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[LyndseyCousland]

I'm female and I play femShep because girls are awesome.

[Sshodan]

I'm female, 27 and in ME play femShep exclusively, tried maleShep but after the female voiceover it just did not work for me. I did finish one playtrough, since I'm stubborn, and may eventually do a second run, but I'm a big femShep fan
There are plenty of female gamers around - both my best friends are gamers (female and play femSheps), and my mother who is in her 60 spends half of her free time playing The Sims The first game I finished was Doom 2 I think, and it went down heal form there
Out days gaming becomes something less technical, and more of a normal evening entertainment - some people watch TV, others read books, and some of us enjoy games, so it is no wonder that more and more females start playing games.
In the start you had to be a computer geek and know what you are doing pretty  well to just install the game half the time, so only girls like me, who grew up in the engineers families and such, and had access to "new tech" all the time regardless of the natural interests and inclinations played games. But today a PC is a norm in most of the households, they becoming easier to use and natural to have around, it is only logical that games become widely spread among the "normal" not tech geek demographics as well

Modifié par Sshodan, 01 août 2011 - 12:12 .

[Ryzaki]

Female, 19 only play Male Shep. I tried to play FemShep but the VA didn't cut it.

[Fidget6]

 I'm male and I play femshep because I prefer Jennifer Hale, I like femsheps romances better, and you get funnier dialogue in some instances if you play a renegade femshep. Oh, and it's much easier to make a good looking femshep than a good looking maleshep.

[Nynaeve]

Girls rule, hence I play as female every time (I myself, am a girl that rules)

EDIT: Oh, and I'm 26 :happy:

Modifié par frij, 01 août 2011 - 05:15 .

[jamesp81]

Suspire wrote...

jamesp81 wrote...

PunkNouveau13 wrote...

Female, 27
When there's an option to, I mainly play female characters. I think I'm on my 5th femShep now...The only time I played a male was in DA:O and that was to get the Witch gone wild trophy. I've tried to play the rest of the game but I couldn't really connect with the character, so I didn't. (also didn't help that I made him a total jerk.) I think that's why I don't play male characters if I don't have to. With games like ME and DA I want to relate somewhat to the person I'm playing otherwise the decisions that I make won't really mean anything to me...I dunno maybe I'm just weird.
But it's funny. I have a guy friend who mainly plays femSheps cause he doesn't feel like watching a dude walking around for 30 hours.

This might be slightly OT, but I think you've touched on something.

I've observed that with RPGs there are two ways people play them.  Some people craft a character with a distinct personality, a personality that usually does not match that of the player.  The player then has his character respond to situations as that character would, and not the player.

Others play these games in a 'self-insertion' mindset where they apply their own values, thoughts, and feelings and play the game as they'd actually do it if it were real.

I personally fall solidly in the latter group, which is one reason why I've never gotten into FemSheps, Female Wardens, or FemHawkes as much as their male equivalents.  In order to be the character on the screen, he has to be someone I could see myself becoming.  I have no point of reference for being a woman, having never been one obviously, so it tends to hamper my immersion.  I imagine a lot of women who play Bioware games favor FemShep, FemWarden, and FemHawke for the same reasons.

I don't get why play roleplaying games if you're just gonna play yourself... I don't mean any offense by that, I just honestly don't get it. I've had a bunch of conversasions about this with people who play "a version of themselves" (even making the characters look like themselves), but I don't get it.
I don't really see those two groups like that though, but I've noticed a lot of people do. I love making different characters, have over 100 of them, a lot of males, though I just enjoy roleplaying women more cause they're more fun and flexible (heh) in my opinion. I like cute characters and most girls have no problem having cute moments.
But when I roleplay, I AM the character. No matter how different they are from me. Roleplaying to me, is about experiencing a world as a different person. Makes no sense to be myself, or to play as someone else but not relate to them in any way. It's something that brings those two things together. I create a character, when I roleplay. I think the creating part is the most important to me. Which's why I don't enjoy pre-made characters much.
My characters all probably have a piece of my personality, even if just a little. But they can be murderers, they can be jerks, etc. To make a dark character for example, I take a bad day I've had, or one bad thought I've had, and exagerate it to epic proportions
(I do have a hard time playing full Renegade and complete *ssholes though, I start feeling bad for those poor pixelated people.... damn stupid conscience)

For you, RPGs are a way to experience the world through someone else's eyes.

For me, RPGs are a way to experience a world that doesn't exist and apply my own values to my problem solving.

[Arcadian Legend]

Fidget6 wrote...

 I'm male and I play femshep because I prefer Jennifer Hale, I like femsheps romances better, and you get funnier dialogue in some instances if you play a renegade femshep. Oh, and it's much easier to make a good looking femshep than a good looking maleshep.

