Not all that much of a focal point of the game, but having Shepard potentially resemble a Terminator on steds was a really neat addition to separating the Paragon/Renegade paths. It also got me thinking how this'll work in ME3. For starters, will your scars cross over should you of left Shepard with them instead of getting them healed? And can they actually resurface, should you yet again go through ME3 punching reporters in the face?

Maybe they could implement a whole system to physically show Shepard's overall antagonistic nature, or they could just scrap it all together.

I suppose this is connected to just how they'll set up you being able to once again customise your imported Shepard, should you even be given the chance. I'd most likely guess it'll be its own slider in how messed up Shepard's scars'll be, but it's just a theory.

What's everyone else's thoughts on this and how would you fine folks like the paragon/renegade physical manifestation be handled this time around?

He should be like Vader by the time you reach the end of ME3, just wearing a life support suit at all times as the physical manifestation of all his evil deeds eat him from the inside.

" He should be like Vader by the time you reach the end of ME3, just wearing a life support suit at all times as the physical manifestation of all his evil deeds eat him from the inside. "

I think they'll scrap it or make it a cosmetic thing you can choose at the beginning.  It didn't seem like a well liked thing, and they kind of already guessed that people would hate it since they put a "fix my ugly face" thing in the game for the renegaders. 
 
I can't say I'd miss it.  It felt really contrived, and I don't think Mass Effect really needs anything like that.  The whole point of paragon vs. renegade is to be morally gray.  Leave the comically over the top demon horns and halos for Fable.

I went the vain approach and paid the huge sum to get my face fixed. I was an undercover asshole.

" I think they'll scrap it or make it a cosmetic thing you can choose at the beginning.  It didn't seem like a well liked thing, and they kind of already guessed that people would hate it since they put a "fix my ugly face" thing in the game for the renegaders.   I can't say I'd miss it.  It felt really contrived, and I don't think Mass Effect really needs anything like that.  The whole point of paragon vs. renegade is to be morally gray.  Leave the comically over the top demon horns and halos for Fable. "

" @Abyssfull: Him turning into a reaper would be silly. Even if they went ahead and mentioned that the tech behind his revival was reaper tech, it would feel kinda forced that they added this plot element just to add this Fable thing of turning Shepard into a monster or savior. I think the cosmetic approach will be the one that makes the most sense. "

I sure hope that they don't go the "Shepard turns into Reaper" route.

The terminator face was always what held me back from doing the renegade path.  It was one of the few silly things in what was generally a cohesive and well put together world.

I loved it, By the end of making bad Decisions in ME3 I want Two-Face style half human/ half cyborg.  
 
I would also accept half Nic Cage/John Travolta. 

" @Abyssfull: You got me there, but that was the one stupid point for that whole story. No need to add more. "

" @Chris2KLee said:

" He should be like Vader by the time you reach the end of ME3, just wearing a life support suit at all times as the physical manifestation of all his evil deeds eat him from the inside. "

Or he should totally become the Galaxies first human Reaper. That's possibly why it all happens, since the technology used to rebuild him/her during ME2 was supposedly Reaper tech. Your Darth Vader I could easily get behind, though. ;P "

When I saw the scars and the red eyes, I was expecting the full Renegade to be the face falling off and just being a robotic skull underneath with that being some kind of twist in so much as good Shepard is the man we knew back from the grave but heel Shep was a robot programmed by the Illusive Man to do his bidding.

" When I saw the scars and the red eyes, I was expecting the full Renegade to be the face falling off and just being a robotic skull underneath with that being some kind of twist in so much as good Shepard is the man we knew back from the grave but heel Shep was a robot programmed by the Illusive Man to do his bidding. "

It would be a cool degregation of hte renegade character to have shepard be the enemies he has been fighting

" @Abyssfull: No. When I saw the red eyes, I kept pushing Renegade just to see if I was right and that the face would turn into the full Terminator skull. The Illusive Man robot stuff is fanfiction I've only thought about recently.  EDIT: And don't act like the cyborg idea makes less sense than fully regenerating a man who burned up, crashing out of space. "

" @Afroman269 said:

" @Abyssfull: Him turning into a reaper would be silly. Even if they went ahead and mentioned that the tech behind his revival was reaper tech, it would feel kinda forced that they added this plot element just to add this Fable thing of turning Shepard into a monster or savior. I think the cosmetic approach will be the one that makes the most sense. "

It would be pretty silly yes but... 
 

