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rhabea
I'm sure you saw your ex eat pizza once or twice. You should totally go eat pizza, OP. Just to make sure. ;)
generilisk
There were a few things that I couldn't do after my divorce for the same reason. I can't even remember what they were now. It's great.
AlbinoPanther
I played through the Mass Effect series (with DLC) 3 times while also pursuing a Mechanical Engineering Degree...
ToTheLonelyMoon
How did you even play The Witcher 1? That games controls are atrocious.
Supanini
Mass effect is one of the greatest story drivin games I've ever played if not THE best
IHateBeingBipolarItsAwesome
I did a similar thing with my favorite comic series. It took me a few years, but I bought all of the books myself to make them mine.
TheJonatron
Yeah, Mass Effect is fucking awesome. Witcher too. Good, goooooood!
ShadyDirewolf
.... Shepard...
flamingflamingo
Wrex.
Huntress8806
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite post on Imgur! Glad you could take them and make your own BETTER memories!
MatticusRoss
I am a huge fan of the Mass Effect trilogy. It was fantastic.
kittenparts
Congrats. I've made similar associations to games that I still can't break. Maybe one day....
flamingflamingo
Playing them reopened a LOT of old wounds and it was difficult at first. But eventually you just get sucked into the story on your own.
MrPotatoeHead
Happy you played the games. Both are good....or so I hear
umberskies
I can definitely vouch for that! Easily two of my favourite game series, the amount of lore in them is wonderful.
jesusisherelookbusy
I imagine your ex was like this
wolfpreist
Upvote for Garrus Brokarian.
maddasahatter
Good for you OP!
MaiBhalsych
You never get over Garrus
lonelyfriend
Damn good op! Damn good!
LadiesInboxMeYourInsecurities
I don't much like either of the trilogies but good on ya for beating back your bad memories. The best part of callouses is peeling them off.
grenademan125
You are wrong. Mass Effect is life.
LadiesInboxMeYourInsecurities
Not a game to my taste.
BattloidKouji
Straight guys who are gay for Garrus! or is that just me?
Maboroshi1994
to me he is the old war buddy, that person who is your hetero life mate. my best friend and i call ourselves each-other's garrus.
flamingflamingo
I'm pretty sure if I was a straight guy, I would be gay for Garrus.
itslogitslogitsbigitsheavyitswooditslogitslogitsbetterthanbad
Don't forget about Thane.
Ksnarf
Son of a bitch.. I just started to forget about that scene in the hospital *heads home to play the series again*
Filthyharry
"Can you come back later, I'm in the middle of some calibrations."
flamingflamingo
I so get it now. -_-
Filthyharry
Hell yes
RhealityBytes
I'm super proud of you, this is not easy
flamingflamingo
Thank you. It was pretty hard at first. I was very angry and had some really unpleasant moments, but I'm very glad I moved past them.
RhealityBytes
I had the same thign with DND for a while, I loved it but my ex was the one that brought me in.
AverageLucas
The mass effect series helped me through very difficult times, still remains my favorite series of all time. Glad you enjoyed it
JapAnus
I never played them, because everyone says the overall ending is shit. Should I just get the first two?
judgefreak
I understand WHY they did the ending like that, but it could have been better. The ME Series will always be among my favorites.
myusualname
No get all three decide for yourself if the ending is shit. I didn't mind the ending
Eldibs
Thane. Fucking Thane, man.
ilovecake
THANK YOU! What happened to Thane in ME3 was fucking bullshit, especially if you romanced him. That wrecked me. Same for Legion.
TroubleQueen
Yes exactly. I just wrote a rant down there about this. They completely destroyed Thane.
ilovecake
Your rant was fucking magnificent. YOU KNOW MY STRUGGLE!!!!
Blumentopf
I am Legion for we are many
ilovecake
Shepard Commander...
Blumentopf
the moment he said ... " I " ... ;-)
Vosian
I mean. To be fair. He did outright say in 2 "I'm dying" as soon as you meet him. What'd you think was going to happen?
ilovecake
He also outright said he didn't want to spend the rest of his days in a hospital, yet that's where you found him. Also little to no 1/?
ilovecake
affection, no option of really spending time with him, when he's mortally wounded you don't stop and be with him and instead continue to 2/?
ilovecake
go after Kai Leng, and you don't even really talk about him. In my game after he died I had Kaidan & Liara trying to hook up w/ me. 3/3
TroubleQueen
Yet after that they hinted cures everywhere, including saying he was elegible for lung transplant, and if you romanced him he says he 1/
TroubleQueen
doesn't want to die anymore, and wants to live for Shepard and his son. Bioware even did a fucking Twitter/FB campaign, saying 2/
TroubleQueen
"like us if you want a Cure for Thane". Then they fucking killed him, and no matter if you romanced or not, loyal or not, he dies.That is 3/
AnemicBanana
Literally the exact same thing with the exact same games. I'm not at the point where I can play or hear about them. Good for you OP!
flamingflamingo
It was really hard for me. I kept seeing all the parts he loved, characters he liked, and it reminded me of what a god awful person he was.
flamingflamingo
But I pushed past the anger and kept playing. Eventually the characters took on meanings of their own for me. I'm glad for that.
