I just finished playing the Mass Effect video game trilogy for the second time.
(In case you're a nerd and have questions: first time as an Infiltrator (Kaiden/Garrus romance), second time soldier (Liara/Thane romance). FemShep forever. If you don't understand that shorthand, ignore everything
inside this parenthesis).
Seriously, this video game is so good, it's hard to describe. It has the psychological depth of Star Trek, the political drama of Battlestar Galactica, and the expansive world-building of Star Wars. The combat gameplay is pure joy, and the voice-acting of Martin Sheen, Carrie-Anne Moss, Seth Green, Tricia Helfer, Jennifer Hale and Freddie
Prinze Jr. doesn't hurt either. Don't believe me? Watch this tribute.
So guess what I did right after the credits of Mass Effect 3?
I started it all over again, starting from Mass Effect 1.
Why?
I didn't like the ending. I picked the non-committal,
"let-the-enemy-wipe-out-the-universe" ending and it was too anti-climactic for me.
So instead of reloading a save and trying for a different outcome I said, screw it. Let's do it all over again as a sentinel.
But the real reason I
started over is that I don't actually want this game to end.
I'd miss my friends too much. Jack. Tali. Wrex. Legion. Hell, even Miranda.
It reminded me of the series finale to Battlestar Galactica and how sad I felt that I couldn't
watch my friends anymore.
So even though I'm refusing to end the cycle, all good things usually come to an end.
And what's ending today is your discounted access to the brand-new Step By Step Mixing Folk Rock course.
The course will close and the discount will vanish when the clock strikes midnight tonight.