i chose the paragon option and it sounded more renegade then paragon LOL i still loved it cause it was badass and i never did like the council......then again...i dont like anyone who makes more then me...
What is it with Spectres and being evil? Saren was working for the Reapers and Vasir worked for the Shadow Broker. Shep must be the only non-evil one around.
@lastxwriter Spectres aren't supposed to be good or evil. Vasir is actually a perfect example of what a Spectre is. They do things that they may not like, but they're saving lives and protecting the galaxy by doing so. Even if it means working for the shadow broker.
Stupid moment by bioware. In thane's loyalty mission when an idiot tries to take a hstage, shep can kill the hostage and be done with it. but no they make you stand there like a moron while she limps over to a random waitress standing in between two armed parties like an idiot and gives her enough time to make tell you about her family. all because bioware wanted to force you to play the story their way. if i could i would have shot the hostage, shot her son, shot the spectre, and banged liara.
@fluffyzhangfei Technically 3 out of 4 of those you can do. You shoot through the hostage to get to Vasir and if you romanced Liara in ME 1, you get to bang her even if you've already got another LI lined up.
Now, if you meant shoot them dead then I'm just being a technical ass. kekeke.
How much paragon/renegade is required for these options? I have a Shepard created through the Genesis DLC, and have 100% paragon; yet I still can't get the paragon dialogue :/
@MarineMonkeys No idea. If you've got a save that takes place a few missions earlier, you may be able to increase your chances (depending on how paragon/renegade you had been during said missions). Also try slapping on the death mask or re-speccing Shepard for a 100% renegade/paragon boost instead of 70% if you haven't.
MarineMonkeys at what point did you do the Shadowbroker DLC? I did all missions and upgraded everything before I went in to the mission (paranoia forced me to do so.) So my Paragon meter was maxed. And that was without the transfer save.
@MarineMonkeys Even if you have the bar full, you still gettin points, i mean, there's no limit of paragon/renegade points.
For example, if you edit your savegame, you could put 2900 P/R points and you will have the bar full, play a little bit, do more P/R things, check your Savegame again and you will see.
@MarineMonkeys The system in ME2 goes by a percentage scale of how many points you have per how many possible points you can get. In other words, if you want the high-level paragon convo options, then you have to go paragon from the start, vice versa for renegade. I play through as much of the game as possible before doing things like DLC and Tali's loyalty mission, etc, just to make sure I have as much paragon/renegade as I can before moving on. Talk to everyone on the Normandy!
@MarineMonkeys A lot of the Paragon/Renegade options in ME2 are next to impossible without having played ME1 and got the Paragon bonus for that (which doesn't come with the Genesis DLC).
I personally like the thermal clip dropping one because it changes the boss fight having to scrounge them up before you can fight back makes it harder.
OMFG I was freakin laughin my azz off for like 15 minutes when ur Shepard said she'd live, now I've got a reason to replay Mass Effect 2 and try this scene over again :P
@MrJ567isback I know I don't why everyone hates on the Male Shep VA it doesn't express too much emotion and isn't always hushed and hissed. The change of emotion in the VA is noticeable so I don't get people saying it was monotone. And in a tense conflict you can clearly hear the emotion.
@donaloc9876 Ugh, seriously? Why is it always about the voice acting with FemShep fans? You can't go one goddamn video without seeing a comment about it.
@xaviagrade Inferiority complex, I think. They can't get over the fact that femshep is nothing but a spinoff, and that JOHN Shepard is the face of the Mass Effect series.
@iamsoooosweet2468 Early in the game Anderson will send a message asking you to meet with the Council. There you can have your Spectre status reinstated unless you chose Udina for councillor and destroyed the Destiny Ascension. You can also choose not to have it reinstated when asked and I think if you skip this meeting altogether you won't have Spectre status.
@ramjet94 You can use your status to get a discount at Citadel Souvenirs without charm or intimidate. In one of the sidequests where two asari are trying to get a shuttle off the Citadel, you can use your spectre status to convince the woman at the desk that they are not geth. Other than that, I think there's nothing more than minor dialogue changes throughout the game.
@GhostlyMaiden Becoming a Spectre might have some chances during Mass Effect 3 though. You might get additional things from the council or be able to do things in ME3
@GhostlyMaiden there's also the scene where the voulus acusses the qurian of stealing his creditchit. And at the end you can threaten the c-sec officer and he says how bout i run you in for ubstruction of justice. And shepard replies your going to run in a spectre,
Regarding the (rather immature on the part of my gender in general) debate over MShep VS FShep... I like both, relatively equally. I do however find that Hale does better Renegade lines and Meer is the better Paragon actor.
