Mass Effect 2

[Madame Adequate]

The Viper is hardly a more effective Sniper Rifle than the Mantis. Sure, you get more shots, but they do significantly less damage, and the recoil cripples your aiming to the point that your rate-of-fire only sees a minimal increase. Stick with the Mantis until you can pick up the Widow. Then never look back, because that thing is awesome.

I had no difficulty using the Viper rapid-fire, I rarely missed =o

I'm not a great fan of the skill wheel, and I find it hard to stick to a Paragon or a Renegade because some options just seem too right to ignore it for the one you would have for your alignment. My two gauges are roughly the same, but maybe the game was designed so that could happen, and you aren't supposed to have a set alignment. It doesn't matter, this game rocks. Bioware is easily my favourite video game company, from Baldur's Gate to Neverwinter Nights to Mass Effect.

I think the exact reason you can gain both paragon and renegade points is to try and move away from the diametric, mutually exclusive system they've always otherwise used. Though I think Dragon Age is even better because it gets rid of it entirely.