I like how they reuse this theme in ME2 and ME3 for special moments that are supposed to tug at our heartstrings. And it works, every damn time.

I wish I could experience this series for the first time again :(

There will never be a game like this again...

Eden Prime - The first stop in an unforgettable adventure that would span across years.

It took me hours to press the Start Button.

This one brings nostalgia for good old days when Bioware was at its peak, its games were great and the stars were brighter.

Didn't see it in the comments and I'm sure most Mass Effect fans know, but this song is called Vigil.

"Does this unit have a soul...?" "Legion... The answer to your question was "Yes" " "I know Tali, but... Thank you. Keelah se'lai..."

"Tell me another story about the Shepard" "It's getting late but... Okay. One more story..." 💙✨

"Shopping for another house?" "Beachfront property." "Claim it fast. It´s a buyer´s market."

Mass Effect was, in a word, magical. There was really nothing quite like it at the time. Could you believe that Elder Scrolls Oblivion came out a year before this?! It was just insane the difference was in storytelling, animations, and overall atmosphere. For its time it was in such a league of its own. Two sequels followed, the Bioware we knew is now gone, and even then I'm not sad it's over. I'm glad it ever happened.

- Tell me another story about Shepard - Ok... One more story...

After my father died, I came to my moms house and had this game booted up. I sat in the dark with this playing for hours. Every time I hear this it makes me cry now. Miss you dad

This is like a shot of straight nostalgia heroin

*Welcome, to Alliance Millitary database.* ❤❤

This game and Red Dead Redemption 2 gave me slight depression after finishing them; I was so attached to and loved all my companions and the world I’d spent hundreds of hours becoming a part of. Mass Effect isn’t a game, it’s an experience.

It's 2020 and even after 10 years, I still find myself thinking about Mass Effect 2 more fondly than any game or film before or since. I miss Shep. And Garrus. And Tali. And Wrex. And Liara. And Joker. And the Normandy. Nothing else has came close to those feels.

Scrolling through the comments brings me so much nostalgia. Not many pieces of music can make the hair on the back of my neck stand up, or trigger wonder about the universe. Truly one of the greatest games of all time

I have only recently finished Mass Effect 1 and Mass Effect 2, with all DLC. I am more than 2/3s in Mass Effect 3, with all DLC. Honestly, I cannot recollect myself. I don't, I really don't want the game to end! In my eyes, this trilogy cannot even be described in words, from every point of view possible. I am not a socially awkward person or introvert. I'm married, with kids, I have 3 bros for life. It's just that I grow attached to persons who gain my trust. It may sound stupid, but, that's what happened with the Mass Effect crew, universe, characters, story. It's almost like I can't let go. I still want to be on the Normandy, with all those great people by my side. I shed tears for Kaidan, Mordin, Thane and Legion. I look at Garrus, Wrex and Grunt and see my best friends, my 3 bros for life. And, the best part of it all, I look at Tali, Shepard's best romance, and I see my beloved wife. These games have become such a big part of me and I have played so many great games. I am a sucker for games with great stories. I just never thought Mass Effect would pull me in so, so much, making me miserable thinking about the characters and crewmen I have lost. I hate these games for that, but I absolutely adore them, regardless! It can't be described in words. I have just brokered peace between the Quarians and the Geth and I absolutely cannot decide what to do when the end choice comes. I look at the Reapers now and I am not sure everything is at it seemed in the beginning. This particular theme is the one which comprises the whole Mass Effect series simply perfectly. I am sorry for this long and, perhaps, weird comment, but, I have never played another game, read a book or watched a movie so intense and so good at messing with your soul and consciense. If some of you, Mass Effect players, feel this way, empty and sad, but, at the same time, happy and amazed of what you have acomplished during your experience, rest assured! You are not alone! EDIT: One week later, I finished this fantastic trilogy and I am extremely grateful for this unparalleled experience, although very sad it had to end...

It's always a sign of a great game when you wish you could wipe your memory and experience it all again for the first time.

Reuniting with wrex in mass effect 2 with this playing, and seeing the joy in wrexs face was one of many of the great endearing moments in this series. Love these games Edit: Wow, I think this is my most like comment. Thanks, my fellow commanders! My best friend and girlfriend hasn’t played this before, so I’m gonna make her play the remaster. I’ll probably cry more than her anyway X’D

I just started my 4th play through of the Mass Effect Trilogy. So this is perfect.

Happy N7 day everyone!

I'm Commander Shepard and this is the best music on the citadel. Seriously though, this music brings memories and emotions back. A whole lot. Beautiful games.

