Mass Effect 2 - What Happens If You DON'T RECRUIT TALI??? (Including ME3 Consequences)

What happens if you don't recruit Tali in Mass Effect 2? I'll be showing you some unique dialogue & outcomes, including consequences for Mass Effect 3.
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MASS EFFECT 3 - WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LET LEGION UPLOAD THE CODE?
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Tali’s absence is one of the most destructive in Mass Effect 2 and also has long term ramifications for the Geth - Quarian conflict in Mass Effect 3. For starters, Tali is one of the characters that provides you with research on vital upgrades to The Normandy. Without Tali, you cannot access the Multicore Shielding upgrade, which guarantees that one of your squadmates will die on the Approach to the Collector base at the end of the game. The engine core will overload and incinerate a squadmate that is hanging out on the Engineering Deck at the time. The three characters most likely to die without this ship upgrade are Kasumi, Legion and Thane.
So not recruiting Tali is a two-birds-with-one-stone scenario in the worst kind of way - since you are guaranteed to be down two squadmates. Without Tali, you also won’t have the big blowout fight between her and Legion, obviously, which makes it easier to secure and keep his loyalty. But it’s hardly impossible to get Legion’s loyalty with Tali in your crew, so this isn’t much of a benefit.
Not recruiting Tali also makes it impossible to secure peace between the Geth and Quarians in Mass Effect 3. When you link up with the Quarians midway through the game, Tali will not be part of the Admiralty Board. I presume she was killed on Haestrom during the events of Mass Effect 2. Which makes sense, because when Shepard arrived she was cornered by a large squadron of Geth, including a Colossus, and the only other surviving member of her unit was the badly injured Kal’Reegar. Without Shepard’s help, there’s no way Tali got out of there alive.
During the Geth Dreadnought mission in Mass Effect 3, you will be shadowed by Admiral Xen. If you’re familiar with the Dragon Age series, you may recognize the voice… since the same voice actor played the role of Morrigan in Origins and Inquisition. Xen will not help you fight, mostly staying cloaked throughout the mission, but she will relay information that is usually given to the player by Tali.
There is also some unique dialogue at the beginning of the mission. I didn’t pick up on any unique dialogue during either of the two major side quests preceding Priority Rannoch. The biggest change to the main quest comes after you take down the Reaper. When you have to make a choice between allowing Legion to upload the Reaper code or saving the Quarians, it will be Admiral Raan who pleads with you to save her people. This scene has much less emotional impact without the incredibly compelling voice of Tali.
If you side with the Quarians, Raan will blast Legion with a shotgun and you will be treated to a much briefer thank you scene with the Admirals at the conclusion of hostilities.
If you side with the Geth, the Quarians will be blown out of the sky and Raan will commit suicide. Again, this has much less emotional impact without Tali. Shepard barely even seems to care that Raan just blows her brains out in front of her.
If you let the Geth destroy the Quarians, Liara will have some unique lines about Tali after the mission.
Out of all the characters I’ve skipped in these videos, Tali is by far the most detrimental to miss out on. While the absence of characters like Garrus and Wrex leaves an emotional void, Tali’s absence contributes to detrimental gameplay consequences in addition to the emotional ones. You’re guaranteed to lose a Mass Effect 2 squadmate during the suicide mission and you’re also guaranteed to destroy either the Geth or Quarians in Mass Effect 3.
So there you have it - what happens if you don’t recruit Tali in Mass Effect 2.

[@Chocolouf]

Another consequence is also the confirmed absence of your soul.

[@endoetz]

many of his videos made holes in my soul. especially when tali committed suicide.

[@dermenore7162]

I bet that Tali fan would said "send in the deeper circle of hell". Does "absence of your soul" count as a win?

[@ghostwarrior3878]

*send to the deepest, darkest, pit of hell* keelah se'lai

[@davidware1896]

Does this unit have a soul?

[@cmwinchell]

I don't have a soul.

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

Literally no one knew because no one left Tali behind.

[@ConnorsCreations24]

Me, a person who absolutely hated Tali (and a majority of the Qurian’s) with a passion, didn’t understand the fan bases appeal for her and watched as she took a rocket to the face after failing to close a door: Uh

[@xharth8136]

I did coz I'm a monsta.

