Poll: Evil Shepard or Good Shepard

[ServebotFrank]

I liked how in ME 1 there was no consequence for being Paragon and bit of an asshole but I hated ME 2 where you had to be all the way Paragon or Renegade in order to save all the crew members. When you do that the purpose is not what the player would do but actually "Well I need Paragon points so I'll go with the option that makes me a saint."

KOTOR had a decent thing where you could be neutral and likewise have the benefits of no negative Force drain when using opposite Force powers but no discounts of the same powers. That made sense and at the end of the game you had the choice of killing half your crew to take your place as Sith Lord or be goody two shoes all the way to the end.

KOTOR 2 also had Kreia who in order to get maximum influence one must make the most logical choices. Not moral choices but logical choices. Like not giving money to beggars on Nar Shadda but not berating them either. Some of her insights really encouraged players to not be good or evil like she is. Which is what I'm going for next time I play that game.

 

[magicmonkeybars]

I prefer a pragmatic Shepard, so mostly renegade, sometimes paragon.

 

[Cosmic Humor]

Paragon. Renegade Shephard often feels like being a dick for the sake of being a dick.

 

[IndianaJonny]

Isn't it more like good Shepard or asshole Shepard? Good Shepard for me.

Pretty much this. 'Renegage' Shepard came across as a twat.

 

[ImSkeletor]

I do whatever I feel like doing so I am fairly 50/50 about everything. So I guess Im Dirty Picard? No that sounds like a porn name. Captain Harry? No, that sounds like something a guy would name his penis. Whatever you call it Im neutral.

 

[FullMetalZ]

I have a separate playthrough for being a Renegade. In my main playthrough, I tend to fill up my Paragon bar completely, but not without doing a few Renegade actions. I'm not above getting my hands dirty if it means having to deal with one less nuisance. However, I find it very hard for me to do most of the Renegade options concerning team members.

Used to be the other way around. In KotOR, I was Sith in both games on my first playthrough, and I preferred it that way.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

I'm doing a Renegade, Be-A-Dick-To-Everyone-But-My-Crew Shepard play through right now. I still prefer Paragon Shep, though.

 

[Biodeamon]

I was good whenever possible in Mass Effect. However i did abandon the council. And also killed anybody who ticked me off.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Full Paragon here.

Always liked to play the good guy in most of the games.

 

[Vault101]

renegade shepard is douche and I dont like to think of one of my favorite charahcters being that way

 

[Voration]

While evil is fun, its just inconvenient sometimes

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

First, I generally don't think of the renegade actions as being Evil. They are, generally speaking at any rate, a way to solve a problem, often in the simplest and most efficient manner. Sure, those solutions might be a bit dickish but I hardly think that qualifies as being evil.

And, for my part, I tend to choose the option that makes the most sense at the moment without regard to if the option is paragon or renegade. If I need to sabatoge a gunship and the option comes up to stab a guy in the back with a power tool, I'll take that option. Or, if some guy is braging about how they've got me in an ambush and I can choose to snap his neck and drop an exploding crate on a bunch of his cohorts, I'll take that as well. By the end of the game this left me being entirely paragon and nearly 50% renegade.

 

[wfpdk]

i find the stories' dialogue makes more sense when you go with renegade speech options more often than not in the second game and paragon options in the first game.

 

[spectrenihlus]

Their is no evil Shepard...

 

[The_80s_Guy]

I'll answer this with a quote from GTA San Andreas: "No one tells a RENEGADE what to do!"