Aside from some tabletop Dungeons & Dragons, Mass Effect was the first role-playing game I ever picked up. I have to admit that I was a bit of a skeptic when it came to playing an RPG as a video game at first, but the universe and the characters of Mass Effect totally swayed me. Commander Shepard's fight against the Reapers with hi꧒s diverse crew became one of the games I looked forward to replaying over and over again.
Anyone who is a fan of the series knows that despite the many epic moments the games have given us, there have been... less than pleasing moments as well. One-liners that Shepard delivers are face-palm worthy, choices that you as the player make have ended up becoming futile, and don't get me started on Mass Effect: Andromeda. But perhaps the most disappointing aspects of the Mass Effects se🌺ries are the questions that have been left unanswered by the story and the subsequent♑ plot holes that stem from that issue.
All games have flaws. That should be a cemented fact in the history of gaming. But some games have more mistakes and mysteries in them than others. The Mass Effect games are just the kind of games that seem to attract more errors and confusing moments than most other games. (Well, what do you expect when you're dealing with a massive game that relies heavily on player choice and divisive story moments.) Read on if you want to scratch your head with the rest of us at the unresolved mysteries and plot holes that Mass Effect has given us.
25 🍌 What Is Under That Helmet?
I know, I know, this isn't the biggest mystery in the Mass Effect series. But come on! If you're a fan of Mass Effect, then at some point in your life, you've got to have wondered what is underneath a Quarian's mask.
BioWare has only given gamers the merest of hints of what lies beneath⛎ that opaque screen. Thanks to the Quarians' weak immune system, they always have to wear that helmet, so we may never get a good enough look at their facial features.
24 ♔ No Fuss, No Muss
The beginning to Mass Effect 2 was a shocker. Commander Shepard gets mortally wounded, sucked out into the vacuum of space, and ꦡthen actually stopped living. I seriously thought🃏 I had just played a dream sequence or something like that.
But, as it turns out, Shepard actually perished, and he/she had to be brought back to life by Cerberus' Lazarus Project. And Cerberus succeeded in resurrecting Shepard! But if that's the case, why was nothing else ever done with Lazarus technology?
23 ꦐ To Destroy The Collector Bas🍃e Or Not
A huge decision Commander Shepard has to make at the end of Mass Effect 2 is whether or not to blow up the Collector Base. Since the Collectors are kind of a big bad in the game, I couldn't figure out why I would ever leav♓e the Base i⛄ntact.
Some crew members were telling me that it could contain useful data to be studied. But yeah, like I really want freaking Cerberus with Reaper technology. Turns out though, no matter what you do, Cerberus ends up salvaging the Human Reaper from the wreckage. Hooray for player agency!
22 ಞ Blatant Nepotism 🔜
I suppose my first impression of Alec Ryder, the human Pathfinder for the Andromeda Initiative, was that he was a capable leader. That idea of him was shattered in a few minutes when he perished and gave the position of Pathfinder to his offspring instead of to someone (like Cora) who was groomed for the position.
Any semblance of intelligence and integrity that I assumed Alec Ryder had was destroyed after that decision. So began my first incredulity-filled moment while playing Mass Effect: Andromeda.
21 Whaℱt Did You Do With The Rachni Queen?
Choices that have the illusion of making an impact are the worst.♏ Sadly, t🎀hat's often how these RPGs work.
Take the decision Shepard had to make when he met the Rachni Queen.
Her species were known for being destructive, so it was a gamble when you had to decide to douse her🌊 in acid or let her go. If you let her go, Reapers get her and use her to breed themselves an army of Ravagers. If you got rid of her, Reapers use... other te🤡chnology to breed an army of Ravagers. Wait, what? How?!
20 🥃 The Return Of T✃he Leviathans
Commander Shepard was able to meet Leviathans, the creat🔯ors of the Reapers. These large beings had gone into hiding a🙈fter the Reapers whupped them into submission (even though they still sound like proud mother-flubbers despite cowering in caves).
Presuming you destroyed the Reapers at the end of Mass Effect 3, one mystery we may never know is what the Leviathans do after that. No longer fearful of the Reaper threat, would they come out of hiding and claim dominance over the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:other alien races in the galaxy?
19 My Name Is𒐪 Legion, For We Are Many
The Geth are a race of artificially intelligent beings that rose up against their masters, the Quarians, and basically exiled tಞhem from their home world. They are a huge problem, and known villains.
However, in Mass Effect 2, Shepard welcomes an autonomous collection of Geth in the form of a new crew member called Legion. Legion is cool and all, don't get me wrong, but it's surprising how quickly Legion was accepted into the group. Shepard should know more than most how dangerous the Geth could be.
18 S🐓🔴hould You Really Be Messing With That?
Everyone in the universe believed ไthat the Citadel was the creation of the Protheans, one of the first alien races to ever roam the galaxy. The Citadel turned out to be a creation of the Reapers, one of their tools to bring about the destruct🧔ion of sentient beings in the galaxy.
So when the Crucible was discovered, purportedly a Prothean superweapon against the Reapers, I wondered why everyone was so quick to rely on it. The last "Prothean" structure people trusted turned out to be a devastating weapon against them.
17 The Changing Role Of 🦩Krogan Women 𝕴
Mass Effect: Andromeda clashed with lore we had previously learned about Krogan women. In the original trilogy of games, Krogan women were kept separate from Krogan m🍷en.
The genophage that had sterilized most Krogan females was partially responsible, but the Krogan culture had clearly fostered this practice. And yet, in Andromeda, we see female Krogan everywhere. The Andromeda Initiative still came from the same galaxy, riꦯght?
16 🗹 Who Is The Benefactor? ♎
Personally, I enjoyed Mass Effect: Andromeda. I have a deep-seated fondness for hilarious glitches. Unfortunately for the series, I'm in the minority, which means we might not🍷 be seeing a sequel to the game. That means any question left unanswered might remain unanswered.
One of the most befuddling would be the identity of the mysterious benefactor who funded the Andromeda Initiative. There is a whole side mission dedicated to learning about this figure's existence, buඣt alas, no resolution.