Will MASS EFFECT Impress a Scientist?

Kyle plays through MASS EFFECT 1 with legendary voice actor and Fem Shep herself Jennifer Hale!
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[@serijas737]

"That's your first mass effect lesson." 10 seconds later - gets shot dead by an assassin. Well... That's your first mass effect lesson, Kyle!

[@Gyrfalcon312]

😆 Excellent!

[@EclecticFruit]

*holds palm up to side of mouth with a self satisfied smile*

[@gundam2jimmy]

I am sorry, you cannot do Wrex's voice unless you inhale some Sulfur Hexafluoride, or whatever Heliums evil twin is called.

[@elnumbrotres]

@@gundam2jimmy nitrous

[@alexhooi7268]

Kyle: "Sorry, I called you baby" Shepard: "We'll bang, okay?"

[@jarrodcavett2163]

this is such a cool way to show/talk about science stuff.

[@michael_bullard]

I’d love to hear you talk about how Garrus and Tali can’t eat human food due to amino acid incompatibility

[@LexYeen]

So would I. I've always wondered how accurate that all was.

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

Also about what Mordin says if you Romance Garrus. .... Dont, swallow.

[@eonaon6914]

One of the books I've read from author Tanya Huff discusses something similar to that issue. In the series the three main viewpoint species are similar enough to eat most of the same foods without getting sick but they also needed to consume individual nutritional supplement tablets for their specie or they would grow weaker and weaker from malnourishment. Now of course whether the amino acids make Tali and Garrus sick or mildly have indigestion I have no clue since I haven't actually played or read any of the mass effect media, but there is technically a workaround depending.

[@kharnthebetrayer8251]

@@eonaon6914 It causes alergic reactions. Which can be quite serious and even deadly depending on the food/drink

[@eonaon6914]

@@kharnthebetrayer8251 Does the material say the reverse is true for humans that imbibe their food as well? Or is it basically inert for us?

[@ppenmudera4687]

The devs actually thought about the gravity on the Citadel. The Wards spin to get a little over 1g and on the Presidium it's 0.3g. And in the Citadel Tower, which wouldn't have art grav, uses the mass effect to make art grav, like the ships do too.

[@kristiandahl1310]

Really the presidium is .3? Huh TIL

[@chrishusted9296]

Kinda wish they'd done more to reflect that fact. Like make sprinting a little floaty or something or give a reason why we're able to act like it's at 1g.

[@eugenehoitt3250]

@@kristiandahl1310 yeah one of the secondary codex entries in me2 talks about it, not sure if the entry is in me1.

[@ObligedUniform]

@@eugenehoitt3250 it is shown in the 'arrival' portfolio every time to select to dock at the citadel in both 1 and 2, at least for the population and gravity portions.

[@qdllc]

Which makes no sense. If they use ME fields to provide gravity on the citadel, but why not use ME to produce a stable 1g on the presidium?

[@Ulmaramlu]

Scientist: "How do I put my weapons away?" Proceeds to test multiple hypotheses. love it

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

What if this same scientist plays Resident Evil 8 someday?

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

We must spam Doctor Mike until he plays Resident evil 8 now

[@johnmillay6790]

Please explain the monsters ty

[@crisscrossam]

he would contribute to the study of the mold and its effects. he'd be the new mother miranda.

[@bobbytoler5356]

Subnautica as well

[@yoelmprieto7817]

The science of mommy milkers

[@hraefngraves4845]

This game got me into physics, when I was younger I was desperate too help discover mass effect technology lol

[@Shvabicu]

Lmao, that's pretty funny considering the Mass Effect and Element Zero are pure fiction 😅

[@Miguel-jm2pf]

I wish it was real man. That way I could go make friends out in space lol. But hey, warp drives are still feasible.

[@MrWhygodwhy]

It would have looked very cool if they could animate the Citadel spinning, agreed, but you gotta remember ME1 was also a 2007 game...the scenery was already insane for that time, I'm not surprised animating all of it to rotate probably got cut. You gotta just imagine it maaaan.

[@DraconDarkfire]

[Out of game:] It seems unlikely to have been a technological limitation; they would just need to rotate the skybox, which should be very easy (with the exception of some ship cutscenes, maybe?). [In game:] It seems like they might be more likely to just use mass effect technology to produce artificial gravity much the same as on a ship; it's more or less "established" (at least indirectly) within the game to be relatively cheap to power, so it's possibly a lot simpler (and a better experience) than rotating the whole station (easier to dock, etc).