My Mass Effect games so far are about 50% either gender, if that helps.
@OneWingedAngel50 Femela Shepard voice acting is weird, it looks like she is always in a casual conversation... And you can't really take her seriously when she is angry... Male Shepard voice acting fits the character better in my opinion.
@GhostlyMaiden Fair enough, but my actual question was why does EVERYONE play as fem Shepard? Look up on youtube, 70% of the videos you will are played with a female Shepard
@ComrnanderShepard Well, if you want to be technical, they don't. About 80% of Shepards played in Mass Effect 2 are male. That of course is everybody who is connected online so BioWare can get their data. I suppose the real question would be why do most people who upload Mass Effect videos on YouTube play female Shepard? No idea. I gave my reasons, and that's all the effort I'm gonna put into answering that question.
@iOnlySignIn Meh. I find their voices to be very plain. Though FemShep's Intimidate resolution to Tali's LM had been an eargasm. There's a line from Jack's romance that made me go squee as well for MShep. They have their moments but their voices aren't all encompassing sexy to me.
Mark Meer is terrible, plain, and emotionless, the only voice-tone in wich he doesn't sound like a robot is when he's angry, whereas Jennifer Hale injects real emotion into her voice-acting.
Plus the whole gun-totting macho soldier action hero is REALLY getting old. Action Girls are a refreshing sight to behold.
@Shakduhn Mark Meer does show emotion on his voice acting. It's just more subtle sometimes (And others you can really notice anger or kindness). And Jennifer Hale's problem, in my opinion, is that she sounds to emotional. She puts too much emphasis in her emotions that it sounds like she is having a normal conversation with an old friend everytime.
@Shakduhn But he's not being "Macho" he's being a professional soldier, or at least Paragon male Shepard is, and I prefer that. see Gears of War's Marcus Fenix for a real example of "Macho"
@ComrnanderShepard No matter what you do with the Male Shepard, the face ends up looking ridiculous, the only half-way human one I ever made was basically Captain Picard with a broken nose and a stupid accent (ME1 imported to 2). The Female Shepard's look relatively normal, even I can make a looker with the options available. Also, the Renegade FemShep VA is awesome, with MaleShep it just sounds the same as he always does. The only good part about MaleShep is doing Tali and Bioware ruined that.
@randomface54 Here's why Male Shepard looks ridiculous: He is a man. You know, we men tend to not look good.
Also, as I said before, I think that Female Shepard overall VA is quite annoying. She puts too much emphasis on her emotions. Nobody talks like that.
And how can you say Male Shepard always sound the same? Just because he talks the normal way most of the times, like we all do (except when he is mad), that means Mark Meer is a bad VA?
@ComrnanderShepard First point, not being gay I agree that women look better.
Second point, I think that the emotion in the VA works quite well, in a tense hostage situation, people do get emotional due to adrenaline, so a high emotional state is to be expected, even from trained soldiers.
Third point, one of the main skills actors need is to express emotion, especially with VAs, MaleShep' just didn't show the emotion of the scene as well as FemShep. I make no comment on the actor's talent.
@randomface54 Well, I think that exagerated emotions are good in an audio novel, where you can't see the face and body language, but when you can see all the facial expressions and body language I belive the actor have more freedom to act casually, only giving emphasis to the emotions when needed. Pay attention to a conversation between you and friend, you will notice you won't show your emotions with every word your say, that's what I mean.
@ComrnanderShepard Granted, most conversations aren't very emotional, however, most conversations aren't being conducted be professional actors who need to convey the emotions to the 3rd party who controls what they say next, also, going back to an earlier point, most conversations aren't hostage negotiations where emotions will inevitably run much higher than everyday conversation due to the whole life or death thing.
@randomface54 Well, it's not like Mass Effect is a hostage negotiation game. And as I said before, the conversations in this game can be treated like any other due to the facial expressions and body language. We can notice when Shepard is satisfied just by his/her facial expression and so on.
@ComrnanderShepard I was using the example because it was the one used in the vid, though there're quite a few such scenarios in the game. Also, emotions through voice play just as big a role in conversation as facial expressions, MaleShep's lack of vocal emotion (relative) just don't sound "right" in the scene.
