AGP#033a – Daryl Talks Mass Effect (Part 1)

Hosts: Evan “Vampt Vo” Minto, Mitchell Dyer,
Daryl Surat
Topic: Mass Effect 1 (Mass Effect 2 and our
expectations for 3 are in part 2)


We’ve got Anime World Order’s Daryl Surat with us this episode to
talk about the science-fiction action-RPG series Mass Effect. In
part a, we talk about the first Mass Effect game (“Mass Effect 1”
for clarity), touching on the parts we both liked and didn’t like
in both the storytelling and the gameplay. While I mentioned that
the episode would have a lot of spoilers, this first part is
relatively spoiler-free in terms of plot twists. However, we do
discuss the meta-game a bit, so if you’d rather not know that,
listen at your own risk.


Show notes and links are after the break.


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(Runtime: 39 minutes)

[00:00] Opening Song: “R.O.D. Theme” by Taku Iwasaki (Read
Or Die OAV OP)[00:15] Evan introduces Mitchy and Daryl
before getting into the meat of the episode.

[01:13] What IS Mass Effect? We answer that question.


[02:47] Daryl and Evan provide some general opinions of Mass
Effect 1. Also some discussion of the setting.


[11:17] Evan gets us into a discussion of the moral choices
found frequently in the series.


[20:24] Uh oh, time to talk about Mass Effect’s infamous
romances.


[32:55] We talk about the combat and inventory.


[39:25] Just some info for people looking for the second half
of the episode.


[39:35] Ending Song: “WORLD END Instrumental” by FLOW (Code
Geass R2 2nd OP)