@@matthewhainer189 Same, brother. Just took some VTO from Amazon after a pretty rough work out of a quarter, and my new favorite show just happens to drop the next episode.
I am 100 percent certain that the synthesis ending existed in the base game. The extended cut added the refusal "ending" where you refuse the choices and Bioware poops directly in your mouth for it. I can understand where the confusion may have come from, as looking into it for posterity got me a video titled "New Synthesis Ending Extended Cut" but this seems to be referring to the newer version of how synthesis is shown in extended cut.
@@primeradiancy Hell yeah, I "um, ackshually'd" Barry, lol. That one just threw me after all the "red, blue, green, lol" memes back in the day. Love the videos, looking forward to the grand conclusion of ME2.
@@thezurreal Nah, the Synthesis Ending was definetly reachable in the Base Game without Multiplayer. You´re probably thinking of the "Perfect" Destroy Ending where Shepard was breathing. This wasn´t reachable without Multiplayer before the extended Cut
@@thezurreal okay, then i can´t tell you what you did wrong. Because i got the Synthesis Ending in my first run a few Days after Launch and i played the Multiplayer for the first Time, when the Citadel DLC was released a whole Year later...
@@marcel30686I could of sworn when I played ME 3 synthesis was not available initially but I think the code was in the game but it had to be activated after a patch due to the poor reception of the end of the game
@@langyingIt’s counterintuitive. Investing into a power that involved blasting enemies away and creating more distance while also giving her a short ranged weapon. If you’re using shotguns with Jack, it’s better to invest into Pull so she can dish out more damage. But really it’s better to not use her at all since she’s a close range specialist with no defensive powers, making her extremely fragile.
34:20 For those who dont remember: Jona's Dad will die on Rannoch, during mission when you save admiral Khoris. He is the one that asks you to tell his son Jona that his dad made it to the homeworld.
@@LJAndrews1986 like ain’t no way the others are catching up unless they do the refusal/ bad destroy ending as you pretty much condemn the galaxy to death.
Guys I just realised that the last episode of presidents play mass effect 2 will be played by Barack meaning Joe will be playing the first episode of mass effect 3, I'm calling it now Joe will choose sentinel in mass effect 3 to spite Donald
A fun idea, but I genuinely hope not. The bit where Joe's only out for himself is getting stale. I'm looking forward to seeing if Donald is as badass a vanguard as he says. I'm predicting he's surprisingly mid, but still better than Joe.
Guys! You know what I love the most about this series? That the presidents actually have very defined personalities and dinamics, so we can discuss and make prediction about this series
He's also the voice of Dutch from Halo Reach, where he's basically parallel universe Jayne 😇 actually Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk and their characters are kinda like that too 😂
I just realised something Kasumi's loyalty mission was predictive programming for AI deepfakes. With a sample of Donovan Hock's voice she created as AI generated voice line of him saying "Perugia" Holy shit
17:40 - hey Synthesis ending was part of the base ME3. It was just harder to achieve than the other two. But it was there, hence the whole 'RGB ending' controversy name. What they added is the Refusal ending, and actual different cutscenes for each endings, not the same one with differenct colors basically (and only implications of what the ending meant) The dark energy buildup plot is one thing they could bring back in Mass Effect 4. What if after the Crucible fired, and released that enormous amount of energy, that went through the whole galaxy, it affected the starts and the ones already having this issue started to deteriorate fast? And now you have to stop that process because it will destroy the galaxy in time. Find some way to develop some science gizmo based on the Crucible designs and leftover Reaper tech (or with Reaper help if they are around), meanwhile some other, fatalist group would surface that thinks the Reapers should have won, and wants to speed up the dying star process. We could have a star of an important race's homeworld go down, and have to evacuate the planet, but can't save all, that'd be hard hitting. Could even be Earth, since our system is where the Crucible fired from, maybe it had the strongest effect.
I'm sure someone else has already noticed and mentioned it, but the colour of Shepard's armour changes depending on the president playing the episode. Red for Donald, blue for Barack and green for Joe. Consistent with the colour of their favourite ME3 ending.
