Leaving Earth + An End, Once and For All

[@elilass8410]

When I finished Mass Effect 3, I felt as though as whole chunk of my life had ended. Mass Effect wasn't just a video game series for me, it was home. The Citadel, Omega, Earth, they all felt like second homes to me. Garrus, Tali, Liara, Jack, Thane, Samara, Miranda, Javik, and all the others have taught me so much and were like friends I have known for a very long time. I laughed, gasped, got angry, loved, and cried so much at this game. Now it's over, and I feel so alone. Thank you, Bioware.

[@lastat00293]

This trilogy is my Star Wars. The writing was brilliant forc the most part. The soundtrack is absolutely fantastic

[@payableondeath9091]

@Eli Lass 💯so epic👏

[@And_1985]

Play ME legend... it is so epic, still far beyond most of the nowadays games... unbelievable masterpiece of sci-fi stories

[@Zane_insane66]

saddest game series ever the end Hits different

[@thegunfight3r415]

Couldn't agree more. Play it again! It's a masterpiece and my top 5 of all time. It is so strange how dif we all are but feel the same stuff when we play games as good as this one. By the way there is eniding now where Shepard survives if you get more then 7200 war assets when you get to the last mission

[@Sammy6685]

This soundtrack alone justifies that games are a true work of art.

[@nicksmith2033]

Yeah the last true masterpiece of bioware its sad.

[@victoriasharpe1661]

Despite so many missed opportunities in number 3, I was introduced to Mass Effect because of this game. I love it just as much as the other two and always will. The music is irreplaceable and spine chilling 😢

[@Common_Giant]

One of the best game series ever.

[@YoureASquidYoureAKid]

It is*

[@maybeitsmapleleaf]

+TheSquidPartol This is*

[@roboguard96]

ME2 is a contender for the best game ever made for many people

[@G00dGame]

​@@roboguard96Witcher 3 Wild Hunt is more likely fits for that determination, but ME trilogy and Witcher trilogy are two of the best game series ever

[@OasisFinder]

Truth Has Been Spoken

[@cosmogcrusader5546]

This is the biggest mixture of "The Reapers are here, we're fucked" and "Shepard is here, there's hope" that I have ever heard. Bloody good job, my dude.

[@twotailedavenger]

Farewell, Shepard. Keelah Se'lai.

[@klimaxkid]

no im ready to keelah bitch

[@firestormstudiosand136prod6]

He lived in my destroy ending

[@simonstopher5212]

Where would Halo place on this ranking system

[@josippetkovic389]

Nerd

[@Grifthi]

Mass Effect was one of the best experiences of my life, I wish everyone could have this chance

[@aresaurelian]

Yes, it was.

[@albertwirawan8286]

It's been an honor to serve with you, commander. *salute

[@darking3764]

This is Mass Effect: pure emotion. Adrenaline, epic, love, nostalgia, sacrifice, so much responsibility. An unforgettable experience for those who immerse themselves in the game with the objective of living it for what it is leaving out the criticism

[@SuPlanu4Ever]

This game really changed something inside me. I loved it, it was so emotional and it even made me cry at the ending. This song just fits into the situation perfectly. Thanks Bioware for making me live such a great adventure

[@SecondQuantisation]

"We've had a good ride..." ... "The best...." Goodbye Shepard, Tali, Garrus, Miranda, Liara, Wrex, Thane, Mordin, Joker, Ash, Kaidan, Kasumi, Grunt, Samara, Jacob, Jack, EDI, Legion, Anderson, The Council. Hell, even The Illusive Man. When all has turned to dust and bone, you will have been as real as any one of us...

[@arlixmay]

Interesting fact: In Russian EDI was translated as SUZY

[@theillusiveman2139]

@@arlixmay there are serveral names for EDI, in Italia versione she is called IDA

[@rotz117]

@@arlixmay Spanish is SID

[@whiterabbit7362]

@@rotz117 thats because its an acronym.

[@kevinscott3047]

I'd give you a like, but you left out the moat important character. . . Conrad Verner

[@whotookmysalt2937]

Does anyone else feel nostalgia? I do... I'm literally crying remembering Mass Effect... Such a wonderful franchise.

[@user-ep1et1pg8s]

Lik if u cri evry tim.

[@wernerseimons2305]

+TerranVeteranOfficial Exactly why I'm super excited for Mass Effect Andromeda.

[@Hatarkian]

I don't about nostalgia, but the game series was really good. I miss it too!

[@meancat8266]

I'm from the future. You still excited about Andromeda :P?

[@thesaltybarnacle]

When I saw Andromeda I felt like someone took a shit in my face. It's not the Mass Effect I know and love and far from it. Mass Effect will always have a special place in my heart and the same goes with Halo after that got ruined.

[@DemonicAngel9307]

This song + the scene where they show the human soldiers fighting a losing battle against the reapers is what did the ending for me. That part hits home every time, it shows that every sacrifice to get there was worth it; no matter which ending you chose. At least, that's how I see it.

[@iRivasTV]

R.I.P. Legion

[@ragingsaviorkami9862]

One reason why destroy and control endings don't work out. That bastard sacrificed himself for intelligence and freedom of his species. You just can't let his sacrifice be wasted.

