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First things first, sorry for the dramatic title, though what I'm asking does have a bit of truth to it. First, a little bit of backstory.

When Mass Effect first came out, I never had the funds for it, and as a result, I've missed all parts of the trilogy until recenty, I bought all 3 at once, where I "quickly" (over 170 hours game time) fired through them all within a short space of time. I say this so you'd appreciate that I got all of the information contained in 5 years worth of gaming, crammed into little over a week.

My issue/query/confusion is in the relationships that I formed in my Mass Effect playthrough, more specifically the intensity of them. Having known little of the series, I jumped into the first game, and from a little after their first encounter, I took an interest to Tali. I went through the first game without getting into a relationship (I accidently started a little with Ashley - she took what I said the wrong way). Into the second game, I met Tali, and started a relationship when I could, and in hindsight, I never socialised with her as much as I should have, as I put the mission too far ahead of everything at time. Into the third game, my heart genuinely skipped a beat finding Tali again - you know that fuzzy feeling you get, and I made a point of not repeating myself, and so I visited often. Come the end of the third game, I got teary-eyed at their final goobye, it still sets me off ("I have a home." ... D': ), while at the very end, I was crestfallen. I never knew what to do with myself, and outside of the game, IN REAL LIFE for crying out loud, I felt genuinely depressed! My Shepard lived, and with the information from the extended cut, I was able to piece together an ending that I was happy with, and I got the happy ending I always imagined, even if it will always just be kept in my mind.

Now that you know my very general experience, it's worth mentioning I am heavily interested in role-playing, and every action I took wasn't just advancing in a game, but a personal decision. As such, I involved myself, got immersed into the story more than I thought I could, and I found myself caring about Tali, caring about her future with Shepard, loving her little quirks, wanting to build a home together, feeling a little jealousy when Garrus gets a little too close to her. Come the end of the game, as much as I can form an ending of my own, I actually miss her as I would if she were real. And so that leads to my question: WHY am I feeling this way? I'm feeling these same real emotions as I would in reality - FOR A SET OF PIXELS! At the end of the day, it's just a game, how could that evoke such a response? I won't lie, it's a little unsettling, and I'm not even sure if I should feel like I'm a weirdo. Perhaps an overload of emotions, cramming everything in just over a week? Perhaps an active imagination? I don't know!:crying:

Edit: WARNING: This thread has descended to mai waifu, sweat play, and all manners of kinky schenanigans. Continue at your peril.

Much kinky

Modifié par Condooo, 30 novembre 2013 - 03:09 .


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You're not being weird. You've just experienced the experience, so give yourself time to settle. In the end, you'll be happy and grateful you had it. This is why there's so much passion for the trilogy.

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You successfully suspended your disbelief is all.

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At least you got that. Imagine how we felt with the Original Ending.

I had James and Kaidan with me on the final run to the beam. Then I got hit by Harbinger. I fell to the ground. I got up, then shot three husks, and then Marauder Shields. Then I went up the beam for the confrontation with The Illusive Man. I was ready for the epic ending. I chose destroy. The mass relays were destroyed (not damaged, but destroyed), the Normandy crashed, and I got this pathetic gasp. Liara and Javik and Joker were stuck forever on this planet with no way of getting back. I only wanted to see Liara again. Was that too much to ask? Apparently, it was.

Waifus are serious.

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Nothing strange about it at all. You got into the story and Shepard became you and you felt for Tali what Shepard felt for her. If I could get a guy like Kaidan I would be set for life.

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Hazegurl wrote...

Nothing strange about it at all. You got into the story and Shepard became you and you felt for Tali what Shepard felt for her. If I could get a guy like Kaidan I would be set for life.


There is no one alive with that much integrity.

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Sion1138 wrote...

Hazegurl wrote...

Nothing strange about it at all. You got into the story and Shepard became you and you felt for Tali what Shepard felt for her. If I could get a guy like Kaidan I would be set for life.


There is no one alive with that much integrity.


The Anti Kaiden on the other hand......

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Redbelle wrote...

Sion1138 wrote...

Hazegurl wrote...

Nothing strange about it at all. You got into the story and Shepard became you and you felt for Tali what Shepard felt for her. If I could get a guy like Kaidan I would be set for life.