Seeing Shepard crack a small smile after seeing Tali and Legion kinda sorta get along is akin to a parent watch their kids understand how sharing works.
At 13:30 a conversation starts about how many quarians died during the war with the geth and their immune system was brought up. I thought their immune system became weak during their time migrating through space?
OO Barry is wrong for the first time. Synthesis was available from the very fist moment, but difficult to get due to point requirements. You basicallly needed do everything right OR play multi before extended cut Extended cut dropped EMS requirements by a few hundred and remaster further dropped point requirements
@DomitriCervantes it is but perfect destroy isn't exactly a different ending than normal it just has a different result. Destroy was always available as a default ending with varying degrees of effectiveness you would unlock control and synthesis based on war assets.
@@DomitriCervantes It indeed was. The point requirement for Destroy Shepard survives was even higher, to the point of having to play multiplayer to get it (you couldn't generate enough EMS by just single player)
Maaaaan, I can't wait for next episode! The suicide mission is one of my favorite pieces of gaming content I've ever played; I'm hoping for a little chaos (Jacob in the vents maybe?), but knowing Barry's obsession with War Assets and such, I think the whole crew will be safe, but you never know!
This episode made me think a random thing, what would the Quarians think of the Roko basilisk? Probably not a good one. Also amazing episode, it's so hard not to hug Tali, 99% of players should've done it. EDIT: Hold up! Don ended ME1, Barack ME2, so that means Joe... oh no bro 💀
Ou it's good to see this episode, especially coming off of work. Also finally Donald catches a death. Man hasne't died since episode 3 of the series, but given how he goes on about Vanguard. Can't wait to see how he does with it. And of course seeing Joe get bodied in the next game.
Finally! these videos are my favourite on UA-cam the few weeks between them feel like month's always makes me happy to see the new notification on my phone that a new one came out.
Damn, it's good to be back with boys and adventure of BarDonJoe Shepard! Back when I played OG ME3 for the first time somewhere around 2013, I was surprised to see that Rannoch was actually looked like a normal planet. After geth took over I expected something like Machine City in Matrix - dark skies, tall structures goes up to the sky and deep underground, no life and minimal atmosphere. By the way, Prime, since you're responsible for a lot of Mass Effect enjoyers starting another playthrough of the trilogy, maybe you could ask the boys to rank the most useful and interesting mods for the Legendary Edition? Another tier list like that would be pretty neat.
Oh man, the next episode is going to be wild. I agree that Tali's loyalty mission is one of the best. We never get that much insight into the other Mass Effect races. I'm just disappointed I couldn't bring Kal'Reeger with me on my mission.
There's no better outcome of Tali's loyalty than the sadly long copyright struck version where you pull a renegade interrupt and launch into a stirring rendition of Gunther's Ding Dong Song.
Almost 3 am where I am at. Stayed up playing Mass Effect 1 and saw the pop up. Glad for the boys to be back! Can’t wait for the finale and Mass Effect 3.
This series is so much damn fun, literally the only show my wife and I care about watching when it comes out You can really tell how much work and thought goes into each episode Long live Bardonjoe
Woke up early and clicked on this, thinking it was just another episode, so I could binge watch it all waiting for a new episode only to be hit with it being the one we were all waiting for.
For ME3, I think it would be interesting if you did a normal ending, then did a bonus episode where the presidents use the Happy Ending Mod, and discuss the lore a bit, maybe the Citadel DLC epilogue too? Could be a fun alternative ending.
I wanted to just take a minute to say how much I have enjoyed this series. Who would've thought x3 AI president voices joining forces to do a playthrough of a much beloved franchise could be this fun to listen to? It's like 3 old & biter rivals just relaxing and kidding around with each other like old gamers; it's heartwarming. For just a little while, we can all put politics aside and agree Batarians suck lol (except Bray. He's cool). Seriously though, thanks for the series & hard work you put in. I never enjoyed the Andromeda spin off, but if these crazy guys end up doing a play through after the me3 run, I would watch that. Hopefully, they might consider a dragon age run in the far future, too. Anyways, everyone stay safe, drink plenty of water, and get some rest. We have one amazing me2 episode to go!
