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[Dessalines]

Su13perfitz wrote...

Volumes wrote...

The Angry One wrote...

Volumes wrote...

TheDarkRats wrote...

3: There's just something awesome about a woman being some epic military hero that a guy just can't have.

In your opinion, as a woman.

No, in fact. Male military heroes are incredibly over-saturated.

Again, another opinion; another one that I will disagree with, at that.

Got to go with the krogan on this one...can't really see what is wrong with a male hero. Talking about American society on a higher level females are starting to outdue males in school. Less than 45 percent of college graduates are now males, males are doing worse in every single subject, and in younger generations female wages are starting to outstrip male wages. If anything we need more strong male role models because males under 30 are starting to become lost in shuffle of society. Not saying anything wrong with femshep but implying male role models are overdone is untrue.

I never saw a female shep commercial on tv, but I saw a bunch of male Mass Effect commercials. Most video games have an option to play female heroes, but they only do commercials and have adds for the male star. There are more females in America, but video games are marketed for a males. Sports featuring males gets more media coverage. I can go on and on, but I hope you can see the pattern. I am vet and I served with a lot of great female military members, and my wife is still in the military. She is my military hero, and so it is pretty cool to see a female military hero in a video game, because there are a bunch of female military heroes protecting the world tonight and every night.

[Lee T]

I did four Shepards. Two males and two females. I didn't choose one rather than the other. It's just simply fun to see how the character's interaction sometimes change depending on the gender of the main character (even if those differences are few and far between compared to say DAO).

If I had to choose it would depend on the localization, my two favorite Shepard voices are Boris Rehlinger (french) and Jennifer Hale (english).

[tybbiesniffer]

Dessalines wrote...

I am vet and I served with a lot of great female military members, and my wife is still in the military. She is my military hero, and so it is pretty cool to see a female military hero in a video game, because there are a bunch of female military heroes protecting the world tonight and every night.

Well said.  Much better than the usual "You don't belong here."

[sorrowandsadness]

N7L4D wrote...

Because Jennifer hale is awesome

[wetnasty]

Paparob wrote...

Jennifer Hale. Mark Meer really stepped up his game this last entry but Hale is the superior of the two.

The only time I actually felt he stepped it up was when he punched the Quarian Admiral out as Renegade Shep on the Normandy. Other than that I was still whenever he started talking. Which is a shame, because he does such a good job of the Vorcha and Volus. You would never think it was the same guy. And its not a gender thing, because 90% of the male VAs do such a great job. And I don't want to crap on the VO directors but....

[Bank92]

By the time I picked up Mass Effect 1, I had seen so many males as heroes and got sick and tired of it. So, I decided to roll with a female Shepard as my main character and I never regretted it.

[Su13perfitz]

Dessalines wrote...

Su13perfitz wrote...

Volumes wrote...

The Angry One wrote...

Volumes wrote...

TheDarkRats wrote...

3: There's just something awesome about a woman being some epic military hero that a guy just can't have.

In your opinion, as a woman.

No, in fact. Male military heroes are incredibly over-saturated.

Again, another opinion; another one that I will disagree with, at that.

Got to go with the krogan on this one...can't really see what is wrong with a male hero. Talking about American society on a higher level females are starting to outdue males in school. Less than 45 percent of college graduates are now males, males are doing worse in every single subject, and in younger generations female wages are starting to outstrip male wages. If anything we need more strong male role models because males under 30 are starting to become lost in shuffle of society. Not saying anything wrong with femshep but implying male role models are overdone is untrue.

I never saw a female shep commercial on tv, but I saw a bunch of male Mass Effect commercials. Most video games have an option to play female heroes, but they only do commercials and have adds for the male star. There are more females in America, but video games are marketed for a males. Sports featuring males gets more media coverage. I can go on and on, but I hope you can see the pattern. I am vet and I served with a lot of great female military members, and my wife is still in the military. She is my military hero, and so it is pretty cool to see a female military hero in a video game, because there are a bunch of female military heroes protecting the world tonight and every night.

Never said females shouldn't have role models just pointing out young males clearly need them more atm. Nothing wrong with females in the military but I do have problems how they handle physical requirements, combat roles, and PR around it. If they were really as over-saturated as stated we would have recruitment lines around the block.

[LenabotSE]

The Angry One wrote...

LenabotSE wrote...