There is no one alive with that much integrity.


The Anti Kaiden on the other hand......



same here...:wub:

my first playthough of the orignal endding?  I got Kaidan killed on the beam run. i was more focused on the story and what was unfolding, and i didnt know about them EMS system or that i had to play multi player to get a "Good"Ending. so just after Shepard got hit by Harrby's beam, I couldn't see him anywhere then.. i found his pixaled body, I litarly gasped "NO! KADIAN?!!" and as i said that, my shepard fell infrount of him... 
i was acctully more hartbroken then when mordin and thane died.:crying: 

hell I even hate it when My Shepard had to yell at Kaidan on Mars...

I maybe too attached to him....:?

Modifié par ShallowlLife9871, 29 novembre 2013 - 12:42 .


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You'll get over it, eventually.

EDIT: I hope you do. Speaking from personal experience, having a waifu is bad for your mental health.

Modifié par ThisOnesUsername, 29 novembre 2013 - 01:31 .


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Well, I literally had tears in my eyes right along with Sam Gamgee when Frodo sailed off into the west at the end LotR. Never did feel that way about any of the ME characters, even though I do like them.

Simple cure: do another playthrough and romance someone else.

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Screenbetween wrote...

You're not being weird. You've just experienced the experience, so give yourself time to settle. In the end, you'll be happy and grateful you had it. This is why there's so much passion for the trilogy.


I have no doubt. People may complain to the end of time about the ending, and whether or not you liked it, it's hard to say you never enjoyed the trilogy, faults and all, and the voice acting and character writing was top class. The fact that the series has evoked so many different emotions in me is testiment to it's successfulness. No regrets.

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

At least you got that. Imagine how we felt with the Original Ending. 

I had James and Kaidan with me on the final run to the beam. Then I got hit by Harbinger. I fell to the ground. I got up, then shot three husks, and then Marauder Shields. Then I went up the beam for the confrontation with The Illusive Man. I was ready for the epic ending. I chose destroy. The mass relays were destroyed (not damaged, but destroyed), the Normandy crashed, and I got this pathetic gasp. Liara and Javik and Joker were stuck forever on this planet with no way of getting back. I only wanted to see Liara again. Was that too much to ask? Apparently, it was.

Waifus are serious.


Oh yeah, I'm glad I actually avoided playing the serious until now, I doubt I could have handled the original ending. It's pretty heartwrenching stuff with the Extended Cut, I think I'd have fallen into deep depression without it, haha [smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/tongue.png[/smilie] People point out the plotholes in the story as the major issue, and while yeah, I agree there are some there, that's secondary to me. How am I meant to handle not seeing my Tali again? That's the real issue! Like you say, serious business.

Hazegurl wrote...

Nothing strange about it at all. You got into the story and Shepard became you and you felt for Tali what Shepard felt for her. If I could get a guy like Kaidan I would be set for life.


I couldn't have put it better myself. I can't even bear the thought of romancing anyone else in another playthrough, I just can't bring myself to do it. Don't hate on me, but I left Kaiden on Virmire... I'm sorry, I had to choose! [smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/crying.png[/smilie]

ShallowlLife9871 wrote...
same here...[smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/love.png[/smilie]

my first playthough of the orignal endding?  I got Kaidan killed on the beam run. i was more focused on the story and what was unfolding, and i didnt know about them EMS system or that i had to play multi player to get a "Good"Ending. so just after Shepard got hit by Harrby's beam, I couldn't see him anywhere then.. i found his pixaled body, I litarly gasped "NO! KADIAN?!!" and as i said that, my shepard fell infrount of him... 
i was acctully more hartbroken then when mordin and thane died.[smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/crying.png[/smilie] 

hell I even hate it when My Shepard had to yell at Kaidan on Mars...

I maybe too attached to him....[smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/uncertain.png[/smilie]


I can sympathise. Before playing, I tried my hardest to avoid any spoilers of the ending - definitely happy I never avoided them all, if I never knew about the importance of EMS or multiplayer, I'm sure my reaction would've been tenfold. I genuinely feel bad for you, I can imagine all those feels! [smilie]http://social.bioware.com/images/forum/emoticons/crying.png[/smilie]

ThisOnesUsername wrote...

You'll get over it, eventually.