Cheeky Stealth drop late into the night.. I'm in I've been doing my Insanity Vanguard playthrough to prove myself as strong as the presidents, finally at 3
I just want to say thanks for your content and your channel! I love Mass Effect and your Presidents Play series is the most entertaining content I’ve seen on UA-cam in quite some time! Thank you very much for your time, effort, and of course your sense of humor!!! 😁😁😁
In case Don and Barry are still plotting revenge against Joe, I can see two options. 1) Barry edits Jack's loyalty or the ship upgrade via the save editor 2) Joe suffers enough on Grissom Academy that he rage quits, allowing Don and Barry to skip the mission and turn Jack into a Phantom
You discussed beautifully my main problem wuth me2 and its reaction to Legion coming to the Migrant Fleet. On the one hand it does enrich the dialogue. On the other they act as if we brought a pet dog aboard.
Proud sailor of the U.S. Navy here. I love the math you did to compare the Geth station to the Gerald R Ford. Glad to be warching your work. Hoo yah! Go Navy!
Geth Heretics decision is one of the oddest encounters in regards to how it's approached with Paragon/Renegade. I've debated this myself for years as to what's really best. With the benefit of ME3 the decision ultimately doesn't matter much (assuming you have played properly to get peace) as Rewrite = geth stronger assets, Destroy = quarian strong assets, although, I think geth are just stronger in general, so maybe rewrite is better with peace. Anyway, the rationalization I've come to is that Shepard really shouldn't be making this decision, they're not his people, and are so alien that he can't really understand them. The geth favor rewrite, if even slightly, so perhaps that's best. Similar to Garrus sniping Sidonis, it's HIS decision. The only real merit Shepard has is the threat of the Heretics, but as Legion describes it, this doesn't wipe them out, but rewrite does, it's just a matter of whether Shepard can trust the geth, which ironically in the end, I'd argue they prove more worthy than the quarians.
Thanks for the episode! I was actually expecting Donald to go for the Exiled Tali and Rewrite Heretics route to make the Rannoch Peace harder (or even impossible, I don't remember the exact points here).
58:44 my faourite peeve about mass effect mentioned. I know Obama VI will be agrreeing with me once we hit that point in ME3. The writerchange that caused one of the few truly alien types of intellegence, along with the Rachni, the Thorian and, ofc, the Reapers in the ME universe to become just like the rest of the convential Milkyway species. 😢😭 I'm eagerly await Obama VI's yapping session, but it'll take a while until Priority: Rannoch By the way, may I request the term "AI" in the disclamer card to be replace with "VI" or Virtual Intelligence. It be more inline with the in-universe distinction between the former and the latter, as these Large Language Models we have nowadays are, from a certain perspective, more like ME's VI's as very big language 'database' interfaces than the self-aware ME's AI. (Honestly, some implementations of ChatGPT and the likes (like in Bing or Google search) are basically exactly what Mass Effect's VI's were imagined to be. Which shouldn't be too suprising, as Mass Effect was written around the times the first wave of "AI" chatbots were implemented on the early web)
You have no idea how happy I am that you’re romancing Tali’Zorah nar Rayya/vas Normandy. My best girl getting the love and respect she deserves! Also, listening to the presidents say “Keelah se’lai” is awesome.
1:01:46 You found them!!! My friends are partaking in a ME2 DnD game I'm hosting, and I'm writing down EVERY bit of obscure lore you mention for the plot. Love the story segments ❤
Whoa. Wait a minute. Synthesis was NOT Extended Cut DLC, it was indeed in the vanilla game. It required the highest assets. I'm 100% certain as it was my first choice and I was extremely disappointed and in the crowd desiring more, prior to Extended Cut. The only ending added in DLC was Refusal.
