Poll: ME2: Did you trust Cerberus?

[Superior Mind]

I think they're too self-centered, even showing blatant reluctance to work with the human arm of the Citadel, even going to the extent of feeding them false information. That kind of unwillingness to work with others isn't goig to help and under they're control Humanity would probably end up like the Batarians - a bunch of butthurt exhiles that nobody likes.
Do I trust them? A bit. I think at crunch time they'll show their true colours to be noble at least. Whether that will be to help the galactic community or just humanity, who knows.

The Illusive Man's got style though, can't fault him for that.

 

[Kelethor]

Alright Martin Sheen, listen here. I appreciate the new ship, and replacing me with a clone, as well as that Woman Miranda who's ass could be use to provide diplomatic solutions to wars, But lets get one thing straight here. Grunt doesn't trust you, I, therefore do not trust you.


I believe it is in my best interest to agree with the guy who looks like he could eat a spaceship.

 

[Thedarkestofsouls]

Well, I never trusted Ceberus for one reason. Akuze. I made a promise to Corpeal Toombs to bring Cerberus down for him, and I keep my promises. That said, I am not ungreatful. Cerberus brought Shepard back, and they brought him back to do a job. I did that job. I stopped the Collectors from taking Human colonies.

I was Cerberus's merc, never there employee, and I let the Illusive Man know he could kiss my ass when I took Miranda from him, and blew up what he thought would be his payday for bringing me back.

If I'm not working for MYSELF by the third game, I'll be pissed. My Shepard plans to be an orginazation unto itself, with the plans stopping the Reapers (and righting galactic wrongs).

so no, I didn't trust Cerberus. But I did pay them back for bringing me to life (by doing their work for them, and the Alliance).

On a side note, the Illusive Man is a slightly Darker version of a character I play in a D&D campaign. XD

 

[Tony2077]

No i didn't the leader just didn't sit well with me

 

[Rhino of Steel]

I felt the odds of them trying to grow their own reaper were really, really good so I blew the place up. The Illusive Man was far to interested in powerful weapons for him to not at least try and with the vast reaper fleet on its way I don't need a 2 km tall terminator coming up behind me in ME3. Not to mention the idea of a human dominated galaxy, or more realistically Cerberus dominated, does not sit well with me. I've spent too much time building up an extensive web of allies and I'd rather they didn't screw that up.

That said it was hard not to appreciate their help for most of the game especially when contrasted with the Council. I spend the entire first game getting snark from them no matter what I do then not only save their sorry asses at the cost of human lives but the rest of the galaxy as well. And what is their response when I see them again? It wasn't reapers but an advanced geth ship. Oh, and I guess you can be a spectre again. It was really hard not to tell them to cram it in whatever orifice their lousy excuses for species defecates from. And naturally since I blew up the collector base I don't have any evidence for what they were doing either. Even my paragon Sheppard is going to have a hard time not murdering the Council if they call me a liar again.

 

[Blindswordmaster]

I trust them as much as Third Echelon.

 

[AgDr_ODST]

honestly haven't played either game but I am a fan of the characters and the universe that Bioware has created. Now to answer the question based on what I read on page one(and my overall understanding of the games). I'd trust them until the reaper/collector threat was eliminated and maybe hand over some tech then I'll screw them over in game 3(if my eventual play throughs of both games will allow that option)

 

[Shaoken]

I have to agree that in regards to Cerberus the second game had pretty shoddy writing. None of these things get to be mentioned other than a token sentence from Miranda about the Rachni and the Thorian creepers, and it's all just glossed over with a lame excuse.

That Cerberus is split into cells that have little interaction with one another? No, that isn't shoddy writing, that's pretty much how a secret organisation would work; if one cell gets comprimised then they can't put any other cells at risk.

The real shoddy writing is why a man running an organisation that has bad blood with so many people would feel the need to put his logo on every piece of equipment and clothing he issues.

As such a character-defining trait a Sole Survivor Shepard should definitely have had the option to bring up Akuze, but that fact that it's never mentioned is just a glaringly huge omission that I'm very surprised that the writers felt was okay.

Apparantly there are a lot of hidden sound bites that didn't get used, so maybe that was one of the, especially considering how there are so many throwbacks to the last game in there. Maybe you should throw that question off to Bioware, it's defintely worth bringing it to their attention.

As to why he wouldn't bring it up, he knows he's in a tough spot, and that Illusive Man is the only one who takes the Reapers seriously AND has the ability to do something about it.

 

[P.Tsunami]

Kinda short sighted mate
Personally I believe in them they are working for the benefit of humanity sure their methods are questionable but show me one intelligence agency on the planet that wouldn't do something like that to ensure humanity's survival?

Except this is complete bullshit.

Cerberus is quite clearly working only for the benefit of Cerberus, and will screw over humanity if Cerberus profits from it. For example, the research facility on Pragia. Now torturing little kids to learn stuff is bad enough, but you also have to remember how most of the kids got their; batarian slavers. Cerberus is supporting the attacks of Batarians on human colonies to get more test subjects. They are quite clearly working against humanity to further their own interests.