[@sandrogamer30018]

@@ConnorsCreations24 So you have chosen death? ahah

[@ConnorsCreations24]

@@sandrogamer30018 you mean Tali and millions of “innocent” quarians lives for the much cooler Geth that don’t complain about every little damn thing? Yeah lol

[@sandrogamer30018]

@@ConnorsCreations24 said a member of a species who is already whinning like babies just by using a parcial facemask and our suffering doesn't even come close to what Quarians suffer so yeah they have my total sympathy. Besides Geth killed 99% of Quarians on the war and always destroyed diplomatic ships that entered their system without giving them a chance to talk. Suuuure let's commit genocide on a species because of what 3 idiots did. Humans are far worse and had done nastier shit. Such hipocrisy from your part friend.

[@endoetz]

* Admiral Raan shoots herself. * Sephard: "Oh no... Anyway.. "

[@madcap3450]

@Darth Ruin Randy that Quarian admiral just committed suicide

[@shadenox8164]

@@madcap3450 I don't care!

[@madcap3450]

@@shadenox8164 I completely forgot I made this comment and no kidding sat here for 5 minutes before I got the joke

[@justinnyugen7015]

Shep: "Hang on, I think I got a spare Omni-gel here somewhere.... *Click* Nevermind. Used it by accident."

[@Jedi_Spartan]

@Sanguine I read it in the voice of Jeremy Clarkson.

[@PitterPatter20]

Tali's suicide scene is one of the most painful scenes in video games.

[@sandrogamer30018]

Her pained/depressed sobbing is too much for me to handdle :'(

[@CrimpyCracker]

I see your claim, and raise up betraying Mordin at the Shroud.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

I once accidentally had the Quarians die, and after watching that suicide, I reloaded my last save and had to refight some battles, just to make sure Tali didn't kill herself.

[@Zernium]

I'm playing for the first time, I was intending to save both the Geth and the Quarrians, but I was confused about which dialogue option would lead to this, so I got Tali's suicide. I reloaded my save to pick the right one, but I'm scarred for life now.

[@matthewpatrick7263]

@@Zernium I know how you feel. :(

[@johnsullivan9064]

Let us all thank our brother for the harrowing journey his soul and heart underwent. The pain of sacrificing Tali all so that we could learn from his struggle is a credit to him and a service to us. May you never again have to endure such hardships for our sake, Keelah se'lai.

[@Synthia17]

Save editor mate, it's way less painful that way

[@Marksman3434]

Nah, it’s super quick and easy to do with the Trilogy Save Editor if one has the PC version. Would only need to change a few triggers on the save file and reload

[@nyxxose]

To think that an ENTIRE SPECIES gets dragged with her to the grave if she dies before ME3 says a lot about Biowares opinion on Tali.

[@Anonymos185]

And rightfully so

[@brenogoda388]

@@Anonymos185 indeed, Tali is best girl

[@philippedion7520]

Yeah indeed, as a sidenote, if Legion is dead, you can't achieve peace either

[@skrypcio8270]

@@philippedion7520 ive read that its qctually possible

[@philippedion7520]

@@skrypcio8270 how? If I remember correctly Legion replacement "geth VI" doesn't forge the same comradery with us as Legion does, like he never says "does this unit have a soul?" Or really opening up in any way, in fact during the final stage on rannoch, he tries to entice us to choose the geth by saying that their fleet is bigger than the Quarians' and would be more useful, at least I've never seen a video where peace was achieved with either Tali or Legion being dead or never recruited

[@ghostofdestiny3179]

This is the mass effect youtuber we need I would always recruit Tali

[@commandershephard5019]

Tali !

[@picklethesaurus4930]

Ah yes, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya Vas Normandy would always recruit Tali'Zorah nar Rayya Vas Normandy It's Tali-ception, and I'm lovin it

[@ghostwarrior3878]

*Keelah Se'lai*

[@zigzazigah2387]

R u single

[@ghostofdestiny3179]

@@zigzazigah2387 I'm a guy sry

[@christophercasey5630]

God the VA for Tali fulfilled her role to a point I have yet to see recreated in any other game. Her sobbing at the destruction of the Quarrian Fleet and her flinging herself off the cliffs of Rannoch brought several tears to my eyes and it was at that point I realized....I fucked up MAJORLY, so I did the only logical thing, restart the damn mission

[@Lahiss]

My first ME3 playthrough was a damn near Perfect paragon run of the Trilogy, so I easily got the peace between Quarians and Geth. My Renegade run wasn't as perfect, so when I tried to get the peace, only to see Tali throwing herself off the cliff, I yeeted myself back to the start of the mission ASAP.

