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Post by N7 Steph on Dec 20, 2011 17:02:04 GMT 1
I started as a paragon as I felt mean.... Then decided to do renegade and it was far much more enjoyable ^_^ I do some paragon things in Mass Effect 2 other then that bad ass
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Post by Mister Buch on Dec 21, 2011 6:31:55 GMT 1
I'm very paragon -- I like the way paragon Shep is portrayed as an idealist who gets things done in a very dirty world without compromising what she considers important. What's that line about 'Saving the human race without losing humanity' or something. I love that. I'm a real hippie, though - I like the kind of hero who saves the day without sacrificing anything but herself. Mass Effect is well-written enough that you can believe it's possible. Love that. Writing a genuine moral choice with two valid answers is what makes Bioware great. I remember being amazed at the bit in KotOR where Revan is revealed to have survived (and thus either saved or doomed the galaxy) because Bastila and the Jedi refuse to kill a prisoner.
But, I do pick renegade options if either a) it means a cool explosion, or b) the bad guy *really* deserves it. What's amazing about Mass Effect is that I find it incredibly hard to justify killing someone when we can take him in instead (there is always a more tangible reason than 'being a leftist', although this would have been enough for me).
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Post by UzielTD on Jan 21, 2012 8:59:01 GMT 1
In ME2, the renegade path has the coolest interrupts, by far. Burn people with a well placed shot, mess up an entire squad of thugs in an instant, throw people out windows. The paragon side has... browbeating some people into not killing themselves, or someone else.
In ME1, paragon Sheppard for me. In ME2, renegade. I tried playing completely neutral in ME2, and it was actually harder than I though. The goal was to not pick any response that was not in the middle of the right side of the discussion wheel. Sometimes that wasn't an option, but for the most part it's possible. That's actually a much more believable game, because you can't resolve every situation with some clever words as the renegade or paragon options allow you to.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 21, 2012 12:52:32 GMT 1
That attidude makes the Miranda-Jack loyalty thing a bit tricky.... i just NOW managed to save both of em by sheer luck on the Suicide mission...which didn't turn out to be so suicidal after all since the entire crew and my squad made it out.
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Post by jklinders on Jan 21, 2012 12:52:40 GMT 1
As a paragon you also get to punch Zaeed in the face(richly deserved IMHO) and pistol whip that bastard scientist in Overlord. Which is more badass, shoving a mook out a window or punching Zaeed in the face and then letting him live?
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Post by UzielTD on Jan 22, 2012 0:15:04 GMT 1
Notice how those are both DLC. Guess they realized, after the fact, that Paragons needed more badassetry.
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Post by jklinders on Jan 22, 2012 4:34:22 GMT 1
Zaeed technically wasn't DLC. He was always in the original game, just set up as a club to beat second hand game buyers with through that whole Cerberus network thing. If it was available on launch day then it was part of the original game. Just partitioned off in this case.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 22, 2012 12:36:02 GMT 1
Yeh, bought my MEII secondhand so i never got him....
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Post by jklinders on Jan 22, 2012 13:39:15 GMT 1
Yeh, bought my MEII secondhand so i never got him.... Me and several of my friends went to Gamestop to buy ME 2 second hand. I was the only one who got out alive in that one...
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 22, 2012 14:56:33 GMT 1
I feel a Vietnam story.....
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Post by jklinders on Jan 22, 2012 15:33:43 GMT 1
No just one of Zaeed's trademark war stories. He is the star in every one and no one else aside from him ever survives.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 22, 2012 16:10:12 GMT 1
You see i would've known that if I had that dlc!
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Post by jklinders on Jan 22, 2012 16:16:28 GMT 1
You see i would've known that if I had that dlc! Your welcome Gorvar.
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 22, 2012 18:39:13 GMT 1
....Canderious, is that you buddy?! From now on, i'll call him Canderious Pierce!
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Post by jklinders on Jan 22, 2012 21:15:51 GMT 1
....Canderious, is that you buddy?! From now on, i'll call him Canderious Pierce! Close. Robin Sachs was in KotOR as Admiral Saul Karath.
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