Interesting how whether or not your Spectre status is reinstated Shepard will say "I'm a Spectre too" or "I was a Spectre too." Props to BioWare for paying attention to the small details.
i was almost max paragon and i had the both options down... Explain please,it is more about what u chose in the conversations than paragon/renegate score ?
@krisitak ME2 uses a ratio-based system this time around. The more often you choose paragon actions, the more likely you will be able to pass a charm and same goes for renegade. Take MaleShep from this vid who rolls Renegon, so he has 100 paragon and 50 renegade but is still unable to use the charm. So we slap the death mask on him for a bonus. Still not enough. So we choose "Mariana, I'm here to help" and those points finally unlock the charm.
@GhostlyMaiden There was a renegade interrupt as she grabs the girl when I played it yesterday when I played through this part, only I chose to use the paragon charm option instead (was the only reason I looked up this vid because I wanted to see what that interrupt was) oh well...I played it on Xbox, maybe that's why?
@Nizzemancer I've just replayed this part to check and I don't see an interrupt anywhere. Plus it never shows up in this vid either. Either my game is glitched, there's other conditions that have to be met, or you're mistaken. The glitch is possible. I've heard there's a renegade interrupt if you deny Jack her files, but it never pops for me. I also play on Xbox 360.
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Why don't they ever show Shepard using biotics in cut scenes? Regardless of what class you choose, in the story Shepard is a biotic. Does anyone think it would be cool to see him/her use them during confrontations like this?
@crimsonkiller90 Because not all Shepards are biotic. how would it look if a soldier Shepard were to use Biotics during a cutscene but then have no biotic afterwards during gameplay?
@GhostlyMaiden you know when you confront the shadow broker and he basically soon talks about your squad mate that you have with you. could you make a vid about all the dialouge for every squad member?
@GhostlyMaiden Why? He kill Vasir, who cares about killing damn hostage? Renegade Shepard killed 10.000 people including Council, killed last Rachni queen, and sooner or later would destroy entire race of Collectors.
That's why he dont kill hostage. Too little victim for him\her.
@signer0001 I have 9 Shepards in the works. Only 1 is a sociopath and that's MY Renegade Fem Shep. She is probably the only Shepard of the 9 who'd have been willing to kill Mariana to get to Vasir. Even my Renegon Male wouldn't have been able to justify killing her. My ME1 Paragon/ME2 Renegade Switcher might have since he lost a few screws though... Each of my Shepards are individuals and they have reasons for what they say or do beyond "this nets me paragon" or "this nets me renegade".
@signer0001 Blame em for what? I said Renegade Fem was disappointed, not me. I just fill in the blanks with my own imagination when need be or I twist the situation into a different perspective, like Shepard is lying or putting on an act. It's an interesting challenge working within the constraints of a game to try and develop a character properly rather than just building a whole world and it's people from scratch. Heck, the wheel-of-good-and-evil is why I bought ME1.
Few things feel quite as satisfying as smacking Vesir with a table!
howlphantomwolf 2 days ago
i chose the paragon option and it sounded more renegade then paragon LOL i still loved it cause it was badass and i never did like the council......then again...i dont like anyone who makes more then me...
liltri19 1 week ago
What is it with Spectres and being evil? Saren was working for the Reapers and Vasir worked for the Shadow Broker. Shep must be the only non-evil one around.
lastxwriter 1 week ago
@lastxwriter Spectres aren't supposed to be good or evil. Vasir is actually a perfect example of what a Spectre is. They do things that they may not like, but they're saving lives and protecting the galaxy by doing so. Even if it means working for the shadow broker.
Valkus 1 week ago
@Valkus +1
rikzz0r 1 week ago
Jennifer Hale is so good at being a badass. ^_^
funnymanjohns 2 weeks ago
Thanks for the video. If I can't do the blue paragon option, I've wounded the hostage. I never dropped my weapon.
SwingDancer61 3 weeks ago
your lips are huge!
zeonwaber 4 weeks ago
Bitch, I just killed 300,000 Batarians in the blink of an eye. YOU THINK I'll HESITATE?
imhatepie 1 month ago
God FemShep has no emmotion what so ever. JC
colebowlin68 1 month ago
How does the table not hit the hostage?!
soopsoop111 1 month ago
This Femsheps face reminds me of the female Dwarves from DA:O.
