User blog comment:Arbington/My thoughts on the central theme of the series./@comment-1786741-20120727082926/@comment-3581090-20120730151424

@Zxjkl - For the most part, I think playing as a Renegarde still backs up the "hooray diversity and teamwork" theme--it's just less, um, idealistic about it. Because it doesn't matter if Shepard is a total jackass who thinks aliens are scum and just want to bully everyone into doing what he wants, he still has to realize the strategic importance of uniting the galaxy and accept the (at least) pragmatic advantages each race in the galaxy brings to the table--at least, he will if he wants to win. (Because the game is set up that way.)