Mass Effect 3 - Stand Strong, Stand Together (Extended Version)

[@JSmooth2691]

"no matter what else happens today, you did what no one else could, you united a galaxy. that's a victory right there." -Wrex

[@artemisarrow179]

"It's a shame it took the Reapers to get us to work together." "Shepard got us to work together."

[@DaBase333]

Hackett was such an impressive man, not sure why I feel that way. He has a certain presence :p.

[@adamdanes346]

Yeah, a father of the Alliance.

[@dedale2610]

DaBase333 In the low hsm ending extended cut, seing him on board of the broken ship, waitign for death, just amazed me.

[@KFieLdGaming]

Hackett is one of my absolute favorite characters in the trilogy, and all the characters are good so making my "favorites" list is hard to do. His voice actor was unbelievable. For whatever reason I just loved the way he says "Hackett out."

[@ladyselin35]

@dan p Easy there champion. We all know everybody in galaxy did their best. He was awesome man in charge so he used this. Anderson was great man organized resistence. Every species every man and women and children did their best. Not just him or Shepard. Shepard never disrespected him even he wasnt a soldier anymore. Gave the cerberus to him etc. I only remember Shepard talked to Hackett like he was ordering when we saved Cerberus Scientists. Normally Hackett would cut the connection and this time Shepard did.

[@Nate-ms4be]

Like when you punch news reporters

[@Archangel251]

"Each of us will be defined by our actions in the coming battle. Stand fast, stand strong, stand together."

[@thezucc2927]

"Hackett out."

[@bloodygekkon]

stand fast, stand strong, stand like a BBC!

[@Ravenlord56]

There's a few games able to make me cry, and Mass Effect is one of them.

[@IAlbionI]

"Hackett out."

[@Dragon675100]

The Crucible didn't win the battle. The forces of a United galaxy did

[@edgecrusherhalo]

It was the combination of the two really.

[@cmdrblade2485]

Which other sci fi universe would u bring into this war?

[@OneRoostyBoi]

CMDRBLADE either the halo universe... or the warhammer universe. Cus I mean the forrunners from halo could probably definitely stand their own against the reapers... if not be sufficient enough to kick their asses

[@spiderz5145]

@@cmdrblade2485 Halo and Star Wars.

[@aiosquadron]

@Cmdrblade Star Trek, definitely.

[@glitchcomm002]

Felt like five years of story was being ended by three minutes of instrumentals. Had to be epic!

[@tommyrobinson2082]

Commander..are you ready to bring the might of the galaxy to bear on the reapers?

[@Orikon25]

"With a lackluster speech?" Shepard: Yes,sir!

[@archaeologistify]

***** Galaxies, are you Reaper to might the bring of the bear on the Shepard ready?

[@Tommyr44]

Udrakan Morturim Commander, are you ready to bring the might of the galaxy to reaper on the bears?

[@CyborgT79]

Admiral Hackett Never before have so many come together--from all quarters of the galaxy. But never before have we faced an enemy such as this. The Reapers will show us no mercy. We must give them no quarter. They will terrorize our populations. We must stand fast in the face of that terror. They will advance until our last city falls, but we will not fall. We will prevail. Each of us will be defined by our actions in the coming battle. Stand fast. Stand strong. Stand together. Hackett out

[@JSN117]

"Commander. Are you ready to bear the might of the Galaxy upon the reapers?"

[@JeiDieWie]

I have to agree that Hackett's speech was a little weak, but he did have a certain aura and the line "Stand strong, Stand together." really gave me the feeling: This is it. This is what the last two games have lead to. This is the fight to the death for the whole galaxy.

[@nicolaspinches3802]

5 years on and i'm still gettin goosebumps

[@JSN117]

"Commander, are you ready to bring the might of the Galaxy to bear on the Reapers?"

[@captainAlex258]

shephard: yes sir

[@Spartankevin197]

"we must stop killing each other we must stand together to fight together for survival, we live or we die is your decision" -shepard-

[@blakehester5559]

This song always makes me want to fight for what I Believe in, Always.

