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[ReiSilver]

I'm a woman and I was blown away that I could play a woman in Mass Effect so that's what I did on my first play through and got really attached to her and invested in her story.
Since then I have two other fem sheps and one man!shep with another planned but not acted apon yet (I find it hard to make a male shepard I consider attractive, I hit on one I liked on my first man shep and then couldn't make anything goood yet different enough for my second).
I loved that I was able to play a woman soldier and everyone just treated it as normal, no one questions it and I love that.

[JamieCOTC]

Male. Let's just say my first video game was Pong.

I prefer femShep for several reasons. The main reason is I think Mass E$ffect is a better story w/ a female lead. At the very least it's not the same old thing. I also prefer Hale's voice acting and for the sake of not beating a dead horse, I'll leave it at that. And finally, I prefer playing the character over the avatar and while manShep makes a good character, femShep makes for an even better character, IMO.

[jayred vas normandy]

Nexpeed wrote...

dude here, plays femshep for my GF, i do the gunfighting and she gets to have the say in what femshep's gonna say, seems we have a good team-up

thats how my femshep started, but my wife lost intrest. finished ME2 with her femshep, but by the end it just felt weird. 

[Aetika]

I am woman and I play femshep, cause it´s more natural to me(especially when you get to romances) I also made male playthrough, just to experience different side of the games

[Tup3x]

I (male) play both but femShep is now my main Shep. I overplayed Sheploo and on top of that I've been Hale fan since Freelancer (I like Mark Meer's voice too a lot too). My femShep is my only custom Shep and I've become more attached to that character because of that. I wanted to give the glory of saving the galaxy to a woman for a change. I don't relate myself with any Shepards, male or female, so that's not an issue. I'm more like "third person" following the story of commander Shepard.

Modifié par Tup3xi, 29 juillet 2011 - 06:51 .

[XavierHollywood]

male, play both, favor femshep a bit more.

I dont really put much backing into the whole "identify" with one gender more then the other in this game because both male and femshep are the exact same person in every way.

Ive always been a fan of strong female leads in games though because they are rare. Even more rare when they dont have highly sexual roles.

I can still think back to my early youth when i fell in love with female characters. It started with Street Fighter 2 when, as much as i tried to deny it, Chun Li was easily the best character in the game.

I was funny convinced on female leads not long after when I was having such difficulty beating the game Final Fight 3 on my super nintendo. You were allowed to pick between 3 or 4 characters and one was a female. Being the macho 8 year old man that i was, i naturally I stayed away from the female as if she had the plague and tried using the three males, ultimately with no success. Finally as a last ditch effort I decided to pick the female and expected to have the floor mopped with me in no time at all. I ended up breezing through the game and dishing out asswhoopings like never before.

Since then, its just been natural for me to select a female first if the option is given.

Modifié par XavierHollywood, 29 juillet 2011 - 05:42 .

[jamesp81]

exotica_wolf wrote...

jamesp81 wrote...

Hathur wrote...

Well, various polls suggest that about 30-40% of all gamers are female... so take from that what you will.

I'm having a hard time buying that.

Or maybe I'm just not a "young person" anymore.  Turn 30 this year and I ain't looking forward to it.  Very few female gamers, as far as I can tell, in my age group.  Dammit.

I'll be 25 soon and I'm a female gamer...

Only four years difference, but I'm increasingling convinced I was born about a half generation early for me to ever meet many or get to know many ladies that game seriously.  Story of my life, in fact.  I was born at a time that was "in-between" in a lot of ways than just this.

[jamesp81]

Sbri wrote...

jamesp81 wrote...

I'm having a hard time buying that.

Or maybe I'm just not a "young person" anymore.  Turn 30 this year and I ain't looking forward to it.  Very few female gamers, as far as I can tell, in my age group.  Dammit.