[@psoma_brufd]

@@DraconDarkfire it's stated in game that the Citadel rotates to produce art. gravity, amounting to 1.0 G in the Wards and 0.3 G on the Presidium.

[@DraconDarkfire]

@@psoma_brufd Yeah, I saw someone else said that after I commented. Thought I might just leave my comment there because I was curious about the pros and cons (of each approach); but I guess it would come down to specifics of mass effect technology, which don't exist afaik.

[@psoma_brufd]

@@DraconDarkfire yeah, it is a bit of an odd visual thing given what we know, but was probably left out as a minor detail.

[@MrWhygodwhy]

@@DraconDarkfire The lighting across the background and within the citadel would also now need to be dynamic with the sun and backgrounds which is not a simple change, and that's just one problem it would have off the top of my head. This was a game that barely held a stable framerate, had tons of visual glitches, and needed excessively long loading times in 2007. This was one year after TES Oblivion came out. Backgrounds this vast and detailed were still new, I am sure they were aware it should be spinning but probably did not add it as it was not worth the effort/hit to performance when the game was just barely performing as is and was already quite impressive looking for the time. It would become more standard to account for details like this 10 years later (in games like Prey 2017) when lighting engines were better and less prone to glitches. Also, as a general rule, If you ever find yourself thinking a change in game dev would be simple, it probably isn't. We can speculate but chances are, implementing a change like that is much harder and farther reaching than either of us are giving credit for.

[@ekszentrik]

Not going in the menu and looking for the shortcut for putting away the weapon and instead going through all keys is so ADHD, and I can 100% relate.

[@SkylorBeck]

I mean, it's also how you learn. Trial and error.

[@Angelique8559]

Just went through that lol

[@Tacticaviator7]

@@SkylorBeck Well to compare, I would rather find out what happens to my body in a vaccum from a information source like internet, definetely not trail and error.

[@Casedilla73]

This feels like it’s gonna be a great series

[@matthewlofton8465]

I found it extremely distracting, myself. I couldn't focus on Kyle because of the game in the background (whether he had audio on or not) and I couldn't focus on the game because Kyle was talking. I get the idea of the concept, but I feel this one's dead in the water.

[@Casedilla73]

@@matthewlofton8465 Maybe you’re just not used to watching gaming KZbinrs

[@Ahrpigi]

@@Casedilla73 Memento Mori

[@LBCAndrew]

@@matthewlofton8465 I'd wager that most people didn't have that problem. I didn't have any issues.

[@atakanaydn5751]

SCIENTIST PLAYS OUTER WILDS!!!

[@CHIEF_420]

Scientist plays (insert sci-fi 🎮) [YT has a bot that deletes factual comments]

[@0Jumpero]

I would love to see him geek out playing that game.

[@atakanaydn5751]

@@0Jumpero Yessss. It would fit Kyle’s style perfectly. He would fall in love with it and just the thought of watching him see the ending of the game makes me have butterflys in my stomach

[@serhatsengel3982]

OMG yes!

[@normalredditor2467]

Astrophysics: *exists* Outer Wilds: "I can make a game out of this!"

[@goingnative5814]

'The earth is everything you know and probably everything you ever will know.. Because we'll never..." - Yeah, I'm glad you didn't finish that sentence, bc the thought alone hurts me physically

[@LexYeen]

Come to terms with it, my fellow traveler. We may never be the ones to see the stars, but we can certainly help build a foundation for those who come after us. First step? I say we gotta keep a certain elongated muskrat from filling LEO with space junk.

[@psoma_brufd]

@@LexYeen he actually isn't the problem, Starlink satellites are designed to burn up at the end of their lifespan, other companies may not do so. (And most of the junk up there is from other stuff without reusable parts as we are doing now.)

[@zotaninoron3548]

The weapons in Mass Effect also use the scifi element of eezo to artificially reduce the mass of the projectile while in the field of the gun in order to impart more momentum and kinetic force than with just the railgun alone. Because it regains its natural mass once leaving the field without losing velocity.