[@christophercasey5630]

@@Lahiss that was my exact line of thought Haha

[@jeova0sanctus0unus]

Im not usually a fan of savesscumming... but I mean i understand. Id have done the same.

[@arsonne]

No offense but I don't understand how anyone could side with the Geth over Quarians.

[@christophercasey5630]

@@arsonne I didn't side with the Geth over the Quarians. I was shooting for the Quarian and Geth alliance and missed something. I immediately went back and destroyed the Geth after realizing I didn't achieve the alliance

[@Noschool100]

I always found Raan's scene almost comical, It's pretty clear all the work went into Tali's death.

[@sittingonceilings6805]

**pew** Shepherd: “oh no! anyway...”

[@gaelofariandel6747]

Without Tali, f*ck the Quarians.

[@TempestDK]

Makes sense since no sane person would leave Tali behind in ME2 :)

[@eatme982]

I liked it a fair bit. It felt understatedly tragic. Less dramatic, like Tali's. But more exhausted.

[@dustinalan8425]

It's unthinkable.

[@BigDanGaming]

Haha - that's what I'm here for - doing the unthinkable lol

[@YaBoiEye]

Any outcome that ends in Tali's death is a sin

[@BigDanGaming]

I'm definitely going to gamer hell for this

[@robertdunham6028]

@@BigDanGaming You Bosh'tet!

[@gavinlewis6396]

My first playthrough I lost her in the final battle in me3 at the very end. I didn't buy the dlc or play the multiplayer at the time.

[@brainconqueror8095]

Not necessarily. If you turn over the evidence at her trial, you save her from exile but she isn’t loyal. It is still possible to ensure her survival in the Suicide Mission. In this instance , the Legion vs Tali confrontation never occurs. So you don’t get to make peace between the Quarians and Geth. Or alternatively, if you suppress the evidence and get her exiled, she is loyal to you and you can resolve the conflict between her and Legion, albeit by supporting someone first, then cajoling the other one later. But in that case, Quarian Geth peace is not possible because Tali isn’t an “admiral”. So, in this scenario, you have to pick one side, and IMHO the Geth come off as more sympathetic.

[@gavinlewis6396]

@@brainconqueror8095 nah I mean me3 when the reaper blasts at you and whoever you take with you.

[@sandrogamer30018]

Only a monster wouldn't recruit Tali in me2 and Garrus in me1.

[@kattharsismic]

Exactly, plus that would mean we can't complete our mission as Space Cupid.

[@Dark_Voice]

@@kattharsismic Why? You can do so many options to get it with Ash + Minranda + Miranda etc.

[@biuki7215]

@@Dark_Voice "Cupid" is making other people fall in love. If you dont romance Tali neither Garrus, they both will end up as a cupple.

[@intergalactic92]

Unpopular opinion: Garrus is boring in ME1. He only really gets interesting in ME2

[@psydarks4761]

@@intergalactic92 Not unpopular, he is just some other cop in me1, things only getting interesting in me2

[@teajay1999]

What happens if you don't recruit tali? The answer is super simple: *restart the whole game*

[@Brody_Austin]

Critical mission failure

[@fully0p]

More like uninstall the game and rethink your life choices

[@hag12100]

And if you fail the Rannoch mission you restart from the last save before the entire priority mission.

[@icecrystal2310]

I will not recruit Tali just to piss off the hardcore fans

[@teajay1999]

@@icecrystal2310 ur choice XD. But you won't get the kind of good experience without Tali's presence in your gameplay lmao

[@SovietMexican619]

I couldn’t even watch the emotional suicide scene from Tali, it’s was hard watching it then and still is to this day.

[@sandrogamer30018]

The worst part is hearing her sobs while watching her fleet getting decimated. Hurts my soul badly...