My highly unscientific and informal polling (AKA: remembering my friends IRL, and conversations on the boards) female gamers seem to cluster. I'm 32 in California, and know many female gamers.  In fact when I was at a party in December and came boucing in to annouce that ME3's first trailer had just been released, there were more women being excited then men (the squees were quite loud!) Of course I hand out with a lot of table top gamers and drama people, so make of that what you will.

I think my problem is that I just don't, well, hang out with anyone.  I guess I did some in college, but that's really about it.  Long story for a different thread, that I'm sure no one would read anyway

[N7KennyXD]

I'm a male and I play both male and female Sheps and I love them both. I also have a canon male and a canon female. Both of which I can't wait to import into ME3.

[jamesp81]

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.

[buggirl]

Female playing femshep. And one of the reason I will always buy Bioware games is that I do have the option of playing as one.

I usually do one token male run to see the differences in the story.

[Eternal Dust]

I'm female and, given the option, I would play as a female character 90% of the time.

I didn't mind as much before in the earlier games when the characters were mute, but with the separate voices now I'd rather listen to a sweet, feminine voice for an entire playthrough. That might change when BioWare gets Gerard Butler or Hugh Jackman to do a male voice though...

[agonis]

Homey C-Dawg wrote...

Reading through this thread, the responses seem to indicate that more female gamers have trouble 'relating' to playing a male character than male gamers have 'relating' to playing a female character.

Not sure what that indicates. Probably nothing. It's interesting from a psychological point of view though.

Never mind me...I just think about stuff like that.

Well, I wouldn´t say that. This is one of the most civil threads I´ve read here. Nobody shouting that "it´s blasphemy that something ourageous like a femShep even exists" and things like that. There is much of it on the Internet.
I´m female and it greatly annoys me. I think that most men reading this thread are simply curious about the female gamers, probably because they have no problems to play as a female char... Which perhaps gives the impression that they have less problems to indicate with female chars.

A psychologist would have a nice time analysing it.

I often enjoyed playing male characters and had much fun whoring around in DAO with them. It´s somehow more exciting as a "male". You know, "a woman is well-behaved. She doesn´t go around killing people, visiting ****houses, bringing down the overlord". And crap like that. Women are damsels in distress, look pretty and are too naive for their own good. If they are not, they HAVE to wear highheals (even climbing a mountain) and black latex (or a mail bikini) and look gorgeous.
(I love actionfilms, but is it so hard to make a (believable) female hero for a change?)

Shepard was one of the FEW exceptions where you could look normal, act like an officer, make hard choices and it felt just right. There was a possibility of self insert, in other games I take male chars because I never had much problems relating to a male char and/or just to have something to look at.

Hope nobody feels offended because it´s probably my English and not any bad intent if anything sound strange.

[HTTP 404]

what about the male fem-sheps?!

actually I am more curious how many females play male shep.

Modifié par HTTP 404, 29 juillet 2011 - 06:56 .

[Raiil]

I think one of the reasons many of us girls prefer to play femshep is it's a chance to 'be' a strong-willed, kick ass character that doesn't have to run around in a revealing outfit and no one calls her a b--ch or a ball buster on account of being a female- it's a world where a woman leading isn't something special or out of place, it's just business as usual and they're held to the same- not a special- standard. It's a nice change of pace.

Modifié par Valentia X, 29 juillet 2011 - 07:02 .

[Vilma]

Let me just say that, as a woman, I'm very happy to see that there are male gamers who appreciate FemShep just because she isn't overly sexualized. I thought there had to be a few people like that out there, but I'm glad to get a confirmation!

[ThatDancingTurian]

Homey C-Dawg wrote...

Reading through this thread, the responses seem to indicate that more female gamers have trouble 'relating' to playing a male character than male gamers have 'relating' to playing a female character.

Not sure what that indicates. Probably nothing. It's interesting from a psychological point of view though.

Never mind me...I just think about stuff like that.

