To everyone who has been here since day 1 or has stumbled in along the way, thank you for joining me on this journey through the stars. To everyone popping in for the first time, welcome and I hope you go back and watch the whole journey! 1 ♥ = 1 Autumn at the Orchard for Sniper Girl and her Biotic Boyfriend🍁
❤️ The gameplay was absolutely fantastic! The ending is what it is, but there a lot of rewards on the way if you engage enough and make conscious decisions and you really pulled through! Can't wait for the next one 😊
It's a lot easier to get the "secret ending" in the legendary edition...had to put in tons of hours playing the weird multiplayer on the original to get enough war assets. Also, it was the only way that Shep lives.
It makes me so conflicted! From a roleplaying perspective Shepard wouldn't know that, and the idea of confronting the past to move past it is a good one. Plus Javik fulfilling his role and then letting the last Prothean die is a fitting ending in its own right. HOWEVER...I really love the ending of him working with Liara to preserve Prothean history.
You did it. You did Anderson proud. You kept your promise to Kaidan. I think you made the right decision. Congratulations! I hope you loved your first playthrough of the trilogy as much as I did.
@@ommadawn8434 it's the canon ending because it has 0 requirement to achieve. it's also the worst ending because of that. i don't need to convince you, it's the truth. but you can keep telling yourself that you prioritized your own opinions over the fate of the galaxy and it was the right choice. cope more.
The old man on the snowy planet with his grandson was voiced by Buzz Aldrin, part of the Apollo 11 mission and the second man on the moon after Neil Armstrong.
This game is very special to me, and I feel so incredibly lucky to have found my perfect playthrough. Thank you so much for taking us on this amazing journey with you. It's been a privilege and an honor, Commander Basique 💕
The stakes are so high in Mass Effect, you really feel like you are saving the galaxy from ending. Kind of makes villains and conflict in other games look like small potatoes in comparison.
Hey basic, thanks for letting us join you on this playthrough. I especially like how you connected with the characters and gave each of them a fair chance. Also, shout out to your editor for adding all of the memorable touches to the videos!
I think yours is the first playthough that caught on that the love interest balking at putting up the plaque means Shepard survived. Congrats on getting to the orchard.
I'm not sure how to quite express just how grateful I am for your playthrough of this game. It's how I found your channel, it's how I found your community. I'm so sad it's over but I am SO SO HAPPY that you shared this experience with us! 😭😭😭
I chose destroy as well. I didn't want any reapers to survive. This trilogy saved my life. In 2007 i came back from my first tour in Afghanistan. Lost good friends. I was broken, lost. Then this game shows up and drags me out of the darkness across this epic journey... In three of the best games i have ever played, my choices in it revealed more about me, then any other game ever did. Nothing has come close since. And i cried...alot!
destroy is objectively the worst choice, but congratulations on prioritizing your revenge over the lives of half the galaxy, you truly proved you are intelligent. in fact, do you know what the greatest sign of intelligence is? being able to change your opinions when you acquire new information.
Once again, I'm so happy someone mentioned you on Tumblr. It's been wonderful watching you go through the trilogy, and to fall in love with Kaidan. This trilogy is something incredibly special, and I'm glad to have you as a fellow Commander. "Tell me another story about the Shepard." "It's getting late, but all right. One more story..." *Player starts Mass Effect 1*
Your stream has been such a pleasure! Not to throw shade at other ship lovers, but it’s so hard to find streamers that romance Kaidan. Your commentary throughout has been a blast. As someone who played the games when they were initially released. I think there’s something special about experiencing this type of game. It’s impossible to get that first impression back, but watching streamers do a blind run is hella close. I’m so excited to watch you play through Andromeda and see who you romance. I’ll be watching your Dragon Age playthrough, too, as a die-hard BioWare fangirly. Thank you so much for such a wonderful stream. P.S. - I was an absolute goner when you said “I’ll be right back” to Kaidan during his evacuation.
Mass Effect has been one of my household games and each and every time i play the series myself I get so sappy and cry my eyes out. Thank you so much for doing the entire series. Thank you so much. 💕💕💕💕
One of us! :) And now you get to wait for the sequel like the rest of us. N7 (November 7th) day is almost here too, you'll get to see the teasers and info about it live with the rest of us. Some year soon, we'll have more Shepard, you'll see!
Thank you so much Basic for playing this game! I loved watching every second and how much you love Kaiden just like I do. You have brightened my weeks with your playthrough and I cant believe it is all over. Crying along with you!
@@basicwitgirl don't worry once a year we gather together to share a hug and sometimes pics. Tomorrow i'll show the space hamster that i made on crochet 😁
Thank you for sharing with us the experience of playing through all of Mass Effect. One of the best, most genuine, most funny, most heartfelt playthroughs of the series that I've ever seen. And of course, it had to be you, as someone else might've gotten it wrong ❤️
It's been awesome to see you make your choices through out the game, reminds me of the first time ME trailer I saw. "Many decisions lie ahead, none of the easy". Thank you for playing my favorite game! You are the best Basic 😊
I’m sitting here at work, typing away, crying in my corner, trying not to ball my eyes out. I’ve played this game so many times and every time it still hits so hard. I’m so happy that you played this game and got to experience the wonderful, heartbreakingly awesome, story your way. Can’t wait for Dragon Age! It’s a very story rich game as well.
I love how you finished the series off with Shep and Kaidan in his quarters like everything was sunshine and rainbows after the destroy ending! Thanks for the ride Commander Basique, it was a memorable one!
I've absolutely LOVED going on this journey with you. I've watched about a dozen ME playthroughs, but yours has been one of my favorites. Looking forward to your Dragon Age playthrough, as well as your Andromeda playthrough (if you choose to record it).
It's made my heart hurt so good how many people have said this playthrough is among their favorites! Truly honored that so many enjoyed Basique Shep's journey through the stars💕 I'm planning on streaming Andromeda as soon as I wrap up Final Fantasy 16!