[@zestmeister7729]

well they could just rebuild Legion, it wouldnt be the real Legion but its Legion

[@firestormstudiosand136prod6]

Direct Personality Dissemination Required.

[@dreammirrorbrony1240]

@@ragingsaviorkami9862 it's War. Good people die in war. If the destroy option meant that only all of Humanity perished but the rest of the galaxy survived, I still would have made that call. The Reapers had to be destroyed by any means nessasary.

[@ducediablo]

@@dreammirrorbrony1240 People forget the entire series was built on "by any means necessary" We murdered 300,000 batarians to buy 6 months. The blood is on your hands by ME3. Let the council or most of the Alliance military die to beat Sovereign. I dont know why so many people looked for a way out of the hard choice of destroy when given the option. They may as well have let Saren win in 1 and Cerberus take the Citadel in 3. The Starchild siked out so many to keep his essence in the Galaxy alive.

[@SuuushixD]

Hearing either of these songs makes the tears stream down so quickly. And now you've put them together. I honestly don't know if I can handle it. God, this was such a good game. Maybe not quite as good as I expected, but still incredible.

[@cjbaldridge3555]

This game was SO much better than I expected it to be. Shepard fought long and hard not letting ANYTHING get in his/her way. And thought to make the right choices. They die a very big hero at the end. This game was truly epic I couldn't stop playing it i finished it in 2 nights. Good thing it was on a school break.

[@arghyaroy8723]

Beautiful games like this always makes us more human and more emotional. We need more people like General Sheppard

[@armrahi]

Just these songs can make me teary eyed.

[@damienfaust]

Same

[@bloodrosereaper2099]

My entire thought process while listening to this, from the sad beginning to the bitter end: Child - Where are we going today Mrs. Frizzel? Mrs. Frizzel - We're going on a FEEL trip ;_;

[@cjbaldridge3555]

XD

[@Cosmo-_-]

Thank you very much for making this. I really like Clint Mansell's music and was disappointed to see these two songs split up in the OST. The transition was absolutely flawless and this has become one of my favorite youtube videos of all time. Thanks again for making this.

[@narutofan9tf]

I just finished the story for the first time and I'm speechless. I chose the synthesis ending along with the extended cut. I was simply blown away especially with this music playing in the background. It was the perfect accompaniment to- in my opinion- a perfect ending... my heart aches for Shepard

[@thevirus333]

I am simply stunned. Great work on combining these two wonderful songs! Thx for sharing!

[@BozQ]

Thank you for piecing this two together. The transition is perfect.

[@LepeczynLCN]

well ... it's been a long time. greatly miss this surge of emotions

[@mredd888]

All three games have such good music! Whoever the writer is of all this music knows what he's fucking doing. They fit the game so well it's unbelievable

[@AnimatorInTheRough]

I don't cry over things, but this brought a tear to my eye. Granted, that may be the pink eye I have at the moment. But the goosebumps are definitely from this.

[@tamiloxd7168]

KZbin recommended this piece of art again and i am not dissapointed.

[@anderspoulsen9243]

i get chills when i hear this song R.I.P random little kid who got killed. so damn depressing

[@the-hakimo]

tears fall down when i read this ... may your mother enjoy her peace in heaven dude

[@BozQ]

You know, back in 2012, I was quite disappointed to learn that Jack Wall did not return for Mass Effect 3, after his terrific work for the first two games. But now, knowing how the game turned out in ME3, the score here is perfect. Leaving Earth was such a thrilling introduction to the game. Shepherd regretfully leaves Earth to get help, as he helplessly see it fall. And An End, Once and For All was so achingly beautiful.

[@Helljumper425]

This song, for me, will forever be an ode to that feeling of loss, emptiness, but also new hope, new beginnings. For the times I have to remind myself that it's okay to move on, I'll remember this song.

[@koraygur2]

No mater how many times I like, it's just not enough... Thanks for mixing this...

[@H5Hightower]

Definately one of the most epic gameseries ever created. Beautiful designed, amazing storyline, loveable characters and the real feeling of changing something with your own decisions. Joy, sadness, love, excitement...you have all that in this. I can only say "brilliant"

[@DaBase333]

Reapers? We've dismissed that claim.

[@InTheKM]

I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions!

[@vertjolly1171]

Does anyone remember when we used to... you know... win these things.

[@DaBase333]

89Wrathchild I never understood what that meant :(

[@InTheKM]

DaBase333 Eat a thesaurus, bro.

[@gamesseg]

89Wrathchild That sounds painful XD

[@linkieloos]

Makes me think of the my Colonist/Ruthless Sentinel femshep's story ME1: Very renegade and anti-Batarian. Pushes everyone away due to the trauma of Mindoir and the guilt from Torfan but starts to let her guard down after meeting Liara and romancing her. Kills Balak in Bring Down the sky DLC. Keeps Wrex alive. Sacrifices Kaiden on Virmire. Saves the Council. Chose Anderson as councillor. ME2: Still mostly renegade, but shades of paragon start to appear. Distrusts both the Alliance and Cerberus. Stays faithful to Liara. Destroys Collector base. Destroys the Alpha relay without warning the nearby Batarian colony in Arrival DLC. ME3: Major U-turn and becomes more paragon than renegade and less racist towards Batarians due to the war wih the Reapers. Renews romance with Liara. Cures the genophage. Secures peace with Geth and Quarians. Destroys the Reapers and redeems herself for her past misdeeds.