Nothing better than coming home from a hard day of work and finding a Presidents Play Mass Effect episode comes out
Literally me a second ago
@@matthewhainer189 Same, brother. Just took some VTO from Amazon after a pretty rough work out of a quarter, and my new favorite show just happens to drop the next episode.
i literally just got home from work as well, this is an amazing surprise
Legit same bout to listen while I shower haha
Literally took the words from me, damn right! 😁
I am 100 percent certain that the synthesis ending existed in the base game. The extended cut added the refusal "ending" where you refuse the choices and Bioware poops directly in your mouth for it.
I can understand where the confusion may have come from, as looking into it for posterity got me a video titled "New Synthesis Ending Extended Cut" but this seems to be referring to the newer version of how synthesis is shown in extended cut.
Upon further looking, you're right. Good call.
@@primeradiancy Hell yeah, I "um, ackshually'd" Barry, lol. That one just threw me after all the "red, blue, green, lol" memes back in the day. Love the videos, looking forward to the grand conclusion of ME2.
@@thezurreal Nah, the Synthesis Ending was definetly reachable in the Base Game without Multiplayer.
You´re probably thinking of the "Perfect" Destroy Ending where Shepard was breathing. This wasn´t reachable without Multiplayer before the extended Cut
@@thezurreal okay, then i can´t tell you what you did wrong.
Because i got the Synthesis Ending in my first run a few Days after Launch and i played the Multiplayer for the first Time, when the Citadel DLC was released a whole Year later...
@@marcel30686I could of sworn when I played ME 3 synthesis was not available initially but I think the code was in the game but it had to be activated after a patch due to the poor reception of the end of the game
"They're charging you with bringing active Geth into the Fleet".
1:00 "This will go down as the fastest court case in history."
Donald offering legal council even though he was the one who brought Legion on the flotilla is like giving a shockwave-build Jack a shotgun
What's that mean?
@@langyingIt’s counterintuitive. Investing into a power that involved blasting enemies away and creating more distance while also giving her a short ranged weapon. If you’re using shotguns with Jack, it’s better to invest into Pull so she can dish out more damage. But really it’s better to not use her at all since she’s a close range specialist with no defensive powers, making her extremely fragile.
Casually Starting the episode with the best Mission in the trilogy
Watching this then watching dragon age in a couple hours about to be peak.
@@yojirohanma3809 fr my day has been made
@@yojirohanma3809same here lmao
@@yojirohanma3809 do you mean there is dragon age president's let's play:??
@@TheJykub sure is. They've beaten base origins and are doing awakening now. Have fun!
34:20 For those who dont remember: Jona's Dad will die on Rannoch, during mission when you save admiral Khoris. He is the one that asks you to tell his son Jona that his dad made it to the homeworld.
In my head canon, Shepard and Tali adopt Jona.
I actually came to the comments to either ask or to see if someone posted the point. Thanks.
An hour long episode? We eating good, bois and girls.
Edit: I’m going to stop doing a kill count. Donald takes it.
Are you the real Commander Shepard
Damn straight. Btw, we'll bang, OK?
@@TheShepardN7 Only the Don could make Shepard quit 😆
@@LJAndrews1986 like ain’t no way the others are catching up unless they do the refusal/ bad destroy ending as you pretty much condemn the galaxy to death.
@@TheShepardN7 watch Joe snatch it in the final seconds of the final episode with a galaxy wipe 😆
Guys I just realised that the last episode of presidents play mass effect 2 will be played by Barack meaning Joe will be playing the first episode of mass effect 3, I'm calling it now Joe will choose sentinel in mass effect 3 to spite Donald
A fun idea, but I genuinely hope not. The bit where Joe's only out for himself is getting stale. I'm looking forward to seeing if Donald is as badass a vanguard as he says. I'm predicting he's surprisingly mid, but still better than Joe.
also Biden will end ME3
Trump started ME1 and ended ME1
Barack started ME2 and ended ME2
Biden will start ME3 and should end ME3
Lol
I'm also calling Joe just says fuck it and chooses refusal ending
Guys! You know what I love the most about this series? That the presidents actually have very defined personalities and dinamics, so we can discuss and make prediction about this series
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite channel on the Citadel (and keep those Obama lore dumps coming, I love them)
Love me some
Kut
Kontent
Korner
@@davehoyer Or KKK for short.
