Mass Effect 3: Renegade Mordin Choice on Tuchanka

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[sevofkekistan]

Good thing the Reapers were coming to save the galaxy from THIS Commander Shepard.

[RainbowLizardOne]

At least his Paragon deaths are bittersweet. He's actually achieving something, making a sacrifice. This is even worse: his death was completely in vain.

[TheNusername]

"I made a MISTAKE!" Gave me chills when I played through it.

[Rodstero]

WARNING: You're a goddamn monster, Shepard

[SentinelTera]

The classiest part of the whole thing is that it's the only cut-scene where instead of using a Predator pistol, Shepard uses a Carniflex, ie. the pistol Mordin gave her as an act of good faith when they first met in ME2.

[thehitman]

So I did my renegade walkthrough, but at the end I just can't kill Mordin I choose to reveal the sabotage. Killing Mordin is worse than evil. 

[dorsk]

I chose this moment to reveal the Salarian sabotage, so I got a lot of this great scene, but I couldn't bring myself to stop Mordin's cure.

There are so many variables that lead to all of the the immensely satisfying endings of this quest, it makes my wonder how they could have crafted such a horrible ending of the game itself.

[MegaChibirobo]

I like doing the renegade conversation, but backing off and letting mordin live. I think it has a better and more dramatic ending.

[PoisonYouth]

To be fair, though, a true Renegade would've been able to talk Mordin out of curing the genophage. This scene only plays out if you waver in your morality choices (save Eve but kill Wrex, etc).

[ellethegreat]

The reason why I just watched this video? I could never ever kill Mordin!

[legoferrari]

Jennifer Hale killing it as usual; you can practically hear the desperation in FemShep's voice, knowing the fate of the galaxy is dependent on her every decision, building on the trauma of escaping Earth after the Reaper attack.

[NeotericToxxin]

This was the hardest choice for me. Murder my favorite ME2 crew member, or lose Salarian help for Earth while also giving Krogan another chance to kill everyone. It was so hard to pull the trigger.

THAT is why I still consider Mass Effect trilogy among the greatest games, even with the terrible ending. Very few games have made me feel this much...

[voncho]

I did this on my second playthrough as a full renegade and i have to say i saw this was coming but did it anyway and i hate myself for it.

[Epsilonic]

Wow, hearing Mordin yell out in anger is something he has never done before.

Either way, this is the biggest dick move in video game history, almost as much as betraying Wrex then killing him brutally.

[CyricZ]

1:22 The first time Mordin has ever said a complete sentence. Very powerful.

[SwobyJ]

Oh god, going non-pure paragon/renegade in ME3 is sooo epic compared to the first two games. Glad they put in the Reputation system and war assets (if only they reflected the assets in the endgame cutscenes....or had an actual good ending at alll...hmph...).

[stickshaka]

I was renegade to get the max war asset until I realised I had to shoot Mordin in the back. That's not an interrupt, that's fucked up. Even if you destroyed Maleon's data ME2 to talk him down Eve dies, the Krogan are still decimated & you lose Mordin's trust. Also if Wrex is in charge he discovers the betrayal & you lose the Krogan assets. Wreav won't discover it, but that means losing Wrex in ME1. Clearly they were going for a Spock in Wrath of Kahn needs of the many.. needs of the few thing.

[INKYU]

I did the same thing and afterwards I thought to myself "what have I done I truly have become evil"

[Koelker]

i was doing a full renegade playthrough, but I just couldn't do this. I stood down at the last second.

[xShadow_God]

This is by far the best moment in the entire ME3 renegade run. To everyone saying he is a monster, you are ignoring the entire situation at hand. Ignore the fact that none of it is real, immerse yourself into the Mass Effect universe. Shepard has to choose between curing the Krogans, a violent, brutal, war mongering species, or make sure they stay weakened to insure galactic peace. Krogan are vengeful creatures, they care little for deeper meanings or reasons. THey saw the genophage as an act of permanent war, and resent all species who were involved or allowed it to happen. They even dislike humans, who played no role in it whatsoever. They view everyone as a threat. Salarians are the exact opposite. They are intelligent creatures. They sterilized the Krogans out of necessity not hate.


So if you let Mordin cure the Krogan all you did was doom the galaxy to fight the Krogan again. They breed rapidly and are extremely blood thirsty. The ultimate conquers. If you kill Mordin, or convince him to not cure them (the preferred method), you get the support you need from all sides to fight the reapers and did not screw over the future you are trying to save. Mordin knew this, yet was so overridden with guilt he looked past reason and was acting on emotion. And Shepard didn't want to kill Mordin. It obviously hurt Shepard a lot. Look how Shepard throws away his gun. But the greater good demanded, and that requires a strong conviction. Like Samara and the Justicar code. it's heartbreaking. I got teary eyed the first time I had to do it. I felt remorse for killing my friend. That's what makes this scene so good. It brings out real human emotion and makes you think about what is right and wrong. Basically, that shit deep. Now I've been ranting for too long, just hate how people assume you only do this if you are a heartless bastard. If you think that then you have not truly thought about it with a logical and reasonable mindset, but with an emotional one. Emotions can cloud the mind and get in the way of better judgement. Stay woke peeps.