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[xassantex]

i'd play a fem shep only if she could wear Samara's 'cycle appearance' outfit. It's just f****** awesome.

[Inspectre]

Golden Owl wrote...


Same here on the Meer/Hale thing, yes, I did choose not to mention it though, due to the flaming 'who's the better VA' inevitabilities.

Whoops, then?

Imperium Alpha wrote...
And Meer sometime just don't give a **** about emotion, but he is a bad ass marine, so everything is alright

For me, it wasn't so much the lack of emotion as the lack of acting.  I prefer professional VAs in my games, not some hobo.


If it's not already obvious, I only have one shep and she's female.  She's not the character I started with, but damn me if she's not the character I finish with.

[100k]

For me it all depends on the appearance.
I just played through with Orion, and even though he looks fvcking great (especially with burning coals for eyes), I skipped almost every conversation, cutscene, and side mission. I'd simply played through ME2 too many times, and it became a chore.

However, a few weeks before that, I completed a full play through with Olivia, and she was a goddess. Utterly perfect. Best femShep I've ever made, and better than a modded Shepard. Never skipped a convo, didn't miss a side quest, and basically went full paragon so that I could see her beauty, strength, and intelligence even after her scars had healed. Best time I've had with ME2.

[Golden Owl]

Dragon XIX wrote...

Golden Owl wrote...


Same here on the Meer/Hale thing, yes, I did choose not to mention it though, due to the flaming 'who's the better VA' inevitabilities.

Whoops, then?

Note my diplomacy on the subject...

[jeweledleah]

I like them both, but I relate to female avatars better as a rule. femshep is no exception. maleshep just doesn't feel like my character, he feels like someone else's character, that I'm just borrowing for a bit. its the same with every other rpg I've ever played that had an option to play as a male or female. I always had more fun with female avatars.

[Alpha-Centuri]

I play as a male Shepard because I'm a guy.

Also, it seems off when I play FemShep. She seems less realistic (Insert a dismissive response pointing out that the entire world is space fantasy, so its all unrealistic). I just wish that they incorporated variety in the two Shepards. It makes the game politically correct by making them carbon copies, but I sincerely believe it takes away something from the story, squandering plenty of potential.

There are things that women are physiologically proven to be better at on average, and likewise for men. I wish the game would incorporate something like that. Just more differences would be nice. The only differences I can think of in ME2 is that they batarian recruiter doesn't take you as serious if you are female, and Gianna Parasini kisses you if you do her quest as a male and choose the right dialogue.

While the question wasn't "Why don't you play the other Shep as much", I think it ties in. If the two Sheps led to two unique experiences, I would probably enjoy FemShep more. As it is right now, its the same character with different voice actors. Which leads me to my last point...

For neutral or renegade characters, Meer's delievery really works. Its filled to the brim with "I don't give a ****". Nobody can be a jerk better than MaleShep. I think Jennifer Hale did a better job in ME1, but in ME2, her voice acting was really bad to me. Her 'interaction' with Jacob was absolutely terrible if you don't choose to romance him.

[Atomic_Boom22]

I play as both and enjoy it. Though thanks to advertising my MaleShep is always Sheploo, and FemShep is custom. It makes it difficult for me to play MaleShep Renegade.

[Ryzaki]

Golden Owl wrote...

Ryzaki wrote...

Golden Owl wrote...
eye candy I created him to be...

 


The true reason I always play Male Shep. <3 Delicious eyecandy. 

That a custom Shep? I really love seeing peoples custom Sheps, beautiful art and it's so rare to see two the same....I would love to see yours....PM Shep pic to me?

 

He's a face I got from here. 

So many delicious MSheps. 

I made a few but they're not as hot. 

[GuardianAngel470]

Male shep. I'm a guy so, yeah.

I have one femshep playthrough out of 11 in ME1 and one playthrough out of 15 in ME2. Lets be honest here: Hale's performance in ME1 was VASTLY superior to Meer. In ME2, she was terrible, trying way too hard to sound tough and in all the wrong places.

Meer also had a few cringe worthy deliveries in ME2 but Hale's near constant attempts at sounding threatening just outweigh them. I blame direction more than Hale though. It is entirely possible that the VA director in the studio told her to sound like that.

[sissysouthpaw]

FemShep. If there's a chance to play as a female, I'm going for it, no question about it. Haven't tried MaleShep yet but I'm planning to.

[JRCHOharry]

This is one of the few games where I prefer to play as a dude.

[Tup3x]

I prefer femShep. It just happens to he that way for this game (I can already say that my first char in Skyrim is going to be male). I maybe got bored of maleShep since I kinda had too many playthroughs in the beginning with Sheploo. I'm eventually planing to make renegade maleShep since I can't imagine Sheploo or my femShep be anything else than paragon (mostly).