AnemicBanana
That's really encouraging to hear!
ItsJDG
Mordin....no don't go in the elevator
whorlwind
I am the very model of a.. *tear*
flamingflamingo
;_;
delpharseven
You can save him. Requires certain things to be done in 1+2, and you have to be super renegade. Highest morality check in the series AFAIK.
flamingflamingo
The price is too high. This was a perfect end for Mordin. He was really old anyway.
delpharseven
Yes, I would say to do it you've crossed the line from renegade to just plain evil. Still I like to pretend he is alive examining seashells.
Maboroshi1994
i never gave two shits about the krogan, i just did the genophage quest to get a good ending. mordin though? fucking tearjerker.
ilovecake
Fucking seashells :(
itslogitslogitsbigitsheavyitswooditslogitslogitsbetterthanbad
Mordin was the best.
wolfpreist
He was the very model of a scientist salarian.
lapandacide
He's studied species turian, asari, and batarian
TheSashRingingtheTrashSingingMashFlingingFlashSpringingRinging
He's quite good at genetics as a subset of biology Because He is an expert which He knows is a tautology.
VonShnitzel
His xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian.
Ampel
Man I was so messed up by that scene, I wanted both Mordin and Wrex to survive! When I wanted to replay 3 I started with 1 again to save >
Ampel
Wrex on Virmire :<
Slammur
Never has the quote "I MADE A MISTAKE!" been so powerful.
the12thletter
The pronoun. Usually omits them. Subject of phrase obvious from context. Clarification inefficient, unnecessary. This situation...different.
wintersoldieramc
"Had to be me. Somebody else may have gotten it wrong."
moejoemann
It will never not be too soon
the12thletter
"Would've liked to run tests on the sea shells."
Illuminnaughty
I'M NOT CRYING IT'S JUST RAINING ON MY FACE.
BeardedViking
d1d1t4t3hlulz0hl4wdy
You will never get over Garrus.
Charles037
You all done fucked up my Garrus didn't die
Maboroshi1994
does everyone keep losing garrus or something?
srsfaceI8C
Apparently. He doesn't die unless you don't unite enough of the galaxy's forces. In which case, that's on that player.
d1d1t4t3hlulz0hl4wdy
It's been too long since I've touched my playthrough, but I had him through all the games, my mind just blanks out that 3 "ending".
Maboroshi1994
there are tons of comments on "getting over"garrus i don't get, i don't know if he dies and it didn't happen to me or just how awesome he is
VonShnitzel
I may be wrong, but I think pre-extended cut your party would always die to the beam, regardless of your war assets.
Maboroshi1994
I only played this year on a fully expanded version so that may be it.
MadamBojangles
If he's in your squad during the final stretch, and you didn't do everything PERFECTLY, he dies at the end of the game.
MrSpanksworth
Not Perfectly, just well enough. Hell if you screw it up just go do multiplayer to get some forces. Although it might be empty now.
MadamBojangles
I thought that if you didn't have the DLC, you were pretty much screwed and needed everything. (...and I couldn't play multiplayer.)
AlexiusMautone
how do you find the time to finish TWO trilogies :O
LavaAxe
How do you not?
Thaliel
*glances at the several thousand hours I've put into Fallout 1,2,3,NV, soon to be 4* Yeah, no, I have no idea. Huh. Weird.
ImgurisluvImgurislife
I'm in the same boat. Can't count the thousands of hours I've put into that series, no clue how I've managed to do it working and schooling
razor1379
I beat Mass Effect 1,2&3 in one week after 90Hrs. It's doable, but you achieve nothing else for the week...
flamingflamingo
Oh man I think by the end of that, I would look and smell like Jabba the Hutt. Ho ho ho.
MrCorky
Easy ignore all the important stuff you were supposed tog do.
SomePeopleSayThatCucumbersTasteBetterPickled
she's single
heckal2
Off I finished them.....though I am single to...and never dated...and I'm 23.....I'm....going to go be lonely now.
anvil
Well played.
flamingflamingo
Haha actually happily engaged. Part of my motivation to get over issues is so I can be a better partner to my fiance. :)
MrNuckFuggett
Grats on the sex probably
LefthandedLink
Well if that isn't a good reason i don't know what is. Also congrats and all that.
flamingflamingo
I binge play on the weekends. Maybe 5-10 hours tops over the week, then 20-30 of the 48 hours I have off. I started back in April.
OneHecaton
Congrats!!
OGmeister14
WWWWWEEEAAAAKKK
silverlodi
Now just play the Dragon Age trilogy and you're golden
flamingflamingo
Played the first two games ages ago. I was so excited for Inquisition... but I ended up quitting because I hated it.
silverlodi
:( aww that sucks. What specifically didnt you like? It had nothing on origins but I still found it to be really engaging
flamingflamingo
When I first quit the game, I would rant about it for days. It felt like a single player mmo. The quest system was terrible and impersonal.>
Thoraxe123
fuck yea. I'm doing the same but with Ocarina of time. I never owned it as a kid. (no walkthrough)
flamingflamingo
It's a little rough at first, but you have to let yourself get into the game. I never played the LoZ games as a kid either.
