This is the moment where I knew that video games are high art. The way the scene was shot, the music blending perfectly into it, and the Normandy being kept in the shadows giving the feeling of "No...Fucking...Way...". I seriously did not expect a scene simply showing a space ship to make me cry and I wasn't even a sci-fi fan at the time!
Soul of the crew? Edi plugged in aside...the Normady is a part of the crew...she's helped save the galaxy...and her younger sister (SR2) proved that any ship nammed Normady will help get the job done
There's not a single moment in video game history that makes me shiver and get goosebumps all over like this one (except for when ending of ME2, when the Normandy flew away from the explosion, and then Reaper fleet arrived). Freaking epic Normandy.
IM: "I've approved a special lighting setup for the SR-2 space dock." Miranda: "But sir... that's a significant amount of credits. There is no practical purpose..." IM: "Take my word for it - it'll be worth it."
When I started Mass Effect 2 I was afraid a lot of the crewmembers of ME1 would not be there. Same for the Normandy. During this scene I was like "F*CK YEAH!"
The Illusive Man truly believed Shepard would make decisions in the favor of humanity, and trusted in him. However, his agendas for the supremacy of humanity were separate from it's salvation from the reapers, which is why he let Shepard do his thing with minimal intervention (although a lot of oversight).
All these years later this scene still stirs my heart! As a child I dreamed of commanding an interstellar space cruiser. To be able to live and walk through its corridors, interact with the crew and go on heroic missions. This game allowed me to live that dream.
no, a legend is REBORN! This ship is so awesome it has its own theme music. The enterprise has nothing on this baby. She is as much a part of the crew as any of the members, she is the glue that holds it all together... and she is back and better than ever! It is more than just a ship, it is your sanctuary and shelter from the storm. Im so glad Cerberus rebuilt her.
Its weird how the scene give me a "Nice to see you again my old friend" Feeling gives.. even when the destroy of the Normandy SR-1 was just 1 Hour Playtime in the past
when I started playing ME2 for the first time and saw Sr1 getting blown up, I was like FUCK YOU BIOWARE, then this cutsceen stars on my screen. When it ended, I stood up from my chair raised my hands and started screaming FUCK YEAHHHHHH! It has been 2 years since that moment, this cutsceen always leaves me with my mouth hanging sorry for bad england
Everyone talks about the gameplay and story with Mass Effect but nobody mentions just how damn good the soundtrack is. "And let history never forget the name...Normandy.”
There's some icons out there, the Millennium Falcon, The Enterprise, Galactica, Serenity and newly the Rocinante.... The Normandy though it's up there.
Watching this scene, gives me goosebumps even as I'm typing. After so many hours, after so many epic feelings and experiences through the original game and after going through the horror of watching the Normandy get destroyed.. This scene is just.. yeah, I can't explain it. It's like someone returned a lost piece of my soul to me.
I remember this scene from my first playthrough in 2011. At that time i didn't know Mass Effect very well and Mass Effect 1 wasn't available on PS3, so I started ME2 without knowing the first one. I saw this scene and I honestly didn't felt anything. In 2014 I played ME1 finally and replayed the second and...what can I say...one of the biggest goosebump moments in my life and a lot more to follow. What an incredible game series!
I remember seeing it all those years ago. That was the moment I knew I was up for another long, awesome adventure. Mass Effect Trilogy is still the best gaming experience of my life, will be stuck in my head forever.
7 years ago I cried during this scene of happiness seeing my ship again... A couple of days ago I cried during a short Andromeda play-through, realizing how horrible it is and that The Mass Effect saga is indeed over and done.
They truly managed to make players see the ship as a character in the game and also as a beloved friend and companion. So this scene is akin to realizing that the friend you thought dead has been resurrected. I love Mass Effect so much.
