Holy crap, I did not expect both Paragon/Renegade options to go this hard

[u/Loczx]

First three are the Renegade interrupt, last three are the paragon (and a bonus slide in-between for Liara's side eye).

[u/Poonchow]

If you saved the Ascension, the Paragon interrupt is about sacrificing Alliance soldiers to save it, so equally pretty hard IMO

And Liara rolling her eyes is hilarious every time lol

[u/Loczx → u/Poonchow]

I had to double check online, and every variation of it is badass. "I killed the Rachni Queen/I sacrificed human lives to save the Ascension" all of it goes hard as fuck.

The Liara eyeroll got me, I was just going "You do realize Liara is right there" and it just pans to her rolling her eyes. 10/10 DLC

[u/shepard_pie → u/Loczx]

I took Miranda with me, and she just stood there looking like Slingblade in the background of every cutscene. I loved it.

[u/SnooDrawings5722 → u/shepard_pie]

My favorite "irrelevant second squadmate's reaction" was on Tali's loyalty mission. I took Miranda, and she had absolutely nothing to say throughout the whole thing - which is pretty standard for ME2 loyalty missions. However, once it came to the final conversation with the Admirals, she just... sits down. Not standing beside you, not even sitting on a proper seat - no, she sits down on top of the stairs in that cute "hugging her knees" pose that I don't remember seeing anywhere else. It only happens on a blurry background, so it's easy to miss, but it does happen. For some reason, I found that hilarious. My headcanon is that she just... doesn't care. She knows that Quarians messed with the wrong Captain here. She knows what is about to happen, and she knows there's absolutely no help required from her. So she just sits down and enjoys the show as my Renegade Shepard shouts down the Admiralty Board.

[u/Untimely-Success → u/SnooDrawings5722]

All companions do that pose! my favorite is when Legion does it lol

[u/Poonchow → u/Untimely-Success]

"I'm just here to observe. Carry on!"

[u/jasegro → u/SnooDrawings5722]

Miranda rocking up to watch Shepherd tear the admiralty board a new one like

[u/Loczx → u/shepard_pie]

I can't even begin to imagine which squadmate would be funniest in the background at this point. Miranda's outfit looks hilarious in allot of cutscenes

[u/Cliffooood → u/Loczx]

Legion is up there, especially given how the rest of the mission is with him on board, seeing him sat at the back like that is hilarious.

But now that I think about it, I bet Grunt would be top tier.

[u/Supergamer138 → u/Cliffooood]

Bringing Legion onto both Tali's recruitment and loyalty missions is very entertaining.

[u/Loczx → u/Supergamer138]

I've missed the opportunity to bring him to the recruitment, but I'm about to try it on the loyalty!

[u/Sammisuperficial → u/shepard_pie]

Fried fishdog mmmhhhmmm

[u/ThePrussianGrippe → u/shepard_pie]

“Hanging out in the engine room, mmmhmmm.”

[u/revan530]

The Paragon one is also so great because we know Shepard is absolutely bluffing. A Paragon Shepard would never purposely harm the hostage. But this shows exactly why Shepard can clean out Kenneth and Gabby at poker, lol.

[u/Loczx → u/revan530]

I feel like Paragon and Renegade Shepard both do exist within Shepard in a way, even if your Shep is fully Paragon/Renegade in the sense that they're both variations of they're personality. This dialogue also phrases it very well, Paragon Shep is the charismatic 'good' guy, but he is technically also someone who did cause a few messes along the way which I love

[u/Poonchow → u/Loczx]

Yes, I've always maintained that Shepard's "personality" - as much as a player insert they are - basically boils down to these two extremes.

In every situation Shepard has both Paragon and Renegade thoughts / decisions going through their head at any given time.

I blame the Beacon on Eden Prime. It turned Shepard into something a schizo lol. Or more seriously, the Beacon is trying to interface with a Prothean so it sort of "shoved" some Prothean qualities onto Shepard. We're asleep for at least 15 hours after that mission, which is eons in military terms.

[u/SprinklesPresent8602 → u/revan530]

Ah shiiit Bros goated

[u/Hinaloth → u/revan530]

Paragon Shep would shoot through the hostage if needed, making sure the wound on them is non-lethal.

Also that hostage covers nothing, that shot is still wide open.