[@thomas.parnell7365]

I always choose the peace option on play through

[@ElvhenRogue]

I replayed all of ME2 just to make sure she lived after I messed up and didn't have the requirements to have peace

[@sandrogamer30018]

@@ElvhenRogue You did well friend ;) Nobody is left behind specially my girl Tali and my buddy Garrus

[@madcap3450]

Imagine how I felt when I accidentally got that scene on my first playthrough since I didnt understand the decision being made. And yes I was romancing her

[@Rohitkumar-hn5fr]

Tali is my favourite squad mate...

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

What happens if you don't recruit Tali is you go back and recruit Tali

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

no, no I dont think I will. Not having that cringy character aboard the Normandy is so satisfying

[@ReverieKoyuki]

@@GenericUsername-qp1ww Boooooo

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

@@ReverieKoyuki it made no sense whatsoever for Tali to be the one you HAVE to take with you. Woulda made WAY more sense for Garrus to be the mandatory one, shoulda just had an option to simply pay Tali for the information and send her on her way

[@raulecreuset667]

​@@GenericUsername-qp1wwwell we all have our choices and i respect it, but almost everyone can't deny Tali was the best Romance in the Game, She is the only Romance that feels like your Important and Worth it. So you choose you and we choose ours.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

@@raulecreuset667 she isnt the best romance, Liara is. If it werent for her, Shepard's body wouldve never been recovered. Tali is the only companion from ME1 who did barely anything of note in the 2 years Shepard was dead, Ashley/Kaidan got promoted, Garrus turned into turian Punisher, Wrex became Urdnaught warchief and it makes no sense for Tali to become Admiral in ME3 other than it being nothing more than a pity promotion. she couldnt keep control of Prazza on Freedoms Progress and yet the quarians had the bright idea to have her lead the mission on her recruitment mission and surprise surprise she fails. The quarians in general are morons and yes that includes Tali, she a quarian and all somebody would have to do is punch her in the faceplate to kill her, if Tali was actually smart she'd use a rifle to stay away from close range

[@fsilveyra6469]

Hyped for Mass Effect Legendary Edition!

[@BigDanGaming]

Same here!

[@dr.demento]

Just hoping they don’t find a way to mess it up

[@chaoss5]

@@dr.demento Hope they mass it up. No? Noone? Oke, I'll let myself out.

[@martint5340]

Why are you hyped about it? What’ll be new?

[@marpj6138]

@@martint5340 Mostly Mass Effect 1 will receive a big revamp to play closer to the other 2.

[@JGrittles]

I like these videos. Didnt know you could choose NOT to recruit some characters. So seeing what happens if you dont is really interesting. Thanks for putting in the time to show us the results.

[@BigDanGaming]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@warden-gg7263]

In Dragon Age you can recruit absolutely NO ONE!!, but in Mass Effect only a few characters are optional

[@darthjayder9914]

@@warden-gg7263 yeah, in my first few runs on DA: Origins I missed out on every Chara. in Lothering. you have to really look for them. and the first game requires a guide definitely (at least for the mage tower, that shit is complicated). the next games were not as requiring but they still needed a guide for some thing (e.g. romance)

[@warden-gg7263]

@@darthjayder9914 if you get lazy you can miss them all lmao

[@MrHalohunter24]

Big Dan Gaming trudges through the darkness for us so that we know what lies beyond, as none of us have the strength to do it ourselves.

[@TheAngelRaven]

TL;DR: You instantly lose the game.

[@colossusslayer1234]

Appreciate the research you do. I've always been curious about outcomes like these, digging to see what kind of odd scenarios can be caused and seeing how much work the devs may have put in to account for players being weird, but I just don't want to dump in the hundreds of hours to do stuff like this. You're a legend and a scholar.

[@BigDanGaming]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@darthjayder9914]

yes. thank you Big Dan, you are saving me time. if it weren't for you, I would be searching for all of this. I probably still will though :) big grin

[@habijjj]

I love how sarcastic morrigan is even as a quarian

[@Jilktube]

Tali’s death in ME3 is definitely the most devastating. A+ tragic storytelling. Thank the lord I kept her alive throughout the series.

