Mass Effect's Citadel is One of the Best Locations in Video Games | The Joy of Gaming

[@discipleinblack]

This series continues to be a passionate breath of fresh air. The ME trilogy as a whole is home to most of my favorite moments in gaming. Thinking about it, actually makes me a little sad. We got a.... more or less conclusion to the original trilogy. But, I miss that universe. The Milky Way one. The universe was so alive and felt like it had so much more to offer. I miss it. I miss it a lot.

[@karlopuma170]

We have probably seen the last of mass effect.. It's all about the shallow live service games now.

[@GreatWightSpark]

Sometimes, you have to let something die to preserve its beauty. Keelah Se'lai

[@discipleinblack]

@@GreatWightSpark .....stop it.... you just..... fucking stop it you monster.. 🥺

[@jaydawg116]

@@discipleinblack I weep with you brother. Go find your discs for the ME trilogy, dust them off, and re-experience it. I’m currently downloading the legendary edition, and in a couple hours when it’s finished I’m gonna have a dumbass smile on my face. My names jordan, and this is my favorite game series on the citadel.

[@ACGreviews]

Same one of my favorite games of all time. From the speech at the starting to just exploring random places.

[@jabur7]

I'm Commander Sheperd, and this is my favorite Citadel in the Citadel.

[@ThePigeon5734]

XD I laughed so hard it hurt.

[@FirstLast-uz6eq]

I'm Commander Citadel, and this is my favorite Shepard on the store.

[@TheSpongyMallard]

I wish I could play this game again for the first time. One of the best RPGs of all time and will forever be.

[@orels1_]

This video made me feel warm and fuzzy

[@VandrefalkTV]

If there ever is a trilogy remake, I'll be the first one to buy it and play it. Every game had something different about it, and though ME2 may have had the better, personal stories and everything, I will never, EVER forget how amazed I was during the entirety of the original Mass Effect. Going in absolutely blind too when the game launched, really made it for me. The exploration, the shock of the Reapers, just absolute awe all around. And the music.. I love this game so much, and I wholeheartedly agree with the video. Thank you for this, and thank you so much for this series. It's been really, really great so far. :)

[@TheDanorte]

Breaks my heart to see BioWare completely gutted by EA. We may never receive another worthy Mass Effect game. For a whole Summer in 2014, the ME Trilogy was my life. Like Dishonored, Bioshock and The Witcher, this trilogy will always be part of me.

[@infirmux]

After Cyberpunk 2020 (and possible sequels), hopefully CDPR will make some epic space opera/exploration sci-fi adventure RPG...

[@ArchAngel119]

I agree. ME is my absolute favorite series, and this video really resonated with me. All we can do is hope that somewhere down the line there may come a light.

[@toga20000]

EA killed westwood too. Amongst others

[@karlopuma170]

The Elder Scrolls. Metro. Fallout... AC 1 - 4. The ps3 /x360 era has so many good storydriven games. Im glad i still have most of them. Anything worthwile this gen has primarily been made by Sony or cdp red.

[@thiago8867]

ME Trilogy is my life right now. First time playing through the games and im in love, so much history and content. Impossible to think that ME1 was release more than 10 years ago...

[@codygibson2809]

This is the only non zero punctuation video I’ve ever clicked on from escapist.

[@MichaelMorrison1989]

I won't lie, I didn't even notice that this was Escapist until I read your comment. I'm not used to their videos being not-shit. This was great.

[@theescapist]

@@MichaelMorrison1989 Hey! We've got documentaries from Gameumentary, 3 Minute Reviews, UnderDeveloped. Lots of new stuff to check out that I (in my completely biased opinion) think is worth checking out. Hope you find something new you like.

[@astrodreamer946]

I must say that though this is my first time watching "The Joy of Gaming," I'm already enthralled by the narrator's passionate analysis. I've never had the opportunity to play the Mass Effect series myself and, as a massive Sci-fi geek, I have no idea why I've ignored it for so long. You've totally convinced me that I need to play this game now. Thanks for the video! Definitely going to watch the rest of the TJoG series now.

[@astrodreamer946]

@Dalle Smalhals: ​Specifically Sci-fi or games in general? I've played a little of everything from most game genres in the past three console generations. RPG's, Strategy, Stealth, Sims and FPS sandboxes being my favorite genres. I just never got around to playing Mass Effect.

[@astrodreamer946]

@Dalle Smalhals: What was the point of your question then? I was using the "console generations" as a time frame of what I may have played without listing every game that's out there. I never said in my comment that I exclusively play on consoles either.

[@bird3713]

AstroDreamer one of the great things about Mass Effect is that I love the series and almost none of the reasons have anything to do with anything mentioned in this video.