[u/sarcasticd0nkey]

Liara: "Babe, what the fuck?"

[u/morbid333 → u/sarcasticd0nkey]

Tali: "First time?"

[u/Loczx → u/morbid333]

Shep does the same with Tali?

[u/sarcasticd0nkey → u/Loczx]

On Tuchunka Shep can call the injured krogan scout as weak as a quarian

[u/Loczx → u/sarcasticd0nkey]

Damn, Shepard ain't racist, they throw hands at everyone apparently

[u/Poonchow → u/Loczx]

Equal opportunity hater

[u/Smitejr → u/sarcasticd0nkey]

"I'm standing right here!" -tali

[u/CortaNalgas → u/Loczx]

You can take her on Mordin's loyalty mission, where Shepard can tell the captured Urdnot Scout that he's whining like a Quarian with a tummyache: "Shephard, I'm standing right here."

[u/Loczx → u/CortaNalgas]

Peak, I haven't run his loyalty yet, now I gotta try it

[u/morbid333 → u/Loczx]

On Mordin's loyalty mission with that Krogan scout. The renegade option is to goad and provoke him, saying something like he sounds like a Quarian with a tummy ache. Then if Tali's in the squad she says something like "I'm right here."

[u/Fitzftw7 → u/morbid333]

That’s the charm option, actually. Intimidate has you compare him to a Vorcha.

[u/Loczx → u/morbid333]

I haven't even run his loyalty mission yet in this playthrough, damn now I gotta try it thank you!

[u/Garlador → u/morbid333]

Even better that at this point I was romancing her.

[u/Hopeful-Occasion2299 → u/morbid333]

I mean, doesn't she get a terrible infection just by making out? It was just facts

[u/Loczx → u/sarcasticd0nkey]

Right before it is Liara explaining what "Azure" is slang for on the Asari body, then Shepard just straight up whips this out.

[u/Eastern_Fig_3161 → u/sarcasticd0nkey]

Last time i was farming renegade points and only the red dialogue option was available while the blue one was not. Needless to say, i had to shoot the hostage so as to not insult my wife with the reneg dialogue.

[u/Loczx → u/Eastern_Fig_3161]

Honestly, I'm thankful I'm playing on PC, the mod that changes Paragon/Renegade check to the sum of both has made me have way more fun with going either way without necessarily hurting the entire playthrough

[u/Alarming-Put-9003]

God Lair of the Shadowbroker is so peak.

[u/c4gam1ng → u/Alarming-Put-9003]

If only your second squad mate had a single line of dialogue. Especially someone like Garrus or Tali who were crew mates with Liara in ME1.

[u/Loczx → u/c4gam1ng]

I noticed that half way through, I was rolling with my original guys from ME1 (Garrus and Tali) but none of them even said a word to Liara which I found odd, but I guess that's just DLC things.

[u/Alarming-Put-9003 → u/Loczx]

It is super annoying. And definitely something 3 does better over 2.

I’m a Shepard/Liara shipper through and through so this DLC hits like crack for me. But even outside of that the story and gameplay are some of the best the trilogy has to offer.

[u/Loczx → u/Alarming-Put-9003]

I was originally a Shep/Liara fan! This playthrough I want to try out Tali, but Liara is making it damn hard honestly.

And I absolutely agree. It's a noticeable step up in quality imo

[u/N7Templar → u/Loczx]

Yeah I figured it was just too much for them to get every VA back for the dlc.

[u/Loczx → u/N7Templar]

Fair, but a bit sad honestly

[u/KTM_2813 → u/c4gam1ng]

This is a bit of a recurring thing with ME2 DLC, something they did a much better job of with ME3 DLC.

[u/aSensibleUsername → u/KTM_2813]

Aye, the second squadmate being mute third wheel on most of the loyalty and dlc missions was a shame, considering how big the squad roster is athe potential for dialogue.

[u/Heather_Chandelure → u/KTM_2813]

Technically it was also a thing with ME1 DLC, though the nature of that games DLC missions made it not much of an issue there.

[u/Fitzftw7 → u/c4gam1ng]

Or Legion who’s barely in the game.

[u/L34dP1LL → u/c4gam1ng]

That's why Sur'Kesh is one of my favorite missions. Liara and Garrus as squaddies, and Wrex over the comms was banter galore.