[@Brokeninc]

Damn years later and Tali throwing herself off the cliff still chokes me up...

[@al_x2099]

If Shepard romances her, even their love isn't enough to keep her alive 😢.

[@GenericUsername-qp1ww]

I know right, it always chokes me up at how hilarious it is.

[@chassoto]

WHAT IS THIS SACRILEGE?!?!?!?!

[@BigDanGaming]

Haha you should see what happens when I don't recruit Garrus kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpi7fXyincmsps0

[@DeviHyuga]

It's really up there, such blasphemy.

[@supervegito2277]

Its a sacrifice. Showing us the important bits, so we dont have to sell our souls to see it.

[@ghostwarrior3878]

*HERESY!!!!!!!*

[@lowarior20]

@@ghostwarrior3878 BRING THE FLAMER BROTHER! THE HEAVY FLAMER!

[@michaeledmunds7056]

I didn't realize not recruiting Tali was an option.

[@timynoumoor]

04:11 oh my god, that sentence has such a Morrigan energy, I love it.

[@FireLordJohn3191]

That actress is enjoying her work.

[@luizamorim8265]

Dawn, i never saw Tali suicide, i never could let her do it

[@arjusarauis9901]

And also an entire species, I mean you can build new robots but organic species? Ooooh you basically commit a genocide if you let the Quarians die. In a twisted way, Tali’s suicide does represent extinction.

[@stormy035]

@@arjusarauis9901 ikr. i never understood the people that chose the geth over the quarians. What are you a monster ?

[@arjusarauis9901]

@@stormy035 Yeah, we all know Geth were treated like crap but is it really worth it to let the Quarians dies? You can't really reconstitute a species from the dead unlike with the Geth.

[@stormy035]

@@arjusarauis9901 tbh we all know the only and acceptable end with this is peace between both quarians and geth and saving them both.

[@arjusarauis9901]

@@stormy035 indeed, that’s what I usually do. While I think the Geth are acceptable causality but usually yeah truce is the best ending.

[@Albus_Rex]

I can't believe there are people who actually play these games like this, lmao. Imagine not scooping up every squadmate you can get your paws on.

[@sirshotty7689]

That's why there's a market for videos like these.

[@danieltravelstead]

With the legendary edition I’ve been playing the DLCs for the first time and nearly left Zaeed after his loyalty mission. If there wouldn’t have been the paragon speech check, I would’ve absolutely left him for dead haha

[@LemurLegiCZ]

I'm one of the few people that played ME3 without playing me2 and the default save didn't give me option to save both, but I knew that it was an option from memes online, so I let the geth upload the code thinking that was the solution. RIP my original quarians.

[@jayjayson9613]

In Dragon Age Origins for example, I missed Leliana because I didn't go to the house she was in. I also killed the older healer party character (Wynne?). It was a blind run that I always do every 1st playthrough so I can see this happening to others.

[@mihai000000]

@@jayjayson9613 i think almost everyone does everything blind first time around. i never managed to fuck up that hard tho before

[@DarKGameR177]

Thanks for sharing this one Dan! Keep up the good work 👍😁

[@BigDanGaming]

Thanks, will do!

[@ashfuller3480]

I love these videos because it shows how well thought out the choices you make during the series effect everything you do

[@khatharos]

2:22 - Kelly going along with new Xeno squad members just fine.

[@crocbattle07]

Funny story: I was playing the mission where you have to choose between the Geth and the Quarians and I chose the Geth by accident. I went into a whole panic attack when Tali killed herself and immediately turned off the game so that it wouldn't autosave. I had never cared that much about a character death in a game before in my life, LOL

[@calamazomcdonald3688]

Were you able to save her

[@crocbattle07]

@@calamazomcdonald3688 I had reset the game before the autosave so yeah I saved her.

[@calamazomcdonald3688]

@@crocbattle07 good, I could never bring myself to make that evil of a choice

[@Anvilshock]

"turned off game so that it wouldn't autosave" Imagine being such a filthy console peasant that you would get existential angst from a piece of entertainment software's rudimentary function ...