Insane we are almost at the end of 2 now , only feels like 5 minutes ago we were watching the Don take down Seren.
*YAWN* Maybe I should sleep... its almost 1... Oh hey a new presidents play... OH FUCK A NEW PRESIDENT'S PLAY!
This squad keeps it ten toes down when it comes to Prime and the boys.
I better see Shepherd’s goodbye to Tali on the final battle in ME3. She has the most emotional scenes when it comes to romance.
Watching the Presidents Play Mass Effect while I myself am playing Mass Effect is one of the best ways to spend a Friday night, nobody better @ me
49:22
So I never speak to these clowns after clearing the ship I always just leave.
Never realized there was more dialogue.
Damn it Barack. Just be happy we got Tali!
And gentleman. It's good to see all of you again. You had the boys worried.
Barry did NOT just say a girl with daddy issues is a red flag when he’s all about Miranda (coming from someone who is also all about Miranda)
The thing is, this channel is so well written that it actually *does* represent the views of the presidents lol
I love that Adam Baldwin went from playing Animal Mother to doing sci fi roles like SG 1, Firefly and Mass Effect
He's also the voice of Dutch from Halo Reach, where he's basically parallel universe Jayne 😇 actually Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk and their characters are kinda like that too 😂
@@zenkaiangel977 yup, lots of firefly references since the gang is together
i love how donald quotes dbz abridged vegeta whilst holding a man-pat nuke in his hand and firing it indoors. truly a ballar move
I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that
Very nice reference
Where was it?
It’s around 41:40
Yea that quote made my day. I always felt like Donald had that Vegeta energy
I just realised something
Kasumi's loyalty mission was predictive programming for AI deepfakes. With a sample of Donovan Hock's voice she created as AI generated voice line of him saying "Perugia"
Holy shit
To be fair it's a common trope.
thats always been a prediction...
17:40 - hey Synthesis ending was part of the base ME3. It was just harder to achieve than the other two. But it was there, hence the whole 'RGB ending' controversy name. What they added is the Refusal ending, and actual different cutscenes for each endings, not the same one with differenct colors basically (and only implications of what the ending meant)
The dark energy buildup plot is one thing they could bring back in Mass Effect 4. What if after the Crucible fired, and released that enormous amount of energy, that went through the whole galaxy, it affected the starts and the ones already having this issue started to deteriorate fast? And now you have to stop that process because it will destroy the galaxy in time. Find some way to develop some science gizmo based on the Crucible designs and leftover Reaper tech (or with Reaper help if they are around), meanwhile some other, fatalist group would surface that thinks the Reapers should have won, and wants to speed up the dying star process. We could have a star of an important race's homeworld go down, and have to evacuate the planet, but can't save all, that'd be hard hitting. Could even be Earth, since our system is where the Crucible fired from, maybe it had the strongest effect.
best series on the internet returns. keep winning, King
Keelah Sel’ai. Much like with Killing Batarians the one thing that unites paragon and renegade players alike is our love for Ms. Zorah Vas Normandy.
Ohh this came out at the best moment. I'm currently on a 12-hour shift time to watch some Mass effect presidents playthrough!
Thanks brother!
This series got me to start a new insanity 1 to 3 run keeping pace with the boys, its great stuff
This has been a remarkably therapeutic experience that you have constructed and prompted. Thank you, Prime, we'll be done, and good luck out there!
I managed to get internet back from the hurricane, and this is what greets me. Nice.
I'm sure someone else has already noticed and mentioned it, but the colour of Shepard's armour changes depending on the president playing the episode. Red for Donald, blue for Barack and green for Joe. Consistent with the colour of their favourite ME3 ending.
Seeing Shepard crack a small smile after seeing Tali and Legion kinda sorta get along is akin to a parent watch their kids understand how sharing works.
At 13:30 a conversation starts about how many quarians died during the war with the geth and their immune system was brought up.
I thought their immune system became weak during their time migrating through space?
You are correct.
