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Presidents Play Mass Effect 1 Episode 3
🕑 Added 2025-10-10 18:41:15 +0000 UTCShortest episode of the series award.
It funny how things shape out the moment you actually start recording something. Joe randomly clips through the map on his way to Liara, and then the Krogan Battlemaster is the most passive I've ever seen him.
Joe was supposed suffer his first death here, that was the plan, but the Battlemaster just wasn't aggressive at all so I had to roll with it. This whole thing oddly enough led to Joe defying the odds when no one expected it, such as clearing the Collector Vessel and Dead Reaper without dying.
Another thing that happened spontaneously: Joe going back on the deal with Donald.
At some point I decided I wanted to show the interaction where you try to romance two squadmates and they both confront you, I then realized that would require Joe to double cross Donald. Which was funny because up to this point I'd portrayed Joe as the Paragon member of the three, with Donald being Renegade, and Barack as the middle in-between.
This, accidentally, resulted in Joe being the villain. While Donald is always outwardly an asshole, Joe developed into a wolf in sheep's clothing. Funny how things shape out.
All that aside, this episode could've/should've been longer.
Comments
Amanthadine
I was always wondering what came first, story or the gameplay; funny to see how organic it all came to be
Dhalexpert .
Oh man, the episode where Joe became a traitor, while he would pay for this in Mass Effect 2. I won't lie, I was looking forward to seeing him get bodied by the Krogan battle master; the bugs in this game definitely saved him in this.
Marquizal
Honestly prime, this series came out perfect 👌 every interaction played out hilarious and you Honestly made the boys seem like they are actually friends. In friend groups no one is just 1 thing (paragaon/renegade) and I think you portrayed that well. Keep up the awesome work man
Prime Radiant
I don't think I was exactly thinking of ME1 episode 3 when Joe played those missions, but it did help feed into the narrative. In the case of the Derelict Reaper, Joe was getting whooped all of Mass Effect 2 and just needed to end on a W.
Tuwl
Still loving the behind the scenes stuff. Of the few disappointing things in the series, not seeing that Krogan Battlemaster go off was a shame, as that dude is him. Barack spoke for us all there. Also getting the Mako through so quickly was very impressive as it usually takes me a few tries to get it.
The Big B
Learning that the funniest plot thread in the ME1 playthrough was spontaneously introduced just makes it better. When it came to the Collector Vessel and Derelict Reaper, were those intentional decisions based on this happenstance here, or were those unexpected for you?
Alexander Quattrocchi
The origin of this character development has was absolutely peak. Accident or not, you delivered a fire episode (and a fire series)