EDIT: I hope you do. Speaking from personal experience, having a waifu is bad for your mental health.


I sure hope I do, though from a few people I've been chatting to, they're still suffering from Post-Mass Effect Depression. When I mentioned my experiences, they just said "Nope, it doesn't go away." Doesn't bode all too well...

cap and gown wrote...

Well, I literally had tears in my eyes right along with Sam Gamgee when Frodo sailed off into the west at the end LotR. Never did feel that way about any of the ME characters, even though I do like them.

Simple cure: do another playthrough and romance someone else.


Like I said, I can't bring myself to romance anyone else. Tali's the only girl for my Shep, and I'll be damned before anyone else comes between them, my Shep's a man of commitment.

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The characters are fictional.

But the ideals, the values they represent - those are absolutely real.

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This is how it starts.

How it ends is with you in the dark corner of the internet discussing with the Talimancers/Taliban what her sweat and urine must taste like.

You are infected, stay away from others.

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Put down the controller, OP. The above must never happen.

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Yeah, just don't end up like him, otherwise I see nothing wrong with being passionate about a character.

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I can't lie. Too many turn out like that.

Don't turn out like that. Or if you do, be attractive and charismatic.

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I'm going to marry Lightning!

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David7204 wrote...

I can't lie. Too many turn out like that.

Don't turn out like that. Or if you do, be attractive and charismatic.


I lol'd

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wolfhowwl wrote...

I'm going to marry Lightning!


Get in line pal!

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Pretty much anything is cool if you're attractive and charismatic.

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Condooo wrote...

First things first, sorry for the dramatic title, though what I'm asking does have a bit of truth to it. First, a little bit of backstory.

When Mass Effect first came out, I never had the funds for it, and as a result, I've missed all parts of the trilogy until recenty, I bought all 3 at once, where I "quickly" (over 170 hours game time) fired through them all within a short space of time. I say this so you'd appreciate that I got all of the information contained in 5 years worth of gaming, crammed into little over a week.

My issue/query/confusion is in the relationships that I formed in my Mass Effect playthrough, more specifically the intensity of them. Having known little of the series, I jumped into the first game, and from a little after their first encounter, I took an interest to Tali. I went through the first game without getting into a relationship (I accidently started a little with Ashley - she took what I said the wrong way). Into the second game, I met Tali, and started a relationship when I could, and in hindsight, I never socialised with her as much as I should have, as I put the mission too far ahead of everything at time. Into the third game, my heart genuinely skipped a beat finding Tali again - you know that fuzzy feeling you get, and I made a point of not repeating myself, and so I visited often. Come the end of the third game, I got teary-eyed at their final goobye, it still sets me off ("I have a home." ... D': ), while at the very end, I was crestfallen. I never knew what to do with myself, and outside of the game, IN REAL LIFE for crying out loud, I felt genuinely depressed! My Shepard lived, and with the information from the extended cut, I was able to piece together an ending that I was happy with, and I got the happy ending I always imagined, even if it will always just be kept in my mind.

Now that you know my very general experience, it's worth mentioning I am heavily interested in role-playing, and every action I took wasn't just advancing in a game, but a personal decision. As such, I involved myself, got immersed into the story more than I thought I could, and I found myself caring about Tali, caring about her future with Shepard, loving her little quirks, wanting to build a home together, feeling a little jealousy when Garrus gets a little too close to her. Come the end of the game, as much as I can form an ending of my own, I actually miss her as I would if she were real. And so that leads to my question: WHY am I feeling this way? I'm feeling these same real emotions as I would in reality - FOR A SET OF PIXELS! At the end of the day, it's just a game, how could that evoke such a response? I won't lie, it's a little unsettling, and I'm not even sure if I should feel like I'm a weirdo. Perhaps an overload of emotions, cramming everything in just over a week? Perhaps an active imagination? I don't know!:crying:


I so wish the world of Mass Effect was real; that I was Commander Shepard and I was in a real relationship with my love interest. Minus the death part, of course.

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David7204 wrote...
Pretty much anything is cool if you're attractive and charismatic.

No, I don't think anybody could make the above image cool.

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David7204 wrote...

Pretty much anything is cool if you're attractive and charismatic.

I live to be cool. Teach me.