[@blakehester5559]

Just a phase I went through.

[@Oubaitori04]

@@blakehester5559 I'm still in it lol

[@jellybutterpeanut1]

@@blakehester5559 weak

[@SongsFromTheTrenchesMain]

“Probing Uranus”

[@anthonyrobaky6436]

Shepard, are you sure?

[@LegoSwordViedos]

@@anthonyrobaky6436 The real reason the fleets gathered together in the sol system was to protect Uranus.

[@Ajbajnificent]

Mass Effect deserves it's fanboys seeing that is one of the best game series this decade.It's in a league of its own.That can't be said for Halo,CoD and the other games with thousands of fanboys.So that actually was a compliment.

[@Rares_G4H]

Stand Fast Stand Strong Stand Together Hacket out!

[@rubickscube6666]

i get fucking chills when i hear this

[@WJstudios04]

Shepard, the greatest hero

[@CENTRINOaki]

I can't thank you enough for putting this up.

[@thepenguin8101]

This fucking song, I remember being a little kid and this playing while the anticipation was mounting, all fleets reporting and the reapers preparing for battle. I was so pumped lol

[@orionrolater2812]

When you are at the head of the full 10,000 asset strong fleet this song USB legendary. So much work, for the perfect payoff... an awesome goddamn battle song and Russel Crowe worthy speech.

[@grypharmy7256]

This has been living in my head rent free. But every time I remember it and hum it, I remember the sadness that came after.

[@captainAlex258]

never b4 has a theme park ever witness such greatness, each one of us here in the audience knows that mass effect is not just a franchise it is a journey, a journey of heartbreak joy and laughter we will defeat the reapers in mass effect land and most of all we will not fail stand strong stand true stand together captain Alex out

[@kingofrannoch]

Shit gets you so inspired and pumped

[@ExogeniVI]

All rise for the youtube national anthem

[@masterdynamo6457]

For any who would like a stab at some lyrics to make this the Systems Alliance Anthem: Note: Dashes indicate elongated words. In case it wasn't clear. 0:48 If tomorrow yo-ur sa-cred soil By invasion is- spoilt , Free in solar winds fly blue ensigns! To victory or death they wave ! May we ever stand with hand in hand For these gifts so rich and rare. Arise O children of Earth and colonies! The steel of swo-rd, shield and fleet! All forward! 2:22 We will not kneel nor our hea-ds bow . All sh-all find us unafraid! It matters not how strait the gate, how charged With punishme-nts th-e scro-ll ! We shall stand in the face of all foes ! Stand fast, masters of our fates ! Sta-nd strong, the enemy attacks abate! Stand to-gether as captains of ou-r souls ! Much credit to William Earnest Henley for much of the second verse, as they are either directly from or inspired by his poem, Invictus [fitting, eh?]. The first verse contains bits of real national anthems, the idea being that it represents all nations. Like 5 edits changing small bits here and there. I like the idea of "stand fast, stand strong, stand together" having some secondary meaning.

[@TheUnknown285]

I hear you. The fall of Earth is the closest I have ever come to crying while playing a video game. Before that, it was another BioWare game: Dragon Age: Origins during Morrigan's farewell.

[@Anonymos185]

Some country needs this is their national anthem. I dont care if its america, germany, russia, france, england, china or north korea. Someone freaking NEEDS this

[@masterdynamo6457]

I like to think of this this as the Systems Alliance Anthem.

[@friedrichbarbarossa898]

Éomer! Take your eored down the left side. Yes, my lord. Gamling, follow the King's banner down the center. Grimbold, take your company right, after you pass the wall. Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise! Riders of Théoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword-day! A red day, ere the sun rises! Whatever happens, stay with me. I will look after you. Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending! Death! Death! Forð Eorlingas!