OO Barry is wrong for the first time.
Synthesis was available from the very fist moment, but difficult to get due to point requirements. You basicallly needed do everything right OR play multi before extended cut
Extended cut dropped EMS requirements by a few hundred and remaster further dropped point requirements
working so hard to get the shittiest ending..bravo bioware
i thought the prefect destroy was the hardest
@DomitriCervantes it is but perfect destroy isn't exactly a different ending than normal it just has a different result. Destroy was always available as a default ending with varying degrees of effectiveness you would unlock control and synthesis based on war assets.
@@DomitriCervantes It indeed was. The point requirement for Destroy Shepard survives was even higher, to the point of having to play multiplayer to get it (you couldn't generate enough EMS by just single player)
@@DomitriCervantesit is
Renegade shepard is something i never experienced i could never be a renegade, so i thank you and the Presidents
Full on renegade especially in me3 is too much even for me.
Maaaaan, I can't wait for next episode! The suicide mission is one of my favorite pieces of gaming content I've ever played; I'm hoping for a little chaos (Jacob in the vents maybe?), but knowing Barry's obsession with War Assets and such, I think the whole crew will be safe, but you never know!
This episode made me think a random thing, what would the Quarians think of the Roko basilisk? Probably not a good one.
Also amazing episode, it's so hard not to hug Tali, 99% of players should've done it.
EDIT: Hold up! Don ended ME1, Barack ME2, so that means Joe... oh no bro 💀
The prediction that he’s going to sneeze and fire upon the Starchild becomes more credible by the day… oh no indeed
And we'll have a repeat of Virmire from ME1. This time, Barack would jump Joe as well.
It's gonna happen, I said something similar many episodes ago. He's having a senior moment and Don and Big B Obama are gonna do a JJK 😂
@@minibotas9496great prediction, although I think Joe is just gonna be bitter and pick refusal out of spite 😂
I just wanna say i love these vids man. Mass effect is top 10 for me and it’s awesome to see guys like you be creative with it like this.
17:42 all of the color coded "endings" were in the game. You're thinking of the refusal that was added, not synthesis.
Ou it's good to see this episode, especially coming off of work. Also finally Donald catches a death. Man hasne't died since episode 3 of the series, but given how he goes on about Vanguard. Can't wait to see how he does with it. And of course seeing Joe get bodied in the next game.
PrimeRadiancy my beloved
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to announce another banger has graced us today 🥂
Finally! these videos are my favourite on UA-cam the few weeks between them feel like month's always makes me happy to see the new notification on my phone that a new one came out.
Not getting any sleep so you can finish the video gang wya
Present!
I'm here at about 2:30 AM
Here
Fractured a finger getting the noti so fast. LET'S GET TALI EXECUBROS!
Damn, it's good to be back with boys and adventure of BarDonJoe Shepard!
Back when I played OG ME3 for the first time somewhere around 2013, I was surprised to see that Rannoch was actually looked like a normal planet. After geth took over I expected something like Machine City in Matrix - dark skies, tall structures goes up to the sky and deep underground, no life and minimal atmosphere.
By the way, Prime, since you're responsible for a lot of Mass Effect enjoyers starting another playthrough of the trilogy, maybe you could ask the boys to rank the most useful and interesting mods for the Legendary Edition? Another tier list like that would be pretty neat.
Oh man, the next episode is going to be wild. I agree that Tali's loyalty mission is one of the best. We never get that much insight into the other Mass Effect races. I'm just disappointed I couldn't bring Kal'Reeger with me on my mission.
Let’s see what a banger that is this President’s Play Mass Effect is like.
I LOVE THIS SERIES SO FUCKING MUCH. Can’t wait to fold laundry and binge this.
There's no better outcome of Tali's loyalty than the sadly long copyright struck version where you pull a renegade interrupt and launch into a stirring rendition of Gunther's Ding Dong Song.
Finally got internet back after hurricane Milton. This couldn't have come at a better time!
Almost 3 am where I am at. Stayed up playing Mass Effect 1 and saw the pop up. Glad for the boys to be back! Can’t wait for the finale and Mass Effect 3.
