready to risk it all with Garrus😂😂😂😂44:45.

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Hahahahaha

[@MarquizeMufasa1990]

@LiteWeightGaming The evidence is all there Lite🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Some biotic attacks such as Pull won't work on armored or barrier-equipped enemies. You have to take their armor or barriers/shields out first. Also as you noticed, your Biotic Charge attack does nothing to armored or barrier-equipped enemies.

[@KlooKloo]

It stuns/interrupts them, at least. But, once you are nice and close, doesn't a point-blank blast from a shotgun sound nice and effective? ;-)

[@DarkSith87]

You missed Tarak on the last door on the right before meeting Sergeant Cathka. He recognizes Zaeed

[@mikeburke8772]

I’m not singling you out but honestly, comments like this aren’t helpful. “You missed this!” “You missed that!” It’s her first play through. She’s clearly indicated she’s going to play again. First times through the game are inherently imperfect. So maybe chill out? Accept that she might miss things, especially when they’re not blinking in flashing neon lights right in front of her. and maybe expect her to miss those sometimes too…cause I’m pretty sure we all miss obvious stuff on occasion, and stumble upon things that are less than obvious.

[@chateauarusi]

^^^ this, all of this

[@predetor911]

@@mikeburke8772 That's why it's best to make sure she doesn't miss it on her 2nd run through.

[@burningxdagger]

to be fair, I missed it a few times in my runs. and I wouldn't have zaeed in most

[@ItsAv3rageGamer]

@@mikeburke8772 I'd thumbs up your comment 100 times if I could. I've seen this all over her comments, its a BLIND playthrough, people need to learn what that means.

[@djxak]

1:09:20 You are right. They are immune. Just read the tooltip of the abiliy on the left-bottom side of the screen to know why. :) In this specific case it's shields. In case with a Krogan it was the armor. Most abilities don't work or do less damage etc. on a target when the target still have an armor or shield or biotic barrier. Some abilities work, though. E.g. Incinerate is specifically designed to work on armor and Shock works on shields.

[@roopetoivanen]

4:53 You should definitely come back and have a drink here and at the Dark Star on the Citadel, I won't spoil it but it's worth seeing what happens.

[@baliri]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Haha oh man based on the reply it must be funny!

[@Xehanort10]

42:39 He did see you as expendable though so he had it coming.

[@cmbrock1]

Finally Mass Effect has come back to the Lite! Enjoying your other play throughs but it’s good to see another Mass Effect upload!

[@lukasmolcan3946]

LT and RT options during cutscenes/conversations are important and can make a difference or quite impact on your choices sometimes in future, but mostly at the moment I think :)

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Oh okay! Thanks for clearing this up!

[@SkynetIsOnline]

Lady T after coming back from vacation I finally were able to catch up on your last 20 videos. I enjoyed them all.

[@roopetoivanen]

Finally That was a really long and painful wait, one of the best moments in the game for sure so I was really looking forward to your reaction :)

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Hey! they do say the best things in life you have to be patient for 🤣

[@romo_lampkin]

Grunt loves his mama so much! He went from "cant wait to kill ya :)" to "my gamertag is XxShepardWrox420xX" EDIT: Garrus my beloved EDIT 2: RE: missing with abilities. If you think about the red target box as where you're launching a power to, think of your cross hair as where you're shooting it out from. If you have the red border around an enemy when you choose a power, I believe some of them lock on and home in automatically. If you don't have a lock on, it basically just locks on to whatever is directly in the path of where you shoot from. What I used to do was kinda aim above or to the side of a locked-on enemy when I fired, and it would arc to em. Could be fun to try if you want! EDIT 3: The powers being ineffective isn't a Lite issue, it's that the game does that to make you use a bit more strategy. So like, some biotics are useless against armor, armor sucks against some tech, etc. The power wheel kinda hints at it, but doesn't explain it, so don't feel bad! Basically the powers will be either orange/clear or orange/reddish with a subtle down arrow on it. Red = ineffective against the enemy you're locked onto. I think the goal is to encourage more dynamic use of your squadmates

[@saecula2391]

Thank's great gameplay and new scenes I've never seen bevore ... btw: interesting tattoo at your right arm at 01:15:17

[@jamesross184]

Another awesome video again by my number one favourite KZbinr ever

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Thanks James! Enjoy!