TheEclipse9990 2 months ago
The table is my favorite weapon.
ChobinoftheFunk 3 months ago
NOW LIARA!!!!
betrekwoman 3 months ago
The table hit never gets old.
ryno200 3 months ago
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Stupid moment by bioware. In thane's loyalty mission when an idiot tries to take a hstage, shep can kill the hostage and be done with it. but no they make you stand there like a moron while she limps over to a random waitress standing in between two armed parties like an idiot and gives her enough time to make tell you about her family. all because bioware wanted to force you to play the story their way. if i could i would have shot the hostage, shot her son, shot the spectre, and banged liara.
fluffyzhangfei 3 months ago
@fluffyzhangfei Technically 3 out of 4 of those you can do. You shoot through the hostage to get to Vasir and if you romanced Liara in ME 1, you get to bang her even if you've already got another LI lined up.
Now, if you meant shoot them dead then I'm just being a technical ass. kekeke.
GhostlyMaiden 3 months ago
Shepard: "You girls should stick to dancing, you know, play to your strengths."
Liara: *glances at her* "Yeah I'm just gonna pretend I didn't hear that -_-."
skinny123222 3 months ago 5
The thing that gets me is the Paragon option is MORE badass than the Renegade one. It's supposed to be the other way around. :S
IAmTheStig320 4 months ago
Quip about dancing, Table gets thrown.
I see what you did there.
AQWTheAsterisk 4 months ago
1:50 i swear i heard vasir say TIMMY!!!
ARavingLooony 6 months ago 23
@ARavingLooony OH GOD YES! xD
MjmanDK 1 month ago
@ARavingLooony You git! Now I'll never be able to take this scene seriously again.
LiberalIntervention 1 month ago
am i th only one who noticed all specteres are assholes apart frm nihlus start of me1
ARavingLooony 6 months ago
@ARavingLooony Samara almost killed Nihus when he murdered an innocent, all of them assholes. )))
TankistAnarhist 5 months ago
How much paragon/renegade is required for these options? I have a Shepard created through the Genesis DLC, and have 100% paragon; yet I still can't get the paragon dialogue :/
MarineMonkeys 6 months ago
@MarineMonkeys No idea. If you've got a save that takes place a few missions earlier, you may be able to increase your chances (depending on how paragon/renegade you had been during said missions). Also try slapping on the death mask or re-speccing Shepard for a 100% renegade/paragon boost instead of 70% if you haven't.
GhostlyMaiden 6 months ago
MarineMonkeys at what point did you do the Shadowbroker DLC? I did all missions and upgraded everything before I went in to the mission (paranoia forced me to do so.) So my Paragon meter was maxed. And that was without the transfer save.
Blackemperess 5 months ago
@GhostlyMaiden where do you get the death mask again?
jakcloudhighwind 4 days ago
@jakcloudhighwind Tuchanka Shop.
GhostlyMaiden 3 days ago
@MarineMonkeys Even if you have the bar full, you still gettin points, i mean, there's no limit of paragon/renegade points.
For example, if you edit your savegame, you could put 2900 P/R points and you will have the bar full, play a little bit, do more P/R things, check your Savegame again and you will see.
1zeo11 3 months ago
@MarineMonkeys The system in ME2 goes by a percentage scale of how many points you have per how many possible points you can get. In other words, if you want the high-level paragon convo options, then you have to go paragon from the start, vice versa for renegade. I play through as much of the game as possible before doing things like DLC and Tali's loyalty mission, etc, just to make sure I have as much paragon/renegade as I can before moving on. Talk to everyone on the Normandy!
purplehayabusa 2 months ago
@MarineMonkeys A lot of the Paragon/Renegade options in ME2 are next to impossible without having played ME1 and got the Paragon bonus for that (which doesn't come with the Genesis DLC).
LiberalIntervention 1 month ago
Damn, that last pistol line would fit in CSI Miami quite well.
Colbio 6 months ago
Anyone else think the Paragon threat sounds more threatening than Renegade here?
YorkJonhson 6 months ago 2
God am I the only one thinking your Male Shepard looks Boss?
