Vigafre wrote:Another note: More of a comment on the whole series, but man, does being pure Renegade seem pointless. You get most of the same benefits as being Paragon, but you're also A HUGE JERK, which seems dumb. Renegade shouldn't have been evil, it should have been straight-forward and "doing what is necessary for the mission", not just "I'mma kill you cuz I can."
Yeah, I think Paragon and Renegade were a bit skewed in ME2. Done right, they should be the sliding scale of idealism vs. cynicism: A Paragon Shepard believes it's no good saving the galaxy if they wreck it in the process, a Renegade Shepard argues it's no damn good trying to fix the universe if the whole thing gets blown apart anyway. That's the crux of it, and it's tricky to get right, I concur.
Also, MORDIN. Dude is a dude.
(OK, OK. Stronger defence: Guy's the most tied into the backstory in the game, leading to him having the strongest loyalty quest as well. He's a neat example of the Renegade impulse not making you a jerk, for the most part. He is renegade as hell, but he's usually quite polite, if overly chatty. And neatly, his loyalty quest also gives the Paragons a bit of a chance to voice their beliefs: By being so firmly renegade, he created a problem waiting to happen by solving the other one. Indeed, one can argue the entire Rachni/Krogan/Turian plotline is an example of why Renegade fails. On the other hand, any decent Renegade will ask, 'So fine, hotshot. How would YOU have solved the rachni invasion?'
Plus: He sings.)