Live Blogs The Adventure of Failure Shepard or How Not to Play the Mass Effect Trilogy

lrrose2013-02-12 14:23:39

For the past few months, I have been planning to do a playthrough of the Mass Effect Trilogy where I make the dumbest decisions possible. I have decided to share this experience with you all.

This liveblog will chronicle the adventure of Lieutenant Commander Failure Shepard, better known as FailShep. Young Failure was born on the Human colony of Midnoir, where he lived until it was attacked by evil batarian pirates, who killed everyone he ever knew. FailShep was only sixteen at the time.

Shortly after, FailShep enlisted in the Alliance Military, where his squad was killed by Thresher Maws. FailShep's escape of the Maws made him a legend among the Alliance.

tldr; Failure Shepard is male, a Colonist and a Sole Survivor. Because this playthrough is going to be somewhat minimalist in nature, I'm playing as a Soldier and on the lowest difficulty settings.

Comments

EndarkCuli Since: Dec, 1969

Apr 9th 2013 at 8:02:20 PM

And there goes another important mission in which you have to choose between one of two sides. Perhaps this choice was not as meaningful as Tuchanka, since neither Tali nor the nice Legion had to be sacrificed (due to dying much earlier), but going through with a second act of genocide in one game can still be slightly troubling.

Best of luck in the missions to come! Or worst of luck, depending on your point of view. I've said that in a lot of comments so far, haven't I?

Peteman Since: Dec, 1969

Apr 9th 2013 at 9:50:14 PM

On the one hand, I think you can sabotage the quarians for a greater EMS penalty.

On the other, you're aiming for as much death and pain and suffering, and honestly, given the worst ending, the quarians probably have the best chance of surviving the incoming apocalypse, so making sure they're dead assures that the most number of sentient beings suffer.

lrrose Since: Dec, 1969

Apr 11th 2013 at 5:57:21 PM

There's going to be another delay. The bomb hasn't gone off yet and I'm running out of missions, so I'm going to have to go back a few missions and see if doing the first bomb mission is what triggers the countdown to massive EMS loss.

Sikon Since: Dec, 1969

Nov 14th 2013 at 3:33:58 AM

> Legion doesn't get a second plaque on the Memorial Wall. Which makes sense, since Legion 2.0 was kind of a dick.

I'm now certain that Legion's return was a bug and it was actually supposed to be the Geth VI, which the game gave Legion's name and appearance for some reason.