When it comes to Reapers, the silly meter has no limits!! A LIMITLESS SILLY METER! "

Would like the beginning of ME3 to be Shepard waking up on the Normandy, on his/her way to the Omega 4 relay - then you find out the whole fucking end to ME2 was just a dream and you get the play it over again - properly.
  
If they are going to keep the scars for renegade they might as well add a halo for paragon, I don't like my choices affecting how I look. Hated it in KOTOR, hated it in ME2.  

Hated the whole paragon/renegade meter in ME2 to be honest - it pretty much locked you in one path if you wanted to be able to pass the later speech checks, thus making the choice rather non-choicey. Would like them to return to the ME1 approach with you actively putting skill points into persuade/intimidate if you want to make a preachy Shepard - then you can choose what you want, rather than blue or red.

The scars were still healing, logic will tell me that by ME3 they would have healed.
Bioware probably has new idea for Paragon/Renegade, would be a shame to go Terminator Shep again.

Actually, I thought the whole face scar thing was kinda stupid, contrived, and pointless. Sort of like they were copying the Fable style of "being evil makes you ugly." At least they let you heal them (for 50,000 platinum, which was ridiculous). 
 
So I'm hoping the scars are not back in ME3. But, on the other hand, I'm going to be playing paragon (at least on my first playthrough), so it doesn't affect me much. 

The whole terminator look in ME2 was dumb as hell, men while if you go paragon nothing happens at all. At least KOTOR made it make sense, cause the force altered you, but in Mass Effect its just stupid.

" I think they'll scrap it or make it a cosmetic thing you can choose at the beginning.  It didn't seem like a well liked thing, and they kind of already guessed that people would hate it since they put a "fix my ugly face" thing in the game for the renegaders.   I can't say I'd miss it.  It felt really contrived, and I don't think Mass Effect really needs anything like that.  The whole point of paragon vs. renegade is to be morally gray.  Leave the comically over the top demon horns and halos for Fable. "

The new Mass Effect novel talks about the Illusive Man putting Reaper tech into Paul Grayson.
 
Also, I wouldn't expect the crew to be scared by Shepard's face being all scarred if they aren't scarred by what Shepard does in order to make her face that scarred.  If you had played that entire game Renegade, then they can tell by your actions that you're not a lady to be messed with.
 
Personally, I went about 70% Renegade, because I wanted the scars of a woman pushed to the depths of morality in order to get the mission done, but still wanted enough Paragon to treat the innocent well, and to not have ugly red eyes.  Shepard has red hair and green eyes, and I dig it.  And in Mass Effect 1, I gave her a scar just below her eye, so that she looked like she'd been through the shit before and made it through alive.
 
 
Look at Garrus.  Would you heal Garrus' face?  Fuck no, Garrus' scars make him look like the hardass cowboy cop he is.

"  Also, I wouldn't expect the crew to be scared by Shepard's face being all scarred if they aren't scarred by what Shepard does in order to make her face that scarred.  If you had played that entire game Renegade, then they can tell by your actions that you're not a lady to be messed with. "

If I had known the scars would be that amazing, I would've gone all the way Renegade.

I hated the idea of the scars. It just made the renegade path generic evil like the Dark Side in KOTOR. This wasn't all that reflective of the renegade path in Mass Effect.

Shepard is now a god to the Geth. He purged the sinful heretics who worshiped the Reapers, and now he is come among them to lead the way to a new world, one where machine and flesh exist in harmony.  
 
... So I guess that makes him Lore? Since the geth are doing that 'one of many' thing already...