[@diamondinthesky4771]

That was my first run on console too way back when the game had just come out. It was a FemShep run, I didn't have enough to broker peace because it was my first time, the games were all new, and I was actively avoiding spoilers. I tried in vain to go back to an earlier save to pick the Quarians, but I had none. Needless to say in all subsequent trilogy playthroughs and on the PC LE I make sure to do everything needed to broker peace. That or pick the Quarians if I can't.

[@ricardoweis342]

When i play for first time ME1, and in the begining i saw my members squad shadows, I always knews that Tali's shadow would have a very important role in the development of the game.

[@ZonnexNecton]

Anyone that has Tali killed is punishable by death around the universe.

[@luizamorim8265]

I never imagined that this was possible, that is why ME is amazing

[@noktin]

Tali's death is by far the most painful. Damn, brought tears to my eyes

[@elrickingston5477]

The thought of never recruiting tali never even entered my existence, #taliforlifetaliforwife

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

4:08 Alright I get if people don't really care for Admiral Raan but that line is pretty funny.

[@Xander_Nana]

Put me in cryo sleep until mass effect legendary edition is released

[@farkbett699]

Only 2 more months

[@raulecreuset667]

Hello i'm from the Future and here we are.

[@nobodyfamousX]

I... Never knew that Tali, Thane, and Samara were optional

[@darthjayder9914]

you weren't supposed to know :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[@WolfyFancyLads]

Plus, Tali gets dramatic music as she jumps. Her replacement just pops her noggin and Shepard just shrugs it off (I mean, damn, Shepard! An entire race got wiped out, not even a single "NO!" or "DON'T!"? Cold blooded.)

[@altair658]

i choose the destroy ending and sadly kill the geth to be with tali i CANT think of mass effect without tali 6:47 damn that cry of tali give me goosebumps

[@sarasunshinemt4444]

I always choose destroy too (the fallacy of control ending & the synthesis ending which is galactic genetic "struggle snuggle" is stupid) and it really shows the plot holes of the ending. You can definitely tell they lost their best writers by then.

[@JohnDoe-gu7eh]

@@sarasunshinemt4444 I am convinced that the Indoctrination theory was correct and that they were planning episodic DLC, but dropped it when the shit hit the fan over the ending. 🤷‍♂️ pick the happy clappy ending you become a husk, pick destroy, you resist the indoctrination and actually manage to get in and activate the crucible.

[@SuperSonicHot]

There's certain things I'm NOT willing to ever do in a playthrough... Not having Tali is one of them lol

[@dragon22214]

Someone just shot themsalves infront of me what do you know

[@lazarus30001]

I liked Legion a lot, but when it came to sacrificing Tali, I took him out no questions asked.

[@sirmaurice.-]

Well, you guarantee yourself a one way ticket to hell.

[@badgermead8228]

I couldn't not recruit Tali I had to know what she looked like under that mask lol

[@picklethesaurus4930]

I'd love to say "but you never did find out" but you do if you romance her, turns out she's a photoshopped random-ass human woman, maximum disappointment

[@Firan25]

@@picklethesaurus4930 there is a fan made video that does her face reveal justice.

[@lionfire3359]

I hear these quatrains may be a coupling if biotic and synthetic elements

[@antagonisstic]

Being without Tali Vas Normandy, is like being without the palm of your hand as a Young Teenager. I never ever skipped Tali in one of over 20 playthroughs of Mass Effect 2.

[@starshipshari]

The military in me screamed when shepard saluted left handed. Lol

[@quingo7526]

Anyone notice the death of the squad mate due to no shield upgrade us venting of thermal heat into the core room that Adam's asks you to help fix in me3, Cerberus and their lack of saftey regulations.

[@Spootnik]

I think if I got the Tali suicide ending on my first playthrough I would've just restarted the game right there.

[@skyhawkslcb18]

that's literally what i did back when i first played it. instant reset. lol.

[@juliangonzalez2930]

"sounds like fun, i´m not carrying shit tho" my favourite phrase of the game

[@JohnGoetzGaming]

After my most recent playthrough I realized what assholes the quarians were

[@Hunghover]

6:37 Raan: * kills herself * Shepard: Shit, got some dirt on my boots !

[@aaron75fy]

2:25 Collector: uh...aren't you supposed to be going somewhere?