[@Nemesis_T-01]

10:55 the great Aria T'Loak voiced by the only person that could get me to snitch on EVERYONE with her voice alone the amazing Carrie Anne Moss AKA Trinity from the Matrix 😍😍

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Amazing!!

[@nickburson6079]

Garrus actually did shoot Shepherd ( at first barricade) was a concussion shot otherwise it tip off the actual merc groups

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Oh thanks for pointing this out!!

[@Tubemansi]

@@LiteWeightGaming Selecting that option just has him explain that. 👍🏼

[@kikirikikirlafsdfskd]

1:08:00 - best reaction. Something about itchy, bored expression, while Garrus (nearly) dying. Also very unique, most players were shocked :D

[@Michelle_Banks]

I am really happy that Garrus is with us! That was a cute reaction, they’re so many great Character’s excited to see add more to our Team! 🤗

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Hope the reaction was worth the wait!!

[@MarquizeMufasa1990]

The myth, the legend, My dawg Garrus! 44:45

[@LiteWeightGaming]

At long last! Thanks for being patient!

[@MarquizeMufasa1990]

@@LiteWeightGaming No problem, 👍🏽

[@zarif_chow]

17:07 oh come on, Captain Kirrahe was as good as a crewmate in ME1

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

I just finished watching aaaaaaall of your Red Dead Redemption 2 + Red Dead Redemption playlists. You cried a lot. I cried a lot. Yet my sadistic ass is happy that we're gonna still have a lot more of that, here. 😈

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Amazing! Glad you enjoyed it! It was an emotional play through!

[@Ironoclasty]

I love how your first method of coping is denial. Sometimes it even works. Love your playthrough so far.

[@rogertemple7193]

I just finished watching Mass Effect 2 for today and it was really great as always, Brandon Keener who does the voice of Garrus also does the voice Det. Harold Caldwell on L.A. Noire, have a Beautiful Saturday evening and Thank You LWG.😊🙏

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Really?? That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing Roger!

[@rogertemple7193]

@@LiteWeightGaming I like looking up on IMDB to see who does the voices of the characters and until your next Mass Effect 2 as well as L.A. Noire and Starfield take care and Thank You LWG/LiteWeight.⭐👩‍🦳⭐

[@InJeffable]

5:37 You may not have realized it, but you ran across a voice acting legend right here. Patriarch was voiced by Jim Cummings. He's voiced more cartoon characters over the past few decades than I can list, but he's probably best known for voicing Winnie the Pooh and Tigger.

[@slothkng]

the look of joy on your face when you saw Garrus....It was hard not to tell you to go there right away lol

[@TexasAnlaShok]

I really think they should have put in a trigger so that if you took too long going to see Aria, some thugs would show up to “remind” you. Seems like something she would do.

[@EvilOdysseus]

Little fun fact. If you don't recruit Garrus in ME1 you get different dialogue when metting him here on Omega.

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Oh I didn’t realize you could miss Garrus in ME1!

[@EvilOdysseus]

@@LiteWeightGaming You can turn him down when he asks to join, or miss him entirely.

[@midmoose]

45:13 an emotional reunion every time but that first time just *hiiitttss* 🥺

[@saecula2391]

@ 33:56 wow .. I never saw this scene before (after 5 different playtroughs) .. it seems it's only happens if you bring Grunt to Omega

[@Tubemansi]

That's exactly why I told her to get him first. I knew she'd like that interaction. 😁

[@kristofvarga1992]

😊I'm so happy that you finally have Garrus with you! And it is nice to see how much you care for him, being so emotionally invested. Worth the wait. 🤗 Folks gave you most practical advice here - Medigel revives your squad now, you auto-heal behind cover.

[@robertfishburn8545]

The renegade interrupts are almost always worth doing, some of the more badass moments in my opinion. Makes her feel like more of an action hero, not a goody two shoes.

