The Collectors, and the enemies of Mass Effect 2
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Nov 5th 2009 at 2:56PM } 
- Collectors – an insect-like race, controlled by a single leader, that has access to the technology that "no one else in the galaxy" has. They can paralyze humans, and according to the video dev diary above, can abduct entire colonies. Oh, and they have beam weapons.
- Abominations – Husks from the first Mass Effect, but now on fire and 100-percent more suicide bomber-y.
- Scions – Three transformed human beings that have been grafted together onto a weapon. Essentially, super-zombies. With guns.
- Batorians – A "flying suit of armor" apparently made of thirty Husks that can "obliterate everything."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
WREturns [Planeteer I Power of The Final Countdown] @ Nov 5th 2009 3:01PM
Wait a minute! How are the collectors any different than the Rachni? I saved that queen so she better be around in Mass Effect 2...
tmacairjordan87 @ Nov 5th 2009 3:15PM
Well, going from the 2nd book they're advanced...more so than even the council races apparently. They have ridiculous technology, and the only way to their part of the galaxy is by 1 relay outside of citadel space, but everytime someone goes to explore they never return.
They don't appear often, so most species don't even consider them real but the ones who do meet them normally trade different arrangements of people to the Collectors for advanced technology. They always ask for wierd combinations, like 7 disabled humans and stuff like that.
Rein [Prime Minister of the city-state of New Bjork] @ Nov 5th 2009 4:42PM
The one thing I don't quite like about how they introduced the Collectors is that in the book, they were made out to be a mysterious group of aliens, not some evil bug things that want to kidnap humans. I enjoyed the fact that the beings who believed in the collectors thought they could either be mysterious gods living in paradise or hell hounds from some evil dimension. This pretty much just throws all the mystery out the window.
Still, I'm so fucking pumped to fight against them!
Kevin949 @ Nov 5th 2009 3:01PM
And what of the Reapers?
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Nov 5th 2009 3:13PM
I thought you wrote Reavers. Oh, how I miss Firefly.
Kevin949 @ Nov 5th 2009 3:17PM
Funny, because I did at first but before posting my comment I had to double check. Then I felt stupid because I'd beaten mass effect about 6 times or so and I should have known. LoL
Vcize @ Nov 5th 2009 3:48PM
The Reavers are just humans who got caught up in an experiment gone bad.
ChomskyKnows @ Nov 5th 2009 4:49PM
Don't fear them....
Quiggy @ Nov 5th 2009 8:10PM
@Vcize
No, Reavers ain't men.
Babel @ Nov 5th 2009 3:04PM
I have to say, I find the Mass Effect universe to be one of the most exciting in-game places I've encountered in a long time. There's just so many cool things in it! Looking forward to seeing how much Mass Effect 2 expands on this...
INTERNET SUPERHERO @ Nov 5th 2009 5:44PM
Agreed the only thing that get is on the same level as it is Fallout 3. I love games that can immerse you their universe.
Warlock @ Nov 5th 2009 3:06PM
"They can paralyze humans, [...] Oh, and they have beam weapons."
So... they have the Ice Beam?
LegendaryRedass @ Nov 5th 2009 5:51PM
Cone of coldness.
BlackDove @ Nov 5th 2009 3:06PM
"Organics do not choose to fear us, it is a function of your hardware"
So we were controlled and conditioned on a biological level to fear artificial life/mechanics/machines?
By the Reapers?
Maybe I'm just reading too much into it.
Jose [Steam & PSN: Assmar] @ Nov 5th 2009 3:06PM
Way too much, meatbag.
KinjiroSSD @ Nov 5th 2009 5:18PM
I don't think you reading too much into it. The Reapers did state they wipe out the universe periodically of biological life so maybe its an instinctual reaction to fear them.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 5th 2009 6:13PM
you dont have to be tampered with to be afraid of things that are going to kill you. Surely humans and other organics are capable of fear of things other than reapers, with your line of logic the reapers made us afraid of bears and guns in our faces as well?
Mopo @ Nov 6th 2009 1:10PM
@KinjiroSSD
It is hard to have an instinctual reaction if your species were already wiped out, but that suggests we have encountered them before, which does not seem likely. The Reapers do not wipe out all biological life - only ones that advance to a certain level.
Jose [Steam & PSN: Assmar] @ Nov 5th 2009 3:06PM
German is a tough commander, she'll make it out alive, no problem.