I binged your ME1 playthrough about the time you started ME2 and have been following ever since. I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. It's one of the best I've watched. Glad you got your happy ending for Shep and Kaiden. Looking forward to your DA playthrough.
My last comment on a ME video while I get ready for Dragon Age…thank you Basic and Taylor for all your hard work behind the scenes editing this beautiful playthrough! Commander Basique we haven’t seen the last of her yet! 🎉😊
I am really sad to actually see it end. Such a journey for you and all of us who were along for the ride. Seeing your sassy renegade Shep through the early parts begin the slide towards Paragon as the story and characters came alive for you put a smile on my face. No game I have played ever made me feel as strongly as this one. I loved each and every episode you and Taylor crafted for us. Thank you!
Hours of joy and humour £20 Taylor £20 Disrespect to Conrad Verner -£1 Not seeing Conrad's full story -£2 Genociding the Rachni -£3 Falling in love with vanilla flavoured cardboard -£1 "Eat this!" £1 Not lusting after Dimitrescu (IDC it counts!!) -£4 Mistreatment of intergalactic news media -£2 Making me shed a single man tear -£5 (me ego cant handle this lol) Making me be nice -£5 Putting up with my abuse for 6 months £1 Great fan interaction (priceless, but im not Eoin Musk lol) £5 Killing Edi and the Geth (two more genocides for the road! 😂) -£5 Taking so many lasers to the face on Rannoch, that the Reapers didnt have enough energy for the final fight £1
Thank you for sharing your first play through with us ❤ Yours has been one of my favorites; you’ve approached it with all the care and love that I would want for my favorite game series, and I’m so glad it’s touched your heart in the same way it has for so many. And I hope you’ll do another some day! I’ll be subscribed and watching til then! 😊
YOU ARE TOO KIND! It's blown my mind how many people have said this playthrough was one of their favs! Thank you for being here on the journey with me and I'm glad I could do the series justice 💕
@@basicwitgirlIt was really really great! Welcome to the family haha! Also, would love to hear your reaction to the original final dialogue with Anderson that was cut from the game -it’s a real tearjerker for sure. There are mods that restore it and I’d highly recommend watching a clip!
LOVED LOVED LOVED your playthrough of this game! One my favorite playthroughs yet! This game is very special indeed and I'm so happy you enjoyed your journey through it! So looking forward to your dragon age playthrough! Mass effect and dragon age are my all time 2 favorite game series!!
I found your channel thanks to the Kaidan subreddit when you were almost through with the first Mass Effect. I've always loved Kaidan, but it's always been hard to find people who even liked him, much less romanced him through all 3 games. Thanks for showing so much love to our golden retriever biotic space husband. 😊 This is has been my favorite playthrough of Mass Effect. You did really well for a blind playthrough! If you have the time, it is always worth a replay to try out different classes and romances. Kaidan is by far my favorite, but almost all of the others have their merits as well. The fling with Diana isn't worth it for example 😂 The endings are still controversial and argued over to this day, as you could see in chat today. I don't want to argue more about them because almost all of us have made up our minds about which we prefer at this point. I will say this though: you chose the correct ending for retirement in the orchard. Shepard only survives if you pick Destroy, and only then if you have enough War Assests. I forget the exact amount needed for LE, but you reached it without nitpicking for every point. Who needs Diana Allers anyway? 😂 And now The Normandy makes it back to Earth, Shepard recovers from her injuries, and she and Kaidan retire and have a big wedding at the orchard. No one can tell me otherwise!! I am so sad to see this playthrough end, because Mass Effect is so special. At the same time, I am super excited for Dragon Age. Bioware isn't done with their emotional damage yet. 😆
Bless the KaidanAlenko subreddit for real!! So many wonderful community members stumbled in here because of it! Yes, I 1000% agree that Shep and Kaidan are living happily ever after in that orchard. No one will be able to tell me otherwise!!
I just found your channel through this video, and I haven't watched your entire playthrough of the series, but I have been skipping around to see some highlights. I just really wanted to say I appreciate you being such a Kaidan simp because he honestly doesn't get enough love and sometimes I feel like I'm defending him myself out here, so thank you 😂😭❤ You're incredibly fun to watch and I look forward to checking out more of your videos!
HI WELCOME!!! I love love love how many Kaidanmancers (AlenkHoes, as I like to say) have found the playthrough! I'll be up on my soapbox for him until the day I die!
@@basicwitgirl LOL as you should should!!! AlenkHoes is absolutely GOLDEN 😂 In another video you mentioned you would replay the party again, might I suggest during the debate between Biotics and Physical with James and Liara, pick Physical for a spicy line between Shepard and Kaidan 😉 And I saw that you had a lil crush on our favorite merc Zaeed, I very recently discovered this voice line and I would love for you to see it too! ua-cam.com/video/Jw2-d55UJEs/v-deo.htmlsi=CnU6W_HwEyRkaX2i Finally, I know you just finished so everything is fresh, but if you ever get around to replaying the series, I HIGHLY recommend Garrus' romance as well. I get it, he was my platonic space bro on my first playthrough too, but if you can get into a different mind set and go after him, it's super worth it too! 😄
Oh man what a journey it has been! So glad to have gone through your Mass Effect playthrough (alternatively, your romance arc with Kaidan with some war going on in the background lol). Looking forward to the second Citadel party (canon ending).
This is more than a game for me, it is very special, one of those chosen ones that transcend the condition of a game and become an entire experience. It was very exciting to relive it with you because of the way you felt it in each chapter. By the way, every once in a while I re-enter this universe and let myself be carried away by its imagination, and now I'm getting the urge again. Greetings.
This has been an amazing journey. Thank you taking us aboard. Looking forward to Dragon Age. I've never completed the first game, but I think I'd settle for watching the first chapter and maybe picking up from a more recent installment.