[@mitchrogers4217]

Fair play on the renegade prompt so many people are scared to choose them...but watching shepard being a badass from time to time is great and this one actually benefits you. Love your playthrough

[@davida.j.berner776]

The Paragon and Renegade "interrupts" (i.e. the LT/RT prompts) were added by Bioware because most players avoided the Renegade options in ME1. This was a shame because some of the Renegade options were the funniest in the game. The new interrupts allow a Paragon Shepard to take a Renegade action occasionally, even if her Renegade score is low (and vice versa). If you don't want to trigger all the Renegade interrupts, I'd recommend using them when dealing with bad guys, and/or races that respect a more direct, assertive approach, like the krogan. Just a suggestion. But, you know... since they're there, why NOT trigger them all?! 😁

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Very helpful! Thanks for clearing this up!

[@KlooKloo]

Because, in ME2 and 3, if you DON'T take the interrupt, sometimes there's a further conversation with Paragon or Renegade options. But really, yeah, most times the interrupts are better.

[@GoodOldGamer]

There truly is no Shepard without Vakarian.

[@KlooKloo]

Something the game only tells you about in the description for Miranda's (and other later characters') Warp ability: If you use Pull or Singularity on an enemy to make them float, then as they are dangling you use Warp on them, it creates a huge combo biotic explosion. I'm surprised ME2 didn't have a tutorial about it when Jacob and Miranda were your only teammates, since it's such a powerful move. They expand on this idea in ME3 where it's nearly impossible to not trigger combos for tech and bionics all over.

[@Annik_Tenacious_Felis]

I remember this mission, I got so hyped when I saw he was a turian with a sniper , then he took off his helmet and I yelled " I knew it !" 😂 I got so excited seeing Garrus again , ME characters are really special to us players

[@dragonray9450]

We all need a Garrus Vakarian in our lives. :)

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Yes yes yes!

[@dragonray9450]

❤@@LiteWeightGaming

[@Michael-xw3ft]

There's no shepherd without vakarian

[@loganphillips2166]

Biotic/tech abilities are sensitive early on. Abilities like Pull and Throw are ineffective against armor/shield/barrier enemies. Once you see a red health bar they become fair game. Other biotic abilities like warp are great against armor. The easiest way to check is bring up your power wheel. If the enemy highlighted makes a power icon turn red, it's ineffective, if it stays yellow it is good.

[@mikeburke8772]

Now that you’ve recruited Garrus I can safely recommend the Garrus focused comic. It’s relatively short but it’s pretty good

[@MrDeadSignal]

lmao you managed to look away every single instance of Garrus getting injured

[@texn7526]

Yessssss! My Boi Garrus "is definitely excited to be back on the squad...and play with him"🙂😂🤣 The legend returns! Great episode thanks so much LW💞

[@captainredbeard1762]

When I first started the game I was just as disappointed as you that the old crew mates weren’t there anymore but once I got Garrus it felt like the end of a cheesy 80s teen movie were someone says we‘re gonna be alright

[@RobTheDoodler]

Wow I never took Grunt here. I had no idea Garm would off his Vorcha lackey lol. That’s pretty great. I really gotta take my son out for walks more lol

[@Tubemansi]

It only happens if you recruit him right away, and THEN take him to get Garrus.

[@Jagaroth_]

Great video as always!🙂 Some biotic powers such as Pull primarily work on unprotected enemies with just a red health bar. Against barriers, shields or armour they don't do much except maybe stun them a little, until you strip the shields. Sticking the welder into Cathka, before the fight was a good decision as it meant the gunship appeared at half health, as opposed to at full health if you hadn't dealt with him. You'll like Mordin - he's one of the best characters in the whole saga!

[@benschultz1784]

What's the hardest part about treating a turian that took a rocket to the face? Figuring out which side took the rocket. On a serious note, before Shepard arrives, Garrus has a goodbye phone call with his dad.

[@rogertemple7193]

I'm on now watching you play Mass Effect 2 with part 7 picking back up where you left off I hope you are having a great Saturday take care and see you on your other games later Thank You very much LWG.🙋👍💜💙

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Thanks Roger! Hope you’re enjoying the content!