[@SpungeWorthy]

Honestly I'd wait a few months before purchasing any of the original trilogy. I read something recently that EA has something to release that they have been working on. I dont remember what the details were, but I remember it eluded to a possibility of it being the trilogy (or at least ME1) being remastered. I'd wait till we find out what news they bring because ME1 is pretty damn dated atm.

[@MortezaFC]

Spunge Worthy i beat me1 off steam the other week and had an absolute blast. There are mods that remaster it more than EA ever could.

[@timpower4922]

I’ve never had a more enjoyable gaming experience than playing Mass Effect.

[@ivanhendriks7095]

Especially in 3's Citadel DLC.

[@Ireallylikeeggs]

Top 3 DLCs ever made. You are completely correct

[@Sabretoothsquirrel]

That star map music in the beginning of the video is one of the most soothing pieces of auditory stimulation in the universe!

[@TailAbNormal]

Damn, now I wanna replay Mass Effect.

[@jameshenderson4876]

Do it!!!

[@ryrkra8096]

Wait for the weekend, Buy a ton of probably unhealthy snacks. And have yourself play Mass Effect Series. I do it maybe 2 times a year, just something to get absolutely hyped for. Doing this weekend and gonna have so much Fun I bet! People talk shit about Andromeda, but it's also a fun game to play, sure not as in-depth, but it's still fun for sure

[@Ireallylikeeggs]

Yo ME2 holds up so phenomenally well.

[@ryrkra8096]

@@Ireallylikeeggs 100%

[@brodieo7690]

You’re not wrong P.S: Seeing Garrus brings the entire trilogy back to me man. The best series ever, of all time.

[@salavora]

The music alone brings back so many great memories!

[@TheJester930]

The original Mass Effect trilogy is my favorite game. It breaks my heart that we may never get something like that again. Bioware, I hope you find your way. Andromeda was a different duck, and it has potential... but it lacked the heart and soul of the original trilogy. Those little character moments and world-building details created something special.

[@linusdn2777]

Aw fuck now i have to play through the entire trilogy again.

[@HeyItsTheOldMan]

Totally agree. Playing the first Mass Effect back in 2007 is one of the greatest videogame experiences I've ever had, and it's almost exclusively due to the incredible worldbuilding. I don't think there is a single videogame with a better world than the Mass Effect trilogy.

[@DavidJohnson-mo7fq]

I'm commander Shepard and this is my favorite video on the citadel on the citadel.

[@sigler00]

Great video, and thank you for keeping the length modest. For all its quirks Mass Effect was a amazing and immersive game and one of my favorites as well!

[@TektonicDragon]

This just gave me long-lasting full-body tingles. I truly enjoyed listening to your voice. It breaks my heart that we won't see any more ME content for a while.

[@sydious_s_snake]

Good god that music at the beginning gives me an emotion that I didn't expect to feel Mass effect 2, I love you And you garrus aka my broski

[@MortezaFC]

The Mass Effect modding scene is alive and well. Anyone thinking of revisiting the series should check out the nexus page for each of the games, because for 1 and 3 especially there is some real life-saving stuff.

[@Jordan-ob7nz]

Fantastic video, put all my thoughts and feelings into words. What an amazing experience exploring the Citadel was, I will never forget it.

[@mrredherring2900]

3:13 ("How boring is human life on earth?") brings up a really good point and is one of the things i like about Mass Effect 1 the most: They so *easily* couldve included earth as a visitable planet (even luna was in a side mission, after all), but they didn't, as if to say: F*** it, earth is too boring anyways, we see and live and breathe on our planet every day, whats the point. This is a space exploration game, lets go, you know, to all other places in the galaxy except earth. Its great. And i cannot state often enough how the Mass Effect series as a whole is and forever will be the perfect blend between Star Wars and Star Trek for me. Its the best of both worlds, really, and as someone whos a Trekkie at heart BUT enjoys a whole lot of Star Wars as well, this really is the perfect game. And no, even the more or less mediocre third entry in the series didnt ruin the franchise for me.

[@cq2320]

This show is definitely getting better, good work!

[@uberhitz95]

Really brought back my own memories of playing this game

[@inqueblawt]

This is the Bob Ross of video games and I couldn't be happier.

[@tymtraveller]

Damn I loved those games. Just the music alone is haunting

[@tralfaz]

When I first played ME I wished there was a Mass Effect and The Sims crossover so I could just find an apartment on the Citadel, hang out with friends, go on a date at the new Turian noodle shop in the lower wards. Sigh....

[@saimori7372]

Now I feel like revisiting this again

[@CannedBullets]

The Citadel in Mass Effect 1 and 3 were great but ME2's Citadel was just too gutted.