[@katoriharrison7906]

then the normandy flew in and bombed the hell out of the battlefield

[@R4Y2k]

Shepard saving the day again :P

[@Arklay_98]

About to start my annual play through of the trilogy and I need to pump myself up!!! WOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!

[@ElJuicy]

the ending still hurts me...

[@glorilol9546]

+reimon 27 yeah i know....

[@ignorantpom]

Thanks; looking forward to them.

[@TheFartman64]

Hackett is awesome

[@reznov316]

RPG>>FPS The storytelling HAS to be good because it supposedly is an RPG game & not an FPS. In the FPS genre, Halo is one of the few games to have a solid story without being too overly dramatic about it. Master Chief's and Cmdr.Shepard's characters are vastly different. Shepard character is made for the game as is Chief's for Halo. I'm sure if Halo was an RPG and the roles of Shep and Chief were reversed, you would cry for Chief too. ps - You are not supposed to feel bad for a SPARTAN II btw.

[@specter3983]

Today we will bring about the end of our enemy. Bare in mind that this will not be an easy fight, many will fall but in the end we will prevail. All of us must fight for everything we're worth and then some! So I ask of you which among you will follow me into the gates of hell!? Who will stand by my side as we stand victorious over our fallen enemies!?

[@zacktaft]

i will sir for the republic! and for clone army! and for the honor of our brothers!

[@ir0nsquire]

Agreed. There is no comparison there. They're both fantastic, story driven games that make you love the characters. But one is an RPG and the other an FPS. That's like comparing two differant positions in basketball.

[@hytarion4251]

Que celui qui ne ressente pas de frissons en écoutant cette superbe musique ne me jette la première pierre :)

[@moisemensah8233]

Je pleure en ce moment même

[@Valoriter]

''salutes'' \

[@MovieAndTVThemes]

I know right Mass Effect is the greatest game series ever in my opinion

[@stormbridge]

I've never played any Halo Game so i can't say anything about Halo but, the videos i saw on youtube makes me think, that both Mass Effect and Halo were perfect, both in their own way.

[@Primaltreeman]

Not to whine about the ending, but if the combined forces defeated the reaper rather than the catalyst choices, I'd be happier.

[@mattigan13]

Raymond Li they couldn't tho. the catalyst is the only way

[@Gothic7876]

Only because The Reapers have PlotArmourium. Seriously once The Protheans developed Particle Beam Weapons that would of been a Tide Turner. A PBW would make the main gun on a Sovereign Class look like a popgun. When you accelerate something to 96% the Speed of Light (PBW are Relativistic weapons 96% and above), it has MORE power than a Anitmatter/Matter reaction

[@remuslaurentius535]

It should have been the Crucible released some kind of energy to weaken the Reaper, just like the Geth back on Rannock, then the Combined Fleet defeated them. I think that ending would be much better than these Catalyst's choices.

[@pillarmenn1936]

@@Gothic7876 they did develop particle weapons, hell the reapers gave their husk versions particle weaponry and it didn't do jack shit to them

[@Gothic7876]

Pillar Menn Like I said PlotArmourium

[@TriniKnight01]

Mechanics-wise I mean things like regenerating health/shields as opposed to sole dependency on power-ups (granted, they were still there), the use of vehicles, emplacements etc in a multiplayer coop FPS (I know Battlezone and FarCry had both but not quite like that afaik) - and yes, the 'landscape', atmosphere and such were what I meant by 'contributions to the genre' :)

[@andrewchr]

The fight all all fights! The battle of all battles! And the war that's going to end all wars!!!

[@R4Y2k]

"This war has brought us pain and suffering and loss.... but it also brought us together... as soldiers... allies.... friends... this bond that ties us is something the reapers will never understand... it's more powerful than any weapon, stronger than any ship, it can't be taken or destroyed.... The next few hours will decide the fate of everyone in galaxy. Every mother. Every son. Every unborn child, they're trusting you... depending on you to win them their future..." No pressure when you put it that way Shepard!

[@dedale2610]

Who composed this ? I HAVE TO KNOW.