So no, I don't trust Cerberus at all. They are quite clearly an evil corporation run by a charismatic bastard.

I'd make the argument that, from a Cerberus perspective, they simply keep a bigger picture view of things. Means to an end, breaking eggs to make omelet, etc. Personally, I do believe that Cerberus has humanity's advancement as their goal. That doesn't mean they consider every human sacred cows that can't be sacrificed for the greater good.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Kinda short sighted mate
Personally I believe in them they are working for the benefit of humanity sure their methods are questionable but show me one intelligence agency on the planet that wouldn't do something like that to ensure humanity's survival?

Except this is complete bullshit.

Cerberus is quite clearly working only for the benefit of Cerberus, and will screw over humanity if Cerberus profits from it. For example, the research facility on Pragia. Now torturing little kids to learn stuff is bad enough, but you also have to remember how most of the kids got their; batarian slavers. Cerberus is supporting the attacks of Batarians on human colonies to get more test subjects. They are quite clearly working against humanity to further their own interests.

So no, I don't trust Cerberus at all. They are quite clearly an evil corporation run by a charismatic bastard.

I'd make the argument that, from a Cerberus perspective, they simply keep a bigger picture view of things. Means to an end, breaking eggs to make omelet, etc. Personally, I do believe that Cerberus has humanity's advancement as their goal. That doesn't mean they consider every human sacred cows that can't be sacrificed for the greater good.

But, like I said, this make no sense. You can't claim to be prohuman if you're going to support direct attacks on human colonies, just because you benefit by association. The key thing is that Cerberus was supporting enemies of humanity by buying slaves from Batarians. No pro-human group would ever do that. That does not advance human interests. That sets them back. This does not contribute to any greater good. All it does is advance a purely Cerberus interest.

People buy all this "Cerberus supports humanity" just because they were trying to save the human colonies. But this was never their goal. If they cared about protecting human colonies, they would never work with Batarians. They just wanted Collector technology. If the Illusive Man stood to benefit from the attacks on human colonies, I bet he would allow them to continue.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Shamus summed it up pretty well in that comic: those guys killed more humans in the first Mass Effect than every other organisation and the main villain (plus his faction) combined.
Those guys are fucking thick. I hope you get a chance to go Sparta on the Illusive Man in the 3rd game.

 

[Legion IV]

this game is pretty terribly written its pretty much. be good! or be BAD. Just in case you dont know wich choice is good and bad lets color the font....

 

[Ironsouled]

near completely agree with Cerberus, their ideals, and eveything... and the revival helped. Trust em and they always did get me nice shiny thing and people to snipe... bwahahaha.

 

[Eruanno]

I wouldn't say I TRUST Cerberus or any of their operatives (well, maybe Miranda and Jacob), but I think The Illusive Man is an awesome character, and not seeing him later would be sad indeed. (Plus, destroying that big space station is just stupid if one could use it for something better. Didn't your mother teach you anything about recycling?)

 

[GLo Jones]

I didn't give my full trust, but I definitely made full use of them. I'm very much looking forward to how they play out in ME3.

 

[Booze Zombie]

Never in a million years.
The choice I had to make at the end of ME2 was bull, there should've been more than a binary choice, but no, better I did the paragon thing than the renegade.
I couldn't see that ending very well for anyone.

 

[TOGSolid]

I've been playing 100% Renegade Shepard since ME1 cause it's always more fun than being a sissy nice guy, so yeah, I totally gave the station over to Cerberus. If they abuse it I can always just go break the Illusive Man's spine. Jack can help.

 

[NotAPie]

Yeah well...at the beginning anyway.
See I mostly trusted them because I don't remember encountering Cerberus in the first game.
Then in the middle of the game is when I thought "...fuck these people..."

 

[Gralian]

I trust Cerberus, but i do not trust The Illusive Man.

I think most of Cerberus is made up of people like Jacob and Miranda, who want to do their job and secure humanity's foothold in the galaxy. I half expected EDI to betray the team during the suicide mission or some other part of the story, like she was installed into the ship so Cerberus could buttfuck Shepherd when they felt he'd stepped over the line, or they wanted him to do something shady he wasn't comfortable with. I was pleasantly suprised to find that EDI was as much a part of the team as Joker and the rest of the crew, even becoming a character i grew a little fond of, most definitely in the final parts of the game when she starts cracking "jokes".

I think the people in charge are a little suspicious, but not the regular grunts who want to "do their own brand of good".

 

[Baldry]

I can kinda predict what the unanimous answer will be. Personally, I made an effort to jam my middle finger up Cerberus' ass. I wouldn't trust the Illusive Man if he was voiced by Morgan Freeman and had my mother's face.

I trust him if he had Morgan Freeman's voice.

Anyway never played it so the last option for me