Squad Goals — A Mass Effect Legendary Edition Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Squad Goals – A Mass Effect Legendary Edition Podcast is a discussion of the story of the Mass Effect trilogy as experienced by three guys playing through the remaster. With each person taking their own journey through the game, be it as male or female Shepard, Paragon or Renegade, we look to analyze and dissect our experiences as we go from trailing Saren to combatting a full-on Reaper onslaught. From Citadel to Omega and beyond, join us as we cover the Mass Effect universe.
Nick, Chip, and Kurabara are checking in from their hiatus to talk about the recent N7 about the recent Mass Effect teaser and ARG that Bioware released on November 7th, N7 day.
The guys talk about the countdown leading up to the trailer and how the bits of the trailer were released throughout the day leading up to the assembly of the full trailer at the end. They then recap the trailer and Chip talks about how people had to decode clues to unlock the parts of the trailer. He also points out that the ARG started with a distress signal from Andromeda. Nick wonders if these trailers could be endlessly merchandised without ever requiring a game to come out.
Chip talks briefly about how Bioware had been releasing games early like Anthem and Andromeda. They then wonder about how long its going to take for Mass Effect 5 to be ready. They reference an article about how long it is taking for Bioware to get Dragon Age Dreadwolf out, with that taking precedence before the next ME game. They talk about how long six years can be in video game time, with studios rising and falling and vast changes in hardware to come between now and 2029.
Nick talks about the theory that Liara accidentally got pregnant from Shepard and thus the main character of the next game would be Shepard’s secret asari daughter. Then, they start trying to figure out how the Andromeda distress signal would work reaching the Milky Way Galaxy. Nick talks about the meta-context of a distress signal back to the original trilogy characters after the problems of Andromeda.
Thank you for listening to Squad Goals - A Mass Effect Legendary Edition Podcast! Look for more Squad Goals next year sending distress signals from the Andromeda galaxy!
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Hosts:
Nick Zielenkievicz
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Chip Locke
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Cory Treadway
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Shepard returns to Eden Prime to check out a Prothean relic that is more than just a relic.
Looking for the Turian Primarch, we find a suitable replacement and also Garrus! Plus, EDI has a body now, too.
Shepard stretches their legs checking out the Citadel and the Normandy, where they'll be spending alot of time to come!
Its a Mass Effect 1 reunion as Liara joins up to help fight Cerberus while Kaiden or Ashley get their ass KICKED.
The Reapers arrive on Earth and James should have warned Shepard not to pay attention to any kids.
We pause before starting Mass Effect 3 to learn the backstory of James Vega and the tragedy of Fehl Prime.
Pro-Tip: Don't store your Reaper Artifacts right out in the open. Maybe at least get a box or something?
Liara drags Shepard into her quest to make a run at the Shadow Broker and pits them against a rogue Spectre and a Yahg.
Shepard plays defense attorney for Tali before acting as judge of the Heretic Geth for Legion.
The Illusive Man apparently doesn't know the meaning of the word 'derelict'. However, that talking Geth just might!
Shepard goes to stop a rogue VI and instead finds a terrible brother. Also, infected machines! And husks!
Shepard gets a new hovercraft called the Hammerhead and has fun with the Blood Pack and Blue Suns!
Zaeed is burning with Vengeance while Kasumi can't let go of the past. Also, we kick a varren in the face!
Mordin is faced with having to kill a student, while Grunt is faced with having to kill a Thresher Maw.
On the Citadel, Thane and Garrus have two separate yet equally important loyalty missions. These are their stories.
Samara has to fight her daughter and Jack has to fight her past. Also, fun with an old Krogan on Omega!
Miranda ran from her father because she thought he was a monster. Jacob finds that his father has become a monster.
Its a trap! Shepand and team head into a disabled Collector Ship only to find out it is fully operational.
We finish up Illium (for now) by finally meeting with Liara, and then its time to fight some Geth and reunite with Tali!
Shepard continues the Illium trip to recruit a badass asari and a badass drell. Wait, what's a drell?
Shepard heads to Illium and its a giant Mass Effect 1 reunion! Shiala! Gianna Parasini! CONRAD F***ING VERNER!!!
Kaiden is back and WOW WTF DUDE I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS, A--HOLE! Unless its Ashley who is also standoffish.
Shepard's To Do List: 1. Free Jack from prison 2. Zoom with Kasumi 3. Return to the Citadel, get into advertising
We head off to recruit the krogan scientist Dr. Okeer, but who comes back to the Normandy with us?
Shepard and crew go after a vigilante named Archangel and find themselves an old friend.
The plague section on Omega hits very differently today than it did ten years ago. Mordin is still intense, though!
Tali may not be staying to work with Shepard, but plenty of others from the Normandy are back, with new friends too!
We finally get to starting Mass Effect 2 which starts with the death of Commander Shepard. WHAT???
We head to Ilos for some exposition and then return to a burny Citadel to finish the game. Find out who survives!!!
Shepard is grounded and stuck on the Citadel. Time to finish up any side quests and ponders a life of weapons smuggling!
Tali and Garrus highlight Shepard's relationship with his crew and also how all the aliens have father issues.
Come for the aggressive biotics and angry Batarians! Stay for the game recommendations and ethics discussions!
The squad talks about some of the side quests in the game including the ones with the husks. SO MANY DAMN HUSKS!
The squad finally arrives on Virmire, where Mass Effect becomes MASS EFFECT. Goodbye, full team-selection screen.
We look at Wrex's membership on the team and how it is influenced by the history of the Krogan Genophage.
We enter the Hot Labs and face off against Matriarch Benezia, and as a follow up get to decide a species' fate.
Noveria is cold but the hotel is hot with corporate intrigue as Shepard must find a way into the garage.
No Reapers this week as we instead deal with the ancient, mind controlling plant known as the Thorian.
Liara finaly shows up to complete the party and we return to the Citadel only to encounter some... uh... mean people.
There are plenty of distractions on the Citadel, from the enigmatic consort Sha'ira to a deadly Quasar game in Flux.
After Eden Prime, Shepard heads to the Citadel to inform the Council of Saren's threat. But will they listen?
We talk about our first impressions of the Legendary Edition and then go over the mission to Eden Prime.
Meet Nick, Chip, and Kurabara who will be taking the galactic journey through the Mass Effect games.