[@DoubleCamshaft]

Marc R Christopher Lennertz

[@philipellis8579]

THIS FIGHT IS OUR DESTINY.

[@christiankugiel1806]

Don't worry about that. Your speech was good enough.

[@supervegito2277]

That dislike is because its only 3 minutes long AND is an extended version.

[@N7Normandy1]

Likewise.

[@manestreah]

1:00 straight outta legend of Zelda xD at least the sound :')

[@T0mN7]

You forgot the most important part of the speech, the "Hackett Out"

[@1337Figaro]

Halo is great and it has a good story. But it's a short game. You don't bond with the character as much in Halo as you do in ME. I have played ALL Halo games out so far and same goes for ME. In halo you bond with like 2 characters, Cortana and Chief. While in Mass Effect you bond with so many more. There is so much in Mass Effect. I love Halo but mostly for it's multiplayer but I love Mass Effect because of it's amazing story and characters.

[@TheGingiGamer]

Reminds me of Apollo 13. RIP James Horner.

[@amandamarve]

A little harsh, there are endless names containing 'guy', 'dude', 'man', and the like, it's not flaunting.

[@christiankugiel1806]

I hereby concur.

[@voodoo24000]

This isn't the normal soundtrack. This is an extended version that MovieandTVThemes made him/herself

[@renegadealpha95]

DEM SPEECHES!

[@Ajbajnificent]

Amen to that.I mean,Cerberus had good goals,but the way they wanted to achieve them was wrong.And the Illusive Man was one of the most awesome Mass Effect characters.That's why i liked about the enemies in ME.They all had substance and they all had something that drived them to do those things,which they thought were good,but in the end they ended up being indoctrinated..Look at Saren.

[@CaptainBloodRaven]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[@Rares_G4H]

BioWare should bring Liara back and whoever alien lives for more then hundreds of years

[@orlandovianen5027]

matriarch T'soni

[@Rares_G4H]

Orlando Vianen that would be something.

[@orlandovianen5027]

+Raresh Muntean have u faced an asari commando b4? few humans have XD

[@Rares_G4H]

Orlando Vianen Aren't the commandos some Asari Cerberus? Like a pro asari task force?

[@orlandovianen5027]

+Raresh Muntean i dunno, i think they're the asari version of geth prime... or somthing

[@LeStocki]

exactly ;)

[@thatguythatcommentsonvideo4702]

I get the felling of a greater good something worth fighting for and even though hackets talk about the reapers was a little weak I enjoyed the line stand strong stand together correct me if I'm wrong on how it went this really got me hyped for the final battle the felling of we are a united galaxy and we bout fuck yo reaper asses up! But jokes aside I personally would have liked a refusal ending where if you would have spent enough time getting forces together you beat the reapers with the Galaxy and not the catalyst IMOR I think that would have been cool what does anyone else think?

[@_NutcasE_]

DAMNIT BIOWARE. YOU HAD A GOOD GAME.....and you had to blew it with the ending.......The game is great all the way you expect that you get a reward at the end you feel the story you feel the shepards burden and then you get a kick to the balls at the end. Seriously WHY!? ITS BEEN 3 YEARS AND IM STILL MAD ABOUT THIS.

[@lokkenjp]

Your answer is... MEHEM. Google for it. You will fell much better. Also JohnP's MAHEM for less drastic changes... ;)

[@_NutcasE_]

+SnWFuckUTube thats just how bad the ending is. it leaves eternal bad taste for a fan who expected that bioware would keep their word

[@Taliesyn42]

+SnWFuckUTube "You just wanted a happy ending" is just a bullshit strawman. People aren't bitching because Shepard died; they're bitching because the ending was quite literally a deus ex machina with no foreshadowing at all, it robbed the player of any agency whatsoever, and it invalidated the entire premise of the Mass Effect series: that your choices matter. The ending was as jarring as if, at the end of Return of the King, the hobbits finally make it to Mount Doom only for Slim Pickens to sail in riding his bomb, Sauron and Mount Doom get nuked, and Randy Savage jumps onto the screen, yells his trademark "OHHH YEAAAAAH", and the the credits roll.