I saw a comment on another thread that said "'Vigil' is Mass Effect's rendition of 'Tears in Rain'", and I felt all of that.

Played this for the first time last month. So happy to have experienced this beautiful world with all of you nerds...

Even as a kid I could sit and just watch this with my mind wandering... About our lives, universes, how beautiful our planet is... Now years later when I recall those memories watching this, I have tears in my eyes - this theme still touches my heart, and I still admire this beauty here.. So nostalgic, can't express more how much I love it

When I think about whole Mass Effect experience a one moment comes to my mind... It's from ME3 citadel dlc after your party: -We had a good ride. -The best. Those two lines simply tells everything about mass effect. The best fucking ride you've ever had...

Just realized this is the song Liara plays in the apartment on the piano in ME3's Citadel DLC...

I played mass effect trilogy during a bad time of my life, and now it becomes one of my best memories of all time. Listening this makes me feel better. Thank you Bioware

“Marriage, old age, and a lot of little blue children?”

The only thing this video is missing is the "duuuung" when you hit start. Such a masterpiece. Rest in peace thane, mordin, legion, ash or kaiden. You will be missed

One more week. Just one more week, and we'll see all our squadmates again.

We didn't play Mass Effect. We lived it. Our crew was our family. They still are. RIP Mordin. You will never be forgotten.

I didn't get into Mass Effect until 1-2 years ago, so I don't yet have the nostalgia that many associate with the first game. I wish I had been able to experience it when it first came out, but honestly it wouldn't have mattered if I had been introduced earlier. This series will forever have a place in my heart, and I will always find myself coming back to it - no matter what happens.

I first started Mass Effect when I was deployed in 2009. There was something about coming in from from the oven hot, lifeless, brown, dusty landscape, into the tiny, trailer like container I shared with three other women, and turning on my tiny screen in the darkness and booting up the first Mass Effect game with it's atmospheric title theme music that just took me completely away from everything.

People in the comments saying they wish they could experience this trilogy for the first time again but I’m here 23 years old playing it for the first time ever and I’m saying. “I wish I could’ve experienced this trilogy when I was a kid” Amazing game.

Upon completing Mass Effect 1 for the first time when I was about 13, I had something of an epiphany. It was the first time I recognized games as something more than just entertainment, as art. I had never been wowed so much in my life. Thanks, BioWare. I'll always remember the good times, even as greedy imbeciles parade around your corpse.

This theme is so haunting and otherworldly, it really sets you up for more than just another videogame, it sets you up for a story like no other, I love this so much.

Thank you EA for ruining everything.

Im in Australia. I remember having this game per-ordered and getting massively surprised when Australia happened to release this game 3 days earlier than everywhere else, meaning we got it on a Friday afternoon right before the weekend. I collected my pre order on the way home from work that Friday, booted the game up on my 360 and was hooked from the moment I was met with this epic title screen and amazing intro track. This game has stuck with me deeply for 12 years since. Having this track play again when you finally met Vigil later in the game on IIos was like the universe suddenly making sense.

Every time this theme came back in the later games during a touching moment, got me right in the feels. Not many games make me cry anymore... but Mass Effect always will.

KZfaq recommendation algorith YOU'VE.... got it right this time November, 7th, 2020

Best meditation music ever.

I'm 15 years old and discovered Mass Effect at the end of the first quarantine we had in France. I have a passion for space since I was very young, maybe because my father and my two brothers always made me watch sci-fi and play video games. I love that, I was raised with that. But I never thought I would live something similar to Mass Effect in a video game before Mass Effect. This trilogy was recommended to me many, many times but I never had the courage to ask my parents to offer me the entire trilogy with the DLCs and stuff. That was only when one of my favourite streamers began a full let's play of the trilogy during the quarantine that I told myself to watch it, finally I had the chance to discover it without waiting. I loved it. Even if I didn't play the trilogy this time I loved it, I remember waiting every evening the next stream of the let's play with so much hype for the story, the characters, the dialogues, the whole scenes... then I told a friend (he was originally a friend of one of my brothers, who stopped playing video games to focus on his biology studies a few years ago) how much I loved the trilogy, and I was very lucky that he had more than once the whole trilogy, so he gave me Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 just like that, saying "there you have it, and welcome among the lovers of Mass Effect". I played the trilogy. I loved the first, for a 2007 game, it was amazing. The second was wonderful, the characters insanely well-written, and I romanced Tali. Couldn't wait to play ME3, which is my favourite, that game was just greater than anything I played through my whole life. I remember myself finishing my first playthrough of the trilogy. I, who love playing video games everyday, didn't touch my PC for 3 days after the end of ME3, and after 3 days, I decided to play the trilogy AGAIN ! After the second time, it was very hard but I wanted to focus again on working and other video games that don't take my whole brain for immersion. I kept hoping for the remastered version rumor I heard about during one of the streams I watched. Almost 3 months ago, Bioware officially announced Legendary Edition and the next Mass Effect game. And here I am, I've got a plate of Tali in my room, a wallpaper of the Normandy on my PC, and I'm forcing myself to wait the Legendary Edition for playing Mass Effect again. Mass Effect is my favourite video games trilogy ever. I discovered it when I couldn't see my friends, my country ordered quarantine when I was suffering a depression because of an important issue with a friend that expended on the others and that almost made me kill myself, and when I needed to take the time and discover new people, I played Mass Effect, and the level of interactions you can have with the characters in the game, their opinions about your actions, your choices, your responsabilities, made me think about my reactions in real life, what I did wrong, what the others did wrong. This trilogy cured me really, and that is why it will always have a place in my heart. If I have children someday, I'll have to make them play Mass Effect. It's not a game, it's an experience, it's the very proof that video games can be an art. This trilogy is legendary.