Like many others, I got a little* choked up at this scene the first** time I saw it. After the sick gut punch of the first 10 minutes of the game - losing the Normandy - bringing Shepard back from the dead, losing track of all the original crew - this - oh yes, THIS... Sometimes I watch this and some cynical part of my mind is cursing Bioware for being so damn good at being manipulative bastards with my emotions. Then I STOMP on that little bastard cynic until it shuts up. You know what this reminds me of? And in no way am I calling this a rip-off. It IS it's own thing. But the feeling it evokes is VERY similar. The end of Star Trek IV. After all the heartbreak of losing Spock and the destruction of the original Enterprise, they've spent pretty much a movie and a half without a place to call home. You think they're going to never have a ship like the Enterprise again - and it looks like the shuttle is headed for the Excelsior. Then they crest over the saucer of the Excelsior and you see her... NCC-1701-A. Enterprise. I saw that the first weekend live in the theaters. The studio had done a damn fine job of keeping this little secret under wraps. NO ONE knew about this! And I was in a theater with a bunch of my friends in the local Sci-Fi and anime fan clubs making up at least half the theater audience. The cheers and applause were DEAFENING! And not a dry eye in the house!! Kirk: "My friends... We've come home." To have a VIDEOGAME pull THAT same type of FEELS. Yeah. Don't goddamn tell me that Videogames aren't ART!! (*Okay - A LOT) (** Every damn time)
I have to agree with you about ST:IV since even though you know the actors are acting, they do such a good job when they see the Enterprise A that it makes you wonder for just a second if they themselves had been kept in the dark about it.
@aznkriss133 Me too. They stop walking. They're standing at a window and its dark on the other side. Music begins a subtle crescendo and mood change. Joker's sounding proud for apparently no reason "let me fly. And there's this. They only told me last night." By this point you're thinking oh... no... they couldn't have rebuilt the Normandy, did they? The music crescendos fully by now. The lights come on one by one. And you realize you are finally home. ;_;
Is anyone getting super nostalgia right now watching this. It makes me sad that I can't live in this moment again, back in January of 2010, where there was no controversial ending or anger about what was or wasn't in the game, instead just getting one of the greatest experiences and building the greatest cast of characters ever in a video game.
The Tempest doesn't even feel the same, not even 1%. It's just a random ship with apparently no fking weapons to defend itself when comes into hostile contact, with a bunch of some angsty teenager crew (except Vetra, Drak and Jaarl), and a guy that lacks any whatsoever experience to lead them.
Bioware writers are amazing because they made the Normandy herself an ACTUAL character not just a ship.
Its just like the enterprise in old trek she was the most important character in the show
A rare thing nowadays, a story that grabs you like this, better than any movie!
As I am French, it is funny, because our most famous ocean liner, was called "Normandie" :)
@@Condor-uc2lw The Millenium Falcon of Mass Effect.
@@marccolas7531 Well per Systems Alliance conventions, SR1 and SR2 are named after the Normandy Landings in WWII.
"I guess we'll have to give her a name"
All aboard the SSV We'll Bang Okay
Spacey Mac SpaceFace
If SSV was upside down with the Normandy it would spell.....Well you know.
no its the ssv daddy issues.
this has been settled
@@thegeth4293 In some cases it's mommy issues.
SSV I Should Go SR1
This is the moment where I knew that video games are high art. The way the scene was shot, the music blending perfectly into it, and the Normandy being kept in the shadows giving the feeling of "No...Fucking...Way...". I seriously did not expect a scene simply showing a space ship to make me cry and I wasn't even a sci-fi fan at the time!
This scene is definitely one of the best scenes I've ever seen...Mass Effect is beyond comparision!! One of the best games ever
@Lomborg you mean the last spoken line from Shepard we got to hear ever?
@Lomborg yeah, that was the last we heard Shepard speak, because that was the last dlc
One of the best stories ever.
The best.
I get chills down my spine every single time I play through this scene, such a beautiful ship
Yeah. Pure goosebumps.
A Legend is Reborn...
Sweet christ this moment still makes me tear up.. Its not just a ship, it is the soul of your crew.
+Whoami691 Totally agree... T_T
100% agree like with the remastered version, goddammit does it bring a tear to my face
Soul of the crew? Edi plugged in aside...the Normady is a part of the crew...she's helped save the galaxy...and her younger sister (SR2) proved that any ship nammed Normady will help get the job done
Kneel before the most badass space ship in the history of videogame.
yeah. coolest capital ship is the UNSC Infinity though. man that thing packs a punch.
@@jenshep1720 Infinity doesn't have fish tank
@@DartLuke how do you know? we never got to see the captains cabin...
@@jenshep1720 and this is second reason. Master Chief isn't captain of Infinity
@@DartLuke do you want him to be, or why is that important?
There's not a single moment in video game history that makes me shiver and get goosebumps all over like this one (except for when ending of ME2, when the Normandy flew away from the explosion, and then Reaper fleet arrived). Freaking epic Normandy.
exactly how i felt
Likewise, no matter how much I see it, same effect
seriously man. one of the most amazing moments in the history of the universe.
I've thought long and hard, and no moment, at any time, has hit harder than the Normandy Reborn.