[@_NutcasE_]

Taliesyn42 Exactly.... the ending was just something wrapped up quickly. The citadel was wrapped up quickly building models from the ME2 dlc:shadowbroker map. And they just added things that dont make sense like shepard surviving the beam that incirates everyone else instantly out of existance. Shepards armor changing back to default because hastened making introducing a hologram kid right at the end because of the plot (deus ex machina). and making fighting cerberus completely pointless because hey control is possible....and suddenly the paragon option most of the game ''destroy the reapers'' suddenly becomes the worst option but atleast shepard survives...buth geth and EDI dies.(I have all the games and thus managed to forge peace between quarians and geth). Its like the storywriter had a complete brainfart at the end. ANd thats because the writer changed......the guy who wrote the story up to the beam left and they just filled it in with another one. The ending haunts me almost even after 4 years......

[@Taliesyn42]

^NutcasE^ My understanding from talking to people who worked there was that one of the project leaders - I forget if it was the producer or the lead writer - wrote the ending completely on his own and the rest of the writing staff wasn't allowed any input whatsoever. Basically, he wrote his dream fanfic and had the clout to force it in as the ending on what was otherwise a spectacular story.

[@bwusa]

This song should play at the Olympics

[@ignorantpom]

Are there any more extended tracks? 'I'm proud of you' for instance?

[@dooug89]

We're going to bring down a hell upon the reapers.....the likes of which they've never seen!

[@MrHaknur]

But these two series are among the best in SF! :P

[@Lades654]

its to short :(

[@Spirit1515]

and not just once ...

[@KSAlejo]

It's like LotR of our era, I think. The story is so rich, complex and complete. But the ending! x.x

[@supervegito2277]

? i was just trying to say its way too epic for just 3 minutes and 40 seconds....

[@ThoA45]

It would be possible if our own people wasn't busy fighting beetween them for crap.

[@Tatatesz]

I'm a bit confused, is the second part some cut-content music? Also, why is the normal soundtrack of Stand Strong,... different from the one in game?:S

[@EvieCorwell]

You couldn't have gotten it more wrong.

[@OverlordMD]

I don't, since this track isn't in Halo 3's sound files. You may want to get a new copy of the game.

[@Ajbajnificent]

Yo,i never said Halo was a bad game.Don't get angry now.But by your own statement,Mass Effect is a better story.In terms of gameplay,you can't compare them because they're different genres.But in terms of universe,story and characters you can.And in my opinion,both universes are awesome and in terms of story and characters Mass Effect is better.So in conclusion Mass Effect is the greater sci-fi game.With Halo taking second place.Being on second place at sci fi THIS DECADE isn't bad at all.

[@reznov316]

No it can be said for Halo. Majority of Halo fanboys also happen to be Mass Effect fanatics.

[@lukaErCaiman]

You know we won't, right?

[@djkaerf324]

What if we might of bow to the reapers would they show the same respect to which sovereign showed you. No sovereign used you. If we bowed down to the reapers the war is already lost the harvest will continue no matter what. ~the cycle can not be broken -sovereign, harbinger, unknown reaper, starchild

[@martinzalle]

Is this fan-mixed or a real extended version? If it's real, where can I get it?

[@sarenarterius8802]

Do not admire yourself in pointless revolt. Do not sacrifice everything for the sake of petty freedoms. The Protheans tried to fight, and they where utterly destroyed. Trillions dead, but what if they had bowed before there invaders? Would the Protheans still exist? Is submission not preferable to extinction?

[@Jamesnuch]

Honestly thought hackett's speech was a little weak.