One of the greatest games of all time.

My girlfriend just got me a galaxy projector and I immediately searched for this song, we are now enjoying the show with the perfect song of cosmic wonder. Thanks Mass Effect, Shepard out

The somber nature of this music really stuck with me. It had feels and said this was a game of importance, not just some action game about aliens.

I know that the actual title of this track is "Vigil," since it's the theme that plays when you talk to Vigil on Ilos, but for me... This will always be the *real* Mass Effect Theme.

People always talk about ME2 being the best and while I'm inclined to agree, ME1 left a far bigger mark on me. Soaking this game up for the first time is one of my favorite video game experiences. I would kill for a remastered collection.

I can't be the only one who when they finally got mele sat at the me1 opening scene for at least 10 minutes

When I listen to this, it reminds me of what Tali said, “All I see are the ones I lost”. This game has made me feel so many different emotions. I haven’t played another game that’s captivated me as much as mass effect. 😅

The Mass Effect trilogy came out when I was 7 years old. I'm 21 now, and I got to play this game for the first time. I wish I could have experienced this masterpiece when it first came out. But for me, this game will always be something special. Everything about it, the storytelling, the crew, the soundtrack--there's absolutely nothing else like it. Doesn't matter if it's ten years into the future, not even twenty--we'll always find ourselves travelling back to this galaxy no matter what.

When I got this game a few days ago, i was sucked in at every moment. (Except getting one shot by rockets. Then surviving one to the face somehow later--) But the main menu music... I didn't want it to stop playing somehow. I'd never heard it before yet it felt familiar. it reminded me of the Old days when games were almost always amazing... Back when game companies weren't so... Corrupt. Better days. This is one of the best games I've ever played. I could write paragraphs as to why and i have only now gotten to the tau cluster. Mass Effect is *Truly* a game series done right. Thank you, BioWare.

My heart.

Why is this actually so nostalgic I only started playing mass effect 1 year ago

Jack Wall is an amazing composer

There was a dark time in my life when I felt like the only friends I had were on the deck of the Normandy. My life is in a better place now, but hearing this song still makes me feel at home. I will never forget what this game and the crew at BioWare have done for me.

Hearing this play as the Krogan looked up to see the Genophage cure raining down on Tuchanka was just magical.

I know that most of the stuff I say comes from another comment but I just want to go out and say because I agree with that comment... I LOVE Mass Effect! I am a huge fan of sci-fi video games with aliens like Halo, Killzone, Destiny, and Gears Of War, and while I love all those games with my heart, none of them come even close to the raw emotion and awesomeness when it came to Mass Effect! I was at first scared of playing it because of making choices that affect you in the long run, but I played Mass Effect 1-Andromeda, and was a full-fledged Paragon with a dash of Renegade. All I did was play Mass Effect, it was Wake up- Go to school-Come back-Do homework-Mass Effect-Eat dinner-Mass Effect-Sleep-Repeat. It was such in incredible journey, I saved my squad on the Suicide Mission, defeated Saren, Kai Leng, and The Illusive Man, romanced Tali, and destroyed the Reapers, so Shepard lives, and spends the rest of his life with Tali on Rannoch. I also decided to play Andromeda, chose to be Sara Ryder, romanced Jaal, and I liked it, despite it’s obvious flaws and being nowhere near as great as the first three, I still really loved it! While I was sad that I finally finished the Mass Effect trilogy, I’ll still always remember the wonderful time I had playing it. And I can still always go back to it, so YAY! I know a lot of people just want to erase their memories just to go through the Mass Effect trilogy again, but I don’t want to forget. To quote Dr. Suess himself, “Do not cry because it ended, smile because it happened.” Thank you BioWare for such an incredible trilogy!!!... not you though EA, go suck Krogan balls

Opening ME1... So many memories :) Thanks for the upload!