[@bernardoheusi6146]

Even in 2022 those are good choices mate

[@chojey1]

Great job - I love what you've done here - it truly has a deep emotional impact :)

[@Themetaladam]

This soundtrack is so good and touching, I can't stop coming back to it, people complain about the ending, but when they amended it, it wasn't amazing, but it was satisfactory and explained alot more. This has been one of my favourite games for it's story of all time.

[@davidrichardson2680]

this game was awesome great endings as well. perfect 10 out of 10 in my book.

[@simonfreak5]

This song is just pure perfection...

[@krognak]

Simply amazing...

[@kristinashin]

“Goodbye Garrus. And if I’m up there in that bar and your not-I’ll be looking down. You’ll never be alone.” "No matter what happens here, I will always love you." These quotes filled my mind when Femshepard leaped to her faith. ;w;

[@nathanh1360]

Might mean little to people...but the ending to ME3 for me, was pretty straight on and awesome. No matter what choices in life you make, how good you are, how much you plan and how much you strive to do the right/wrong thing...it can all come down to a decision that has no merit on the previous choices. Maybe a lame cop out, but thats what i got when i finished the game, WITHOUT the DLCs. And it stung but i loved it, and its one of my favorite endings, because it hurt so much. Not because i felt betrayed by Bioware, or EA, or anyone. Because it mattered to me and i saw it that way. My choices mattered TO ME. But I'm just one person on the grand scale of things, but so long as they mattered to me, i felt right with my decision in the end. Seen alot of hate, and this music is just awesome period. But i really havnt seen this argument anywhere. The developers did make a mistake, they over promised, they got screwed by EA, they..blah blah blah. It's still a great ending. If you want to believe Indoctrination Theory as well, more power to ya! But remember that we got a good story and a ending that was great. One that you gotta remember is a story about a hero. It makes sense that after all the sacrifice, trouble, pain, anguish, and suffering, he does his job and gets to rest finally. Not because you made a choice in the past, or because you liked red over blue...but because ultimetly it came down to your belief of what an outcome of that would be. ALOT of decision in life are that way despite not seeming like it at first. Option A or option B..

[@orielsy]

"No matter what choices in life you make, how good you are, how much you plan and how much you strive to do the right/wrong thing...it can all come down to a decision that has no merit on the previous choices." The problem with this is, it's NOT COMPLETELY TRUE. Yes we aren't in full control you are right about that but outcomes can't be identical if one goes through life making different choices than another individual. There may be some exceptions but they won't be the norm. For a series that emphasized different outcomes depending on choices to end with the ending that ME3 gave us was a slap in the face. A huge let down.

[@chaff5]

I liked the way it ended originally. I'm a firm believer that Indoctrination Theory was what they were trying to do and it just flew over everyone's head. Then they caved to the backlash. But the truth is, like you said, sometimes the choice boils down to what's right in front of you and has nothing to do with everything you've done before. Throughout the game, we were given choices and paths that allowed us to make everyone happy or get a "perfect" outcome but the fate of the galaxy hardly garners that kind of leeway. Sometimes, there is actually only one right answer. And more often than not, it's a choice you don't like.

[@svejobaron]

Thank you for putting my feelings into words ❤️

[@mrnice81]

@@orielsy As i really like Nathan Hannibal's answer ill give you something to consider: It was all about the journey. All those choices and sacrifices mattered ... to you, the player! It made the way you got to the end different from how it could have been with different choices. But the end-goal, the destination stayed the same all the time and even gave several options too. Even by RPG standards thats more than most games allow. Lets talk a bit more metaphysical: the universe might seem like it revolves around you, but only because the game presents everything from 'your' perspective. GameDevs too easily give into temptation to make things 'more awesome' for the player just because they can, disregarding the whole universe they generated. Millions upon millions of imaginary people played their roles in this story. That Shepard had such hughe influence is already the best sign of it just being a game. A melody can't be just changed significantly by one voice when the choir goes on in a determined way. Or the Avengers: Endgame -way: think of it as if there had been countless ways to end this, though non but the ways that led to Shepard facing the choices he had in the end were the ones that led to a real victory over the Reapers. Tony needed to die in the end to achieve secure and stable victory. Shepard was MEs Tony Stark.

[@NotTheCIA1961]

I've never understood the hate for the ending of the game. I could see it being a letdown without the extended cut simply because it doesn't give quite enough closure to the characters you've spent 3 games interacting with and caring about, but as for the story ending... I loved it. It's a war over the universe, something like that isn't going to have a happy ending. We get far too many unrealistically happy endings in media nowadays, and maybe I'm just emotionally masochistic but I love a realistically painful ending. Shepard is a man of means, and for a lot of things he is able to punch well above his weight, but he's still only one person. But when it comes to what he was dealing with at the end of ME3 - there comes a point where you can't handle everything in a perfect way anymore.

[@Getrefreshed]

I think the ending was perfect! But what I want to say is that Bioware already started some kind of poll; getting ideas from the fanbase asking them what they/we wanna have in ME 4. So there will another one for sure and they still listen to the players. ;)

[@enigma2886]

Listening in 2019 March ...kings never die

[@XxHeyalahxX]

I'll always stand by your side, fighting for what I believe in.