[@rogertemple7193]

@@LiteWeightGaming You are very welcome and glad to see that Garrus is back on and alive,Thank You LWG/LiteWeight.⭐👩‍🦳⭐

[@donkeylipsgelfin6983]

1:15:02 "That sounds bad. Get your mind out of the gutter." 54:48 👀👀 Good grief, Shepard!

[@hogwarts659]

A great video sooo glad you got Garrus. Also dont forget to go to your armour locker in your captain's cabin to swap out armour pieces for new ones with perk bonuses.

[@jlog1c]

Each time you pick up a new team member (or a major change happens regarding a team member), I would recommend talking to both Kelly and Joker, they both have a lot of great dialogue throughout the game. Check in with Joker regularly actually, he tends to have more new dialogue (and the funniest, imo) as the story progresses than even most of your teammates.

[@Xehanort10]

52:15 That looks like something out of Armoured Core.

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Yep! Looks like Armored Core took influence from this for sure!

[@jessybones3861]

Ever time u get emotional. I get emotional. Ur doing so good in these vids and play throughs. Keep up the amazing work sweetie. Make sure to have tissues. I do when. I play this game. 😁😁😁😋😋😋❤️❤️

[@sanctimoniouslocke3941]

I don't know if anyone else has said it, so: Gaining renegade or paragon points does not detract from the other. If you take one paragon action and one renegade action, they don't cancel each other out -- you just gain a little of both. So using the contextual action (when you hit a trigger to do something dramatic), you will not directly lose anything. However, those actions can potentially alter the course of an encounter. For example, if someone threatens you, and a Renegade context action pops up which results in you shooting that person, you may miss out on gaining paragon points during the conversation that would have happened if you didn't shoot them.

[@nsgamingallen1308]

She has no idea the amount of CALIBRATIONS that are in store for her.

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Judging from your big beautiful smile in the thumbnail I'm guessing you've found one of your beloved old crew 😊❤

[@loganphillips2166]

You DO have the liberty to go wild with renegade and paragon interrupts. The more you build up the bars in the status screen means the chance of dialogue options increases. I play paragade, mostly paragon, and I never struggled accessing special dialogue options.

[@nemangame]

Until you get to certain missions and you lose loyalty because you didn't have enough paragon because you took too many renegade interupts. No thanks. If you want renegade interupts more than a few times per game you should just play a renegade character and vice-versa.

[@loganphillips2166]

I can't recall ever skipping out on an interrupt and miss out on a paragon option. Maybe because I hit max class skill early-ish, but to be fair my first playthrough was on the 360. The only dialogue I ever recall missing was on Eden Prime with the smugglers.

[@nemangame]

@@loganphillips2166 i don't even know what you're talking about? If you hit a renegade interupt you can't hit the paragon interupt that goes after it in many situations, right? That way, you will get renegade points and not get paragon points. Do this enough times and you may not have enough paragon points on your paragon playthrough to ease the tensions enough which can happen two times in ME2. I'm trying not to spoil anything but you're making it hard for me.

[@loganphillips2166]

@@nemangame I know the points you're talking about. I have never skipped a chance at an interrupt and never had an issue with those.

[@jaredc304]

Yay, you found Garrus! Fun fact: if you spare Fist from the first game (which requires NOT bringing Wrex to confront him), you can find him in the lower part of Afterlife in this game and chat with him (he’s still an ass). Also, Miranda has an interesting comment on the view by the transport area.

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Renegade prompt just adds to the Renegade bar, it doesn't take away from the Paragon bar 🙂 Same thing the other way around. Since you're Paragon most of the prompts you'll see will be Paragon ones. But you will get some Renegade ones that are 'interesting'.

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Awesome! Thanks!!!