The conversation with Vigil remains the peak of my gaming experiences to this day. I was filled with wonder, learning the hopeful but ultimately tragic Prothean story. Learning how each glowing oval reaching to the distant roof contained a designated Prothean survivor. Learning how non essential pods had been slowly switched off, dozen by dozen, trying to fathom the sheer enormity of the task. From talking to the humble Vigil, the Reaper threat became that much more real, as did my awe and empathy for the Prothean race.

it's incredible to scroll the comments and see an overwhelming positive vibe and consensus that this trilogy is incredible.

The nostalgia is real. I wish I could go back to 2007.

Here after having purchased Mass Effect Legendary Edition. This masterpiece of a theme hasn't aged one bit. This will be my home ambience for the weeks to come !!!!

I have regularly played the trilogy every year since I first played the trilogy back in 2013/2014, this song brings all of the best moments to mind, particularly squad member moments on the ship, whether I was romancing Tali, Garrus, Liara or Jack, Tali's singing during date night, Liara playing the piano, beach front property, seeing Liara again after two years on Illium, seeing Wrex again on Tuchanka, seeing Garrus on Omega, *this* menu screen back in funnily enough, May 24, 2013. It has been quite a journey each time I play the trilogy, this song is my absolutely favorite over the entire series and I can't wait to hear it again when I play the Legendary Edition on May 14, 2021 next week.

This music now holds a powerful memory for me I was in a bad place in my life My ex was divorcing me I had my young daughter alot My job was a stressful mess But I waited and when I finally was able to play the ps4 edition of this after a long wait I felt weightless even for a little bit Some time later it's gotten better But I'll never forget the feeling hearing this theme after so long

We got a new remaster coming boys!!

The nostalgia is hitting me so hard. When I first played this game I quickly realized how much of a masterpiece it was. I don't think any single player game ever had the same effect on me. I absolutely played the hell out of it - and when it was done, I went back and replayed it. End of an era, nothing will come out of the industry like this ever again. Some works of art are singular.

I got the trilogy last year, but only started playing it in the last 2-3 weeks. I'm so glad that I bought DLC. While my time has been short, it has been very impactful and filled with great memories. *Raises Glass: Here's to the good times friends. May we not be sad that they are over, but be glad that they happened.

mass effect had such a unique feel. like it was the first of its kind, and the feeling of discovery through the simple exploration really hit home. The sequels did not have the same effect for me because they just felt played out. Such a great game.

Yes it is coming back! Mass Effect: Legendary Edition!

can i cry..? please? this song gives me cry vibes. **Listens again** *Sobbing*

I remember when I first started playing Mass Effect and was hit with this music ;') Made me realise that i found something special :> Mass Effect fans unite :))

This is really good but despite the controversy around the third game, for some reason I feel nothing beats the melancholic tone of the ME3 intro song.

I had an ACL surgery in 2011. I bought some games to pass the time while I wasn't mobile. I randomly selected Mass Effect. I never had more fun playing a game, ever. It might have been the painkillers, too. But what a game.

Brings back tears! Damn I miss those times! Time flies fast!😢

This music.. When you first play Mass Effect and you are waiting for a new adventure and after playing all those episodes to the third you hear this music and it give back so much nostalgia ahhh !!! This music fits perfectly the discover and the completude of the game !

I've loved a lot of opening menu theme music but nothing and I mean NOTHING has such an effect on me as this does. Its peace and joy for my soul.

First time I played this game I was shocked by the size and quality of it this will forever be my childhood

Well, now I'm off to download ME1 again and do another playthrough. Thank you.

RIP a legendary game trilogy

If I ever go to space I want to listen to the this song while I do a space walk.

The opening screen theme always gives me chills. The fact that the team reprised the theme on piano, near the end of the Citadel DLC in ME3 when Liara visits the apartment after the party, is genius. Best musical Easter Egg ever.

The golden age of gaming is long since over. I am grateful to have experienced it. Though I do miss those times. I do look forward to future I will build myself.

Greatest moment of my life

First time player, Just finished the trilogy. I feel so lost, I’m just sitting here listening to this while recounting the memories I made throughout the 3 games. What an adventure.