I couldn't be there for these final premieres and I may need to miss the fun times on Thursday because my life demands it right now, but girl I was right there crying with you on this Monday evening! This has been my favourite playthrough of the series and I found a really cool creator and community along the way, it's been cool to witness your growth throughout the series and seeing someone love something as much as you do is an amazing feeling. BASIQUE AND KAIDAN FOREVER 😭❤
K YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL AND LOVELY AND I'M TEARING UP AGAIN OVER THIS COMMENT! I'm so glad you stumbled upon my silly little playthrough and that it was about to bring you so much happiness (and just a few tears) ❤
So glad your experience of the ME fandom was a good one. In a couple of playthroughs I watched recently, the poor UA-camrs were quite distressed by the end, because of abuse they received from online trolls. Your comments at the end went a long way towards restoring my faith in the ME community. I think you said you'd made a save so you could replay the party. Will you be putting that on UA-cam? The first part doesn't change much, but as it progresses there are a lot of new lines/scenarios that are well worth seeing. Anyway, thanks for sharing your first playthrough with us. It's always a privilege to see someone experience these games for the first time.
ty basic and taylor for an amazing journey. These episodes have been the highlights of my online life for idek how long now, and I look forward to the future with bwg's content as the permanent rotation. Basique and Kaidan will always have the orchard.
It is so funny that you say "that can't be it" at the end when the ship is crashed and you think that the generic will spawn. Because this actually "was it" originately in 2012 when the game was released. It triggered so much gamers anger, that they made the "extended ending" which are all the sequences that you can see after this scene. BTW, lovely playtrought, you are really funny to watch.
I’ve never, and I don’t mean this in a bad way, seen someone have an emotional roller coaster as you did. Well welcome to the Mass Effect Cult!! I really enjoyed your play through you have a fun quirky view. Thanks for sharing your play through, I will definitely continue to check out your content!!
Fyi, Bioware officially confirmed that Shepard indeed survives the Destroy ending. Anyway, I think you should definitely react to the other endings. Each one is unique.
Basic’s stronger than me, there is not a single time I’ve played this game where I have not wept uncontrollably for like 15 minutes straight pretty much as soon as the final cutscene of Shepherd sacrificing themself starts.
I would like to point out that there is one more mass effect game called "mass effect Andromeda" but from my perspective it doesn't carry the same gravity that the original trilogy does. And on a side note, I'm glad that you'll be replaying because I want you to experience the other romances and all the other scenes
Basic, I am so haaapppyy for your amazing journey, and I am so grateful for finding you and your amazing energy!!! It like watching best friend ❤❤❤❤ guurrrlll I react the same every time I see Kaidan 😂❤🎉 I look forward to see your next playthrough, sending happy vibes. Your loyal friend from Latvia 😊❤❤❤
Saying" Turn off the Reaper", is goldem! 😂 As a female player, Im right there with you. Maybe not as animated but my emotions were running rampant during the last mission. Just completed the perfect ending with my FemShep. 😊 Love your enthusiasm and how invested you are in ME3. Keep up the good work!
“You did good…I’m proud of you”. Congratulations on resisting the indoctrination of the space kid and destroying the reapers. Also congrats on getting the happy ending! I can’t believe we’re here and it’s all over. I enjoyed you play through immensely and look forward to dragon age and beyond. Maybe a renegade Shepard? 😬
Fun Fact: for a time, the scene where the few crew members (Joker, Kaiden, and Garris in your case) walk off the Normandy and out to that jungle on that new planet actually WAS the way ME3 ended. It went straight to credits and then concluded with the grandpa and grandson scene. This was what had sparked the big controversy to the game. Several months later, Bioware added the "extended ending", which includes the scenes that summerize your playthrough along with the memorial. It also included the final farewell scene where Shepard evacs his/her injured companions onto the Normandy, Admiral Hacket's, "Holy shit," scene, and Joker being told the Normandy has to leave Shepard behind so they can escape the Catalyst's blast.
Congrats on completing the trilogy - you did this play-through justice and earned your N7 stripes! Now you can enjoy the fun of occasionally going back and trying other options and maybe even a modded run as those are easy to set up on PC and fun to play.
I'm not crying, y'all are... Day one, but stumbled upon your channel during ME2. It's been a pleasure to watch you go through and fall in love with this gem of a trilogy. These blind playthroughs are so special to me. I get to live these games vicariously through others to get that "first time" feeling, and you delivered on that front and beyond. Thank you, Basic. Also, shoutout to Taylor and her fire edits. What a legend 👏. The whole final stretch of this is so intense and so well done. The stakes are so high. You can finally hear Shepard's voice really quiver at the thanix missle part, trying to stay strong and push. There's losses and near losses. The "goodbye" conversations and you having to leave behind Kaidan, Garrus, and everyone else hurt my heart. EDI says she feels alive, thanks to you... I hope EDI can be recovered, but GFUCKING getting the perfect destroy ending. You did good. Anderson is proud of you along with us. RIP Dadmiral Anderson 😢. Ugh. I could use a drink after that 😅 Wonderful playthrough. From under the normandy LED 🫡 💙
"Three choices? Thats too much!" - Not our initial reaction! "That cant be it?" -our actual reaction... Sadly for us, that actually was it on release lol
I'm hoping for a new protag, I think! As much as I LOVE Jennifer Hale as femShep, I think she has earned a lovely retirement after saving the galaxy 3 times 💕
This has been the most amazing ride. Thanks for all the laughs, tears and of course all the Kaidan love!🥹 This playthrough became an important part of my week and I'm honestly so sad now that it's over.😭 But I also look forward to watching you delve into the world of Dragon Age🐉 and experience it as it's also one of my favorite game series!🥰
Mass Effect was such a classic game of my childhood on the 360, especially 2 and 3, and it was a real treat to play all the dlcs blindly for the first time in the Legendary Edition, and make it the 4th game I have 100%ed. I think despite its reception that 3 is my favorite one of the 3 games, because of the hard choices and sacrifices you have to make to win this war, be it Mordin, Legion, Wrex, or Tali, and the heartfelt moments, like Tali saying that Geth have souls, or Anderson saying that we did good.