[u/THEBLOODYGAVEL → u/L34dP1LL]

"Could've sworn he was muttering 'T'Soni' the whole time"

Brillant.

[u/c4gam1ng → u/THEBLOODYGAVEL]

“Not funny!” >:(

[u/Ivory_Lake → u/c4gam1ng]

bringing Garrus and watching him get owned by a desk in the boss fight, is one of the unintentionally funniest moments in the franchise.

[u/Loczx → u/Alarming-Put-9003]

I did not expect it to be this good. The DLC characters are nice but a bit barebones outside of their quests (atleast conversation wise), and Firewalker was a bit meh, gave me Mako flashbacks. But this was unexpectedly really good. Dialogue reminds me of the Citadel DLC in 3

[u/Jerry2die4]

"yeah, but I meant where is it on the body..." "So did I..."

[u/Loczx → u/Jerry2die4]

Grabbed a screenshot of that right before, did not expect it, cracked me up

[u/bluedeer10]

You missed the best one:

"You're forgetting something, Vasir?. I'm a Spectre too". <shoots the hostage in the arm and therefore Vasir>

[u/Loczx → u/bluedeer10]

God damn, Paragon/Renegade kidnapped me, I didn't even check the regular responses

[u/oops_I_have_h1n1 → u/bluedeer10]

This is my favorite option too. No bluffing, no tricks, just a Spectre showing you how he gets the job done.

[u/wakandacoconut]

Shepard talking shit abt quarians in front of tali is also funny.

[u/Loczx → u/wakandacoconut]

Just found out from replies here he does it, can't lie made me crack up

[u/Arrynek]

Goddamn I love these games...

Fine! I will play them again. You won!

[u/Loczx → u/Arrynek]

If you're on PC, I heavily recommend grabbing some mods for a replay! They've streamlined the experience so much for me

[u/Arrynek → u/Loczx]

GPT Astra is currently controlling my computer and installing all recommended visual mods.

Never used any before. So, curious to see what it is like.

[u/Loczx → u/Arrynek]

I would say don't go TOO overboard, as some things can get buggy. Can't speak for ME3 yet, ME2 has been relatively stable except for a crash at the start (and having to remove some modes like combat evasion because it kept sending squaddies out of cover), but ME1 had consistent random crashes for reasons I couldn't figure out, so I just finished the game with them.

[u/HomeMedium1659]

Meanwhile, I just shot the hostage. The words just get in the way. Why talk about it instead of just doing it.

[u/Loczx → u/HomeMedium1659]

Honestly, I think Mass Effect in general has trained me to always try the Paragon/Renegade choices because they're always pretty entertaining

[u/Living_College9657]

I loved this fight as a Vanguard.

[u/Loczx → u/Living_College9657]

My adept Shepard was running for his life, but we managed to squeeze it

[u/Give_me_kerosene]

Ngl as a Renegade for life player some of those Paragon options got me respecting y'all a lot more. Like cold af

[u/Loczx → u/Give_me_kerosene]

Paragon is usually the voice of reason, but occasionally they straight up cut the bullshit and it's always fun to see

[u/Blitzkrieg1210]

This is exactly how every dialogue choice should be, NO MORE BLAND DIALOGUE CHOICES!

[u/Loczx → u/Blitzkrieg1210]

Honestly, most renegade/paragon choices have been bangers, but these especially made me go damn

[u/Empyrean_04]

Shepard? I thought you died?

I got better

Favorite line right there

[u/Interesting-Aioli723]

As long as things are done I suppose

[u/2006Internetghost]

I love how in 3 you can do either no matter who you are

[u/Loczx → u/2006Internetghost]

Yeah I had to grab a mod that makes either check the sum of both values, has made the replay immensely more enjoyable over the original system

[u/kayl_the_red]

I love the Renegade Interrupt. It's almost the same as telling her to lay down because she doesn't even have a nametag.

[u/Xilizhra]

Renegade Shepard is such a piece of trash.

[u/Loczx → u/Xilizhra]

I disagree. Generally some choices are questionable, but this one was clearly a taunt to distract someone holding a hostage

[u/TapOriginal4428 → u/Xilizhra]

Sorry, that's not how you spell "based"

[u/Xilizhra → u/TapOriginal4428]

That line is just a speciesism and misogyny bingo.

[u/oops_I_have_h1n1 → u/Xilizhra]

Nah