Seboist wrote...
Renegade and pro-Cerberus is the real man's way of playing ME not that girly-man Paragon one.
Indeed. Being a Renegade and pro-Cerberus has many advantages, however it requires real balls. If any Paragons are reading this, here are some perks:
Hackett's true nature will be revealed to you. Some Paragons still remain oblivious.
Vasir's wicked plans will be revealed to you. She's planning to blame her explosions on Cerberus. I guess when you show people your dark side, they're more willing to show you theirs.
You can experience the best romance in the series and one of the best human characters - Renegade Kaidan. Which is also one of the reasons to play Femshep.
You can tell the turian Councilor "depends on the species, turian." You know you want to.
What you did to Conrad Verner in ME1 will be canon in ME2.
You won't have to see Helena Blake become a social worker. *SHUDDER* (Please tell me that Shepard didn't really believe that story.)
You can publicly endorse Terra Firma, which is perhaps the only occasion in the game where you can use your status to publicly support any faction.
You don't have to be a total jerk to Mordin during his loyalty mission.
You won't have to play through Zaeed's Paragon path in his loyalty mission and pretend that nothing odd is happening to preserve your suspension of disbelief.
You get to sound proactive in conversations with TIM ("it was good to finally go toe to toe with the enemy"), instead of sounding like a victim and a pessimist ("I couldn't save everyone.")
You can headbutt Gatatog Uvenk. This alone should be enough to convince anyone to become Renegade.
If you're humanity first, in ME3, you will be motivated to go to the trial to save humanity from the war with the batarians. You will feel the drama when the Earth is attacked and you're forced to flee and leave humans to the Reapers. And you will be motivated to fight for the Earth, which is already very doomed. If you're not humanity-first, your stakes in ME3 are either undefined or low.
But of course, if you can't handle the tension, the pressure, and high stakes, don't be humanity first. Other species are not as concentrated on a single homeworld as humanity is, they're spread across the galaxy, it would take longer to wipe them out, and it's easier to save them when Harbinger doesn't want them for his new Reaper.
You get to fight your allies in ME3 - Cerberus - which is all very dramatic and tragic. If you don't care about Cerberus or even enjoy killing them, you're missing out on all the conflict.
Dare you walk the path of fun and drama, or do you hide in your safe blue Paragon bubble, where nothing can touch you, and the world bows to your feet because of your sheer awesomeness? And if fandom is equally divided, maybe the devs will be forced to create equal paths for both Paragon and Renegade.
Of course, if you don't have the guts to handle this, or can't trust anyone because you're too afraid of betrayal or rejection, better not be pro-Cerberus. Switch allegiances now, and break up with Cerberus before Cerberus has the chance to break up with you. Pro-Cerberus path does require real courage, not everybody has that.
Modifié par laecraft, 27 octobre 2011 - 08:45 .