This is the most important sci fi story since Star Wars imo. It’s so relevant as a climate change metaphor and despite all these alien races it’s really a story about how humans in all of our diversity must stand together to protect our world and all who live on it. Thank you for giving this beloved trilogy a chance and your funny, thoughtful, in-depth playthrough, Commander ❤️
the thing with the kid... the only time he's ever real is the very first time you see him, playing with a toy ship. when you find him in the rubble, after Shepard leaves, the camera pans back to his hiding spot to show that it's utterly destroyed with no place for him to stand, let alone hide. no one helps him on to the rescue ship- weird right? because he's NOT THERE. it's not a coincidence that the "control" ending is colored paragon blue and "destroy" is colored renegade red.
Grats on getting done with your first playthrough of the Mass Effect Trigoly. I enjoyed watching your journey and I look forward to watching you play the Dragon Age games.
1:37:21 "That can't be it" >You should watch the original ending that had the fandom upset (and that's an understatement). Additionally; I highly recommend watching videos of choices you didn't make (and know that you have no intention of doing so in future playthroughs). Lastly, you skipped the credits, so you missed the fact that Stargazer (the old man talking to he kid post-credits) was voiced by Buzz Aldrin. Now onto Andromeda Age Origins!
Thank you for playing my favorite game of all- time. If you decide to go back and play again as infiltrator, the most damage per second you can do is "cloak -> energy drain -> sniper shot", or "cloak -> sticky grenade to debuff a boss -> sniper shot". Coming from cloak then doing a sniper shot multiplies its damage. And if you can find the Valiant X sniper rifle, you're unstoppable.
WELL during my very first playthrough of ME3 I did what you intended to do on the begining of the conversation with the catalyst. The secret ending was spectacular. XD
Fun tidbit about that ending scene (besides the Buzz Aldrin thing): the model used for the child in that scene is just an adult model sized down halfway.
Congratulations you convinced the Illusive Man that the reapers were controlling him. That's not easy to do unless you know exactly how and have a VERY high paragon or renegade score
To everyone who has been here since day 1 or has stumbled in along the way, thank you for joining me on this journey through the stars. To everyone popping in for the first time, welcome and I hope you go back and watch the whole journey!
1 ♥ = 1 Autumn at the Orchard for Sniper Girl and her Biotic Boyfriend🍁
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The gameplay was absolutely fantastic! The ending is what it is, but there a lot of rewards on the way if you engage enough and make conscious decisions and you really pulled through! Can't wait for the next one 😊
It's a lot easier to get the "secret ending" in the legendary edition...had to put in tons of hours playing the weird multiplayer on the original to get enough war assets.
Also, it was the only way that Shep lives.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because you experience it. Mass Effect is special.
if Shepard had a nickle for each time she survived falling from orbit she'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
Ha! Love the reference there...😂
Technically, she didn't survive the first time, though
@@thatguyjax1092 she kept on killing. she survived. because a brief interruption from death is not enough to kill the commander.
The irony is that if you don't pester Javik into reliving the past, he won't end up "joining" his men.
One of the few renegade choices I always pick.
It makes me so conflicted! From a roleplaying perspective Shepard wouldn't know that, and the idea of confronting the past to move past it is a good one. Plus Javik fulfilling his role and then letting the last Prothean die is a fitting ending in its own right. HOWEVER...I really love the ending of him working with Liara to preserve Prothean history.
WHAT THIS IS CRAZY
WHY IS THIS THE FIRST IM HEARING OF THIS DAMN
You did it. You did Anderson proud. You kept your promise to Kaidan. I think you made the right decision. Congratulations! I hope you loved your first playthrough of the trilogy as much as I did.
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Destroy to me is the canon ending, and the only one Shepard actually survives. No one can convince me any different.
He/She Survived at the end of synthesis To
@@ommadawn8434 it's the canon ending because it has 0 requirement to achieve. it's also the worst ending because of that. i don't need to convince you, it's the truth. but you can keep telling yourself that you prioritized your own opinions over the fate of the galaxy and it was the right choice. cope more.
The old man on the snowy planet with his grandson was voiced by Buzz Aldrin, part of the Apollo 11 mission and the second man on the moon after Neil Armstrong.
and whoever modelled "the child" got lazy and just scaled down the adult model, lol. look at the head size.
This game is very special to me, and I feel so incredibly lucky to have found my perfect playthrough. Thank you so much for taking us on this amazing journey with you. It's been a privilege and an honor, Commander Basique 💕
OUCH MY HEART!! Honored to have you along for the ride 💕
The stakes are so high in Mass Effect, you really feel like you are saving the galaxy from ending. Kind of makes villains and conflict in other games look like small potatoes in comparison.
58:32 RIP marauder shields gone but never forgotten 😭
Bro was the Reaper's last line of defence against those pesky organics. He died a hero.
Hey basic, thanks for letting us join you on this playthrough. I especially like how you connected with the characters and gave each of them a fair chance. Also, shout out to your editor for adding all of the memorable touches to the videos!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed! 😭
I think yours is the first playthough that caught on that the love interest balking at putting up the plaque means Shepard survived. Congrats on getting to the orchard.
I'm not sure how to quite express just how grateful I am for your playthrough of this game. It's how I found your channel, it's how I found your community. I'm so sad it's over but I am SO SO HAPPY that you shared this experience with us! 😭😭😭
ALEX PLS I cannot be cryin into my coffee this early in the week 😭
I chose destroy as well. I didn't want any reapers to survive.