@@OptimusPrimeGen1second this
The one scene in ME2 that made me squeal like a little girl.
like me when I met tali at the first mission?
+Jakomi of the Rose I nearly cried when I saw the Normandy again.
+TicTacMage (DefiantFrost) exactly and that epic music in that scene makes it perfect, i want normandy right now!
The entire first act made me squeal so much, i think the dolphins at the local zoo bled to death
А как же сцена встречи с Гаррусом?
14 years later and still get goosebumps from this scene.
I still get a lump in my throat.
My name is Commander Shepard and this is my favourite cutscene in the trilogy.
Now, I should go.
Believe it or not that gun still needs calibrating
With superiority: In my cycle doesn't need calibrations. Stupid primitives.
You said it wrong its
I should GO.
I SHOULD go
*I* should go
My name is Commander Shepard
we'll bang okay ?
Joeth “do I really sound like that?”
IM: "I've approved a special lighting setup for the SR-2 space dock."
Miranda: "But sir... that's a significant amount of credits. There is no practical purpose..."
IM: "Take my word for it - it'll be worth it."
Miranda: "Sir, why do you want a surround system installed in the observation-"
TIM: "It will be worth it."
Miranda: Shepard, why are we spending a 1000 credits a month for plastic straws?
Shepard: Huh?
Tali: You wouldn't get it. It's a cultural thing.
@@doihavetobeg Tali: And it's called Emergency Induction Port.
First thing I thought when I explored the Normandy in Mass Effect 3 is, "What the hell did they do to my ship?"
Alliance meddling
Same. I was like, nothing's where I left it. I came to kinda like it though.
Yep. They screwed up my luxury heavy frigate.
I thought the same
Nah, I liked chilling in the lounge.
I literally cry every time.
I know how tou feel
First time I got to this scene I cried. I was just like "it's so beautiful!!"
This scene made me cry the first time i saw it
1:57 is when you realize you’re about to go on one of the greatest adventures in video game history
When I started Mass Effect 2 I was afraid a lot of the crewmembers of ME1 would not be there. Same for the Normandy. During this scene I was like "F*CK YEAH!"
I nearly cried when i saw this scene
Nevin Rhymer
Not just you ;)
Nevin Rhymer "nearly" come on!
but that's not the same Normandy,the real one has been destroyed.
I'm amazed how quickly people forget the SR1 Normandy
King Derner Cousland no one forgotten it, we knew it got destroyed, the SR2 is its successor
watching this makes me sad....i miss old bioware :(
me too friend, me too
This music is beautiful. It truly feels like your best friend just came back to life.
"A good ship is like a lady. Treat her right and she'll always bring you home. -Admiral Leonard McCoy.
Illusive Man might be the biggest jerk out there, but he sure did a great job at rebuilding Normandy and bringing Joker back ^v^
because he needed Shepard commited. Even when he was handing out all these gifts, he was playing Shepard.
I don't think so,otherwise he wouldn't have bringed Shepard back without a control chip
The Illusive Man truly believed Shepard would make decisions in the favor of humanity, and trusted in him. However, his agendas for the supremacy of humanity were separate from it's salvation from the reapers, which is why he let Shepard do his thing with minimal intervention (although a lot of oversight).
@@Sashi_Mee naaa i played him. at the end thanks but nope- keeping ths ship tho
All these years later this scene still stirs my heart! As a child I dreamed of commanding an interstellar space cruiser. To be able to live and walk through its corridors, interact with the crew and go on heroic missions. This game allowed me to live that dream.
With aliens
@@lightninggaming016 Works for me!
I bet you didn't see this one coming when you played ME2 for the first time!
When I fist saw the normandy SR-2, I hold the stick and smirk like an idiot.
The goosebumps the music in this scene gave me was unreal. I can’t wait for the legendary edition man.
Same
No doubt in my mind one of the best scenes in a video game I have ever seen. I always get the goosebumps when that beautiful ship appears.
I cried when this scene was shown
I saw this for the first time, and I actually cried. The music and normandy being reborn, it just comes together.
You know a game is great when you get emotional and cry during this scene.
Getting the Legendary Edition be like, "it's good to be home, huh commander."
7 years later and it still makes me smile
A legend is born
no, a legend is REBORN!
This ship is so awesome it has its own theme music.
The enterprise has nothing on this baby. She is as much a part of the crew as any of the members, she is the glue that holds it all together... and she is back and better than ever!
It is more than just a ship, it is your sanctuary and shelter from the storm. Im so glad Cerberus rebuilt her.