[@Demigodish4o3]

It wasn't a lot, but we did get Omega, and that was a nice detour!

[@GreatWightSpark]

That's because Cerberus operatives weren't allowed in the Presidium, the best bit.

[@RockinSi]

This was a GREAT video, its made me appreciate The Citadel in a way I didn't before, mainly because I kept getting lost :D Many thanks for this.

[@randomjunk1977]

RIP Bioware. You were a great developer. The cordyceps zombie shambling around at EA's behest isn't even a pale shadow of your former glory.

[@Elkott]

I miss Mass Effect, I played the original trilogy so many times putting hundreds of hours into them, they were just so damn good. I could never finish Mass Effect Andromeda, I may return to it one day but at the time it was just sad to see what became of my favourite series

[@99Lezard99]

feeling this a lot. me1 is my favourite from the trilogy. many hated the mako. but compared to the boring scanning system from me2 its engaging and gives a sense of scale.

[@mattig89ch]

I agree with this. ME1 was such a great game, for so many reasons. I didn't like 2&3 nearly as much as I did 1

[@isaacthelastn7687]

17 times? Me to man. Also I like how they extended the citadel universe with the DLC in the 3rd game

[@vincentdc211]

Does anyone know what the music is at the end of the video? Mass Effect score?

[@sartanko]

This guy really likes the citadel.

[@RobotMax]

I like scifi i think i'm going to check out this Star Track you mentioned

[@ValenceFlux]

I didn't get to playing the first two games but I did play through the third one and started Andromeda.

[@MrMighty147]

This video speaks the absolute truth.

[@Pearcinator]

Instead of Andromeda they should have made an open-world game where you play as a C-Sec agent on the Citadel in the 2 years between ME1 and ME2 when humanity was given a place on the galactic council and a huge shake-up in security based on the "Geth Attack". Humans basically took over C-Sec from what I remember, that would have been nice to see. Also exploring a fully open-world Citadel with flying cars would have been amazing!

[@julians7268]

God I'm still mad about how poorly the Mass Effect property was handled. Andromeda wasnt great, but I was still looking forward to them expanding the series. Seeing the Quarian ship arrive and seeing those familiar races, learning more about the Andromeda system, maybe even one day figuring out more about what is going on in the Milky Way now that so much time has passed. Its is a crying shame. I agree though, this series is easily among my most favorite of all. It is special, and it NEEDS to come back.

[@MrMighty147]

I have the thumbnail picture as a print on canvas on my wall. It's probably the only object I value in my home.

[@Figz98]

Max Power do you have a link to this picture?

[@ronanconcannon8612]

Dammit. Now I have to replay it for the 100th time.

[@vazak11]

A very pleasant piece!

[@Enigma1336]

A true master piece. Puts most of today's big budget games to absolute shame.

[@ZEO241]

seventeen times? Respect.

[@sandisrekis9878]

I remember first viewing it in ME1. I thought it was the best hub city I have ever seen. Easily! And the design was BW at its best!

[@SeraphimaLune]

The Citadel is my favorite place in any game, period. I am so hoping Cyberpunk 2077 has something to rival it.

[@hfg369]

I'm getting those same tingly feelings you described for mass effect but for ac odyssey right now. i'd be perfectly happy walking around and talking to the people and visiting the sights and beautiful scenery even without the game on top. its such a shame that the economy of the game is so malicious. if i were a developer of that game, i'd be really pissed that some dude from marketing came and shat on my piece of art.

[@garrett1433]

I too love the Citadel...I'm waiting for them to remake the 3 games to the ps4, I want to relive these games

[@levianderson8822]

DAMN YOU THUNDER

[@ma99954]

of all the words i would use to describe turians "bird like" is not the first thing that comes to mind

[@HeretixAevum]

Am I the only one that resents that direction that this series went after the first?

[@assuefaciens871]

What version of Uncharted Worlds/New Worlds plays in this video? I recognize the portion beginning around the 5:00 mark from a remix I found probably ten years ago or so.

[@edmundjc]

I couldn't ever really get into these games. All the same, this was an enjoyable video.

[@passwordistaco1]

Read expeditionary force by Craig Alan, if you haven't.

[@nickochioneantony9288]

people who played the franchise first time via Mass Effect Andromeda will never understand the heart break of the ME trilogy fans... this deep connection, this video itself, the canon destroyed by that one game

[@Metaphix]

wish they would ditch anthem and just remaster the original trilogy, add extra flavor quests, new gear, new endings to ME3. i would throw money at that in a millisecond.

[@strex2062]

the only thing that i don't like about citadel is that it is earth like (green trees,blue sky with clouds, lakes) it is too much like earth and becouse the citadel was design for every species it feels off

[@petesandwich3246]

What if the projected plant life is tailored to each species? That would be cool.