This trilogy saved my life. In 2007 i came back from my first tour in Afghanistan. Lost good friends. I was broken, lost. Then this game shows up and drags me out of the darkness across this epic journey... In three of the best games i have ever played, my choices in it revealed more about me, then any other game ever did. Nothing has come close since. And i cried...alot!
I wish more people acknowledged just how important video games can be
destroy is objectively the worst choice, but congratulations on prioritizing your revenge over the lives of half the galaxy, you truly proved you are intelligent. in fact, do you know what the greatest sign of intelligence is? being able to change your opinions when you acquire new information.
Once again, I'm so happy someone mentioned you on Tumblr. It's been wonderful watching you go through the trilogy, and to fall in love with Kaidan. This trilogy is something incredibly special, and I'm glad to have you as a fellow Commander.
"Tell me another story about the Shepard." "It's getting late, but all right. One more story..." *Player starts Mass Effect 1*
GOTTA LOVE TUMBLR!! I'm so thankful it brought you to my silly little playthrough 💕
Your stream has been such a pleasure! Not to throw shade at other ship lovers, but it’s so hard to find streamers that romance Kaidan. Your commentary throughout has been a blast. As someone who played the games when they were initially released. I think there’s something special about experiencing this type of game. It’s impossible to get that first impression back, but watching streamers do a blind run is hella close. I’m so excited to watch you play through Andromeda and see who you romance. I’ll be watching your Dragon Age playthrough, too, as a die-hard BioWare fangirly. Thank you so much for such a wonderful stream.
P.S. - I was an absolute goner when you said “I’ll be right back” to Kaidan during his evacuation.
I'm so happy that so many Kaidanmancers have found the channel!! I've loved squealing over that biotic angel baby boy with you all☺💕
Mass Effect has been one of my household games and each and every time i play the series myself I get so sappy and cry my eyes out. Thank you so much for doing the entire series. Thank you so much. 💕💕💕💕
One of us! :) And now you get to wait for the sequel like the rest of us. N7 (November 7th) day is almost here too, you'll get to see the teasers and info about it live with the rest of us. Some year soon, we'll have more Shepard, you'll see!
Oh my gosh, I am SO ready for N7 day!
Thank you so much Basic for playing this game! I loved watching every second and how much you love Kaiden just like I do. You have brightened my weeks with your playthrough and I cant believe it is all over. Crying along with you!
BIGGEST OF HUGS!! Thank you for coming along on the journey with me!
Thanks for allowing us to come along on your journey through the Mass Effect trilogy.
Thank you for watching ♥️
Congratulations you are now one of us Welcome to the trauma N7 Club 🎉
It's great (terrible) to be here 😂
@@basicwitgirl don't worry once a year we gather together to share a hug and sometimes pics. Tomorrow i'll show the space hamster that i made on crochet 😁
Thank you for sharing with us the experience of playing through all of Mass Effect. One of the best, most genuine, most funny, most heartfelt playthroughs of the series that I've ever seen. And of course, it had to be you, as someone else might've gotten it wrong ❤️
TOO SOON😭💕
It's been awesome to see you make your choices through out the game, reminds me of the first time ME trailer I saw. "Many decisions lie ahead, none of the easy". Thank you for playing my favorite game! You are the best Basic 😊
thank you for watching!!
I’m sitting here at work, typing away, crying in my corner, trying not to ball my eyes out. I’ve played this game so many times and every time it still hits so hard. I’m so happy that you played this game and got to experience the wonderful, heartbreakingly awesome, story your way.
Can’t wait for Dragon Age! It’s a very story rich game as well.
I love how you finished the series off with Shep and Kaidan in his quarters like everything was sunshine and rainbows after the destroy ending! Thanks for the ride Commander Basique, it was a memorable one!
What do you mean?? It's NOT all sunshine and rainbows???? 😉💕
“I’m just gonna go shut this Reaper off”
Why did no one think to hit the off switch before?!
did no one think to just flip the switch!?
I've absolutely LOVED going on this journey with you. I've watched about a dozen ME playthroughs, but yours has been one of my favorites. Looking forward to your Dragon Age playthrough, as well as your Andromeda playthrough (if you choose to record it).
It's made my heart hurt so good how many people have said this playthrough is among their favorites! Truly honored that so many enjoyed Basique Shep's journey through the stars💕
I'm planning on streaming Andromeda as soon as I wrap up Final Fantasy 16!
8:58 What a great encapsulation of this series, lol! You breaking down in tears while Wrex talks about diarrhea.
It was amazing watch you play through this whole series! You did great! Can’t wait Dragon Age!!
I binged your ME1 playthrough about the time you started ME2 and have been following ever since. I have thoroughly enjoyed this series. It's one of the best I've watched.
Glad you got your happy ending for Shep and Kaiden.
Looking forward to your DA playthrough.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the ride! 💖💖
You are as special and unique as this game, Basic! Enjoyed watching your playthrough so much! We love you!!!
thank you!! 💕
congrats on beating it and luved the playthrough. you had me crying right along with you in the end lol.
My last comment on a ME video while I get ready for Dragon Age…thank you Basic and Taylor for all your hard work behind the scenes editing this beautiful playthrough! Commander Basique we haven’t seen the last of her yet! 🎉😊
OUCH NANCY THAT HURTS TOO MUCH!!
I am really sad to actually see it end. Such a journey for you and all of us who were along for the ride. Seeing your sassy renegade Shep through the early parts begin the slide towards Paragon as the story and characters came alive for you put a smile on my face. No game I have played ever made me feel as strongly as this one. I loved each and every episode you and Taylor crafted for us. Thank you!