Whoami691 Nice story bro! tell it again! :)
Deniz Chill i will tell it when i fix some issues in my delorean,yo!
MElekiaZ
No thank you, i wouldn't want to overload your brain with too many complex words. :)
The moment you knew dem reaper/collector were in big doodoo.
AAAAAAAAAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
One of my biggest squees in the whole franchise.
Its weird how the scene give me a "Nice to see you again my old friend" Feeling gives.. even when the destroy of the Normandy SR-1 was just 1 Hour Playtime in the past
0:49 the moment when an old friend is unveiled. So beautiful
when I started playing ME2 for the first time and saw Sr1 getting blown up, I was like FUCK YOU BIOWARE, then this cutsceen stars on my screen. When it ended, I stood up from my chair raised my hands and started screaming
FUCK YEAHHHHHH!
It has been 2 years since that moment, this cutsceen always leaves me with my mouth hanging
sorry for bad england
dont apologise for bad english. Apologise for waiting until 2 years ago to play ME2, lol
One of my four favourite starships of all time.
A lot of people relate this scene with the one in Dragon Age Inquisition when you find Skyhold.
more like, bioware kopied this one for DAI.
well its a typical element of biowares story telling.
After getting weak ass stupid Tempest cutscene in Andromeda with stupid pilots watching this felt so good
Everyone talks about the gameplay and story with Mass Effect but nobody mentions just how damn good the soundtrack is.
"And let history never forget the name...Normandy.”
music is fking majestic as, the ship just pulling out 1:56 with that music,
good vibes
On of the best game moment ever
There's some icons out there, the Millennium Falcon, The Enterprise, Galactica, Serenity and newly the Rocinante.... The Normandy though it's up there.
Watching this scene, gives me goosebumps even as I'm typing. After so many hours, after so many epic feelings and experiences through the original game and after going through the horror of watching the Normandy get destroyed..
This scene is just.. yeah, I can't explain it. It's like someone returned a lost piece of my soul to me.
Normandy's return was more emotional for me than seeing the Enterprise in all three star trek movies
0:40 The moment when you knew that whatever came next, you had a chance to make it right.
One of my favorite scenes in my favorite game of all time. I get chills each and every time.
Shepard: I guess we'll have to give her a name...Welcome to the Qwib Qwib SR2
Joker: ...
I remember this scene from my first playthrough in 2011. At that time i didn't know Mass Effect very well and Mass Effect 1 wasn't available on PS3, so I started ME2 without knowing the first one. I saw this scene and I honestly didn't felt anything. In 2014 I played ME1 finally and replayed the second and...what can I say...one of the biggest goosebump moments in my life and a lot more to follow. What an incredible game series!
I remember seeing it all those years ago. That was the moment I knew I was up for another long, awesome adventure. Mass Effect Trilogy is still the best gaming experience of my life, will be stuck in my head forever.
Ah I still remember watching this scene back on the release day of Mass Effect 2. Nice memories.
I place the Normandy UP THERE in the list of legendary starships, with Millenium Falcon and USS Enterprise. It is that iconic.
0:49 What everyone is really here for
7 years ago I cried during this scene of happiness seeing my ship again... A couple of days ago I cried during a short Andromeda play-through, realizing how horrible it is and that The Mass Effect saga is indeed over and done.
STILL one of the few moments in gaming that makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end...
you're not the only one
I second that ^
Tali Zorah I just love this :D
They truly managed to make players see the ship as a character in the game and also as a beloved friend and companion. So this scene is akin to realizing that the friend you thought dead has been resurrected. I love Mass Effect so much.
This literally made me tear up the first time I saw it T_T
this is one of best surprise moments in a game i can think of when i saw the normandy again
1:28 Opening the dock and revving up that engine and straight to FTL... Gets me everytime
First time I played and got to this scene. The chills
Goosebumps every time I see this the music in this game is amazing
Like many others, I got a little* choked up at this scene the first** time I saw it. After the sick gut punch of the first 10 minutes of the game - losing the Normandy - bringing Shepard back from the dead, losing track of all the original crew - this - oh yes, THIS...
Sometimes I watch this and some cynical part of my mind is cursing Bioware for being so damn good at being manipulative bastards with my emotions.
Then I STOMP on that little bastard cynic until it shuts up.
You know what this reminds me of? And in no way am I calling this a rip-off. It IS it's own thing. But the feeling it evokes is VERY similar.
The end of Star Trek IV. After all the heartbreak of losing Spock and the destruction of the original Enterprise, they've spent pretty much a movie and a half without a place to call home. You think they're going to never have a ship like the Enterprise again - and it looks like the shuttle is headed for the Excelsior.
