User blog comment:The Milkman/Share Your Shepard's Story/@comment-1958269-20120714050029/@comment-4950455-20120714053156

Personally, I think the Illusive Man's last words are much more effective if you do convince him to kill himself. If you shoot him, it feels like something of a cheap attempt at sympathy for a guy who's been a thorn in your side the whole game and was blind to the end; if you talk him down, he comes across as a much more tragic figure and his last words fit a lot better.