[@zotaninoron3548]

@@Bowlfrog44 The effect on the mass is a product of existing with the field. It changes to normal once leaving the field. As 'problematic' as it may be, that's the lore of the effect in game. They fire tiny grains of shaved metal whose mass is brought down to near nothing in order to make it easier to accelerate it to absurd speeds before leaving the mass effect field. Basically all the physics breaking effects of the series are based around the absurd properties of the "Mass Effect" of element zero. Like superluminal flight. The energy imparted by the rounds from mass effect weapons are intended to offer considerably more power at impact than the recoil imparted. Otherwise there is a practical limit to the power any weapon could possess based on the ability not to tear your arm off from firing a pistol.

[@twitchcontrols1441]

Holy crap I nearly had a heart attack when he said a=v/r^2 I thought I was doing all my physics homework wrong. Then eddy put up the graphic and I breathed a sigh of relief.

[@ridesq]

I am assuming he didn’t consider the radius to be 0? But if it is, what happens?

[@royceatkinson]

This is such a great idea. Game streams and talking about the nerd shit in the games. *Chef's kiss*

[@laurensa.1803]

This is how I watch movies. Don't you?

[@Batmanshypeman]

@@laurensa.1803 same as a film buff/photographer I try and dissect the scenes a lot like ok they did this to express this. They chose this lens and angle to convey this. Nothing is in a scene for no reason in good movies at least.

[@MotoCat91]

I'm Commander Shephard and this is my favourite let's play on the CitaTube

[@richardlont4480]

Extranet*

[@thehermitman822]

Sit-And-Tell

[@Killerpixel11]

The game actually references the Citadel gravity. It states that, while the station does have mass effect fields, it relies on spin gravity and that the presidium has noticeably lower gravity.

[@nstorm2415]

Yeah, the use mass effect artificial gravity inside the presidium. That is the reason you can jump out of the elevator on the presidium tower and float instead of falling.

[@claireglory]

the citadel is indeed spinning in some degree but there are lots of structures in mass effect that doesn't spin but everything inside it is still binded to the ground. there is no artificial gravity in mass effect. what they have is an element zero. its like a maglev. but in a more purer form that can be applied through anything. perhaps its a liquid or gas. all of their suits have magnetic mechanism that would bind them with any surface. everything there has that tech. even the crates. because if its just artificial gravity, then they would be floating or hopping while fighting in an open empty space on some planet or moon with low gravity. but they don't. they are clearly sticked to the surface. @18:16 is a good example.

[@majormoron605]

"You know what else isnt making your life easy? That haircut!" Oh BUUURRRNNN

[@dominickthompson1414]

Omg kyle, this is my favorite game series.

[@TheVillainInGlasses]

You might say it's...your favorite game in the citadel?

[@xx4rch4xx]

@@TheVillainInGlasses for that, you should go lmao

[@dominickthompson1414]

@@TheVillainInGlasses well yeah you can say that as long as you dont mess with the keepers and stay outta csecs way.

[@enlightened_gk6602]

I love how Kyle wants to put his weapons back, I have the same thing in star wars games where I always want to retract the lightsaber to save energy :D

[@Murf181]

I believe Kyle was into the funky music so much he called a viewer baby.

[@gorelegrimshank1110]

Kyle, keep making videos like this where you play other games and talk about the scientific accuracy of the game. It's a really cool format for you.

[@AgentExeider]

9:18 They literally show this in the new total recall movie, where once it reached that point inside the earth, they need to flip the cabin upside down, relative to the old frame of reference because now gravity is pulling the other way.

[@captnsquashypant82]

Great value Thor and mass effect. Two of my favorite things

[@ellieg.9595]

I love how he’s doing what I do when I play a completely new game. Playing around with the controls until I figure out what does what. Reading the control settings doesn’t help me, i have to physically do something if I want it to retain. Narcolepsy makes sure I can’t remember jack. Patterns and schedules help tremendously.

[@thehermitman822]

Yeah. Intro computer class in college tested from memory and I didn't remember specifically what the mouse cursor turned into but I could navigate fairly easily after a few tries.

[@mattb9343]

Hehe. Can't wait for Kyle to see the Sir Isaac Newton joke in ME2.

[@andrewbarron1024]

I'm 10 seconds in and I want an entire playthrough of this. This is awesome and exactly what I want!!!

[@MortuusXL]

Awesome, I was looking forward to this series, thanks Kyle.

