[360] Mass Effect 2 - Skills would do a romance sub-plot but he has work in the morning

I agree that ME2 needs to take a page from KOTOR 2. It's just that I'm not sure Bioware has it in them. Their writing just can't ever seem to measure up to that of Black Isle/Obsidian. They always focus on the outcome of a choice rather than examining the choice itself. It makes me feel like I'm essentially just picking an attitude to run with (especially in ME, where it's basically good cop or bad cop, be like the Federation or be like the Romulans) as I tackle another 'stop the big bad guy' story.

Originally Posted by Big Gay Chulo

I mean, KOTOR 2 assumes you didn't leave Carth behind to die on the last planet or kill Bastilla or Jolee Bindu if memory serves.

Depends on your choices/alignment. If you follow the dark path, then nothing is said of Carth (he's replaced by another guy as captain of the Sojourn), which means he's either missing or dead. If you follow the light path, then he's alive. Bastila appears to have survived either way, however. If you're dark, then you hear about her through the holocron on Korriban (which is broken if you're following the light path). If you follow the light, then it's possible to see her with Carth in the sendoff scene at Telos (which may require accessing the T3 holorecording that Carth left behind; this is something you can't access if you're following the dark path, of course). Since KOTOR had two possible endings, KOTOR II kind of lets the player determine which path Revan followed (though it tells a story in which both paths had essentially led to the same outcome), which is definitely one of the more clever and subtle things about the game.

I don't think anything is said about the fate of Jolee Bindo. Disciple/Mical mentions the importance of preserving the stories of his adventures for future generations, but that's it.

Edit: Whoops, it turns out that you CAN get a similar message from T3 if you're on the dark path. It just winds up being Bastila (dark Bastila, just like with the Sith Holocron message) instead of Carth (who again is missing or dead when you follow the dark path).

Jam it back in, in the dark.