ROSIE IM GONNA CRY😭
Hours of joy and humour £20
Taylor £20
Disrespect to Conrad Verner -£1
Not seeing Conrad's full story -£2
Genociding the Rachni -£3
Falling in love with vanilla flavoured cardboard -£1
"Eat this!" £1
Not lusting after Dimitrescu (IDC it counts!!) -£4
Mistreatment of intergalactic news media -£2
Making me shed a single man tear -£5 (me ego cant handle this lol)
Making me be nice -£5
Putting up with my abuse for 6 months £1
Great fan interaction (priceless, but im not Eoin Musk lol) £5
Killing Edi and the Geth (two more genocides for the road! 😂) -£5
Taking so many lasers to the face on Rannoch, that the Reapers didnt have enough energy for the final fight £1
LOL not the single man tear😂 I knew there was a good reason I was taking all those lasers to the face!! thank you for the dono😂💕
@basicwitgirl thank you for the entertainment! I look forward to abusing you from various accounts for years to come ;)
@basicwitgirl ps I sucked that tear RIGHT up like that cop in Cloudy With a chance of Meatballs lol
The man who talks to the boy in the post-credits scene is Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon along with Neil Armstrong.
Thank you for sharing your first play through with us ❤ Yours has been one of my favorites; you’ve approached it with all the care and love that I would want for my favorite game series, and I’m so glad it’s touched your heart in the same way it has for so many. And I hope you’ll do another some day! I’ll be subscribed and watching til then! 😊
YOU ARE TOO KIND! It's blown my mind how many people have said this playthrough was one of their favs! Thank you for being here on the journey with me and I'm glad I could do the series justice 💕
@@basicwitgirlIt was really really great! Welcome to the family haha!
Also, would love to hear your reaction to the original final dialogue with Anderson that was cut from the game -it’s a real tearjerker for sure. There are mods that restore it and I’d highly recommend watching a clip!
LOVED LOVED LOVED your playthrough of this game! One my favorite playthroughs yet! This game is very special indeed and I'm so happy you enjoyed your journey through it!
So looking forward to your dragon age playthrough! Mass effect and dragon age are my all time 2 favorite game series!!
thank you thank you thank you for watching!!! 💕
I found your channel thanks to the Kaidan subreddit when you were almost through with the first Mass Effect. I've always loved Kaidan, but it's always been hard to find people who even liked him, much less romanced him through all 3 games. Thanks for showing so much love to our golden retriever biotic space husband. 😊 This is has been my favorite playthrough of Mass Effect. You did really well for a blind playthrough! If you have the time, it is always worth a replay to try out different classes and romances. Kaidan is by far my favorite, but almost all of the others have their merits as well. The fling with Diana isn't worth it for example 😂
The endings are still controversial and argued over to this day, as you could see in chat today. I don't want to argue more about them because almost all of us have made up our minds about which we prefer at this point. I will say this though: you chose the correct ending for retirement in the orchard. Shepard only survives if you pick Destroy, and only then if you have enough War Assests. I forget the exact amount needed for LE, but you reached it without nitpicking for every point. Who needs Diana Allers anyway? 😂 And now The Normandy makes it back to Earth, Shepard recovers from her injuries, and she and Kaidan retire and have a big wedding at the orchard. No one can tell me otherwise!!
I am so sad to see this playthrough end, because Mass Effect is so special. At the same time, I am super excited for Dragon Age. Bioware isn't done with their emotional damage yet. 😆
Bless the KaidanAlenko subreddit for real!! So many wonderful community members stumbled in here because of it!
Yes, I 1000% agree that Shep and Kaidan are living happily ever after in that orchard. No one will be able to tell me otherwise!!
I just found your channel through this video, and I haven't watched your entire playthrough of the series, but I have been skipping around to see some highlights. I just really wanted to say I appreciate you being such a Kaidan simp because he honestly doesn't get enough love and sometimes I feel like I'm defending him myself out here, so thank you 😂😭❤
You're incredibly fun to watch and I look forward to checking out more of your videos!
HI WELCOME!!! I love love love how many Kaidanmancers (AlenkHoes, as I like to say) have found the playthrough! I'll be up on my soapbox for him until the day I die!
@@basicwitgirl LOL as you should should!!! AlenkHoes is absolutely GOLDEN 😂
In another video you mentioned you would replay the party again, might I suggest during the debate between Biotics and Physical with James and Liara, pick Physical for a spicy line between Shepard and Kaidan 😉
And I saw that you had a lil crush on our favorite merc Zaeed, I very recently discovered this voice line and I would love for you to see it too!
ua-cam.com/video/Jw2-d55UJEs/v-deo.htmlsi=CnU6W_HwEyRkaX2i
Finally, I know you just finished so everything is fresh, but if you ever get around to replaying the series, I HIGHLY recommend Garrus' romance as well. I get it, he was my platonic space bro on my first playthrough too, but if you can get into a different mind set and go after him, it's super worth it too! 😄
Oh man what a journey it has been! So glad to have gone through your Mass Effect playthrough (alternatively, your romance arc with Kaidan with some war going on in the background lol). Looking forward to the second Citadel party (canon ending).
there was a war happening while Kaidan and Shep were solidifying their relationship!?😉
Fun fact: 'The Stargazer' after the credits, is voiced by Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon.
*Press F to pay respect.*
This is more than a game for me, it is very special, one of those chosen ones that transcend the condition of a game and become an entire experience. It was very exciting to relive it with you because of the way you felt it in each chapter. By the way, every once in a while I re-enter this universe and let myself be carried away by its imagination, and now I'm getting the urge again. Greetings.
I'm glad I could do it justice!
Thank you BWG. I'm so happy to have found a channel that love Mass Effect AND Kaidan as much as I do ❤
Congrats on your completion of the series! Have fun recommending it to every gamer you know from now until the end of time!
I've already bought it for 3 friends hahaha
This has been an amazing journey. Thank you taking us aboard. Looking forward to Dragon Age. I've never completed the first game, but I think I'd settle for watching the first chapter and maybe picking up from a more recent installment.