[@dougersonify]

“You’re gonna blow the reapers to hell then you’re gonna take me out dancing” 😭

[@GoosetheDunce]

I havent even gotten to the 2nd or 3rd game yet and this gave me chills.

[@Solitude805]

I forgot how illogical and hard to explain is the life we live, unanswered questions that we pose every single day. That is what I like about Mass Effect, it creates a world so real that one may wonder if that could be a possible future for the humanity. The End Was Perfect! One can comprehend this when one can see beyond the stars!

[@devknight91]

My biggest issue with the ME endings wasn't the fact that there was no true "happy" ending (unless you count high EMS destroy) but the fact that there is a complete lack of closure. The *game* is over, but it doesn't feel like the *story* is over. My first reaction at the end of the game was literally, "that's it?"

[@kieranwilkinson2338]

You realise that there is me4 coming out that's why the story is like that because you are joker the pilot in me4

[@DarthOmix]

I believe someone said that there is going to be a disconnect between Andromeda and the Shepard trilogy.

[@justcrissy2250]

Katie, that's what makes the Trilogy of ME unique and emotional.

[@boo5860]

An end. Once. And for all.

[@HwecqiGamePlayS]

Masterpiece. Brings me good memories...

[@untitled9887]

If Bioware had given players everything they all wanted in an ending to ME3, would any of us have truly been happy with it? Think on that for a moment; it is utterly impossible to make everyone happy. Human desires conflict with one another constantly, and minds change just as fast as the winds. The writers would create the "ultimate ending" based on what players submitted to them, and it would probably be a monstrous mess that would be poorly received. The irony of the whole situation is that it is the fault of the players themselves for that piss-poor ending. There is another solution; you can be happy with the ending they gave us. Mass Effect was never meant to be more than a trilogy; it was all about the Reapers and the galaxy's reaction(s) to them, and finally the struggle to survive against such near-godlike beings. Now, they're gone... there's nothing left aside from the races of the galaxy that pose a threat to each other. Live with the ending we got, whether it made you cry, happy, or mad, and drive on to the next IP that grips you emotionally.

[@PhoenixT70]

This man knows what he's talking about.

[@docc_]

This man's got a point tho. What's left to the ME universe after what happened with the reapers in ME3? I'm hyped for ME4 but I really don't know if they'll be able to top the first trilogy or even come close to that.

[@HanithSVK]

Okay, first of, most of the ME3 is work of an art. Issues started to mount up in last 20 or so minutes of the gameplay. Reasoning of the "Catalyst" is weak at best, totally illogical at worst. And slideshow ending with commetary didn't help much either. We played 3 games, untold number of hours spent in ME world and what happens at the end? I was expecting at least some "military decoration" for Shephard if lives or at least funeral if not. What we have now? Three colored endings, which are mostly identical(Citadel firing colored beam through relay) and that's it? And, of course, i cannot forget, Normandy crew SOMEHOW knew that Anderson is dead(but there was no way they could know that, because Anderson managed to get onto Citadel), BUT one of them also knew that Shephard survived... Wtf? I am not saying that the ending ruined whole trilogy, but this was truly horrific. That ending IS bad. But not because of what it tried to show, but because HOW they chose to show it. Two-three monts of additional work and we would never have this conversation. But no, instead they decided to force rush it, and fanbase reacted exactly how Bioware deserved.

[@Dj1Crook]

​@@HanithSVK that could partially be because the LI could be just holding for the memories of Shepard and hope before placing it on the board without us seeing it

[@InTheKM]

There's deep sadness in this song, but also beauty. The scene near the start put great emphasis on what Shepard was struggling against. Even innocent children were slaughtered without mercy.

[@Madmelo101]

I'M CRYING

[@DoomsX]

The only song that made you realize that war is not a game. That the sacrifices and decisions people make to ensure the safety of others doesn't always result in a happy ending for those who know what those sacrifices cost. To the honored Dead.

[@WJstudios04]

I understand everyone was pissed off at the original ending. But the truth of every hero's story is sacrifice. And here, Shepard isn't just sacrificing himself, he is sacrificing the future he could have had with anyone. But that is what life is. Everything has an ending and every hero has to die, including you - the player. This game kind of ends with a question, how are you going to live your life now that you know even the hero of the story has to die?

[@bosscascade5566]

The problem with the ending was that your choices didn't matter and it was just what color you liked better

[@thetechtron9465]

nope, choices did matter. I had 3200 fleet army still got vaporized ending. Which btw IMO, makes perfect poetic ending to great series

[@The66Hammer]

Like Bosscascade said the proplem is not that Shepard and friends died, its that all the work you put into saving the galaxie had no impact on the ending and instead we got space kid who gave us 2 endings that dont realy fit into the established science of Mass Effect and one ending where we get what we want but also everything else goes to shit. The best ending is saying F-you to space kid and fighting the Reapers till the end thus allowing the next cycle to destroy the Reapers without space magic.

[@sterlingwirth4036]

It actually reminds me of watchmen. Never compromise not even in the face of annihilation.

[@WJstudios04]

sterling wirth Agree!

