Mass Alex: Mass Effect 3 - Part 04

I'm Commander Sheppard and this is my favourite show on Giant Bomb.

After breaking up with Garrus hope Shep Shepard hurts Liara again by sleeping with Samantha

Doesn't Thane literally have a respiratory disease?

I'm glad this is still going considering the Lockdown

Thane :(

That intro music in Sheppard's Loft is pretttttty good.

Did I miss episode 3?

Edit: nevermind, it’s just in the wrong place

https://www.giantbomb.com/shows/mass-effect-3-part-03/2970-20032

Mass Alex: Citadel Nights

joker horny

God, Shep Shep runs like a fucken dork

Darner Vosque has Varric's voice!

Mommy, why is that man wearing a foam-fake-muscle-naked-suit while laying in bed?

Hey @alex, there was a dance thing on the dance floor, you ran by it. It's where you thought it was.

Vinny, Alex needs to do the Grissom Academy mission as soon a possible.

There might be... consequences if he doesn't.

Man I forgot about the map issues. Alex or Vinny if you read this and haven't already figured it out, the numbers on the map just mark general areas and not specifics. It does get a tad confusing but quest objectives are not right on the numbers,

A few years to live ain’t terminal.

If I may make a recommendation that was made to me: make a save right before the endgame point of no return and finish the game without playing the “Citadel” DLC pack, then reload the pre endgame save and play it as a kind of epilogue.

I took this approach and am glad I did for two reasons:

a) Tone. The Citadel DLC is a fun adventurous romp and contrasts with the grim tone of galactic apocalypse.

b) It might be my favourite piece of DLC for any Mass Effect and playing it this way acts as a kind of joyous last hurrah after what many consider to be an underwhelming ending to ME3 proper.

Yeah, to echo what @draugen is saying, @alex and @vinny I really hope you both do Grissom Academy next. It's one of my favorite missions in the game and you definitely want to get on it next episode...

I'd forgotten how much I hate Joker, the guy who's real excited to tell you about how much he wants to fuck his emotional support animal.

You should check the journal and map more often for some of those citadel quests! You can change what floor you look at with the RB LB, too. There is a lot of running around ahead of you...

I'd also suggest using the Spectre shooting ground for a few minutes to see some of the weapons. ME3 has a ton of new options and a lot of them are really cool and unique!

We need comander Shep Shep in these dark times!

Speaking of fishes, if i remember correctly they can be found at one of the stores at the bank area on the Citadel Presidium. :)

You can check maps of other Citadel areas without going to that location. Just press LB/RB on the map.

I am so happy this series continues during the lockdown!

@jacensolo:

You can also buy a VI that automatically feeds your fish from one of the Citadel shops

@octaslash: Thanks for this!

@alex The Citadel DLC is best suited right at the end, before the point of no return (Vinny will know when that is, I assume). The other DLC, the Bryson's Lab one, can really be done whenever, but suits the tone of the latter half of the game better. Omega DLC can be done whenever, without it feeling weird.

@seventytwotransformations: Even creepier, there's promising(?) research into the possibility that Covid acts by impairing hemoglobin to prevent oxygenation of the blood, exactly like Thane's disease: https://chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID-19_Disease_ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin/11938173

They needed to make an AO version of this game series.

Game audio sounds very echo-ey this episode.

Getting lost on the Citadel since episode 1 of this whole series.

@vinny Hey Vinny, just wanted to give you a heads up about the Hamster hidden in the basement of Normany Engineering. He skitters across the floor twice every time you leave and exit. When clicked, Shepard will get the hamster as a pet in her bedroom again.

It's vitally important Alex have that hamster when he does the Citadel DLC. The fate of the entire universe depends on it.

"Not a lot of flesh wounds when your fighting rapers."

@robertforster: A terminal illness is one that cannot be cured or adequately treated and is expected to result in your death. Does not matter how long it takes to kill you.

@seventytwotransformations: Yeah, from spending too much time away from the Hanar homeworld. His species' lungs have difficulty not being on a planet like theirs due to it being far more watery/aquatic.

Vinny's a wizard. Glad this series is continuing

Highlight of the week! Could this be twice a week? then we would have two highlights...

My favourite content on GB at. Thank you for continuing this under trying times.

Why was the salute in Omega a renegade action?

ME 3 is actually better than I remember, but one thing that I did notice before is still present: The voice acting direction is very strange. I tend to chalk most of the problems of this game up to being rushed, hell they released it just a month over 2 years after ME2.

I actually am hoping that they use a guide as they play this. ME3 is a little different in a sense because so much stuff is time sensitive and you can straight up miss it. Then there's just so many random, small side quests that are on obscure planets that you might miss. I just enjoy watching Alex and Vinny as they go through Shep's adventure. I don't want them missing all this stuff that they will probably need and if they just have like a mission order guide with them as they play I think it'd help.

Man, I don't know why, but interacting with Aria in ME2 and ME3 is the only time I can ever remember being semi-intimidated IRL by a character inside a video game lol. Carrie-Anne Moss just gave that character so much life and energy.

There is a dance button.

I dont think anyone has mentioned it, but Alex should really talk to the bar tender at the cafe in the presidium. She has a side story that is important to a crew member.

Completely agree!!!

The Citadel DLC is like a Christmas special. But, like a good one.

Seeing Alex slowly learn that ME3 is a messy-as-hell game is honestly kind of nostalgic of my own experience of realizing how messy this game is.

WTB Vinny VI mod.

Came to third the need for Grissom Academy ASAP. Jump there next.

Forgot just how overwhelming and undersigned the Citadel is in ME3. Jeez

The story in the Citadel DLC is so silly it felt like I was playing Saints Row, but the camaraderie between the companions certainly sells it. Can’t wait ’till Alex gets to it.

Make sure to do Grissom ASAP

Alex just blurting out "Don't fuck my robot, Joker." after a brief bit of silence, is one of my favorite moments in this entire series.