Audience reviews
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Comet_Official
I honestly don't see why people hate on this anime movie focused around James Vega from the Mass Effect Franchise. This movie gave us a rather good backstory for why Vega is the way he is in the main series and I think that is AWESOME! Now were there other choices for story? Sure but I recently found out this movie existed & I had to binge it because it gives us more backstory and lore between the 2nd and 3rd games. The story is rather simple in nature as Vega and his team fight the Collectors but to see what turned Vega into the character we know was reason enough to give it a watch!
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With the recent release of the remastered Mass Effect trilogy, I couldn’t help but have Mass Effect on the mind once again. As any fan of the series would know, the biggest appeal to Mass Effect is the lovable cast of characters and the story that unveils with them by your side (minus the ME3 ending, we all know that could have been better). This reputation left 'Mass Effect: Paragon Lost' with some big shoes to fill.
…& unfortunately, this movie is a far cry from what the Mass Effect trilogy has previously accomplished. Granted, not that you could even expect that level of story-telling after seeing the choice of main character for this film. Out of all the characters that exist in the Mass Effect universe, they choose the most generic “bro” of them all - James Vega (give me a Garrus mov…
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"Out here, our choices affect not only our lives but the lives of all the people we've sworn to protect. We can only hope... we make the right ones."
Firstly, Happy N7 Day commanders, we finally got our remastered trilogy! Secondly, this is so much more satisfying upon playing the game before and after, since it gives so much more depth to the character of James Vega.
Exploring James' backstory only hinted at during the events of Mass Effect 3, it gives us the full-on explosive adventure full of loss and brutal decisions in typical Mass Effect fashion. Taking place in 2183 to start with a fantastic action sequence on Fehl Prime before jumping forward 2 years to 2185 taking place at the same time as the final sequences from Mass Effect 2. Production I.G. (most known for Ghost in the Shell…
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Plot: C Set in the same world as the Mass Effect Videogames, the movie Mass Effect: Paragon Lost follows Lt. James Vega an officer in the Alliance and some of the adventures he goes on prior to becoming one of Commander Shepherd's crew members in Mass Effect 3. It takes place at some point during Mass Effect 2's timeline. I will say that if this is cannon, and Vega found out the information about the Collectors that he did in this, then the Alliance leadership on Earth are bigger idiots than I thought they were. This movie is saying that the Alliance was presented with proof of the Reaper's existence and they still denied it in the beginning of ME3.
Visuals: F *That's not a "press f to pay respects" that's a straight-up f. Awful animation style. Why did it look so blurry? It was so ugly t…
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The Mass effect series was in its hey day one of the most beloved series on the Console market, having amazing gun play interlaced in a complex world and story that grew more interesting as the games went on. And excluding the most recent title the games prided themselves on there ability to make the player have tough decisions that had no real right answer. Now I will say that I genuinely thought this movie captured that what mass effect is all about, and this is why. See when it comes to the movie I will be the first to admit that the art direction was not the best adaptation of the source material, and the majority of the characters in the movie had private Jenkins levels of development. But the movie makes up for all of that with its story, the story of a man like commander Shepard who…
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Mass effect is one of the most in depth gaming universes out there, and paragon lost certainly honors that heritage. To understand this anime you must play the games first or you will be lost. The anime builds on the background of James Vega, one of your companions from mass effect 3, playing the game you build a sense of comradery with him and he tells you one of his war stories, and paragon lost builds upon hist tale. It's one thing to hear it told in the game, but now you can watch it all unfold and truly understand the difficulty of his decision.
The anime throws you right into the action with no real background, so again to understand you must play the games.
Not my personal favorite art style, they went with a more realistic appearance.
Some things didn't make sense in the mass…
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I'm more than just a mass effect fan. I'm a massive mass effect fan! I've probably played the trilogy through about 6 times by now. Time well spent.
I saw this quite a while ago, but I will do my best to give my impressions.
When this was going to come out, I was very excited about it! I get excited about any mass effect related news. I remember seeing all the synopses on the wiki, and the trailers, and getting quite hyped. After all, in Mass Effect 3, when we suddenly see Vega on the Normandy, we think 'who the hell is he'? And I'm glad this movie came along to answer our questions - even though his backstory was explained in an okay way during the game.
That said, he's probably the last ME character I'd choose to make a movie about. If this was a move 100% about Garrus or Wrex, I would p…
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*This is only my second review so some feedback would be nice so I know how to improve my reviews in the future!*
I'd say I'm quite a fan of the Mass Effect universe. It's huge and is filled with amazing planets, alien races and ancient evils just begging to be used on another medium. When I heard about a Mass Effect anime I was ecstatic! I really liked Halo legends when it came out so why shouldn't I have been excited? How brutally disappointed I was...
The story... like I said The Mass Effect universe has so much potentia,l it's great source material for an anime. The movie is set between the 1st and 2nd game. Commander Shepard is believed dead and a pro-human anti-alien organization known as Cerberus is on the rise. That was fine I had no problems there. What I did have problems with…
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I didn't know what to expect going into this movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. While most of the movie seems to drag on at a slow pace, the climax more than makes up for it and makes playing Mass Effect 3 that much more enjoyable. It was a treat to get to see what made James Vega the person he was in the game. I would recommend watching this after beating Mass Effect 2 and before starting Mass Effect 3.
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