[@DoomsX]

I can see why they used this song for the beginning and end of the game. It's the type of thing you can hear in the back of your mind as you permanently say goodbye to an old friend. T_T GOODBYE SHEPARD!!!!!

[@sandradowling]

Mass effect needs to be made into a movie or something. More people need to know about it. The universe is so much more interesting than that of star wars, star trek or any of that other stuff (no hate). I feel like a lot of people would appreciate it. Bioware has created something special here and it shouldn't be confined to one form of media. Yeah i know there are some comics and shit and an animated shortfilm of sorts but man does this trilogy deserve more. Movies or a tv series could explain so many things lorewise and depict past events that we weren't around to witness in the trilogy. This franchise has so much potential... please don't let it go to waste...

[@PhoenixT70]

Maybe, but then the whole feel of Mass Effect would be lost. The point is that it's _your_ story. Maybe you always end in the same place, but it's how you get there that matters, the choices you make and have to live with on your journey to that endgame. If you constrain that to the medium of a film... that's gone. ME is one of the few IPs that should largely stay a video game, because other mediums take away that feeling of connection. You're not playing as your Shepard; you _are_ your Shepard.

[@Sunthaz]

I think they're all great and fit every game perfectly. In the first game I really feel like exploring a whole new universe and the soundtrack collaborates with the story. The second one when you are heading to the Collector's base it's all dramatic and in this one you lost something which really meant a lot to you - You are right though this one truly is the best!

[@HexPLAYSPlus]

Best theme to worst endings ever.

[@Bliss..]

when I hear people like you it makes me so freaking mad. what kind of an end did you want ? get over it ! life isnt always about happy endings. how would you have done it?~?!?!?!?

[@HexPLAYSPlus]

Well, Mr. Ignorant know-it-all, I would have made an ending that took your actions from all of the games and gave closure to all the problems. These endings were not impacted in any way by your decision, making them an insult to the player who has spent enough time on these games to want a meaningful ending. People like you don't know what it's like to play through an entire series and get an underwhelming, half assed ending like this.

[@Bliss..]

Hex PLAYS @People like you don't know what it's like to play through an entire series . This just proved that I have no one to discuss this matter with - not in this chat. You did not think when you created that sentence. I am not a "Mr Ignorant" - I did not offend you and I only asked you a sincere question out of curiosity because I always heard ppl raging that the ending sucks and they gave no arguments...+1 for your arguments, -10 for the rest of your post. Bye bye.

[@HexPLAYSPlus]

lol?

[@TheN00B829]

blissB2 Questions: Why are you mad? Why did you enjoy the ending? Or not? Do "!" mean strong emotion in sentences? How can life ever be about happy endings? In the end no matter what we do we will die. How would you have done something else different? Something else that has gone horribly wrong to you. Does every one have one of those moments in their life? I exist. Does that prove or disprove you have no one to discuss the matter with? Are you Hex PLAYS? if you are not Hex PLAYS, can you sense Hex PLAYS emotions? If you are not Hex PLAYS and can not sense Hex PLAYS emotions, how do you know you did not offend Hex PLAYS? why did no one give you arguments? Just curious. I seriously don't mean to get you mad or anything.

[@villevuojarvi9487]

This is just... perfect. Even though I love the Reaper foghorn in Leaving Earth, being able to hear the End theme without its original pumped-up ending is just wonderful. Thank you.

[@K-One582]

Mass Effect > Star Wars > Star Trek. Sorry guys.

[@Sehazze]

you arent wrong

[@The66Hammer]

40k > Mass Effect, but just because Im a giant sucker for 40k lore.

[@johngoldman159]

DCEUphoria I just hate them for canceling the Clone wars animated show that everyone loved out of spite that it was on Cartoon Network and replaced it with another badly animated sister show that nobody wanted nor cared for and said "Fuck you"

[@LateNightHalo]

N7 Krypton if anything Disney helped salvage it after the prequels

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

Mass Effect >Star Wars >Star Trek >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Di$ney Star Wars

[@jordgubb21]

and that just says that this theme did it all. its just strait down awesome

[@pawe1721]

MASS EFFECT ORIGINAL TRILOGY REMAKE, E3 2021. MAKE IT HAPPEN EA. PLZ

[@Frogoth]

Done

[@pawe1721]

@@Frogoth how

[@Frogoth]

@@pawe1721 it's announced and it will probably comes out in 2021

[@pawe1721]

@@Frogoth how do you know? Any official source?

[@Frogoth]

@@pawe1721 well EA announced a remaster of a game and many people think it's gonna be Mass Effect, search "mass effect trilogy remaster" and you will see what it was told

[@Soraptor]

The goal of life is not to reach the end, it is to enjoy every single second that you remain.

[@spicy4359]

For me, the ending was great i can't understand people who don't like it maybe a question of tastes....

[@Silentknight1171]

I hope she rests in peace my friend. I too have had someone close to me die from a long battle with cancer. Stay strong!

[@taXicity]

Mass Effect > Star Wars. In every imaginable way. Just putting it out there.

[@kingofthegundam7974]

+taXicity I love both equally.

[@DarthOmix]

I like Star Wars' expansive universe - before Disney removed it from canon - but I like the feeling of choice in Mass Effect. That the decisions we make, the things we do, it changes the world. People live or die based on the decisions we made.

[@Makedeth]

Star Wars before Disney was on equal ground with ME.