The thing is, I play games where I have no choice and I have no problem enjoying a game with a forced male PC. But for some reason whenever I play a BioWare game and I start up a male PT I just get... bored. I always start with a female PC, so by the time I get to a male PT, I'm constantly comparing the two and the male just seems like a poor substitute. To me a female PC is special, so it's hard for the male PC to compare.

Modifié par Aris Ravenstar, 29 juillet 2011 - 10:20 .

[VeniceKing]

Metopholus wrote...

Captain Crash wrote...

There are a lot.  But there are also alot of males.  This question is brought up alot in the femshep thread in the ME2 Character Forums.

Anyway quick version

Im male and I love her because she breaks the norm of females in gaming.  I love the fact that femshep manages to be a strong and formidable protagonist without being hypersexualized to absurd degrees.   Its ssuprisingly unique in gaming!   Plus im tired of the same old clone male action hero's I grown up with in games and movies.  She makes a refreshing change and her voice actor plays a big part too.

I only quote people when they say things better than i could have. that's the case here.

Me too. 

[CrookedAsylum]

Aris Ravenstar wrote...

My mom is in her 50s and plays games. Okay, that's anecdotal, but I've still heard from quite a few female gamers in that age group.

My friend's mom, too. She kicks my ass in GoW. :/

[Suspire]

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)

Modifié par Suspire, 30 juillet 2011 - 09:57 .

[Suspire]

*double post ¬¬'

Modifié par Suspire, 30 juillet 2011 - 08:15 .

[Major Tao]

 I'm very much looking forward to playing the Ms. Commander Shepard PC on a later playthrough. 

I'm not just saying that.... going through my game library I find that I've played the female player character in Jade Empire, Knights of the Old Republic I & KOTOR II, Fable II, and Fallout 3. 

This One is male...and why do I enjoy playing female player characters ? 
I love watching strong beautiful women play heroic roles and kick ass - in films and in games. 

Like many of the girl gamers have mentioned - there is often no choice to play the other gender in so many games  - and it's a very long list.  Just checking the games I've enjoyed in the last few years where I would have liked the option to play the female PC... lets see...  Crackdown, Half-Life 2, Halo 1, 2, 3, and Gears of War.  Well -EPIC has finally caught on that girl gamers exist and would like to be represented somewhat...and that there should be more options for all players to play as the gender of their choice. 

Bioware and Bethesda should both be given recognition for enabling players to have choices of gender - and ethnicity ( ! ) in their game play. 

I think it was the face customization that led me to become attached to the particular version of Mr. Commander Shepard I'm playing now ( and then there's Liara ) - and that's why I've stuck with this incarnation of the character over M.E. 1 and 2, and succeeding playthroughs so far.  My PC looks Asian...a different ethnicity from myself and he really carries the role well. 

By the way, PONG GENERATION GAMERS ARE IN THE HOUSE ! ! !  WHOOP WHOOP ! !  

( What is the answer to life, the Universe, and Everything ? - the Answer is 42 ! )  

Modifié par Major_Tao_Tau, 31 juillet 2011 - 01:16 .

[Sinapus]

Male, 40. Play MaleShep and FemShep, a bit more FemShep characters. Tend to see them more as fictional characters in a book or similar, so I'm not sure about "identifying" with them.

Glad to know I'm not the only older gamer around here.

I remember a neighbor having a Pong game when I was younger, though the first game console I had at home was an Atari 2600. Behold the amazing 2d, 16 color quality of Combat!

Modifié par Sinapus, 01 août 2011 - 08:01 .

[ThePwener]

Why are so many male gamers interested on how many "female gamers" there are? They're gamers, just like us.

I personally hate sexual difference in ANYTHING.

Im not trying to troll, I just find it childish.

[Arppis]

ThePwener wrote...

Why are so many male gamers interested on how many "female gamers" there are? They're gamers, just like us.

I personally hate sexual difference in ANYTHING.

Im not trying to troll, I just find it childish.

Because men are usualy always interested in women and how they work.