[@poluticon]

**Tali commits suicide** Shepard: TALI NOOO!!! **Admiral Raan commits suicide** Shepard: Oooh, free thermal clip!

[@cripplehawk]

*Legion asks Shepard when Legion learned that Tali was not recruited:* "Shepard Commander! Does this unit have a soul?... Better yet...Do YOU have a soul?"

[@benrichards35]

These videos have been fascinating! Love the content. If you ever run out of ME stuff id love to learn more about the diverging paths in the Witcher 3 (or whole series). Thanks for your time you put into these vids.

[@canadian__ninja]

I'm pretty sure I'm being recommended big Dan videos again because of how many were played in the Blind Wave mass effect final thoughts video lmao

[@Her_Imperious_Condescension]

Thank you for doing what no one else would.

[@randomman099]

3:50 the actress you refer to is Claudia Black. She was on SG-1 as Vala Mal Doran.

[@TheKrensada]

Also have you ever tried to fight those three geth primes in mass effect 3 on insanity? Unless you're an infiltrator, or have Tali in your party, that fight is damn near impossible.

[@duitk]

I did it on insanity with a vanguard, extra difficulty mod that added an extra prime and Tali and liara, not too bad but vanguard is pretty op.

[@Dark_Voice]

@@duitk Tali is OP against Geth with her AI hacking + that lazer focus fire while they are hacked. Vanguard is pretty much irrelevant.

[@BeeWaifu]

I didn't even know she couldn't be recruited.

[@biffmcspandex7748]

Watching Kasumi die pure pain

[@heramaaroricon4738]

To quote Saint-14 from Destiny 2 Season of Splicer about how I see Tali and the Quarians: "YOU ARE MY PEOPLE!"

[@themoonlitquill]

I always felt the Quarians were stubbornly insistent in their determined purstuit of willful ignorance. Their tone-deaf hatred of the Geth they created, uplifted to sentience, and in an apoplectic "oh 💩" move tried to annihilate the Geth in fear of Council retrobution. Never once, other than via Admiral Khoris, do the Quarians accept or admit their role in being exiled from their own planet. I never pitied thr Quarians, and found it hard to grow close to Tali because of her "woe is us, we the exiled" routine. She can't see how her people are 100% responsible for their situation, the Geth's anger, and the loss of their own homeworld. After entering the Geth Consensus with the Primes on Rannoch, I felt even less pity for the Quarians, because they never changed one bit!! Rael and Xen were doing to the Geth the exact same thing their ancestors did! Torture, cruelty, sadistic experiments on sentient beings. It's hard to care about the Quarians in hindsight.

[@antonsundin2974]

I still remember my first playthrough of ME3, i had romanced tali... i couldn't broker a peace between the Geth and Quarians. I agreed more with the Geths logic and i thought they would be more useful against the reapers. Tali commiting suicide stopped me from finishing that playthrough. A couple of weeks later i started a completely new playthrough from a "better" ME2 save file.

[@janosd4nuke]

Similar situation over here. 1st playthrough, Tali romance. Legion being the 3rd fav after Garrus. Couldn't save both. My first reaction was to just quit and reload an earlier save. I my have a chance to change it, but Shep doesn't... one life, one choice. After being a Prince of Persia ultrafan for the better part of my life, that would be cheating and going against my principles. Though what principles am I to speak about if unlike you, I picked the girl over a species. How selfish... how human, but I just couldn't hurt her. Only time a game ever made me cry. I carried that weight till the end. Synthesis ending there. Had a rough script of a fanfiction with Shep surviving and assembling himself over 2 years Dr. Manhattan style, just green, coming out the Citadel mini-relay. After a crying tight hug Tali would have some cheeky lines to "do not even think about dying on me and coming back for a third time." Garrus and Shep would give Archangels's loyalty mission a mirror with Shep holding Legion's sniper rifle and admiral Han'Gerrel being in the sights. Also 2nd playthrough renegade save both was priceless.

[@KingDugan]

I don't think I could play this game without Garrus or Tali.

[@The-Random-Hamlet]

Not recruiting Tali is like not recruiting Garrus.