[@ma99954]

looking back it doesn't really matter than the trilogy ended on a bad note. the fact we got 3 games set in this awesome universe is honestly surprising. there will never be a trilogy of games with a game universe as deep and interesting as mass effect

[@ShahStark]

I should play mass effect again

[@samueltheprideofafrikarobi9319]

I'm afraid I have to disagree with you friend. I love the Mass Effect series as much as the next guy, but whenever one of these type of videos are made, (the best video game locations), the one location that's always neglected is Toussaint from The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC. I understand that you have a special love for science fiction and that's what drove your choice. But, given the overall title of the video, I just thought that it was worth mentioning since the wine obsessed country is mine. Hands down. Mainly due to its beauty, architecture and richness-of-culture...many of the same reasons you love The Citadel.

[@opiateofthemasses]

F to pay respects

[@Pooltastik]

Funny, I always somehow clock in at ~32.5 hours, and that's me doing everything.

[@duxnihilo]

I liked Mass Effect 3. IN ITS ENTIRETY! @me

[@coldReactive]

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time actually could have been a better choice. It predated this, and had the idea that the universe was in some sort of virtual reality.

[@MrDude826]

Although the Citadel has around 13 million people living in it, I did the math and a total of about 300 million people could fit in it. Cosidering how many people live in this galaxy the Galaxy's capital having alteast a hundred million people would make more sense.

[@sebastiankamp94]

Fine! I´ll play Mass Effect again. Gee

[@Black-Light]

Well I suppose it was about time for me to do another playthrough. I'll see you all later. I have a crew to put together.

[@borsho9889]

All what you say is exactly the same i think. Mass effect is the truly masterpiece of all time. At least for me.

[@SpikeRosered]

A Remaster of the trilogy would be great. Never played any of the DLC for any of the games

[@BlackPrinny]

SpikeRosered man you missed some great story and lore tidbits....ME2 Arrival and ME3 Leviathan and especially the Citadel dlc ( best Story dlc of all time) are a massive upgrade to the base games

[@rianrichardson4297]

ME3 Citadel DLC is totally worth every penny....

[@RamblingSailors]

I always thought it looked a bit sterile, like a deep space mall.

[@stewardo]

Play #MassEffect if you haven't already. Do it for your soul.

[@GoodCough81]

I would LOVE to replay ME games on Switch 8)

[@Raptor302]

These days it would be some crappy monetized social hub.

[@COHOFSohamSengupta]

An open world mass Effect game with Citadel would crush cyberpunk 2077..

[@CUniverse]

I would be all in for playing this trilogy a 100th time if it gets remastered for current gen

[@mattevans4377]

Who is this guy? And why does MovieBob get to make more videos than him?

[@bdleo300]

Mass Effect 1 did everything better than Starfield: better factions, better locations, better companions, better story, better exploration (they even had a vehicle!).

[@jameshenderson4876]

Who is the guy wearing Shepard's armour? Does he work for her?

[@itchykami]

played 17 times? Averaging 3 hours each? Must be a short game.

[@AceyRenegade]

Exactly what I thought. My play throughs of Mass Effect 1 alone are over 30 hours

[@JudgeFish]

it's alright i guess

[@phantomthiefirwin9631]

The fact that Andromeda wasn't set on the Citadel is the most disappointing part of that game.

[@matt5842]

yea.. ME trilogy is special

[@gself2851]

Also a gigantic trash can for the first race to find the citadel .....

[@zico739]

Far better than Halo.

[@eduardmeier1818]

right, but this game generation is over. we can only remember games like this

[@BlackPrinny]

Seventeen times? Uff challenge accepted - Ok I need to get up and continue my fourth playtrough of the Triology. So sad that the ME universe which is so masterfully crafted an is my favorite sci-fi setting is all but nuked by EA and BW....

[@VulturePilot]

Which citadel? Because they’re very different in all 3 games since you go in different areas

[@duckman2709]

But all areas are located on one massive space station called The Citadel. Did I just blow your mind?

[@omkay2569]

He's talking about the one in mass effect

[@dnbenjoyer454]

i think if this guy believes mass effect to be a "masterpiece", they've not really played many games

[@Yror84]

Please stop saying "Star Track", it's making my ears sad 😂😬

[@rezinationx]

Ok boomer

[@DarthQueefious]

KOTOR 1, Mass Effect 1,2,3 and Dragons Age Origins are 5 of my top 6 ot 7 SP games of all time. BioWare's demise is just genuinely saddening.

[@TheLolilol321]

And then you look at Andromeda... robots, humans and humans that look slightly different.