Cant wait for the compilation vid to be over 14 hours long.
Good guess, Episodes 1-12 is 12 hours and 50 minutes.
@@primeradiancyIt's my day off from work, so I get to choose the movie!
I thought for sure this would be Donald’s revenge for Ashley.
This series is so much damn fun, literally the only show my wife and I care about watching when it comes out
You can really tell how much work and thought goes into each episode
Long live Bardonjoe
Man deadass chopped his deathless run "for the content"... Goddammit, Mr. Trump.
Woke up early and clicked on this, thinking it was just another episode, so I could binge watch it all waiting for a new episode only to be hit with it being the one we were all waiting for.
Synthesis was in base Mass Effect 3. Only refusal was added after release lol
I would've watched this sooner if I didn't get the notification at 4am but everytime there's a new episode it makes my day. Keep up the awesome work 😁
Always good content 👍
To clarify EDI *DID* send Cerberus 7 zettabytes of porn. The only part of that that was a joke was that “most of it was Jeff’s”
For ME3, I think it would be interesting if you did a normal ending, then did a bonus episode where the presidents use the Happy Ending Mod, and discuss the lore a bit, maybe the Citadel DLC epilogue too? Could be a fun alternative ending.
The boys are back! Appreciate the hard work PrimeRadiancy!
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
I wanted to just take a minute to say how much I have enjoyed this series. Who would've thought x3 AI president voices joining forces to do a playthrough of a much beloved franchise could be this fun to listen to? It's like 3 old & biter rivals just relaxing and kidding around with each other like old gamers; it's heartwarming. For just a little while, we can all put politics aside and agree Batarians suck lol (except Bray. He's cool).
Seriously though, thanks for the series & hard work you put in. I never enjoyed the Andromeda spin off, but if these crazy guys end up doing a play through after the me3 run, I would watch that. Hopefully, they might consider a dragon age run in the far future, too. Anyways, everyone stay safe, drink plenty of water, and get some rest. We have one amazing me2 episode to go!
*When one of these drops it hits different on a Saturday morning. We'll bang, ok?!* 😂🎉
Bringing Legion to the flotilla is hilarious. I've only done it once myself.
Cheeky Stealth drop late into the night.. I'm in
I've been doing my Insanity Vanguard playthrough to prove myself as strong as the presidents, finally at 3
I just want to say thanks for your content and your channel! I love Mass Effect and your Presidents Play series is the most entertaining content I’ve seen on UA-cam in quite some time! Thank you very much for your time, effort, and of course your sense of humor!!! 😁😁😁
Legion is RIGHT there every time Shep is talking about killing the Geth like he isn't all Geth
In case Don and Barry are still plotting revenge against Joe, I can see two options.
1) Barry edits Jack's loyalty or the ship upgrade via the save editor
2) Joe suffers enough on Grissom Academy that he rage quits, allowing Don and Barry to skip the mission and turn Jack into a Phantom
I guess you could kill Kasumi to twist the knife a little more as well.
They got it already by licking Jacks romance by doing the one night stand with her. Anything further would be needless yet
uploaded on my birthday you're the best guy
Its been a rough, ROUGH couple weeks for this commander. But the the boys putting out the next episode?
Better than a surprise medigel.
21:40 She wants a stronger role like Avasarala 😁
From watching BSG with my mother to come here and find a new Vid? Today's been a good day, heh.
So say we all
So say we all!
So say we all
You discussed beautifully my main problem wuth me2 and its reaction to Legion coming to the Migrant Fleet. On the one hand it does enrich the dialogue. On the other they act as if we brought a pet dog aboard.
Your decision to romance Tali’Zorah is the best thing I’ve seen in these playthroughs! Keelah se’lai
Best way to start my Saturday with another boss upload loving it so far! 🎉
Proud sailor of the U.S. Navy here. I love the math you did to compare the Geth station to the Gerald R Ford. Glad to be warching your work. Hoo yah! Go Navy!
Geth Heretics decision is one of the oddest encounters in regards to how it's approached with Paragon/Renegade.
