As I’m sure will surprise no one, this list of the best moments of the Mass Effect series in the wake of BioWare’s shutdown was originally a lot longer. I strolled into the Kotaku Slack with a list of…one second, let me count…57 moments across all of Mass Effect that I wanted to spotlight. That was after I had made what I thought were tough cuts, but once I plopped that proposed monster into the chat, I was immediately bullied for my hubris and told I was only allowed 12. Frankly, that was rude as hell and a direct attack on my sparkle. But here I am. I killed 45 of my darlings and picked what I consider the 12 best moments across the Mass Effect series, and even now, I may keel over at the thought of not including moments like the Wrex conflict on Virmire, or Tali thinking about where the living room window of her new home will go once she’s reclaimed the Quarian homeworld of Rannoch.

So if you open up this list and wonder where your favorite moment is, do not blame me. It would have been almost five times longer if I were in charge. Please feel free to talk about your favorite moments that didn’t make it in the comments. And now, after torturing myself to scale this list down, let’s get into the 12 best moments in all of Mass Effect.

Up to this point, Mass Effect has made its galaxy feel large, but it isn’t until the player is able to speak to Sovereign, the “vanguard of [our] destruction,” that it becomes clear that it is far larger than your comprehension.

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