CulturalGeekGirl wrote...
If anyone wants to know what makes a seemingly nice person turn to brutal, bitter, revenge... It's the desire to prevent what happened to you from ever happening to anyone else. That's why Liara became such a kill-crazy badass - there's a point at which your life is so ruined, the only good thing you can imagine doing is saving someone else from the same fate. Of course, I like new Liara. But that's the trope.
One thing I would have liked to see more of is the "bending your squadmates to your will via your cult of personality" thing that happened a bit in ME1. You could make Ash or Kaiden more or less racist through conversational wrangling (though Kaidan wasn't racist at all to start with... which is actually what made me start liking him. The contrast to Ash was... refreshing.) You could convince Garrus that the path of reasonableness was good, or do nothing to discourage his kill-crazy shenanigans. I wish that these had had more of an impact later on, and I wish that you had been able to do more of that in 2.
Jack and Garrus are the natural examples of how that would have worked: it would be interesting if the Renegade conversation options with Jack lead to you saying "you know what? I like crazy chicks, and it turns me on to see a girl tear someone up. Maybe at the end of this cruise we will go pirate, and we can do it while we watch the ships of our enemies burn!" Ok, maybe not quite that far, but you see my point. Similarly, if you take Garrus to get his revenge, and he takes it, he should become even more convinced that the ends justify the means. It'd be a pain to write and I don't fault them for not doing it, but man it would have been sweet.
I think a lot of the 'heart of gold' stuff is really more of a side-effect of Shepard's personality and leadership. Miranda, Grunt, Jack, Zaeed, even Kasumi were all at least amoral when they signed on, and Garrus and Thane were both on the grayer side of white, and sauntering vaguely downwards. It's only after Shepard goes out of her way to help them with their problems that their hearts of gold are revealed; if you never do their loyalty missions, they're just amoral bastards on your ship.
I think that Mordin did need to be sympathetic, or too many people would instantly write him off in a pro-Wrex fervor. He's the one character I absolutely wouldn't change, but hey, he was my favorite.
It would also be cool if the characters you changed changed their personal appearances.
Garrus, for instance, would get a red visor and neck lighting that would cast his face into a kind of creepy contrast. He would get cybernetic implants on his body to enhance his abilites, subtly reminding the player of Saren. This could signify that, despite Garrus's original goals, he was becoming as reckless and evil as Saren. His eye color would change with Shepard's, implying that he sees the world the same way as a renegade.
Tali could become very anti geth, pro war for home world and geth experiments. Her inner helmet could be lit with an eerie light. She would be given the option to wear darker clothes, and heavy armor, and she would be very militaristic.
Thane would stay brain dead and "disconnected". He would be a silent body guard, and wear a Kasumi style hood.
Jack would wear a full commando combat suit, and grow a mow hawk. Her eyes would become totally black, and she would turn really pale, emphasizing her tattoos.
Miranda would become a Cerberus extremist, she would cut her hair short and sharp, like that one news reporter.
Jacob would pull a Kanye West hairstyle. No, I dunno. Jacob would grow his hair into dreadlocks, and wear red lit heavy combat suits.
Grunt's silver head plate would get dark fringes. His skin tone would change to a slightly darker color, and he would revel in any level of violence.
Samara would become a extremist, and kill people for the smallest of things without mercy. She would wear a white and silver shawl, and her eyes would glow permanently. Similar to Thane, she would be very disconnected, more of a tool than a being.
Kasumi's eyes would glow brightly under her hood. She would be able to take off her hood, and would be equipped with loads of grenades. She would become Shepard's spy.
Legion renagade would be similar to the alt Legion costume in the game. They have a red "eye", N7 armor, and heavy can either be a tool of Shepard (think HK 47), or Tali (as a slave), or be independent.
Zaeed would have black armor, filled with weapon attachments, and both of his eyes would be artifical.
Mordin would get eyes like Dr. Saleon. Creepy.
You can see where this whole thing is going. I would make sure that the "renegade" characters aren't just goth stereotypes, or emo punks, but do and wear things that are appropriate to their characters.
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