Reusablebutton 6 months ago
I personally like the thermal clip dropping one because it changes the boss fight having to scrounge them up before you can fight back makes it harder.
rockworm503 6 months ago
OMFG I was freakin laughin my azz off for like 15 minutes when ur Shepard said she'd live, now I've got a reason to replay Mass Effect 2 and try this scene over again :P
X9TerrorfireX9 6 months ago
I guess everyone turns their shields off for cutscenes...
hamsterdoom360 7 months ago
storm trooper effect lol
aznxa32 7 months ago
*puts on sunglasses* you'll live
wilkd05 8 months ago
Thanks for uploading this, although I have to say I think your Femshep looks like something from Jim Henson's workshop.
"Drop Thermal clips? Moi?"
ArctheDark 8 months ago
shepard seems really badass in this scene is it just me or do you guys think that too?
tenderfoot480 8 months ago
I have to say, that Paragon option on the left is sooooo epic.
And the dancing thing? lol
FemShep > MaleShep, in terms of voice acting.
donaloc9876 9 months ago
@donaloc9876 Her voice is too hushed and hissy sounding. Drives me insane. I prefer MaleShep anyday.
MrJ567isback 8 months ago
@MrJ567isback thats why i can't stand her
evanoconnor3082 8 months ago
@MrJ567isback I know I don't why everyone hates on the Male Shep VA it doesn't express too much emotion and isn't always hushed and hissed. The change of emotion in the VA is noticeable so I don't get people saying it was monotone. And in a tense conflict you can clearly hear the emotion.
Shadow5287 3 months ago
@donaloc9876 Ugh, seriously? Why is it always about the voice acting with FemShep fans? You can't go one goddamn video without seeing a comment about it.
xaviagrade 7 months ago
@xaviagrade Inferiority complex, I think. They can't get over the fact that femshep is nothing but a spinoff, and that JOHN Shepard is the face of the Mass Effect series.
MrJ567isback 7 months ago 2
That's bullshit! I want to be able to retreat Charge!
SoaringSpartan 9 months ago
I think Shepherd's cutscene pistol of death is much better than Dragon Age's cutscene kitchen knife of doom
Thongger 9 months ago
Bitch you think i care about the hostage
kcc1396 10 months ago
Must have taken some time. Nice work.
AChubbyAssassin 10 months ago
why does the shep in the last one say "i WAS a spectre too"? whats the difference in what you did to show when the shep IS or WAS?
iamsoooosweet2468 10 months ago
@iamsoooosweet2468 Early in the game Anderson will send a message asking you to meet with the Council. There you can have your Spectre status reinstated unless you chose Udina for councillor and destroyed the Destiny Ascension. You can also choose not to have it reinstated when asked and I think if you skip this meeting altogether you won't have Spectre status.
GhostlyMaiden 10 months ago 12
@GhostlyMaiden is there ANY difference if you choose to be a spectre or not....beside the conversation change?
ramjet94 9 months ago
@ramjet94 You can use your status to get a discount at Citadel Souvenirs without charm or intimidate. In one of the sidequests where two asari are trying to get a shuttle off the Citadel, you can use your spectre status to convince the woman at the desk that they are not geth. Other than that, I think there's nothing more than minor dialogue changes throughout the game.
GhostlyMaiden 9 months ago 11
@GhostlyMaiden
until ME3 maybe
ungooy 7 months ago
@GhostlyMaiden yeah but there will definitely be major changes in the third game based on that
irishguy051 6 months ago
@GhostlyMaiden Becoming a Spectre might have some chances during Mass Effect 3 though. You might get additional things from the council or be able to do things in ME3
tidus814 6 months ago
@GhostlyMaiden there's also the scene where the voulus acusses the qurian of stealing his creditchit. And at the end you can threaten the c-sec officer and he says how bout i run you in for ubstruction of justice. And shepard replies your going to run in a spectre,
stf1697 5 months ago
@GhostlyMaiden You can also intimidate Elias Kelham into giving you information on Kolyat by putting a gun to his head.
LiberalIntervention 1 month ago
@ramjet94 it might have an impact on ME3 too
Greenlightgo31 7 months ago
@ramjet94 It's also confirmed that having your spectre status reinstated will affect your character in Mass Effect 3.
cncfan108 5 months ago
@GhostlyMaiden I got my Spectre status reinstated but he still said: Was
playerstill123 9 months ago
Shepard has botox lips :)
DkSuper92 10 months ago
@Xgamefreak079167 The renegade option just insults her and provokes her. The paragon option is more intimidating.