[@atakanaydn5751]

PLEASE PLAY OUTER WILDS IT’S VERY INTERESTINGLY SCIENTIFIC AND YOU’LL LOVE IT

[@InsomniacDoggo]

All of the stuff he talks about is in the ME1 Codex right there in the pause menu. For example the Citadel's Wards (the big arms) do indeed use spin gravity with a little of mass effect assistance, but in the Presidium and ESPECIALLY the Council Tower its all mass effect generated gravity cause, like he said, the spin gravity has no effect there.

[@ttlpwn34]

Dr. Gero (DBZA) on why one would give a synthetic lifeform a pain response: Pain is necessary for one to recognize when it is in peril. I don't think the Geth feel pain as we would for example, but it's likely some sort of programmed response to being damaged; to encourage it to extricate itself from its current situation.

[@erinkarp6317]

So excited for this to be a series!

[@KeytarArgonian]

First Lesson: Literally explained in the codex.

[@andie3527]

Kyle, I know you’ll never see this, but this is genius and you’re genius for doing it. That’s all =]

[@scottcongdon6736]

This was great! Definitely do more of this !!!!!

[@Fortune090]

Your Illusive Man impression totally reminds me of the old Brawny Man commercials. Gold. Guitars falling from the sky and everything.

[@jcnowhere7876]

Would love to see more of this kind of content

[@zachl7326]

This series I didn't know I needed until now.

[@Archangelusbe]

Aah yes, "Reapers"...

[@Chris_Meade]

We have dismissed that claim

[@BREAKERisDEAD]

What a great idea for content Kyle! Hope to see more!

[@big_dad_energy_6735]

Good job adding fresh fun content. I really enjoy your informational videos but it's a smart move trying different things. Keep up the good work!

[@brynertodd]

This is absolute gold!

[@philippepemberton6001]

Been waiting for this!!

[@GoonerDoomer]

I have waited for this for a small while

[@Shadrio]

Kyle: Sorry I called you "Baby", here are my feet.

[@ronaldmail00]

This is what we needed Kyle. Keep going.

[@wanderpete8922]

We've waited for this for ages

[@mackey4568]

Bro this is an amazing type of content I think you should make more of these in more games for sure! I’d love to see the workings of halo and other favorites!

[@709mash]

Honestly, I loved probing planets and reading up on their composition on the star map far more than I shot things with space magic.

[@sdfkjgh]

3:56 Tuchanka sounds like heavy industrial machinery, possibly a die press.

[@Doginthesleep]

I’m going to binge every one of these videos so freaking hard. Love mass effect. Love your videos. The two together, perfection

[@krazzysquare]

this video was tight af, much love kyle

[@Batmanshypeman]

This is gold one of my favorite games of all time and one of my favorite KZbin guys. Love your content Kyle thank you for teaching me stuff.

[@onilao]

Awesome video dude, love me some mass effect and your science take on it is neat! also...glad to see you are playing jane shepard! :D

[@tylerboyce4081]

This is the stream I have been waiting for.

[@leftwingdragon6235]

Hey Kyle I love the fact you are playing mass effect, I hope you are doing well. I didn't get the chance to mention but I also have aspberg's syndrome you talking about your experiences really touched me.

[@cdvamp]

ty for doing this

[@Ziobroo23123]

What a awsome way to learn things, subscribed.

[@mitchaskew6167]

This was a really cool video man keep it up

[@ZecVal]

I Need more of this. PLEASE!

[@JDGansGaming]

Anyone was hoping Kyle was going to show of the Drilling Sargent and his Isaac Newton speech?

[@Chris_Meade]

Thats in me2

[@JDGansGaming]

@@Chris_Meade It is? I could have sworn in was in relation to how the guns in ME 1 had infinite ammo. Ok.

[@leopoldolorenzini78]

Love the new content!!!!

[@barrybend7189]

0:27 but Kyle in Mass effect the station also uses Mass effect gravity generation as a stabilizer to make living on the station comfortable.

[@mihailovasic4623]

I am so down for this!

[@variableqp]

THIS IS AMAZING!!!

[@CertifiedSunset]

I love this format of entertainment and learning

[@triplodd]

This is so awesome!

[@PhoenixRNH]

This was incredibly wholesome, I loved it

[@thehermitman822]

Whole-sum as well.

[@strangecalibur]

More of this please!