[@estelasayeed5608]

Makedeth well you can blame the fans for that

[@PhoenixT70]

@@DarthOmix I don't know what you're talking about. The EU is still canon, and anyone who says otherwise must be wrong. (Not looking for a fight, for the record, don't take me too seriously)

[@Senza32]

I'm glad for extended cut, it really fixes a lot of issues with the ending. Its still not just a straight ending, but there's some closure, and hope for the future. Mass Effect is a truly amazing franchise.

[@archaeologistify]

Even more people hating ME3 endings... I like that. Not many people comprehend what those endings represent, what Illusive man represents, what Anderson represents. they just take into mind what they see on the screen. I played through all the series and I wasn't dissapointed at all. Because I understood.

[@DeltaLeader89]

Are you high?

[@archaeologistify]

I see I didn't make many grammar mistakes, I probably wasn't high.

[@BrandenBRiddick]

What do you think about indoctrination theory?

[@SC2LastMarine]

It sounds more like you dont comprehend why people were angry. There were 16 endings promised but they only delivered 4. Also the endings bioware gave had a few plot holes and they really do fall short of the wow factor mass effect 1 and 2 gave. This is why a lot of fans subscribe to the indoctrination theory. Its pretty bad when fans make a better ending than the creators.

[@MisterKartofel]

I agree with you, I didn't read anything about ME3 ending before I reach the end of the game, and then I was surprised by fan's reaction, I don't even understand why there is so many haters. The ending is just well done to me.

[@Mitsuki424]

So many years for this game. Caught myself crying quite a bit.

[@edgarreapolov5767]

and as I leave earth, I turn around my beautiful home is no more. reapers are here. and I must leave. so I could come back again.

[@lastat00293]

The opening of 3 still breaks my heart. My nephew is about the same age as the little boy and he's all I see when the shuttle is blown up

[@ozonehypez5314]

i always cry cant help it such a good game always try to change the gampley never can hqve to face he dies noooooooooooooooooooo

[@VuCaoh]

This music, this game, everything reminded me how important are friends in your life and doesn't matter where they came from. Talking with these characters was so realistic and so was seeing them dying.Finishing the game after 5 years was like diyng and losing alot of your friends, seeing how they do without you in EC. Bioware gave me more than RPG,amazing shooting.It gave me FRIENDS that I treat like real ones. And that's one of many reasons I cried ...

[@jadenaddams3674]

I think the main reason that everyone hated all the Mass Effect endings was that there was really no "Happy" one. Because that's never how the real world works, children. There are always costs to pay for peace. People die, friends die, you die. And it SUCKS. All you can do is stick to what you believe in, make your choice, and hope that it's the one that worked to make things better. Which, in a way, is how all of the endings applied to Shepard no matter which path you took. By the end of the game, he was worn out, beaten down, tired. But still had to make a choice. And his choice was what became the Mass Effect.

[@usaa300]

Yeah, It's pretty childish how everybody rips on the ending. You knew it was going to happen. This isn't Halo were the omnipotent being wins every time. Shepard is a man. An extraordinary man, but just a man. The ending to me was perfect. With the exception that I'm not sure how the fleets could rally again with the relays destroyed.

[@nisteven]

Sorry but your wrong, if they did the ending in a different way, but with shepard dying and with all the crew dying as well. I would not have mind at all. The reason people are piss off, is because it ruin the entire concept of what mass effect was about. Before the very first ME even came out, the biggest selling point the devs was trying to push was that your decisions will have a long lasting effect and will change the universe and future events. Then before me3 came out they said if you truly want your own unique ending then you need me1-2 and base on all of what you did in both will change how me3 ends. Basically one of the founding pillars of the game was personal choice and how it effects the gameplay later on. What you did in me1 completely changes your exp in me2 and me1-2 what you did completely changes your exp in me3 as well. That is until the end, the end of me3 broke it. The quarin home world or krogan home world was a perfect example of this in me3. Both played out way different base on what choices youve made in the past. Then the ending comes around and no matter your choices throughout the 3 games, it pick between these endings. P.S. sorry for my bad English.

[@RazielBR]

***** Exactly, it would be better if it only had one, bad ending. The ilussion of choice didn't do it any good.

[@nisteven]

***** Most of what you said was right, but one thing. You said the option to put both syth and orga into each being was to make everything the same. This is wrong, they took the best of both and put them together. The very best thing about organic is the diversity. So just because Orga now have Syth in it, does not mean it all the same now. I mean all Orga are made of organic materiel and yet we not all the same. So no it does not get ride of diversity, every species still have there own genetic code and within ever species there still diversity. I know this is jsut nitpicking, but still.

[@jadenaddams3674]

***** oh, my god, get a life.

[@100pierov]

JUST NO WORDS, BEST SOUNDTRACK EVER MADE

[@lonewanderer7926]

EA/BioWare should do a reboot only this time, a better ending for ME3 that could carry PROPERLY into ME4 and beyond with Shepard as the main character. I would have loved to see how Shepard and the crew of the Normandy would transition into a post-reaper galaxy and what new conflicts would arise from my decisions made throughout the first 3 games. Like, did the Krogan evolve into a better society because of Eve and Wrex? Did the Rachni ever become a threat to the galaxy once more? Would the Batarians ever rejoin Citadel society? And did the Quarians ever adapt to the point where they didn't need environmental suits anymore and could interact more with the galactic community? These are questions I would like to face as my Shepard, not some wimpy replacement that EA montreal wants to force on us. I bet the next main character will have a French accent.