Thoraxe123
yea, I'm getting into it quickly. RN I'm trying to get into the 2nd temple
calldrdaley
So! Who'd ya bang?
HeyItsHerrTrigger
oh you mean in the game.
DoraKate
Everyone!
flamingflamingo
Garrus. Was there really any question?
WhyWouldYouBelieveMeMyPantsAreOnFire
fuck yeah.
Erik604
How was the first witcher? I started it and the fight system was just weird.
silverlodi
I found it enjoyable tho you're correct in that the fight system is almost like a rhythm game. Story is pretty great tho
flamingflamingo
I'm glad someone else is championing Witcher 1. Lots of people hate it, but I think they're just too used to modern games.
silverlodi
games are all about the story. couldnt even think about starting witcher 3 without playing the first two. I just finished my marathon too :)
flamingflamingo
I began the game knowing that it was dated. You've got to have some patience for the older game: weird combat, stone faces, flat acting.
flamingflamingo
But I loved it, actually. The writing, even if the acting was lacking, was actually terrific. It was dark and touched on very human themes.
Erik604
Sounds really interesting I'll go ahead and reinstall it and give it a second try. I have both all three and never really played them.
FirstThingThatCameToMind
Well *I* still associate the ending of 3 with abuse.
DrToastyPants
:(
Vosian
We all do.
REV076
Hello Shepy !!!!! now please... PICK YOUR FAVORITE COLOR IN ORDER TO SAVE THE FUCKING UNIVERSE.
FirstThingThatCameToMind
everything there suggested to me that the starchild was the true badguy of the game, yet you were punished for wanting to kill him.
MoonSweeper
I thought that was the best ending at least it didn't break cannon as much.
REV076
shhh.... Don't you dare to talk about the artistic integrity of our Bio Lords, you filthy peasant. All jokes aside, i'm still fucking pissed
REV076
off about ME3 ending. MEHEIM mod won't cut it because i know that it's not cannon. They fucked my favorite saga. Didn't finish W3 either.
WiqidBritt
honestly the backlash blew that whole thing WAY the fuck out of proportion.
FirstThingThatCameToMind
it wasn't really the reaction to the ending that was the explosion, it was EAware's piss poor handling of it.
WiqidBritt
they put out a free downloadable extended version for free that expanded on things that were left to speculation that they released for FREE
FirstThingThatCameToMind
except that it didn't really fix any of the problems the main protests were about. they even added the "refusal" ending which said"fuck you"
FirstThingThatCameToMind
"oh you don't want to pick one of our endings? fine, we'll destroy the galaxy and the next gen will pick the destruction ending"
WiqidBritt
what were they supposed to do? completely remake the entire last section of the game? spend a couple more million dollars on it?
Fishyfish2656
"Garrus" *Tears fall*
ThompsonwithaP
Scuse you, Wrex exists as well.
flight815down
The true love of mylife
usagisailor
I'm still saving a spot for you. :,(
NotEnoughNope
Brb calibrations
SoftypantsMcHuggable
Mordin destroyed me.
FrankBrayman
"Will be dangerous, need guns. Wait- HAAVE guns! Excellent..."
MadamBojangles
I literally put the game down and CRIED.
slanting
It's possible to save mordin through Renegade options and persuading him to let the genophage remain.
SoftypantsMcHuggable
Oh, wow. I was unaware of this.
Amythyst
It had to be me. Anyone else would have gotten it wrong.
chriswihu
NO, shut up, and sing "Scientist Salarian", i can't remember that again
Amythyst
chriswihu
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO, going to sob in the corner
SoftypantsMcHuggable
Oh, damn you...
chriswihu
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO, going to sob in the corner
flamingflamingo
HE WAS SO SAD.
Amythyst
Slammur
Ya'll are acting like he's the one that died. Although he's sad about you, at least that old son-of-a-turian will be calibrating til he dies
flamingflamingo
We were all like, yeah we're gonna have a baby! If I reach that bar in heaven, I'll be looking down! And Garrus is like, don't go. :(
sexysexyhungarians
"Herp derp better take my helmet off and flaunt how handsome I am OH SHIT MY FACE WHERE DID IT GO."
Fishyfish2656
he was my fam. sadbois
Amythyst
flamingflamingo
fuck yes.
shank
Cough http://www.nexusmods.com/masseffect3/mods/66/?
flamingflamingo
Oh wow. How did they do this? Is it just without dialogue?
shank
I actually haven't done it yet. I used someone else's ME2 save to restart 3 (after playing the whole series through twice), turned out they
shank
missed a step to save the Geth & the Quarians, so I was almost done & found out I'd have to start over. Haven't had time yet.