[@Tubemansi]

AND THIS IS WHY I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT ORDER! 😁 I knew you'd love that interaction between Grunt and Garm. Knowing how impressed Grunt is with you already warms the heart. 🥰 Unfortunately, you missed the section to get to know Zaeed better. At 39:07, if you had kept going over to that guard standing by the "UTILITY" sign, you would have been able to meet Tarak, the Blue Suns leader, as well as Jentha, who you fight here: 1:06:03. Zaeed and Tarak know each other, and it's revealed that Zaeed is connected to the Blue Suns. It's much more common for people to get this unique dialogue since Zaeed is RIGHT THERE on Omega. I'm happy you were able to experience the exceptionally rare cutscene with Grunt. I hope you remembered to take him and Garrus with you to get Mordin, despite the danger. It's well worth it! 👍🏼 - 5:07 - In the unlikely event that a player DOESN'T take Wrex with them to get Fist in ME1, and then spares Fist, he ends up at this spot, drinking away his sorrows. You basically have the exact opposite interaction with him that you do with Helena Blake. He HASN'T bettered his life, and it almost seems like he'd rather you NOT have shown him mercy. 😂 24:27 - This is one of the reasons why I ultimately prefer ME1. I appreciate the curated level design that they give to each location in ME2, but I miss the expansiveness and sense of exploration from the first game. Everything in the sequel looks great, but it feels much smaller. 56:30 - You got Renegade points because you chose "You need help." instead of "I'm not leaving you alone." Weird that they made that distinction, but one of them is on the bottom and one is on the top, so there you go. 😛 1:02:56 - Oh, trust me. Insanity is WAY more difficult. 😉 1:12:07 - If you're male Shepard, Garrus says he was always gettin' the ladies, so now Shepard has a fair shot. 🤣 - Huh. It looks like they nerfed Pull. In the OG version, if you could target someone, you pulled them. There wasn't a projectile that could whiff. Just so you know, since Zaeed and Kasumi were added later, they don't get cutscenes. Clicking on them lets you hear their dialogue. Once you've clicked on them enough times, they'll let you know they're done talking for now, and you can leave and come back for more next time.

[@KlooKloo]

Only your teammates' abilities hit instantly. All of Shepard's have a projectile. Except overload, shield drain, Reave, and SLAM. Once Slam is available as a bonus loyalty power, it really kicks ass, since the initial lift portion of the move can open a target up for a Warp explosion. You can quickly Slam/Warp for a combo explosion.

[@ragabashmoon1551]

34:25 OMG In all the times I've played, I've never brought Grunt... the way.. Garm just blew the head off that vorcha... that shouldn't make me laugh how much it did.

[@OldGeezerGaming337]

There was a shop in the market on Omega has a shotgun, that I believe you favored in the last game.

[@charlesdrobinski7385]

I would love to see you play the solider class. That is such a fun class that provides you with access to all weapons and some good abilities that slows things down.

[@icarusthefinal3206]

19:50 well you see In an ancient time, the evil mage, Garm, using the power of the runestones, unleashed a great evil upon the land. This demon, Skorne, broke free from Garm's control, crushing him and imprisoning his soul in the underworld. Skorne then released his minions upon the lands, and scattered the runestones across the Eight Realms so that they might never again be assembled and used against him. No one has dared try...

[@redacted1093]

1:07:08 Biotic powers have been nerfed, unless otherwise stated they do not affect any opponent with shields, barriers or armor(so don'texpect to lift or throw many opponents). As far as I know there are only two that are still great with armor or barriers and that's warp(double damage on barriers and armor) and reave(double damage on barriers and armor/companion ability). Singularity still has uses as though it won't lift anybody not stripped down to their health(red) bar a high leveled one can push shielded, barriers or armored enemies back acting as a bit of a wall.

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Grunt is the best possible replacement for Wrex on your crew ❤😂

[@LiteWeightGaming]

I’m loving Grunt but I still miss Wrex!

[@BattlestarDamocles]

Everybody loves Wrex!

[@ciphernine7824]

Some of the renegade interrupts are very entertaining.