SursionGaming 11 months ago
@Xgamefreak079167 lol you said it; i find that when you get discounts on the citidal; the paragon as a whole is just plain renegade
v2099 11 months ago
Regarding the (rather immature on the part of my gender in general) debate over MShep VS FShep... I like both, relatively equally. I do however find that Hale does better Renegade lines and Meer is the better Paragon actor.
My Mass Effect games so far are about 50% either gender, if that helps.
TheChuchulainn 1 year ago
tip: ALWAYS reclaim your Specter status! It just sounds so much better to say i AM a Specter than having to say i WAS a specter!
enterprise0709 1 year ago
@Xgamefreak079167 had to have one badass phrase without a douchebag option come on
Quintega 1 year ago
Lair of the Shadow Broker is the best DLC for Mass Effect 2.
IamNixon 1 year ago
Shepard: You're forgetting something... I'm a specter too... *shoots hostage*
Liara: What are you doing!?
Shepard: I was trying to curve the bullet! You know, like in the movie Wanted!
XboxAnnihilator 1 year ago 30
@XboxAnnihilator Liara: "Haven´t you watched Myth Busters??"
Nekhet 2 months ago
@OneWingedAngel50 Femela Shepard voice acting is weird, it looks like she is always in a casual conversation... And you can't really take her seriously when she is angry... Male Shepard voice acting fits the character better in my opinion.
ComrnanderShepard 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden Fair enough, but my actual question was why does EVERYONE play as fem Shepard? Look up on youtube, 70% of the videos you will are played with a female Shepard
ComrnanderShepard 1 year ago
@ComrnanderShepard Well, if you want to be technical, they don't. About 80% of Shepards played in Mass Effect 2 are male. That of course is everybody who is connected online so BioWare can get their data. I suppose the real question would be why do most people who upload Mass Effect videos on YouTube play female Shepard? No idea. I gave my reasons, and that's all the effort I'm gonna put into answering that question.
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden the dialouge are more instresting as a female; sometimes it's just plain sexist jokes; if you can catch it
v2099 11 months ago
@ComrnanderShepard TESTOSTERONE
Ash1261 10 months ago
Oh C'mon, why does everyone play as Female Shepard? The voice acting ain't even that great...
ComrnanderShepard 1 year ago
@ComrnanderShepard
(1.) I am a girl.
(2.) Girls are better to look at.
(3.) Only girls can romance Garrus. (Guys get Tali though...)
(4.) I only care about VAs if they have a sexy accent (neither Shep does).
Technically, I have 5 female Sheps and 4 male Sheps (1 for every romance).
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago 13
@GhostlyMaiden What? Both Sheps have sexy voices!
iOnlySignIn 1 year ago
@iOnlySignIn Meh. I find their voices to be very plain. Though FemShep's Intimidate resolution to Tali's LM had been an eargasm. There's a line from Jack's romance that made me go squee as well for MShep. They have their moments but their voices aren't all encompassing sexy to me.
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden Vasir has a better voice than either Shepard ever will.
lukegreen37 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden FUCK TAILI! LIARA FTW!!!
dragons06 11 months ago
@GhostlyMaiden YEAH GIRL POWAH!!! :P
Triangularthing 11 months ago
@ComrnanderShepard Fem shepard Voice acting is WAAY BETTER than male sheps
OneWingedAngel50 1 year ago
@ComrnanderShepard BLASPHEMOUS!!!! Jennifer Hale is AWESOME.
Mark Meer is terrible, plain, and emotionless, the only voice-tone in wich he doesn't sound like a robot is when he's angry, whereas Jennifer Hale injects real emotion into her voice-acting.
Plus the whole gun-totting macho soldier action hero is REALLY getting old. Action Girls are a refreshing sight to behold.
Shakduhn 11 months ago
@Shakduhn Mark Meer does show emotion on his voice acting. It's just more subtle sometimes (And others you can really notice anger or kindness). And Jennifer Hale's problem, in my opinion, is that she sounds to emotional. She puts too much emphasis in her emotions that it sounds like she is having a normal conversation with an old friend everytime.
ComrnanderShepard 11 months ago
@Shakduhn But he's not being "Macho" he's being a professional soldier, or at least Paragon male Shepard is, and I prefer that. see Gears of War's Marcus Fenix for a real example of "Macho"
charlessunkyst 11 months ago
@ComrnanderShepard No matter what you do with the Male Shepard, the face ends up looking ridiculous, the only half-way human one I ever made was basically Captain Picard with a broken nose and a stupid accent (ME1 imported to 2). The Female Shepard's look relatively normal, even I can make a looker with the options available. Also, the Renegade FemShep VA is awesome, with MaleShep it just sounds the same as he always does. The only good part about MaleShep is doing Tali and Bioware ruined that.
randomface54 11 months ago
@randomface54 Here's why Male Shepard looks ridiculous: He is a man. You know, we men tend to not look good.