I still come back to this song to this day. When Im stressed and have trouble sleeping this song takes me back.

This makes me nostalgic for those times and also depressed that Mass Effect has crumbled into dust. We should be on Mass Effect 7 by now. And no, I don't mean yearly soulless sequels. That universe was so rich and dense with detail, there was a whole universe waiting to be explored. But all that... is dead and gone now.

To me, when I first played the original Mass Effect, this song struck me as the Prothean's theme. It always seemed to play when we interacted with true, untainted Prothean technology. The last of their influence. The talk with Vigil was the biggest example for me. The song of a dead people, bidding all the races that they left their legacy with to do what they could not. A hope for the future, distilled and expressed as an otherworldly song, promising all the great wonders and terrors of the Galaxy for the races that would come to inherit them. And foremost, the power of change in the form of Commander Shepard. In the end, we are all the universe experiencing itself, and Shepard was the pure, distilled fact that when faced with certain annihilation, life, *the universe* will find a way to avert it. This song is the song of a dead people, but also reality itself calling out; it is the sadness of loss. It is the fear of an already inevitable cataclysm. But it is also the hope for the future. The raging against the dying of the light.

I hold this theme up there with the main menue theme of Halo. Both just convey this sense that you are starting a journey into this MASSIVE universe. You don't know whats beyond the start button.....but you know its gonna be one hell of a ride. Lets hope that the new ME can live up to what it's predecessors had done.

The moment you finish the whole Trilogy... and... nothing, emptiness is the first emotion that cross your entire body and mind. Like being left alone from everyone you know... from family and friends...

Nostalgia to playing long into night chatting away to friends online. Being younger and more carefree.

I just finished the trilogy yesterday. Hearing this again...it brings a tightness to my chest and a lump to my throat in a way no other piece from a game has. From starting with one these games were the only thing I'd play in my free time, I became one with the world, connecting to the people, the characters, and their struggles. I never got emotional in 1 and 2. I rarely do with any game at all. But this...when I touched down on Earth. When I had those final talks with Garrus, and Liara, and she gave me her gift, with this slowly, faintly, shortly playing in the background. I couldn't take it anymore. I cried like a fucking baby at my desk in the middle of the night. All of the emotion I'd felt over the trilogy flowing out in that moment because I knew it was all coming to an end. It was coming to an end and I didn't want it to. I wanted to keep going, I wanted to keep having hijinx with the crew, saving the galaxy. I wanted to see those little blue children. But at that point a part of me knew Shepherd wouldn't make it, and all of this would end. Then at the very end. After the Reapers were destroyed and everyone was safe, after the credits. I cried possibly the hardest I think I have in a long time during the Stargazer scene. But a part of me doesn't know why. I've seen more compelling films, more artistic works of art, and pieces of music. Yet. This. This series of three games broke me in the end. It's something I'll never forget. Something I'll always remember. Something I will always love. Keelah Se'lai

I discovered this series only last June, and it has to be one of the greatest trilogy i’ve ever played, everything was perfect, thank you BioWare for everything, especially Liara and Javik. I can’t wait for Mass Effect 4 !

The first Mass Effect had the perfect tone. There was just something about it... mysterious, dangerous, but exciting, inviting, inspiring, vast. While I think Mass Effect 2 is my favorite of the series overall, the feel of the first one is very special.

It’s you, as a slightly younger you, sitting down, just got the game from your own money! You’re just sitting there, clicking your joysticks together waiting patiently for the title screen to load. The title fades in, the Earth, slowly, is put into view, that’s when you know, that’s when you know this is going to be a good game. 10 years later, you come back to this video, to listen to this song, to either remember again, or to continue remembering. You remember, out of all the love scenes, jokes, action, and just overall memorable moments one thing, Mass Effect was a good game.

When I beat the trilogy for the first time last week.. I looked back at my Mass Effect 1 saves with this playing in the background and I had a happy cry... I wish I had these memories from before like so many others but I am very happy I could experience these games for the first time. I will always remember you, Lucy Shepard, my Shepard... and I hope we get to fight together again one day...

I remember getting this game by accident on GameFly because I wanted to fill my queue. I was unaware to what I was going to embark. I still remember loading the disc for the first time and being greeted with such angelic sounds. 2007

Now that I have the legendary edition in 2021, nothing will ever come close to the first time you set out on exploration voyages to survey new celestial bodies. The mystery, the excitement, the unknown, awaiting us. As a pre-teen in 2007, this game had a profound impact of me and my taste in games. This game, including mass effect 2, are master pieces.