[@colodius]

After the Blight in Dragon Age is ended, what happened in DA2 seem boring to me, especially without the Grey Wardens. After defeating the greatest enemy ever known to the universe, what could possibly be more exciting?

[@Thorcsf]

The answers to these questions are left to be wondered by the players. There are a lot of movies that ends like that. If they were to keep answering all the "would-be's" and "could-be's" there would never be an ending, the Mass Effect trilogy would be dragged into a boring series with no objective ending, and would spoil an amazing objective story that has an epic ending and was made to be a trilogy since the beginning. Besides, the ending of the game doesn't leave room for a sequel; it (with Extended Cut DLC) has an epic conclusion! It was the best ending in a game that I've ever played in my life! So epic and emotional that it even made me drop some (a lot actually) tears, after playing this trilogy for such a long time. And like colodius said, after beating the greatest enemy ever known to the galaxy, what could possibly be more exciting than that? It'd be like the example he used of DA2.

[@fonkyman]

***** AMEN

[@AJeyLMFAO]

The game ended in a very worthy, I cried, it is one of many that made me cry.

[@lonewanderer7926]

colodius Umm, let's see, war between the followers of the Creator and Andraste and the Qunari, the war between the Mages and the Chantry and their Templars, conflicts between the races of elves and men, the resurgence of the Darkspawn, the rise of another arch-demon, the list goes on and on. The lore behind Dragon Age could yield more and more storylines, much like Mass Effect's does. All it takes is creative writers with good imaginations. That's the problem with game development today. You've got programmers and artists out the wazoo, but there are very few people with creative vision to guide them and give them ideas to build games upon. Hell, EA should hire me, I've got tons of ideas that could carry into Mass Effect 4 and beyond.

[@ChazIsChill]

Congrats on 100k views! I think I listen to this song every night before I go to bed its very relaxing. I'm just glad to see that it's finally catching on and that everyone else is now enjoying it! -kudos scout

[@pawe1721]

Better "Fight for the living" story than Game of Thrones.

[@nercksrule]

Shaun of the Dead was a better "Fight for the living" story than Game of Thrones.

[@kibatsuki]

Wow so beautiful, you really did a good job on making it even more emotional than it already was, amazing nice natural blend between the two tracks

[@mrnice81]

I've said it often and i stand by it: the (extended) ending is perfect! ME didn't 'deserve' a happily-ever-after-ending because it would have made all those sacrifices along the way seem just not as dire, not as desperate. Isolating Shepard in the end after loading the situation emotionally by seeing Shepards mentor die was the best option to avoid a fuckton of unnecessary, unbeliveable, unrealistic (in-universe-wise) and impossible to to orchestrate - with the ammount of choices and possibilities leading up to the finale - ending-variants. Its about the journey, how you get to those endings. You are the commander, you plot your course, but with as far reaching consequences as this all includes, you don't change the mission objective, the destination, it's not within your power. If you complain about how 'all the descisions don't matter in the end' then i don't know why you played that game in the first place. Even for RPG standards you get a lot more choices to how to end the game than in most other games, and if you didn't notice how your choices changed the way how you got to the end in the first place you probably wouldn't really appreciate more ending-options either.

[@TheEpicVideoDudes]

Its a cliffhanger. Leaves an open ending for LOTS of fanfiction after Mass Effect 3's ending.

[@cazry123]

The ending was amazing

[@JPVNG67]

3 simple piano notes that make such a diference. Beautiful!

[@fonkyman]

lol i dont get alot of you people i thought the end was dope its supposed to make you think not give you a clear cut ending (and seeing all the people that are STILL talking about it i think that worked) also if you did it right shepard survives......

[@fonkyman]

yeah..... so..... you agree it was a good ending then ? and i know that is actually the ''bad'' ending i just said it because some people where still bitching about shepard dying...

[@fonkyman]

ahh okay !! yeah i know personally i liked synthesis because it seems to be the only way to truly save all but then again your forcing it on people which is pretty dictatorial.... ahh what a great game :P

[@AvatarWil1]

***** Yes but that was only one side of things. How do you know if the kid was even right? People learn from their mistakes. AKA no more hating on the geth to extermination and such and such

[@TheN00B829]