Dreaded Fear @ Nov 5th 2009 3:16PM
Every time news comes out for Mass Effect 2, it reminds me how close the game is. For some reason I keep thinking the game is going to be released a long time from now. Better get my main playthrough (that is going to be transferred to Mass Effect 2) done soon.
NaeemTHM @ Nov 5th 2009 3:20PM
"Abominations – Husks from the first Mass Effect, but now on fire and 100-percent more suicide bomber-y"
Ahhh no way I freakin hated those guys as is!
Mopo @ Nov 6th 2009 1:12PM
Go Biotic and they will never get close to you.
Darkdrium777 @ Nov 5th 2009 3:28PM
Damn, when Legion spoke at the end I got chills all over again just like when I "met" Sovereign for the first time.
This will be awesome. :)
teknomusik @ Nov 5th 2009 3:57PM
Sovereign had a bad ass voice.
ballistic3188 @ Nov 5th 2009 3:41PM
In bioware we trust. I have it preordered.
they really need to explain the motivation of the reapers. cause didn't we kill the messanger. aren't the other reapers like really far away from our galaxy. how can they affect us since they are so far away. I also thought reapers were very robocentric as in no organics. so why they would outfit a organic race with weapons i don't get it.
btw Dragon age is everything i hoped it would be. can't wait till masss effect 2.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 5th 2009 3:56PM
wait what? Dont the Geth already have sentience? Isnt that why they rebelled against the Quarians?
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 5th 2009 4:01PM
huh, i just finished watching the whole video, and they basically said the Geth arent sentient outside their groups. That seems starkly contrasted to what Tali said, that being in groups only makes them smarter, not that they relied on it
RedRaptor @ Nov 5th 2009 4:07PM
Play ME1 again. Tali says that they only gain sentience when they "share" brainpower in a group.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 5th 2009 4:17PM
hmm, i guess i misinterpreted it then, it sounded to me like they were perfectly capable on their own
Red @ Nov 5th 2009 4:19PM
Woah woah woah... stop the video at 0:45 and you will notice what appears to be a disabled Reaper.
Legion... He sounds awesome if a little stalker-ish
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 5th 2009 6:14PM
given the cloud of debris and general haze, it's probably just a flashback from when Sovereign was defeated
adam @ Nov 5th 2009 4:27PM
I'm pretty sure he's saying "pretorian" (or praetorian) and not "batorian," since there are already Batarians in the ME universe, and because pretorian/praetorian is a real word like scion.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 5th 2009 4:33PM
yeah, makes sense for a massive armored thing to be named after the praetorian guard, instead of a new obscure name that makes them sound like a species rather than a construct
KinjiroSSD @ Nov 5th 2009 5:28PM
I loved Mass Effect and this game is enough to get me to buy a 360 again.....unless it comes to PS3 6 months later.....
Kyle @ Nov 5th 2009 5:45PM
Casey Hudson looks eerily like Sylar from Heroes. The eyes, eyebrows, everything. He even moves like him.
Interesting video though. I'm trying to lay off the Mass Effect 2 previews though, as I ruined a lot of the first game for myself.
VampireHunter Z @ Nov 5th 2009 5:54PM
Good sci-fi is so rare, I must say ME has one of the most compelling sci-fi universes. This thing completely immerses me. The truth about the Reapers blew me away in the original and I can't wait to see what's in store in ME2.
The Dark Wayne [Planeteer: Power of the Batusi] @ Nov 5th 2009 6:15PM
what truth of the reapers are you referring to? There were quite a few revelations about the reapers
Dave @ Nov 5th 2009 6:19PM
the bald guy looks like scott skiles
Mack Swift @ Nov 6th 2009 8:46AM
Holy frak me sideways does this look badass!! Totally want!!!!
ashleynewman12345 @ Nov 6th 2009 9:59AM
the collectors remind me of the Chimera from resistance,
i not saying that they copied just that they have a lot of things in common, the bug are like the crawlers but instead of tranforming they paralise, and they come and collect the people just like the Chimera. There heads kind of look the same.
but then again most things have been done before, and it hard to make something completely new
C lab Cpn @ Nov 7th 2009 5:16PM
"given the cloud of debris and general haze, it's probably just a flashback from when Sovereign was defeated"
If I remember correctly Sovereign's 'body' was pulverized after the joint attack, there were no remains left. That really does look like a dead Reaper floating somewhere in space. Maybe we'll get dock and explore its insides. :)