What was you 1st Wow Moment in Mass Effect?

This was my moment, too - the first one. And it's a good sign when the intro is a wow moment! There are so many reasons why I loved it and immediately wanted to just keep playing. The whole intro is fantastic. A short summary of the state of the galaxy and humanity, seeing the Normandy fly to the relay and go through with Joker and Nihlus talking, Kaidan talking back, all with the awesome Mass Effect theme playing.

And then there was the fact that for the first time, I had created my own character in an RPG (except the same one in the ME3 demo beforehand). Hearing Anderson and Udina talking about the character I just set the appearance and background of, seeing her in the world for the first time looking out that window, walking through the Normandy - an affirmation that yes, I could actually play as a woman (Holy crap! ) - was amazing! And then of course, getting to choose how she acted. I remember her first words: "They don't send Spectres on shakedown runs."

Anyway, awesome scene. Very well done, and I hope ME:A's intro is similar. Although, it seems like it may bear some similarities with ME2's intro (ship getting destroyed)...

There are tons of other wow moments, such as arriving at the Citadel, becoming a Spectre and taking control of the Normandy and getting to land on planets, or Sovereign's reveal, as others mentioned (and of course ME2/3 stuff), but that was the first.

Nihlus' voice in particular is pretty cool, I thought. He voices some other turians in the series as well. It was cool to hear him in Shadow of Mordor as the wraith, Celebrimbor, with a British accent. Not actually sure which accent he's putting on.

Good example with the facial twitch, too.

But then they wouldn't be ambushes

So much this. The thresher maw almost made quit the game altogether. But I felt so excited when I finally killed the bugger. 

The first wow moment? I'd say the menu screen. The music gave me goosebumps and I didn't even play the game yet!

The biggest wow moment has to be the Mass Effect 3 ending (I played ME3 after all DLC were released).

I was so stunned and amazed by the conclusion of it all that I was incapacitated for a good hour.

For me it definitely has to be encountering Sovereign on Eden Prime for the first time. It was like "this is no ordinary ship, we're in deep shit".



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This first shot of Citadel and that music and dialogue...This moment made me so immersed in this game.

Definitely the first arrival to the Citadel as you fly in, but the sequence where you're made a spectre really sealed the deal. In fact, that scene alone is my most memorable of the trilogy. I wish I could go back and reply ME1 for the first time again.

yeah that was probably mine an the first moments on Eden Prime looking at the scenery I thought it looked a really impressive game not so much nowadays having seen and played the other 2 ME's and DAI  but when I first got into it it did.

It was either the first time I saw the Citadel from space or maybe when I spoke to Sovereign on Virmire. It made me feel like humans were just ants in someone else's sandbox. The next times I had similar feelings were the opening sequences of ME2 and ME3. Both took my breath away.

I am not really sure as it was a long time ago. I do know that the ME1 opening sequence struck me as very very good, but was I wowed? Can't remember! I do remember one moment with particular clarity however. When I first reached Noveria, entered the main building and the Noveria theme started playing. I immediately stopped doing anything and just listened to the damn thing. The ambience and atmospehere of the piece was so intoxicating... That was a definite wow!

Top 3!

#1 ME1: First time experiencing the navigation map with the awesome score. Felt like I was literally out of this world.

#2 ME1 Talking to Sovereign.

#3 ME1: Talking to Virgil.