Also, as I said before, I think that Female Shepard overall VA is quite annoying. She puts too much emphasis on her emotions. Nobody talks like that.
And how can you say Male Shepard always sound the same? Just because he talks the normal way most of the times, like we all do (except when he is mad), that means Mark Meer is a bad VA?
ComrnanderShepard 11 months ago
@ComrnanderShepard First point, not being gay I agree that women look better.
Second point, I think that the emotion in the VA works quite well, in a tense hostage situation, people do get emotional due to adrenaline, so a high emotional state is to be expected, even from trained soldiers.
Third point, one of the main skills actors need is to express emotion, especially with VAs, MaleShep' just didn't show the emotion of the scene as well as FemShep. I make no comment on the actor's talent.
randomface54 11 months ago
@randomface54 Well, I think that exagerated emotions are good in an audio novel, where you can't see the face and body language, but when you can see all the facial expressions and body language I belive the actor have more freedom to act casually, only giving emphasis to the emotions when needed. Pay attention to a conversation between you and friend, you will notice you won't show your emotions with every word your say, that's what I mean.
ComrnanderShepard 11 months ago
@ComrnanderShepard Granted, most conversations aren't very emotional, however, most conversations aren't being conducted be professional actors who need to convey the emotions to the 3rd party who controls what they say next, also, going back to an earlier point, most conversations aren't hostage negotiations where emotions will inevitably run much higher than everyday conversation due to the whole life or death thing.
randomface54 11 months ago
@randomface54 Well, it's not like Mass Effect is a hostage negotiation game. And as I said before, the conversations in this game can be treated like any other due to the facial expressions and body language. We can notice when Shepard is satisfied just by his/her facial expression and so on.
ComrnanderShepard 11 months ago
@ComrnanderShepard I was using the example because it was the one used in the vid, though there're quite a few such scenarios in the game. Also, emotions through voice play just as big a role in conversation as facial expressions, MaleShep's lack of vocal emotion (relative) just don't sound "right" in the scene.
randomface54 11 months ago
Interesting how whether or not your Spectre status is reinstated Shepard will say "I'm a Spectre too" or "I was a Spectre too." Props to BioWare for paying attention to the small details.
Brahseidon 1 year ago
That is the ugliest Femshep I've seen.
jayhartRIC 1 year ago
i was almost max paragon and i had the both options down... Explain please,it is more about what u chose in the conversations than paragon/renegate score ?
krisitak 1 year ago
@krisitak ME2 uses a ratio-based system this time around. The more often you choose paragon actions, the more likely you will be able to pass a charm and same goes for renegade. Take MaleShep from this vid who rolls Renegon, so he has 100 paragon and 50 renegade but is still unable to use the charm. So we slap the death mask on him for a bonus. Still not enough. So we choose "Mariana, I'm here to help" and those points finally unlock the charm.
In short, the "check" for this is very high.
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
what about the interrupt?
Nizzemancer 1 year ago
@Nizzemancer What interrupt? There's 3 interrupts when talking to Liara and a romance only interrupt. No interrupts during the hostage situation.
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden There was a renegade interrupt as she grabs the girl when I played it yesterday when I played through this part, only I chose to use the paragon charm option instead (was the only reason I looked up this vid because I wanted to see what that interrupt was) oh well...I played it on Xbox, maybe that's why?
Nizzemancer 1 year ago
@Nizzemancer I've just replayed this part to check and I don't see an interrupt anywhere. Plus it never shows up in this vid either. Either my game is glitched, there's other conditions that have to be met, or you're mistaken. The glitch is possible. I've heard there's a renegade interrupt if you deny Jack her files, but it never pops for me. I also play on Xbox 360.
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
table to the face!
Sessyfan15 1 year ago
"I was a spectre too." BANG
Awesome =3
Kumosabe 1 year ago
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26 seconds ago What I've learned from this Vid.
Vasir is a cowardly specter with smart moves andcan Biotic Charge better than Shepard.