[@josephblanchard1136]

What I do like is how every crew member could have their own commentary on the mission. I think this was the case in all three games. I don't know how different the lines would be, but they may essentially carry the same points. There seem to even be ways a scene can play out in unique ways depending on who you bring on a mission, like the scene with Garm and Grunt. I never got that scene because I never brought Grunt for this mission. Interesting thing I thought about with Zaeed and Kasumi when I played through Mass Effect 2 with their DLCs purchased for the first time. The fact that the developer must've taken time to add in their lines to a majority of the content in this game where other crewmembers already have lines recorded is neat. So seeing Zaeed comment on the mission where you're recruiting Archangel is fascinating because before his DLC, his lines weren't ever in the game or in this mission. They tried to make sure Kasumi and Zaeed felt like they were always in the game. There is a noticeable drawback though to them being added in afterwards. If you talk to them on the ship like you would any other crewmember, you'll notice that you can't ask them questions or have an in-depth conversation, like you can with the characters who were part of the base game. They just give you random stories of their lives or comment on whichever story mission you just did. Still worth checking in with them though

[@Xehanort10]

6:23 Krogans must have horrendous back pain the way their backs are.

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Or maybe they’re super strong because of it! Haha

[@beneficent2557]

The Patriarch was quoting the God Father.

[@leroyrussell8766]

Zaeed is on the same level as Grunt, just in the opposite direction. He's like Kasumi. You can talk to him like 3 times, and he will make a comment or tell a short story.

[@Gr4v3Kn1ght]

Gotta love Aria aka Carrie-Ann Moss. 11:35

[@MACARLIN]

If a renegade trigger pops up and you skip it. It is usually followed by a paragon trigger or dialog option. You have to commit 100% if you end up in the middle. Your going to wind up with the worst outcomes.

[@KittyBoom360]

ME2 has most of the best Renegade interrupts in the series while you're working for Cerberus to make up for the last game favoring Paragon.

[@Pascal-the-Rascal]

Renegade points don't take away points from the paragon bar, and some of the renegade options can be quite helpful. Giving in to the renegade prompt here and there isn't a big deal, but some of the renegade choices are quite severe, while others are just funny, or as I mentioned before, helpful. Yeah, while you were distracted by your itchy face, Garrus got torn to shreds by the gunship 😂 And even though you suspected who Archangel was, your reaction to the Garrus reveal was great! I think you'll really like having Garrus on the Normandy, especially if you can get him to focus on something else other than the damn calibrations 😆 And he has a new shiny armor waiting for him on the squad select screen, instead of the one that got all banged up in the gunship encounter. By the way, Zaeed is on the engineering deck, and Kasumi is on the crew deck.

[@beneficent2557]

Asari are so creepy when you understand the mental manipulation.

[@S1deshowRob]

The marketing for ME2 back in the day totally spoiled the Garrus reveal, so it’s nice to see the new wave of mass effect fans experiencing it blind in legendary edition

[@4lifeFanHabs]

you got garrus back. yay!!!!

[@zondrabarth4508]

Kasumi is located on the 3rd level of the ship, the Crew Deck I think its called. As you exit the elevator, Kasumi will be chilling in the far room of the right hallway. And yeah, Kelly Chambers is a great character (woman by the galaxy map), she has comments on every new companion you bring onto the Normandy.

[@omaridanner1254]

Wassup Liteweight how are you today really excited for this playthrough 😁

[@LiteWeightGaming]

I’m great Omari! Thanks for asking! Hope you enjoy the video!

[@Jimmer93]

Pretty much all of the Renegade interrupts are worth using in ME2 because they're all really good! "play with Garrus?" Heh heh heh... zip

[@shaantitus1538]

Ladies fangirling over Garrus never gets old. Love how much you are enjoying this game. Poor Zaeed, he is always getting in trouble for the "He's not gonna make it" line.

