This is why I’m so glad that Mass Effect Legendary Edition is convincing people to play the trilogy from start to finish. There’s no way you didn’t bring the ex-C-Sec sniper prodigy with you to Ilos. If you’re meeting Garrus for the first time when he takes off his helmet in Omega, you’re probably just like, “How do I know this bird guy?” Because he helped you in the first game! Ashley is rubbish, Kaidan is okay but not until Mass Effect 3, Liara is cool but crap in combat, and you can’t just knock about the Milky Way with Wrex and Tali exclusively. The first Mass Effect was Xbox-exclusive until 2012, meaning that a huge number of players’ introduction to BioWare’s revered space opera was Mass Effect 2.

What’s most amazing about all of this is that an enormous amount of people never got to experience the moment the way it was intended. That scar Garrus shows up on the Normandy with? Nothing compared to the damage done to my lower jaw after picking it up off the sitting room floor. It’s the way the mission is designed and the scene is framed that makes it a real show-stopper.

This time around, I know it’s Garrus, but that changes nothing. It’s as much a spectacle in 2021 as it was in 2010.

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