Why’s everyone so upset? My play through had a happy ending. All puppies and unicorns. Settled down. Got married. Legendary.
I mean, you can't convince me that's not what happened with mine as well!
And she lived happily ever after for the rest of her days.
this was an amazing journey, thanks for having us !
as admiral Ran has said "anything that can be recreated" i am believing she is referring to the geth. this was back in ME2 during Talis trail.
I couldn't be there for these final premieres and I may need to miss the fun times on Thursday because my life demands it right now, but girl I was right there crying with you on this Monday evening! This has been my favourite playthrough of the series and I found a really cool creator and community along the way, it's been cool to witness your growth throughout the series and seeing someone love something as much as you do is an amazing feeling. BASIQUE AND KAIDAN FOREVER 😭❤
K YOU ARE SO WONDERFUL AND LOVELY AND I'M TEARING UP AGAIN OVER THIS COMMENT! I'm so glad you stumbled upon my silly little playthrough and that it was about to bring you so much happiness (and just a few tears) ❤
One of my top games of all time. Glad you had fun.
I'm very excited about the last seconds before the end-credits 🙂 with your number of war assets there is a chance ...
So glad your experience of the ME fandom was a good one. In a couple of playthroughs I watched recently, the poor UA-camrs were quite distressed by the end, because of abuse they received from online trolls. Your comments at the end went a long way towards restoring my faith in the ME community.
I think you said you'd made a save so you could replay the party. Will you be putting that on UA-cam? The first part doesn't change much, but as it progresses there are a lot of new lines/scenarios that are well worth seeing.
Anyway, thanks for sharing your first playthrough with us. It's always a privilege to see someone experience these games for the first time.
It will be going to youtube, yes!! our "true" ending!
ty basic and taylor for an amazing journey. These episodes have been the highlights of my online life for idek how long now, and I look forward to the future with bwg's content as the permanent rotation. Basique and Kaidan will always have the orchard.
THE ORCHARD FOREVER!!!💕
It is so funny that you say "that can't be it" at the end when the ship is crashed and you think that the generic will spawn.
Because this actually "was it" originately in 2012 when the game was released. It triggered so much gamers anger, that they made the "extended ending" which are all the sequences that you can see after this scene.
BTW, lovely playtrought, you are really funny to watch.
They don't make many games with stories - and more importantly, characters - as compelling and enjoyable as Mass Effect did. Will always be special.
I’ve never, and I don’t mean this in a bad way, seen someone have an emotional roller coaster as you did. Well welcome to the Mass Effect Cult!! I really enjoyed your play through you have a fun quirky view. Thanks for sharing your play through, I will definitely continue to check out your content!!
Fyi, Bioware officially confirmed that Shepard indeed survives the Destroy ending. Anyway, I think you should definitely react to the other endings. Each one is unique.
Basic’s stronger than me, there is not a single time I’ve played this game where I have not wept uncontrollably for like 15 minutes straight pretty much as soon as the final cutscene of Shepherd sacrificing themself starts.
oh I cried for like 2 hours after I hit "end recording" 😭
I would like to point out that there is one more mass effect game called "mass effect Andromeda" but from my perspective it doesn't carry the same gravity that the original trilogy does. And on a side note, I'm glad that you'll be replaying because I want you to experience the other romances and all the other scenes
Fun fact the childs voice is actually both the male and female shepards talking at the same time
Well done on your playthrough of Mass Effect I really had fun watching
Thanks for watching!! 💖
If Javik doesn’t look into the memory shard, he decides to live and see what peace looks like since he only knew war.
Basic, I am so haaapppyy for your amazing journey, and I am so grateful for finding you and your amazing energy!!! It like watching best friend ❤❤❤❤ guurrrlll I react the same every time I see Kaidan 😂❤🎉 I look forward to see your next playthrough, sending happy vibes. Your loyal friend from Latvia 😊❤❤❤
thank you thank you thank you!! im so glad you enjoyed 😊💕
Saying" Turn off the Reaper", is goldem! 😂
As a female player, Im right there with you. Maybe not as animated but my emotions were running rampant during the last mission.
Just completed the perfect ending with my FemShep. 😊
Love your enthusiasm and how invested you are in ME3.
Keep up the good work!
“You did good…I’m proud of you”.
Congratulations on resisting the indoctrination of the space kid and destroying the reapers. Also congrats on getting the happy ending!
I can’t believe we’re here and it’s all over. I enjoyed you play through immensely and look forward to dragon age and beyond. Maybe a renegade Shepard? 😬
For a second there, i thought i was finally gonna see a streamer naturally get the refuse ending. I can just imagine Basic's reaction lol
destruction of the entire galaxy bc I tried to ~unalive~ a hologram child WOULD be an ending I'd naturally stumbled upon 😂
“When can I go to the stars?”
“Literally don’t do it.”
I laughed my ass off.
Fun Fact: for a time, the scene where the few crew members (Joker, Kaiden, and Garris in your case) walk off the Normandy and out to that jungle on that new planet actually WAS the way ME3 ended. It went straight to credits and then concluded with the grandpa and grandson scene.
This was what had sparked the big controversy to the game. Several months later, Bioware added the "extended ending", which includes the scenes that summerize your playthrough along with the memorial. It also included the final farewell scene where Shepard evacs his/her injured companions onto the Normandy, Admiral Hacket's, "Holy shit," scene, and Joker being told the Normandy has to leave Shepard behind so they can escape the Catalyst's blast.
Congrats on completing the trilogy - you did this play-through justice and earned your N7 stripes! Now you can enjoy the fun of occasionally going back and trying other options and maybe even a modded run as those are easy to set up on PC and fun to play.
Love this reaction, This is how i feel playing this game, Every time !!!