[@Draggo-zp1jf]

I love Tali’s voice

[@wearywanderer7018]

The last Quarian shoots herself. Shepard: “eh.. whatever I guess”

[@St_Caledonia]

>Be me >make peace between quarians and geth for the war asset >pick destroy ending >all geth die >dont elaborate further >leave

[@_Tomon]

This is the darkness that shouldn't be breached!

[@RavenholmZombie]

I don't want to be friends with a person who doesn't recruit Tali or lets her die.

[@KRGraphicsCG]

Damn. This is painful and Tali's dialogue definitely hits you in the feels

[@thomasike]

"tali would have loved seeing this" wow ok shep and who's fault is that

[@jeffreyfrancisfish7825]

I am glad you make these vids I could not bring myself to ever harm Tali she is my favorite character. Damn it would be like doing Garrus wrong.

[@voltazurite1832]

I can't believe you doomed yourself to hell for this video... you are truly a hero for all of us.

[@raylast3873]

Raan also totally misses the attempt of shooting herself in the head 🙄

[@Amyante]

Raan played too much XCOM.

[@worththesqueeze1386]

The voice after you mention is Claudia Black of Farscape fame. Though she was also on stargate SG1 and does the Eververse vender in Destiny 2

[@ramors4715]

Just goes to show you how much work they put into this awesome series. Man so many choices, so many outcomes(not including the endings in Mass Effect 3). Great job, and sometimes i wonder if the reapers got ya with all this research ya do. lol

[@rogerlynch5279]

To give the Advocatus Diaboli to LEGION. IF you just play the Vanilla copy for years without online connection you don´t have LEGION in your team anyway 4:11 Morigan and the Quarian Admiral were voiced by Claudia Black, better known from the TV series FARSCAPE

[@Quake3131]

Great video mate, loving the vids you’ve been putting out recently so you’ve earnt my sub. Hope when Legendary Edition comes out your channel gets the recognition it deserves.

[@BigDanGaming]

Thanks for the sub! Appreciate the support!

[@axelnilsson5124]

Something that would have been dope would be that if you didn’t recruit Tali her replacement in the geth-quarian war would be Rael’Zorah as he’s alive when you recruit Tali as he does send an email after the mission

[@CLxJames]

6:39 - “oh no……well anyway”

[@buffcanuck83]

Excellent video. 👍😄

[@WebbanationX]

Until I saw this thumbnail, I completely forgot about the Tali cliff dive thing. I was going full renegade that playthrough. Planning on going through legendary edition one a few times and I can only bare seeing that scene one more time

[@Good_Omens]

I can't even imagine how empty it must have been to not have Tali there. She and Garrus are the real ones and have stuck with Shepard from the beginning to the end.

[@bindair_dundat]

I just started my "let everyone die" walkthrough and looking for ways. I already feel horrible.

[@twylla5]

Along with Xen being morrigan, Gerrel is Loghain, and Koris is Avernus. Cute lil dragon age reunion I guess.

[@laseangames]

I cannot see myself doing a Mass Effect playthrough without Tali, she was like one of the best companions to have when you had to fight against mechs or the Geth. Also she was part of the original team so I would always recruit her... But if I were to do a playthrough without Tali though, I think I would sacrifice the Quarians to be honest.

[@PsyrenXY]

Drunk Tali at the end LMAO That's the real reason to save her

[@dermenore7162]

I have not done the comment yet but I expect to see a lot of Tali fans said that this choice sends you in the deeper circle of hell. :D Also, your video gives me the desire to start another run of Mass Effect despite the fact that last time (5e run), I said it would be the last. :( I suppose I will wait to see what this legendary edition worth. It could be nice to play at an improved ME1. However, great video man :) Short, concise, and informative.

[@francopisciotta9598]

This man has the courage to make decisions that not even the bravest ones can take

[@dkmustang]

Joker: I'll take the next one. 2:23

[@MambaBreezy24]

Garrus, Tali and Liara. You never let anything happen to them. (I know, I know, Wrex too. But I killed him on my very 1st playthrough lol.)

[@Ova-bv4os]

if ever their was a time for a genuine face to face with Tali, it was that moment, before she jumped

[@REALmikegordan]

Here's a Mass Effect video request: Every single squadmate death during the suicide mission based off of priority.

[@Werewolfmage]

tali is just awesome. can't play mass effect without her.