Then they crest over the saucer of the Excelsior and you see her... NCC-1701-A. Enterprise.
I saw that the first weekend live in the theaters. The studio had done a damn fine job of keeping this little secret under wraps. NO ONE knew about this! And I was in a theater with a bunch of my friends in the local Sci-Fi and anime fan clubs making up at least half the theater audience.
The cheers and applause were DEAFENING! And not a dry eye in the house!!
Kirk: "My friends... We've come home."
To have a VIDEOGAME pull THAT same type of FEELS.
Yeah.
Don't goddamn tell me that Videogames aren't ART!!
(*Okay - A LOT)
(** Every damn time)
I have to agree with you about ST:IV since even though you know the actors are acting, they do such a good job when they see the Enterprise A that it makes you wonder for just a second if they themselves had been kept in the dark about it.
Instant. Insane goosebumps every time at 1:08
Ugh the score the lights the emotions it’s all so beautiful. It’s the best
And this was the moment that the galaxy breathed again
I can't watch this without crying ever.
I remember seeing this for the first time. I had a smile on my face saying "she's back" 😃
The Tempest in Mass Effect Andromeda will never be as cool as the Normandy.
oooooh the warm feeling when u get when u see the ship and joker QuQ
The way that bioware kept the reborn Normandy hidden until the right moment and the music is just perfect I always tear up
The chills... every time
Moment I see the ship "holy shit Cerberus is my new friends"
The captain fell and rose from the dead with his ship.
1:27 Opening
Man when I saw those floodlights come on the first time, I got goosebumps.
maaan it never gets old, thank you Bioware!
That moment when the engines of the Normandy start to coming to life, i was: "That's it, wake up girl, we have work to do"
1:48
@aznkriss133 Me too.
They stop walking. They're standing at a window and its dark on the other side. Music begins a subtle crescendo and mood change. Joker's sounding proud for apparently no reason "let me fly. And there's this. They only told me last night." By this point you're thinking oh... no... they couldn't have rebuilt the Normandy, did they? The music crescendos fully by now. The lights come on one by one. And you realize you are finally home. ;_;
This is going to make us all totally nostalgic when we get older :')
it already has :')
Imagine how this is going to look in the Legendary Edition guys...
Can't wait to experience this scene in 4K... 7 days to go
I can never quite get over this part. The music makes it especially epic.
The fact that I still get goosebumps whilst watching this after 3 years... WOW
1:30 I present the Astro Megaship Mk2. Fresh off the construction yards of KL-35, the fastest spaceship in the galaxy.
The music in this scene is some of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard
"Name your favorite space ship!"
"uhm...the Enterprise?"
"Wrong answer, try again!"
We know there's only one answer to that question^^
She looks better in Alliance blue, but this is a great scene.
I think the Cerberus colors look better.
You humans are all racist.
That she does, but to see our baby again is the most amazing thing in the game
Yeah. But lets be honest. Such a beautiful and elegant ship would look amazing in any Mass Effect faction color.
Thank you for posting this awesome scene.
The Normandy will always be one of my favorite ships in any game. Normandy Forever!
Is anyone getting super nostalgia right now watching this. It makes me sad that I can't live in this moment again, back in January of 2010, where there was no controversial ending or anger about what was or wasn't in the game, instead just getting one of the greatest experiences and building the greatest cast of characters ever in a video game.
I honestly get chills everytime I see this scene. They did such an amazing job with music in ME2. I listen to the soundtrack all the time!
Compared now to ME Andromedas reveal of the Tempest it doesn't even measure up to Normandy SR2... Shame...
The Tempest doesn't even feel the same, not even 1%. It's just a random ship with apparently no fking weapons to defend itself when comes into hostile contact, with a bunch of some angsty teenager crew (except Vetra, Drak and Jaarl), and a guy that lacks any whatsoever experience to lead them.
mayb thats cuz u only just got introduced to the ship in that game, genius. This scene is a reunion.
This gonna be lit again in legendary edition.
This scene and its accompaning music almost brings me to tears. It's simply beautiful.
This moment in the game, oh my god was i fucking hyped for this shit.
Bartkus Productions I said "YES" out loud when I saw the Normandy again
She's so beautiful....One of my favorite parts of the game. Gets me every time T_T
This is one of the those 'Star Trek' moments
The theme playing and the screen shuddering at 1:54 as the ship passes under light on her exit gives me goose bumps every time.