[@clippy200]

I am sure someone already said this but I will reiterate in the hopes that you see this amongst other helpful comments. Renegade/paragon triggers are always good to do as it's another way to increase karma but keep in mind that if you don't have one meter full to a certain point then you will probably miss out on paragon/renegade choices further in the game. Also the reason why your biotics weren't working was because most enemies have armor, shields, or both you need to take these things out before you think about using powers if you don't that will simply just tickle enemies and not do anything aside from staggering them for a bit. Next is about health, Shepherd is basically wolverine without the claws they heal on their own same for companions, you could use medi-gel to heal but as long as you don't take damage for a few seconds you will heal for health and shields, taking cover also helps so that you heal health/shields faster. Last point, last EP you were trying to find certain crew members on the Normandy and I thought it was pretty obvious to find them considering you can literally see the names of the crew members on every section of the ship when you open the elevator menu there name hangs on the right bottom of the screen below the description of a section, I really hope you see this or any other comments that mention what I said because to see you trying to find certain crew members across the Normandy was pretty aggravating considering you just read the names on the elevator menu and these areas are not big in the slightest so finding them is no hard task. Ps- why did you not defend the quarian when she was being accused of stealing the credit chit, after having found the chit you could've paragon triggered the cutscene and could've spoken up about the c-sec officer and volus being terrible people defending the quarian, watching that Trigger pass you by while you simply looked confused and saying how those guys where just being dicks to this another person that did nothing wrong(probably the best trigger you didn't do), as a full renegade player myself I always chose this one paragon choice because fuck bullies

[@apc6539]

You may assign shortcuts for powers in combat like LB, RB, Y buttons for charge, shockwave, healing or any other powers of your choice, it will make using powers easier ehile pointing gun and no need to open power selection menu everytime during combat

[@redacted1093]

22:42 It doesn't subtract anything from Paragon but the scores are percentage based now so if you build up 20% Renegade you can only have 80% Paragon so it's possible to screw yourself out of Paragon options by doing too many Renegade choices or triggers and vice versa.

[@roopetoivanen]

We all love the OG crew but it makes total sense that you can't have them immediately, it hasn't been a long time for you but for them it's been 2 years so of course they had to move on. You got Garrus back and saw Tali already, plus the Illusive Man told you where Liara and Wrex are. So it's not like they're gone forever or being replaced by the new crew, the family is just getting bigger :)

[@fitzyakamcsyke]

Garrus is a real one.

[@LiteWeightGaming]

The realest! Haha

[@TalkTopicscity29]

The blue triggers that you see on the bottom Paragon and Renegade Paragons are usually compassionate options. As you pulled up the squad you'll see that at the bottom of Shepherd your Shepherd is compassionate that's the Paragon route Renegade of a lot more ruthless. I also made a female Shepherd I played this Trilogy countless times and my female Shepherd is ruthless and willing to get our hands dirty no matter the cost. She'll show her compassionate side once in awhile but mostly she's Renegade. Glad to see you having fun Mass Effect 2 is a great game. And if you keep doing Renegade your scars will show up a lot more but if you doing Peregrine it will heal naturally over time. In my case for my shepherd she was ruthless and she had the Renegade route but I had the health upgrade for the medical Bay while I was able to fix my scars.

[@glenroberts9831]

Shockwave can go through cover so its great for knocking enemies out of it. it also recharges very quickly so its a good power to hot key so you can use it often and easily. I think it's the best power in ME2, though Liara's singularity is a close 2nd. It's just my opinion though. You are doing great ! Keep having fun ! 😉

[@charlesdrobinski7385]

Renegade and paragon is separate your main objective is to maximize your charm on one side. So you do want to decide ahead of time what path you want. So in some cases where you are following the paragon charm there may time the renegade option will flash on your screen in some case. In some cases it all right to choose that but other times not. I found a morality guide that helps maximize your charm to the fullest.

[@--Anurag--]

GARRUS!

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Thank you for being patient haha

[@Fxrrxt2x]

Your amazing reactions are why we get impatient waiting for you to get to these parts in the game. And it seems like you like to build em up for as long as possible 😅. I'm sure you understand, anyway.

[@Scottie_S]

If an enemy has shields, don't bother trying to use 'Pull' on them. It won't work. Also, you can only increase your paragon and renegade points. You'll never lose them. Don't be afraid to have a drink on Omega. It can lead to interesting interactions.

[@Mr.LiteMod]

Well well well, we’re finally here haha

[@LiteWeightGaming]

Well well well hahaha