The original game had a lot of telling, but Mass Effect 2 is about showing. They also double as great chances to see other parts of the Mass Effect universe that exist beyond the scope of Shepard’s mission. These vignettes are chances for these soldiers to be at their most vulnerable before heading out into the unknown. Thane reconnects with a son he abandoned in his time of need. Miranda saved her younger sister from her abusive father. Some characters leave their Loyalty Mission with something to come back to.
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Samara needs to hunt down her serial killer daughter.īut it’s not always about closure. Zaeed Massani wants revenge on the man who betrayed him and wiped him from the records of a gang he founded. Jacob Taylor comes to Shepard to investigate a distress signal from a ship his father supposedly died on years prior. These segments are all about letting these squadmates settle their affairs should they not make it back through the Omega-4 Relay alive, having defeated the Collectors that threaten all of humanity. Even now, 11 years later, as I play through the Legendary Edition remasters, I’m finding these quests to be some of the best character writing Mass Effect has ever put to page.
But it’s more than just collecting these specialists it’s also about making sure they’re in the right headspace for a mission that could very well be a one-way trip into enemy territory. These include tech experts like the Quarian machinist Tali’Zorah vas Normandy and master thief Kasumi Goto, biotic powerhouses Jack and Samara, and skilled combatants Garrus Vakarian and Urdnot Grunt. The second game in Bioware’s science fiction trilogy centers around a suicide mission, and you, as Shepard, spend most of the game recruiting crewmates to join the team. They may be the star, but Mass Effect 2 isn’t really about protagonist Commander Shepard.
The following will contain spoilers for Mass Effect 2.
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