The ending did not really seem complete to me. Something felt like it was missing. Maybe it is because I felt the AIs logic was rather flawed for being around as long as it has been. The endings themselves also just seem flawed. Truth be told. The lack of the underlining theme I noticed throughout my personal experiences with the games might be what I was noticing...... Something just does not sit right though. All the endings sound like the stories I heard after the end of The Great War(World War I, WWI)..... " it is never going to happen again" From my observations in life and from the theme presented from the games themselves, knowledge does not promote peace. understanding does not promote peace. Choosing to perform certain actions will promote peace. Think of it this way too. A killer can know about you. A killer can understand you and why you choose to do things. A killer can then still decide to kill you because that is what they choose to do. With that in mind lets look at the synthesis ending. You have now brought fire to the people. They now understand. You also just gave every criminal and illusive man want a be the ability to do what they want even better. i am not even going to get into the reapers. They all can do this because you did not eliminate the ability to choose. Now in the control ending you also did not eliminate the ability to choose. not every one will bow to god Shepard. Hell Shepard would not bow to god Shepard. Some one will try to control or destroy the reapers again. Depending on whether it is a few people or a civilization god shepard will then need to make a choice about what to do with them which in all cases could lead to war again. All because of some one making a choice Destroy follows the same pattern. You know some one is studying the remains of the reapers. Some one is going to do something that at the time seemed 'harmless" or maybe even intentional. It would go down hill from there. It just seems to me that no matter what choice you make, some one will make a choice that causes chaos again. The ideal happy endings while nice seem flawed because of this. I then am left with feeling of what was the point then? I know each of the three endings saved a lot of lives, but the game itself did provide to me a feeling of importance to it. i actually felt like I was on a game show to be honest. Some thing just feels like it is missing still..... It is not that I need a clear cut ending that finishes the trilogy... I would greatly enjoy endings that have vastly different outcomes. I just do not get real a sense of peace like the story of the characters is done from the endings. Maybe I just need another ending to contrast with the original three to give them more meaning to me.... I don't know..... Thanks to any one brave enough to read this.... sorry I meant well...

[@fonkyman]

TheN00B829 jezus christ dude i didnt even read thru your comment....

[@somerandomgamernamedaustin6954]

It makes chills go down my back all the time, the Reaper sound drum is just the icing to the cake.

[@yomuyugi]

the ending wasn't bad, it was sad, for a fan like me watching Shepard giving his life for everyone it was both inspiring and sad. Even though he was just a game character, it's like he was a dear friend I lost. Shows that you don't have to be a superhero to save everyone.

[@martindanek1]

I've been listening this song since this soudntrack has been realeased, and since that, this soundtrack accompanied me in every difficult situation in my life. So many emotions in one song

[@likelans]

Still listening?

[@jsjksjskk7250]

here is the sad thing if we get used to the ma4 character they will all die like in ma3

[@BowlofIndoMee]

I'm proud of you child, you did good, you did good...

[@Helmutlozzi]

Terrible ending, but great soundtrack. Let's hope EA doesn't fuck us over with the next game.

[@61801roma]

But Sheppard dead in story.........but not in ours hearts....

[@BOTdemon]

***** New characters? :( I'll miss them all. Though I kept screwing my decisions and got a lot of my favorite people killed :(

[@Capyccino_]

***** I will miss Garrus: he was the best. He is still in the middle of some calibrations...

[@jehbus]

CutekittyMMW Can't talk now Shepard, still calibrating these... guns. Yeah, will go with that.

[@Perish_Minato]

He was not only a legend in life but he is also in death

[@sjbrigoleandpsalm2]

This is the type of song that I keep replaying it and never get sick of listing of it :')

[@syberyon]

"Someone else might have gotten it wrong". Those words are now carved into our skulls.

[@DarkBeamOfTH]

You did such an amazing work with these songs. It's even more awesome now. Thank you, really. Mass Effect and its great music are so mythic...

[@bane1504]

Damn right, same here. I loved Mass Effect and all the characters, they were real to me and I built a bond with all of them. After watching the ending I felt dead and torn. BioWare made an amazing universe that we all lived in.

[@ugurcanturmus]

Sir u did amazing job. When i heared leaving earth , this should be without annoying sound at 0:24 . And u did what i want. ty so much, great work !

[@greenElias3]

the ending was so well written people don't even know what it is yet

[@ShepardDrake]

That was beautiful.

[@ShawndaPrawn]

Shepard had no idea what that glowing red component was as he approached, but he raised his pistol towards it all the same. All he had to do was squeeze the trigger, and the nightmare would end. The Reapers would be no more and his struggle would finally end. Not just the Reapers though. All synthetic life. The Geth. EDI. Himself… Harbinger’s attack broke his body. The Illusive Man drained what strength he had left. And as prepared as he always was to die for this, he was no longer sure he still could. “The mission comes first, Commander.” He heard Kaiden’s voice, as if his old lieutenant was right beside him. “It’s the right thing to do, and you know it.” Feeling his resolve return, Shepard pulled the trigger. BLAM nothing happened. He readied another shot. “Had to be you.” Mordin murmured. “Someone else might have gotten it wrong.” BLAM “Kalahira is proud of you, Shepard.” Thane told him. “And so am I.” BLAM “Galactic consensus achieved.” Legion droned. “Shepard-Commander directive: completed. Keelah Selai.” BLAM As red energy flowed from the Citadel into the Crucible, Shepard finally allowed himself to rest. Whatever happened from this point, he had finally won. He could rest now. And he wouldn’t be alone.

[@bigc0225]

Imagine the possibilities, though. With or without this exact series. Mass Effect IS a universe. You could make an entire video game system filled with games only related to Mass Effect. Forza Effect, racing various cars on Illium, the Citadel. Grand Theft Auto: Omega. Or something to that effect, a sandbox, free-roam game of mischief where you could create a character from existing races and do whatever. Another RPG based off a non-linear story about Justicars.It's endless, I love it all.

[@Biegoo-N7S]

Stand Fast, Stand Strong, Stand Together.