The 8 characters that have changed the most in the Mass Effect series

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• Garrus evolves from a frustrated officer to a mature Shinigami expert.

• Liara gains confidence and becomes a Shadow Broker.

• Jack went from an angry loner to a caring teacher.

One of the best things about the Mass Effect series is the characters. Over the course of the game, you'll meet all kinds of interesting people, from villains to heroes and somewhere in between. Most of them are very well written, with distinct personalities and clear motivations.

Moreover, some of the most important characters develop throughout the series. This is especially true for your amazing colleagues. The life-threatening, world-saving adventures you go on with Shepard change some things, including their personalities and their overall outlook on the world. The following characters change the most during Normandy's numerous escapes:

The choices you make during Mass Effect will affect whether your character survives. This list is based on the idea that they all lived long enough to change.

8

Garus Vakarian

At the beginning of the series, Garrus is a frustrated C-Sec officer tired of bureaucracy. He then develops from Omega into a ruthless and effective vigilante.

But he changed a little from the third game onwards. His people consider him a Reaper expert, or at least the closest thing to a Reaper. His rebellious attitude has toned down a bit, and he is no longer as enthusiastic as he used to be. Instead, it seems like he has become more mature. But he's still willing to crack jokes and be sarcastic, just like he always has. So he doesn't change completely.

7

Liara T'Soni

In the first game, Liara is young for an Asari, and this shows in her personality. Despite her obvious intelligence, she is a bit awkward, naive, and insecure. She seems to idolize Shepard in some ways.

Over the next few games she gained much more confidence. She made a name for herself in the world of information brokers, becoming a Shadow Broker and one of the most important people in the galaxy. At this point, she's much more confident and doesn't need to idolize even Shepard. But she still likes the commander.

6

jack

Jack's childhood was spent as a test subject for Cerberus. She was tortured, forced to fight, and hated by all the other children for being a 'special child'. Naturally, this affected her mentally as she grew into a very angry adult who neither cared nor trusted anyone.

But her time in Normandy changes her. She begins to trust more and becomes an overall better person. As a result, in Mass Effect 3, she assists in training young biotics as a teacher at Grissom Academy. She may not be the most traditional educator, but she is an effective educator. Additionally, she cares a lot about her students. At the start of ME2, she may not have been considerate or trustworthy enough for this role.

5

EDI

No character in the series physically changes as much as EDI. In the end, she had a life-sized robotic body in a holographic sphere. But what's most interesting is the change in her personality. Introduced in Mass Effect 2, she was a standard helpful AI who just did what she was told and had little personality.

However, when the Joker frees her from her bonds and spends time with her, she begins to become more human. She tells funny jokes, asks a lot of questions, and even falls in love. In short, she becomes a real person.

4

Ashley Williams

When you talk to Ashley in Normandy in the first game, you learn two important things about her. She distrusts aliens and her career is at a standstill. The reason she struggles to join the military is because her grandfather was the first human to surrender to aliens, leaving a black mark on the family name.

It is up to her to raise her family's reputation, and she does this while performing exploits alongside Shepard. As a result, Ash advances his career and is offered the role of a respected Specter. Additionally, her views on aliens change as she becomes more friends with them.

3

Mordin Solus

Mordin's general personality does not change during the series. Because he remains a very talkative and highly intelligent scientist. However, he changes his mind about a biological weapon called Genophage, which causes most krogan to be stillborn. Changing your mind about one topic may not sound like a big change, but for Mordin, it is a significant change. After all, he helped create and spread the disease, which was a defining moment in the scientist's life.

At first, he constantly defends his decision to Genophage. But as time goes by, a bit of guilt starts to creep in, even if he doesn't necessarily admit it. In Mass Effect 3, he pulls off a complete U-turn, as he not only develops a cure for the Genophage, but risks his life to distribute it. In one of gaming's most iconic quotes, he claims he's on a life-threatening mission “because someone else might be wrong.” But atonement may have been another motivation for the salarians.

2

Miranda Lawson

In Mass Effect 2, Miranda is classified as a 'Cerberus Cheerleader'. There's a good reason for that. After all, she is the controversial company's number one fan. It's no wonder she feels she owes both her career and her life to the organization and its leader, The Illusive Man.

Her love of company is one of her most defining characteristics. That is until she turns against them at the end of the second game. She chose to do what was right instead of what The Illusive Man wanted. That's not what I expected when I first met her.

1

Urdno Rex

It's unfair to say that Wrex doesn't care about his fellow Krogans in the original Mass Effect games. But he seems to have long given up on the idea of ​​the krogan ever getting past the genophage and becoming a functioning society. So he devotes himself to the mercenary life of killing people and earning credits.

However, in Mass Effect 2, he is no longer a mercenary for the Citadel. As a clan leader on his home planet, he strives to create a better life for his people. Although difficult, he works tirelessly in the second and third games to reunite the various krogan tribes and cure the genophage. In the end, he won't be remembered as a fearsome mercenary. He will be known as a courageous leader.