This, though not quite so much on the romances side. Same for Dragon Age II

[LadyDrusilla]

Proud blonde 'barbie' FemShep here, I play her because I don't like playing boy game characters and I just can't bring myself not to listen to Jennifer Hale.

[phantomdragoness]

I'm female (22), and I play female characters whenever the choice is given. I played through ME as MShep once and it just felt weird - however, I did find it easier to be Renegade for some strange reason.

I just love that BioWare has made a heroine that isn't sneered at by the opposite sex just for being a woman. Everyone who knows FemShep to be in charge KNOWS she's in charge, and for good reason. It's kinda nice to have a game where you don't have to defend your character's gender as much as defending the entire friggin' galaxy - which is what is important. It seems the future BioWare created is well past the issue of sexism...lol...maybe because humans found something "worse" to complain about: aliens.

Modifié par phantomdragoness, 02 août 2011 - 12:59 .

[Sora Shepard]

phantomdragoness wrote...

I just love that BioWare has made a heroine that isn't sneered at by the opposite sex just for being a woman. Everyone who knows FemShep to be in charge KNOWS she's in charge, and for good reason. It's kinda nice to have a game where you don't have to defend your character's gender as much as defending the entire friggin' galaxy - which is what is important. It seems the future BioWare created is well past the issue of sexism...lol...maybe because humans found something "worse" to complain about: aliens.

What she said.

I'm female, 38, and prefer to play female characters.  I am not what you would call a real "gamer" as I don't consider it one of my major hobbies, but have become quite sucked into the ME universe -- enough so to seek out media about the game, and to read and participate occasionally on this forum, at any rate.  The only other games I've invested this much time and energy into are Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas, unless you count the golden age of online MUSHes and the like, which were more like incredibly dorky chat communities where you pretended to ride dragons and whatnot.  (I loved them and am not ashamed to admit that I miss them. I know they're still around, but they have tumbleweeds blowing around these days.)

I tend to prefer games with character customization and roleplaying elements, so I don't think it's unusual that I prefer to play my own gender.  My Lone Wanderer and Courier are both female, and look as much like me as the character creator would allow. I have 3-4 FemSheps of various physical appearances and classes. None of them look much like me, because I don't think I would make a particularly credible Commander Shepard (I weigh about 100 lbs soaking wet, for one thing) but I still don't have problems identifying with them.  I would love to really be Shepard for a day, regardless of how stressful her job is.  All of these characters (Shepard, the Courier, the Lone Wanderer) are resourceful and kick-ass in ways that women rarely are portrayed in the media, probably because they are actually unisex characters that can be played as either male or female.

I just started my first ManShep renegade run-through. Like the previous poster, I find it easier to play renegade as a man, and Mark Meer's deadpan renegade delivery is endlessly entertaining.  But I definitely find myself meta-gaming more with my ManShep than with my FemSheps since I identify less with him.

Modifié par Sora Shepard, 03 août 2011 - 01:01 .

[Battlepope190]

23, Male. Femshep only. Manshep is just awful all around IMO; he looks stupid, he sounds stupid, he is stupid.

[PauseforEffect]

I'm a female gamer!
My brother got me hooked into ME1 though it took me awhile to get the gameplay figured out.
It's very nice to play as a female Shepard. Hard to relate to a character when they've got broader shoulders than you.

[ThePwener]

Battlepope190 wrote...

23, Male. Femshep only. Manshep is just awful all around IMO; he looks stupid, he sounds stupid, he is stupid.

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[Tayah]

@jamesp81 I actually enjoy strategy games though you don't really have gender as a factor in those. I was playing civ long before I really discovered most other pc games. As a gamer I don't necessarily pay attention to the genre it's more about the story/objective of the game that matters to me so I'll play action, shooters, strategy, RPGs and any combo of the above for example. Though actually I have been playing more RPG or RPG hybrids lately mostly because they tend to have more story and memorable characters to interact with which I really enjoy.

The difference is when playing a protagonist I like to play my own gender (female) as I find it more immersive, when playing the 'overlord/emperess' whatever in strategies I think of myself as female anyway and there aren't usually voices to change that (just the occasional text discrepency).

[Iron Waffle]

Male, and I play pretty equally with ManShep and FemShep... not sure why either gender should be getting any hate...

I have 3 FemSheps and 3 ManSheps (4, if you count my derpy Shepard named Ignoramus ). I'm trying to have as many variables covered before ME3 rolls around.

As for voice acting, I really like them both. In my humble opinion, ManShep has better "epic speeches", while FemShep has better emotional dialogue, and sometimes sounds more genuine. But that's just me.