[@pamjarvis2771]

Thank you for very entertaining yet science educational Mass Effect video! This reminds me of my middle school teacher who was very popular teacher who gave entertaining educational experiences that kept information in our heads much more better and he was amazing guitarist who played for us when we had met our educational goals too! I was lucky to have him for three years from home room , social studies/history/government economic to science! He was great teacher who had definitely help me and other Dyslexic students in his calm yet humorous patience and encouragement teaching. He was outside the box thinker in his teaching. 🥰

[@nikspasov5562]

That's super cool, love it

[@darthflash6994]

This was amazing.

[@unnamedx2]

I really enjoyed how tactical and effective his playstyle is, also love how copying other content creators became such a meme in the whole internet

[@kierynkelly7374]

100% gonna have to catch one of these streems

[@terryandjoe]

Great content, thanks.

[@El-Burrito]

I would watch more of this. Great supercut

[@Stimm002]

A few of the gundam series show the difference in gravity on a spinning station at the edges and the lack of at the center.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Then you get Iron Blooded Orphans that ignore the whole idea of Mars having drastically lower gravity than Earth, and the effect it would have on human development and the ability to maintain a breathable atmosphere.

[@JuniperFinch538]

Eugh Ma Bawdy! Love your work man

[@StressedYeti]

I need more of this in my life.

[@thedarknessr]

ok this is my first time watching you play games, and to be honest your hilarious, love all the science while you play, stay awesome bro

[@linkinpark2380]

This is quality content! I didn't know I need to watch a scientist play ME but it's everything 😍

[@TheNeonParadox]

What you mentioned about the spin gravity on stations is something I've always appreciated about Elite Dangerous. Unfortunately flight and rotation assist are on by default, so a lot of players never turn those off to experience a 0g landing in the center of a rotating station.

[@VVVHHHSSS]

I thought the same when I got to that part of the video, Elite is a cool series.

[@YYCUrban]

Hey kyle, hope you are having a good day! Just wanted to say you are awesome!

[@mikelegault9344]

Post the full 3 hours unedited! Loading Ready Run does, and it’s glorious.

[@Frozztastic]

Had to comment, since I'm playing ME right now. Just finished #1. Love your channel.

[@DJTinyTim13]

The beginning of this needs to be “A Real Scientist Tries to Remember How to Play Mass Effect”

[@jodinsan]

Your explanation of the space elevator reminded me of the elevator from the remake of the movie Total Recall with Colin Farrel. In it there is an elevator that goes through the Earth's core between England and Australia that has to re-orient itself during transit because of the changes in gravity.

[@cjboiss5779]

At the very beginning, regarding seeing the Citadel's Ward arms rotating through the glass: Shepard is *on* one of the Ward arms there. What we should see is the nebula - specifically the light source, the star Widow - shifting position as we rotate, not the arms.

[@blackoak4978]

Yeah, they cheapest out on the background graphics

[@cjboiss5779]

@@blackoak4978 To be fair, Mass Effect was developed prior to 2007. Moving Widow around as viewed from the Ward-level windows would have been much more difficult and resource intensive to do than putting in a really pretty background like they did. Besides, given the size of the Citadel, it might be you'd have to stand at those windows for tens of minutes, maybe more than an hour, to see any shift in position. Not worth in time/money investment.

[@Fazelcp]

More of this please ;)

[@zachmcintire1202]

Please! Please! I need more!

[@MonochromeOcean]

I really enjoyed the interludes of science facts, it's a refreshing change to a lets play series

[@yuzuichikawa]

Why don't we just take the entire sun and put it into a battery. " Because you don't understand how the sun works" LOL

[@ryankryzak4754]

I dont give fudg what anybody says Mass Effect is one of the best game franchises out there,(In my opinion), thank you good sir cant wait to see more.

[@keith9129]

It’s always so fascinating when specialists and professionals play these sort of games

[@o.k.productions5202]

Love the photo shop

[@azulaspencer]

amazing, just amazing

[@Bansheexero]

You should discuss that one quote from ME2 where the one officer on the citadel is addressing his troops and says that if a shot is missed out in space, it will eventually hit something, which is why they should always wait for a firing solution. I think he forgot about universal expansion and just how vast the universe is.

[@SkylorBeck]

I always thought it was more like muzzle control on a range. Chances are that you'll be fighting near planets most of the time and you might not always have space as a backdrop on your target. If you fire while facing earth and you don't hit your target, you hit earth. Accident avoidance.

[@caimstear]

can't wait for more conclusive man

[@TGBurgerGaming]

Scientist: Explains gravity. Scientist: Can't put gun away and accidentally shoots someone.