[@RuSosan]

A little weak? A LITTLE WEAK!? IT WAS DOWNRIGHT PATHETIC! It felt like the writer of that speech tried way too hard to avoid any sort of cliches and was more concerned with just getting it over with ASAP, rather than making it a grandiose, uplifting and inspiring speech. And why oh WHY is it NOT Shepard giving the speech? Maybe they could've made the speech into a choice-event, where you could chooce to talk in an uplifting, serious, or maybe even comedic way? Since you could do that to your own team, WHY NOT TO THE FLEET!? I just don't get it! Noooo, fuck that. Oh and hey, let's fuck up the ending too!

[@TheNatureFreak1]

RuSosan It would have ben even better if you also saw all the teammates and other friends (Aria, Kirrahe, Wrex) listen to Shepard making a badass speech like in ME1 where you see your teammates listen to shepard's speech. THAT would be absolutely BADASS

[@RuSosan]

***** Agreed.

[@TheNatureFreak1]

RuSosan I was just really disappointed by the speech. The only thing that kept it from being a straight insult was the incredible voice acting by Lance Henriksen. Still, it could have been the ultimate and deeply satisfying "FUCK YEAH!!!" moment. Oh well.. life goes on

[@mivapusa]

***** Could have had Anna Fisher do it better. Something involving anal rape of the Reapers...

[@sarenarterius8802]

And FYI I don't lose my right mandible.

[@gobravo123]

Stand strong stand together,POTUOS out.

[@chereseplatt686]

I know the Illusive man disagrees with Shepard but they could at least lend a hand with the Reapers.

[@kyle23145]

about 5% here care about halo, we mainly came here to hear the Mass Effect 3 OST, not to hear about some crap about halo, dont get me wrong its a good game, but seriously, is it really necessary to post some comment on a video of Mass effect 3 instead of halo?

[@sarenarterius8802]

One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one's death, one dies one's life. HA HA HA.

[@Ajbajnificent]

Oh,but i did.That's why i can say that it isn't as good as Mass Effect,Don't get me wrong,it's a good game,nothing against it,but it doesn't reach the level of Mass Effect.I didn't care for Master Chief not even half as much as i did for Shepard.Mass Effect's characters feel real,you get real emotions towards them.And the storytelling is simply unmatched.Every decision matters,every one leads to consequences,good or bad.I didn't cry when i finished Halo.I did when i finished Mass Effect.

[@reznov316]

Yes of course I disagree! If you happen to have played Halo you will believe its much more greater than other Sci-fi genre games of this generation. The story is vast, great and has legendary characters. The novels are top notch and compliment the game's characters. And if you happened to have Bungie's Marty O'donnell composing the music for Mass Effect, you'll be having continous orgasms throughout the game. Don't judge Halo to be 'half as good' as Mass Effect without playing the game.

[@yulaw5110]

Greatest of the greats these games. I love them so much. I cant believe they messed up Andromeda which had is all going for it just lacking the story:( bring it back you can repair the damage the fans wont say no. I also would kill for a proper proper remaster for ps5 ill pay full price again for each of them :)

[@Reaper-rh6lu]

Dude imagine a MCC but for mass effect

[@TriniKnight01]

They were bad as an organisation - but had a commendable goal, so they ended up entrapping good people, like Jacob. Then they ended up kidnapping and brainwashing civilians x.X I've played both. I prefer Mass Effect, definitely. I do think, however, that we shouldn't forget that Mass Effect is in part a tribute to the space opera genre. So Halo may not be as good, but there may not have BEEN a Mass Effect without its influence on the genre and on shooter gameplay mechanics.

[@mohammedalhrazi1996]

Bioware killed Shepard legacy

[@wyattdowdy3802]

sounds little bit like cod 3 just the theme

[@Andr3asTheNorwegian]

My Shepard gave some pretty shit speeches, i dont know about him.

[@yuda2341]

not greatest but perfect! there is no game who attach me to the characters game so much except this game

[@MrNagelfar]

Hackett out

[@CaptainBloodRaven]

Nigga, you just went full fanboy.

[@reznov316]

Naah mate! Marty's music is completely different to the tunes Mass Effect has. Marty is Legend though.