[What?]

I like them both, honestly. Though I often find myself playing more Mansheps than Femsheps.

[Someone With Mass]

Male Shepard for me. I can't stand Hale's voice acting in Mass Effect. And that hurts a little, because I know that she's done tons of better performances.

[tanarri23]

FemShep. I won't pretend it has nothing to do with me being a girl...but it's also because her voice acting is much better and more expressive than manShep's. He feels like a videogame avatar, she feels almost like a person. And she makes a most awesome Renegade

[Get Magna Carter]

I prefer femshep.
I was planning on playing the first game with 3 of each but after a difficult struggle to motivate myself to complete the game once with a manshep, I kept as femshep in my other playthroughs
I found manshep more bearable in the second game so added a second manshep for that

[Chewin]

Mostly Male. I prefer Meer's voice more. But I can't stand ME seeing Male- and FemShep as equals. Only difference is between romance options, which is the reason why I have a few FemSheps.

Modifié par Chewin3, 30 mai 2011 - 10:46 .

[Ainmarh]

Male Shepard here, because I didn't like the appearance of the FemShep (and was too lazy to create one myself). Not the very best reason, but as good as any, I think.

[LordJeyl]

FemShep only for me. Not because I'm a guy, but because there aren't enough good stories out there that has a female character as the lead. Femshep is my hero.

Modifié par LordJeyl, 30 mai 2011 - 11:02 .

[CC-Tron]

Alpha-Centuri wrote...

I play as a male Shepard because I'm a guy.

Also, it seems off when I play FemShep. She seems less realistic (Insert a dismissive response pointing out that the entire world is space fantasy, so its all unrealistic). I just wish that they incorporated variety in the two Shepards. It makes the game politically correct by making them carbon copies, but I sincerely believe it takes away something from the story, squandering plenty of potential.

There are things that women are physiologically proven to be better at on average, and likewise for men. I wish the game would incorporate something like that. Just more differences would be nice. The only differences I can think of in ME2 is that they batarian recruiter doesn't take you as serious if you are female, and Gianna Parasini kisses you if you do her quest as a male and choose the right dialogue.

While the question wasn't "Why don't you play the other Shep as much", I think it ties in. If the two Sheps led to two unique experiences, I would probably enjoy FemShep more. As it is right now, its the same character with different voice actors. Which leads me to my last point...

For neutral or renegade characters, Meer's delievery really works. Its filled to the brim with "I don't give a ****". Nobody can be a jerk better than MaleShep. I think Jennifer Hale did a better job in ME1, but in ME2, her voice acting was really bad to me. Her 'interaction' with Jacob was absolutely terrible if you don't choose to romance him.

I play femshep secondary and agree with this. Some of the action scenes (especially renegade) don't seem right with femshep. Maleshep looked silly headbutting a Krogan but Femshep doing it is silly to cartoonish proportions. She's not a man and shouldn't be portrayed as such. As it stands now she's little more than a female look and sound for maleshep. ME3 might improve this but I doubt it.

[Dangerfoot]

I prefer fem-Shep, but I also prefer the LI of male-Shep. So sucks for me I guess.

[Nicodemus]

I tired playing ME1 with Manshep and deleted the char after about 5 hours of play as I couldn't get on with the voice acting. Chose a Femshep and never looked back.

I personally have no problem playing either gender in any game but for ME i've found the only way to play is with Femshep, I connect with her more.

[Golden Owl]

Ryzaki wrote...

Golden Owl wrote...

Ryzaki wrote...

Golden Owl wrote...
eye candy I created him to be...

 


The true reason I always play Male Shep. <3 Delicious eyecandy. 

That a custom Shep? I really love seeing peoples custom Sheps, beautiful art and it's so rare to see two the same....I would love to see yours....PM Shep pic to me?

 

He's a face I got from here. 

So many delicious MSheps. 

I made a few but they're not as hot. 

Is a very nice Shep, he has a good, strong face, good shape and definition...Nice choice Ryzaki...

[Verly]

I'm new to the ME games, (am a big fan of DA though) but so far I've only played femshep, but I'm planning to play as a maleshep as well. I play as a female when I can because as a girl, it's fun to play as a bad ass chick, (which is something that I am not. lol) I do not have problems playing as males in video games though, most girl gamers have been used to playing as males, for a long time that's all you could play. I will say I was watching my brother play as manshep and I prefer the female voice acting better, but it will not be something that is game breaking for me. (I mean if I can play as a male hawke when the same voice actor in dao voiced a rapist, I can look over voice acting to play the game) I also think tali is adorable and will play a male shep for her.