Now Liara.
and Shepard is a specter too.
She'll live.
lerokz 1 year ago
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26 seconds ago What I've learned from this Vid.
Vasir is a cowardly specter with smart moves andcan Biotic Charge better than Shepard.
Now Liara.
and Shepard is a specter too.
You'll Live.
lerokz 1 year ago
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lerokz 1 year ago
Maleshep SERIOUSLY needs a heavy austrian accent!
TheColombianOne 1 year ago 4
@TheColombianOne
That or Russian.
Stormfin 1 year ago
why can she charge everywhere and vanguard shepard not?!
That sux
Chevhart 1 year ago
which is more worse shooting the hostage or saying your pathetic for a renegade Shepard??
fife007 1 year ago
2:47 I love when Shepard says that and then Liara rolls her eyes like oh shut up Shepard! hahaha
bos45redsox 1 year ago
I enjoy talking shit about asari when Liara's right next to me.
Sursion7 1 year ago
@Sursion7 There's that similar situation on Tuchanka; making fun of the Quarians is funny if you've got Tali in your party...
LanIaFortroSha 7 months ago
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petrica87alex 1 year ago
Damn, Renegade Sheperd is a Fucking Badass "I WAS a Spectre Too!" xD
zuser 1 year ago
@Buchholz101 Because it hit Vasir, and she mitigated the impact. And maybe hostage get some broken bones but it hidden.
signer0001 1 year ago
oh yeah nice video compilation...more of these and ME2 will be better and better
Detlaf87 1 year ago
oh yeah, BTW, best looking male shepard ever
sdbegotist 1 year ago
Vasir and Mariana both somehow survived Shepard's trademark Cutscene Pistol of Doom.
Suzaku000 1 year ago 92
@Suzaku000 Anyone can use a gun, but not everyone can use biotics...
Seriously I would just like to see a cutscene like that.
crimsonkiller90 1 year ago
@Suzaku000 well its not the warden and hawks butter knife of death from Dragon Age 1&2
disk3001 10 months ago
@Suzaku000 They're lucky it wasn't the Throwing Knife from Dragon Age..
DiamondbackCobra 8 months ago
Why don't they ever show Shepard using biotics in cut scenes? Regardless of what class you choose, in the story Shepard is a biotic. Does anyone think it would be cool to see him/her use them during confrontations like this?
crimsonkiller90 1 year ago
@crimsonkiller90 Because not all Shepards are biotic. how would it look if a soldier Shepard were to use Biotics during a cutscene but then have no biotic afterwards during gameplay?
darkestidiot93 1 year ago
I wanted to kill Mariana so much! Dam you Bioware my Weaker Shepherd wants complete global saturation!
Alanosborn1991 1 year ago
so basically no matter what choice the hostage always gets saved.
bostonianful 1 year ago
@bostonianful Yep. Renegade FemShep was most disappointed.
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden you know when you confront the shadow broker and he basically soon talks about your squad mate that you have with you. could you make a vid about all the dialouge for every squad member?
bostonianful 1 year ago
@bostonianful Coruscant0 already did: watch?v=AePYwVjtpq4
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden Why? He kill Vasir, who cares about killing damn hostage? Renegade Shepard killed 10.000 people including Council, killed last Rachni queen, and sooner or later would destroy entire race of Collectors.
That's why he dont kill hostage. Too little victim for him\her.
signer0001 1 year ago
@signer0001 I have 9 Shepards in the works. Only 1 is a sociopath and that's MY Renegade Fem Shep. She is probably the only Shepard of the 9 who'd have been willing to kill Mariana to get to Vasir. Even my Renegon Male wouldn't have been able to justify killing her. My ME1 Paragon/ME2 Renegade Switcher might have since he lost a few screws though... Each of my Shepards are individuals and they have reasons for what they say or do beyond "this nets me paragon" or "this nets me renegade".
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago
@GhostlyMaiden well, blame bioware. Wheel-of-good-and-evil their idea.
signer0001 1 year ago
@signer0001 Blame em for what? I said Renegade Fem was disappointed, not me. I just fill in the blanks with my own imagination when need be or I twist the situation into a different perspective, like Shepard is lying or putting on an act. It's an interesting challenge working within the constraints of a game to try and develop a character properly rather than just building a whole world and it's people from scratch. Heck, the wheel-of-good-and-evil is why I bought ME1.
GhostlyMaiden 1 year ago