I've debated this myself for years as to what's really best. With the benefit of ME3 the decision ultimately doesn't matter much (assuming you have played properly to get peace) as Rewrite = geth stronger assets, Destroy = quarian strong assets, although, I think geth are just stronger in general, so maybe rewrite is better with peace.
Anyway, the rationalization I've come to is that Shepard really shouldn't be making this decision, they're not his people, and are so alien that he can't really understand them. The geth favor rewrite, if even slightly, so perhaps that's best. Similar to Garrus sniping Sidonis, it's HIS decision.
The only real merit Shepard has is the threat of the Heretics, but as Legion describes it, this doesn't wipe them out, but rewrite does, it's just a matter of whether Shepard can trust the geth, which ironically in the end, I'd argue they prove more worthy than the quarians.
I had a mini stroke today and had to deal with temporary blindness but having another upload makes me smile.
Thanks for the episode!
I was actually expecting Donald to go for the Exiled Tali and Rewrite Heretics route to make the Rannoch Peace harder (or even impossible, I don't remember the exact points here).
58:44 my faourite peeve about mass effect mentioned. I know Obama VI will be agrreeing with me once we hit that point in ME3. The writerchange that caused one of the few truly alien types of intellegence, along with the Rachni, the Thorian and, ofc, the Reapers in the ME universe to become just like the rest of the convential Milkyway species. 😢😭
I'm eagerly await Obama VI's yapping session, but it'll take a while until Priority: Rannoch
By the way, may I request the term "AI" in the disclamer card to be replace with "VI" or Virtual Intelligence. It be more inline with the in-universe distinction between the former and the latter, as these Large Language Models we have nowadays are, from a certain perspective, more like ME's VI's as very big language 'database' interfaces than the self-aware ME's AI. (Honestly, some implementations of ChatGPT and the likes (like in Bing or Google search) are basically exactly what Mass Effect's VI's were imagined to be. Which shouldn't be too suprising, as Mass Effect was written around the times the first wave of "AI" chatbots were implemented on the early web)
just coming back from a night shift, and a new ep pops up... I think I can spare an hour more to watch it before I sleep lmao
What a way to end the week.
Beer,Chips and the Boys on Mass effect
You have no idea how happy I am that you’re romancing Tali’Zorah nar Rayya/vas Normandy. My best girl getting the love and respect she deserves! Also, listening to the presidents say “Keelah se’lai” is awesome.
You know how long I've been waiting for this?
HOOOOO, Donald 'bout to make a *name* for himself here!
Can’t wait for the next one, excited to see how Barry makes his decisions for the final mission.
Waking up to this just made this Saturday Legendary. LETS FUCKING GO
Bro, this series is so good. Keep 'em coming!
1 am with a new PrimeRadiancy video out? Screw sleep, I don't need it.
I clicked the channel to start a binge watch of the series, I got a new episode!
1:01:46 You found them!!!
My friends are partaking in a ME2 DnD game I'm hosting, and I'm writing down EVERY bit of obscure lore you mention for the plot.
Love the story segments ❤
Whoa. Wait a minute. Synthesis was NOT Extended Cut DLC, it was indeed in the vanilla game. It required the highest assets.
I'm 100% certain as it was my first choice and I was extremely disappointed and in the crowd desiring more, prior to Extended Cut.
The only ending added in DLC was Refusal.
Yea that's what I thought even angry Joe brings it up in his ME3 review.
Yoooo man I just absolutely love your videos. please keep it up!!!
Christ bless you, now this puts a smile on my face 😌
I cannot wait for ME3 thank you for this amazing series
Was wondering when the goat Bardonjoe Shepard would grace my presence again 🙏🏼
Oh you geth prime rib bastard, you're late, I was waiting last night.
Keep up the good work.
Fell to my knees in the supermarket when I saw the notification for this video
Bro actually released an episode as i woke up. Good shit and cheers from Romania
5:44 Keelah say lie
The triple Keelah se'lai was awesome.
Glad the boys finally agreed with a romance