I'm not crying, y'all are... Day one, but stumbled upon your channel during ME2. It's been a pleasure to watch you go through and fall in love with this gem of a trilogy. These blind playthroughs are so special to me. I get to live these games vicariously through others to get that "first time" feeling, and you delivered on that front and beyond. Thank you, Basic. Also, shoutout to Taylor and her fire edits. What a legend 👏.
The whole final stretch of this is so intense and so well done. The stakes are so high. You can finally hear Shepard's voice really quiver at the thanix missle part, trying to stay strong and push. There's losses and near losses. The "goodbye" conversations and you having to leave behind Kaidan, Garrus, and everyone else hurt my heart. EDI says she feels alive, thanks to you...
I hope EDI can be recovered, but GFUCKING getting the perfect destroy ending. You did good. Anderson is proud of you along with us. RIP Dadmiral Anderson 😢.
Ugh. I could use a drink after that 😅
Wonderful playthrough.
From under the normandy LED 🫡 💙
Never seen such a wonderful playthrough, well except for kaidan. 😅 That level immersion you gave Was just heartwarming and breaking Thank you! ❤
Kaidan and Basique's slow burn romance was the focus of the series, what do you mean!? 😂 thanks for watching! i'm glad you enjoyed!
"Three choices? Thats too much!" - Not our initial reaction!
"That cant be it?" -our actual reaction... Sadly for us, that actually was it on release lol
actually there are 4 choices...
@Yo_Gerry I know, but I'm talking about initial reactions BEFORE updates. Reject came after
The Next Mass Effect game still remains a mystery. What many are hoping is to be the return of Shepard might also be a new protagonist
I'm hoping for a new protag, I think! As much as I LOVE Jennifer Hale as femShep, I think she has earned a lovely retirement after saving the galaxy 3 times 💕
This has been the most amazing ride. Thanks for all the laughs, tears and of course all the Kaidan love!🥹 This playthrough became an important part of my week and I'm honestly so sad now that it's over.😭 But I also look forward to watching you delve into the world of Dragon Age🐉 and experience it as it's also one of my favorite game series!🥰
Mass Effect was such a classic game of my childhood on the 360, especially 2 and 3, and it was a real treat to play all the dlcs blindly for the first time in the Legendary Edition, and make it the 4th game I have 100%ed. I think despite its reception that 3 is my favorite one of the 3 games, because of the hard choices and sacrifices you have to make to win this war, be it Mordin, Legion, Wrex, or Tali, and the heartfelt moments, like Tali saying that Geth have souls, or Anderson saying that we did good.
welcome to the club, it doesn't get any easier with subsequent playthroughs.
i am ready to be hurt again (i'll never replay the ending and will just pretend citadel dlc is the end)
This is the most important sci fi story since Star Wars imo. It’s so relevant as a climate change metaphor and despite all these alien races it’s really a story about how humans in all of our diversity must stand together to protect our world and all who live on it. Thank you for giving this beloved trilogy a chance and your funny, thoughtful, in-depth playthrough, Commander ❤️
i miss it already 😭
53:10 Yes, that is Harbinger!
the thing with the kid... the only time he's ever real is the very first time you see him, playing with a toy ship. when you find him in the rubble, after Shepard leaves, the camera pans back to his hiding spot to show that it's utterly destroyed with no place for him to stand, let alone hide. no one helps him on to the rescue ship- weird right? because he's NOT THERE. it's not a coincidence that the "control" ending is colored paragon blue and "destroy" is colored renegade red.
Man this ending gets me everytime and Iv probably watched it 100 times basic crying to just got me going more too 😂
Grats on getting done with your first playthrough of the Mass Effect Trigoly. I enjoyed watching your journey and I look forward to watching you play the Dragon Age games.
happy to have you along for the ride!
1:37:21 "That can't be it"
>You should watch the original ending that had the fandom upset (and that's an understatement).
Additionally; I highly recommend watching videos of choices you didn't make (and know that you have no intention of doing so in future playthroughs).
Lastly, you skipped the credits, so you missed the fact that Stargazer (the old man talking to he kid post-credits) was voiced by Buzz Aldrin.
Now onto Andromeda Age Origins!
She did James dirty by not picking him at all
You are so unbelievably lucky you didn’t follow through with that reject option 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm glad I didn't forget the orders, Shepard.
Golden Ending. Impressive for a blind playthrough.
Basique Shep may have been just a silly girl, but she sorta knew what she was doing!
@@basicwitgirl I guess the chance is pretty decent if you're thorough with all the side quests and content. Especially if paragon I think.
Thank you for playing my favorite game of all- time. If you decide to go back and play again as infiltrator, the most damage per second you can do is "cloak -> energy drain -> sniper shot", or "cloak -> sticky grenade to debuff a boss -> sniper shot". Coming from cloak then doing a sniper shot multiplies its damage. And if you can find the Valiant X sniper rifle, you're unstoppable.
I need to buy stock in Kleenex for this one. Oof. Stay strong, Commander Basique. I'll meet you at the bar.
WELL during my very first playthrough of ME3 I did what you intended to do on the begining of the conversation with the catalyst. The secret ending was spectacular. XD
Shepard makes me feel so safe my hero
Great job as always. I too chose the Destroy ending.
Fun tidbit about that ending scene (besides the Buzz Aldrin thing): the model used for the child in that scene is just an adult model sized down halfway.
Here is a hint: If you do not tell the Prothian not to watch the shard, he will survive.
Congratulations you convinced the Illusive Man that the reapers were controlling him. That's not easy to do unless you know exactly how and have a VERY high paragon or renegade score
OH INTERESTING!! I had no idea!
You got the good ending like I did
Yo did good, Basic. You did good. We are proud of you!
IT STILL HURTS
I can't believe this is the final chapter, congratulations basic!!
By the way, how do you take photos?
for me it's F12 on my keyboard through steam!