Lets all join hands here... what was your "moment" with ME. OT or MEA.

Since this question is rather loaded towardds OT responses, I'm going to treat ME:A as a new story and give my moment with it:

"Is that our golden world?"

The second moment was when Jaal realizes who the Kett really are (I did this quest shortly after completing The Lost Scout... where you come acrosss the Angaran saboteur torturing the Kett in order to find out where her family had been taken. My Ryder opted to shoot the Kett and insist she return to camp; but as Jaal ask "How many have I killed, not knowing?"... it hit me that, perhaps, I had killed the very member of her family for whom she had been searching.)

For me it was surviving the suicide mission in ME2 and blowing up the entire base then giving the Illusive man the middle finger

I don't remember the name of this place (a room within a strip club, I think) so I am including a screenshot for reference. This whole area from recruiting Wrex to the strip club and shooting the place up was it for me. I was a big fan of "Duke Nukem" and selecting the red renegade lines for Shepard just tapped into that vibe. Being able to play like that as a female character sealed the deal.

The clubs name is Chora's Den and the scumbag about to eat lead was Fisk.

Legion was such a great moment because I was so surprised that a geth was the last mate. And then he turned out to be one of my favorite characters. Plus the mission to reach him was the hardest for me to stay alive in because of all the husks and Scions, so finally getting to him felt really felt good...

Heh. Not silly at all. I did not want to spoil myself so I actually get confirmation from Kelly Chambers. She says that se does not know if she likes Thane scary or sexy. AND I LITERALLY RUSHED TO HIM. Never looked back, and my all playtroughs now includes a heavy heartbreak.

The romance...

I came in... Late.

Maybe a year after ME3 release, with all the DLC out. Inquisition was my first BioWare release, and Andromeda was my first Mass Effect release.

To be honest, I don't know how I came to it, but I tried the demo for ME2 and ME3 and thought RPGs were cool as fuck - I haven't actually played that many before, which is hilarious. RPGs became my favorite genre afterwards. I just... Knew. It clicked with me on a lot of levels. So I got the Trilogy... And eventually all the story DLCs, together with a few weapon and appearance packs. One day, I'll actually finish the collection.

But when I played the Trilogy for the first time, the moment that made the entire journey, the one that really shone the exceptional first impression that I had not been wrong, and in fact been GOD'AMN RIGHT was jumping through the Charon relay. Began there, and certainly did not end. I've pulled a few all-nighters on my PC before, but NEVER was I just so deep in a story to just lose track of time. No, every time before the Trilogy, I knew precisely what I was doing. In ME3, with the Rannoch arc was the first time I just looked away from a story I fell in love with and realized it was dawn outside.


When Andromeda came, I almost gave in to the skepticism surrounding early. That would've been a mistake. The menu music in the Trial was as beautiful as they came, and then there was the New Game. We landed on Habitat 7, and what was supposed to be a time of exploration went downhill faster than you can say Keelah se'lai. When we met Alec Ryder, he commanded me, Cora and Liam to attack what we thought was an atmosphere processor. He tore through the enemies effortlessly. That N7 did not need our assistance, and when we fought our way to an alien console, he gave us the reponsibility of defending our position as he and SAM gained access. When he interfaced with the inner console of the processor... That is when Andromeda was made for me. It clicked, like the Trilogy before, and a new era began...

Great shout there danishgambit, I can still recall the joys of exploring the Presidium for the very first time. Man, that first game delivered so many indelible moments it's really difficult to single out just one. I guess mine would have to be that conversation with Sovereign. Just a legitimately game changing, wonderfully memorable, moment!

Heartbeat on IIlos:

The Turian was Septimus and the fallen C-Sec dude was Harkin.  I agree with you it was great to see them latter on down the road and it was really sweet getting some payback on Harkin.  I don't remember exactly what he says to FemShep in ME1 but if it had been me I would have pistol wiped that sob.