Though there have been other characters in Bioware’s games that have had their personalities determined by player actions, Shepard stands out amongst them. Whether you play as a full Renegade, a full Paragon, or somewhere in the middle, Commander Shepard is still a badass. When I spoke of literary parallels earlier, Shepard is essential the Captain Jean Luc Picard of video games at the highs of Paragon, and at the renegade level is comparable to Han Solo. Honestly, it’s the stellar writing of Bioware’s staff that has made Shepard stand out amongst other characters of this generation. No matter what happens in the story, Shepard is still an incredibly brave, incredibly charismatic person to the point where former cremates compare him to a god. Granted, this is because he’s boned said crewmate silly and she may still be impressed, but the point stands. Due to everything that he can do, and has done up to the point of the Mass Effect games, Shepard is complex, tough, charismatic, and fun to play as, and easily takes the top spot of this list as the best leading man in this console generation.
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