Poll: Evil Shepard or Good Shepard
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*Ok, maybe not all the time. I may not have had kind words for TIM after he sent me and mine into that Collector trap, that krogan may have been asking for a head butting, and that's it I swear.
And I may have told Udina to piss off after that whole grounding the Normandy thing.
3 Playthroughs-
M/Paragon, M/Renegade, F/Paragon
The renegade stuff is quite entertaining, but the first time through, yea- I wanted to deal with things the so-called 'better route'
and then went and did that again with a Female shepard to get that experience from the game. Definitely got my moneys worth from that game- or however much Ive spent on it with the DLC included.
M/Paragon, M/Renegade, F/Paragon
The renegade stuff is quite entertaining, but the first time through, yea- I wanted to deal with things the so-called 'better route'
and then went and did that again with a Female shepard to get that experience from the game. Definitely got my moneys worth from that game- or however much Ive spent on it with the DLC included.
Both?
Generally cool with bros, asshole to assholes. I think the transfer file said overall it was more Paragon than Renegade, but there were definitely some solid Renegade choices in there. For example, let the council die. Not entirely because they were useless obstructionist assbags the entire game, but because when the options came down to either (A) save some random elected politicians at the risk of blowing the mission (and by extension dooming the galaxy), or (B) leaving them to their own devices so you can focus on the big picture and do what needs to be done ... fuck 'em, I'll take (B) every time. Because in the moment, you have no way of knowing if you have time to do both.
What's more frustrating is how there's some sort of assumption that Renegade = dumb, occasionally xenophobic asshole. Oh, you didn't want to blow up the Collector base because the Reapers are coming and throwing away such a massive resource and insight into their technology can potentially doom *literally everyone*? Pff, well clearly you are a big stupid and TIM tricked you or you're blindly pro-human. Argh. No. Please stop making these assumptions for me.
Generally cool with bros, asshole to assholes. I think the transfer file said overall it was more Paragon than Renegade, but there were definitely some solid Renegade choices in there. For example, let the council die. Not entirely because they were useless obstructionist assbags the entire game, but because when the options came down to either (A) save some random elected politicians at the risk of blowing the mission (and by extension dooming the galaxy), or (B) leaving them to their own devices so you can focus on the big picture and do what needs to be done ... fuck 'em, I'll take (B) every time. Because in the moment, you have no way of knowing if you have time to do both.
What's more frustrating is how there's some sort of assumption that Renegade = dumb, occasionally xenophobic asshole. Oh, you didn't want to blow up the Collector base because the Reapers are coming and throwing away such a massive resource and insight into their technology can potentially doom *literally everyone*? Pff, well clearly you are a big stupid and TIM tricked you or you're blindly pro-human. Argh. No. Please stop making these assumptions for me.
Was hoping for a True Neutral option for those of us who play KOTOR and understand that pure good or pure evil is bad.
The problem with morality in games is that being "Evil" doesn't generally fit with the storyline. The main plot is usually about saving the world/universe/planet/humanity etc which at the end of the day is essentially a noble cause, so why would an "evil" character bother? Surely he/she would just say "to hell with you all!" and be done with it. Therefore it's more of an attitude system than anything else.
Shepard is either "Angel of virtue" or "total asshole." None of the renegade choices ever make him/her look anything more than a collosal jerk.
I play as I feel my character would and she is just all all out goody-two-shoes. But then again I'm one of these saps who feels a connection with the characters and I feel really bad when I accidently wrong someone in the game. Still, I have tried Renegade and it felt good to push that merc guy off the Dantius Tower, to punch stupid Al-Jilani in the face and to headbutt stupid Uvenk the Krogan.
Shepard is either "Angel of virtue" or "total asshole." None of the renegade choices ever make him/her look anything more than a collosal jerk.
I play as I feel my character would and she is just all all out goody-two-shoes. But then again I'm one of these saps who feels a connection with the characters and I feel really bad when I accidently wrong someone in the game. Still, I have tried Renegade and it felt good to push that merc guy off the Dantius Tower, to punch stupid Al-Jilani in the face and to headbutt stupid Uvenk the Krogan.
In a game like this, I like being the hero. Plus, Paragon conforms more to my world view anyway, so 95% of the Paragon choices are what I personally would have chosen anyway.
EVIL Shepard?
Renegade Shep is still a hero, really. He's also just a dick about it.
Anyway, Paragon.
Renegade Shep is still a hero, really. He's also just a dick about it.
Anyway, Paragon.
I usually do what I would do, which ends up being paragon, but with a healthy bit of renegade in there, too. I'm a good guy, but I'm easily pissed off.
I hate bad Shep. Some games I can play a bad guy, but not ME. Bad Shep just feels like a jerk to me, instead of a genuinely evil character (which can be fun) or even an extremist. He just feels like a chaotic Evil, instead of Lawful or Neutral.