My only complaint about Femshep is that they just re-use the male animations and the exact same lines, so she's not exactly "feminine" in the slightest. Which can be a little jarring sometimes. Especially if you've got her in a dress and she decides to sit down with legs wide apart and prop a foot up on one of her knees.

No Spectre training videos on ladylike etiquette in formal situations, eh, Shepard?

I don't know I get some amusement out of the way Shep sits, she's like "oh who the hell cares".
The walking animations are a bit lazy though, especially as there was a seperate female animation in ME1.

Yeah, I find it hilarious too.  I just sit there and go "WHY DO THEY LET YOU OFF THE SHIP?" 

She must be a great party guest for all those high brow Alliance functions.  Sitting there at the dining tables, hunched over, legs unglamorously crossed in an evening gown.  "Hey.  Wanna hear about this time I head-butted a krogan on Tuchanka?"

Ideally "my" female Shepard would be more on the slinky/dangerous side like Aria, but Femshep's awkwardness is endearing.

Does feel like she's an afterthought sometimes, though.

Modifié par LenabotSE, 19 mars 2012 - 11:40 .

[Ry3 Sjursen]

I played ME1 first as a guy, as I am of the male gender. I just couldn't stand his voice. I did my next one as a female, I always try to do one of both genders in BioWare games if offered, and I realized it was Jennifer Hale. She did the voice work for Bastilla in KoTOR. It just seemed more natural in her voice and dictation. Sometimes I will do a male character, but then I will skip a lot of the dialogue.

[Nightdragon8]

can't really do a female run though with ME... cause genrealy I pick the choices I would pick, and sense I'm a guy, well, hearing a male voice helps int he RP part of it.

[RedundantAccount]

<=Female player. Player avatar = femShep. Jennifer Hale's voice acting never makes me regret it. Have 1 manshep for Tali romance cuz she's adorable.

[Yttrian]

Because two reasons:

1) Feels inherently different from a Space Marine with two extra testicles where their cerebral cortex should be.
2) I find staring at the "assets" of a female strangely attractive for unknown reasons...

[shnellegaming]

I wouldn't be able to romance Garrus otherwise  

[The Real Bowser]

1. Jennifer Hale is awesome.
2. There are not enough different romances to play 6 playthroughs (one for each class) on just Male Shepard (I refuse to do homosexual relationships, even though I'm personally against it I will say no more so I don't spark a pointless debate).
3. See 1.
4. Did I mention that Jennifer Hale is awesome?

[Thumb Fu]

Jenifer Hale... That is all

[ZedderZulu]

Without trying to sound too weird, I'm kinda drawn to a female PC at any opportunity, unless the acting is unbearable or something. So yeah, for example, Revan, the Exile, Jaden Korr (Hale again) - I often don't even consider playing as a male.

I play plenty of games as a male protagonist anyway. If I want to re-affirm my masculinity, I'll just go play Armed Assault or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.... though if I *could* play as female leads in those...

Mass Effect was ideal for me - FemShep = strong female lead in a heroic, Space Marine setting which was unusual, interesting and appealing (to me) - plus I'm a big fan of Hale and Mr Sbarge, so, yeah, ideal. So, right, I even avoided the lesbian hijinks (didn't warm to Liara that much) though my Shep did get quite close with Kelly...

I did play MShep for a while, but my other problem is that I don't often play radically different characters. I've always been a paragon soldier. My MShep was to be slightly more "grey" (I based him off Richard Sharpe) but I grew bored of playing the game through from scratch without my Shepard. Wasn't particularly set against Meer's performance in any way though.

[Aquarius]

1. I am a woman so I can better relate to a female character.
2. Jennifer Hale > Mark Meer (I respect and adore Jennifer's voice over work, she brings female Shepard to life and is able to communicate her emotions realistically. It's simply more believable. Her chemistry with other characters is way better and the relationships thus more in-depth.)
3. Why does always have a man to save the world/galaxy?

Modifié par Wasserfrau, 19 mars 2012 - 11:46 .

[Dessalines]

LenabotSE wrote...

The Angry One wrote...

LenabotSE wrote...

My only complaint about Femshep is that they just re-use the male animations and the exact same lines, so she's not exactly "feminine" in the slightest. Which can be a little jarring sometimes. Especially if you've got her in a dress and she decides to sit down with legs wide apart and prop a foot up on one of her knees.

No Spectre training videos on ladylike etiquette in formal situations, eh, Shepard?

I don't know I get some amusement out of the way Shep sits, she's like "oh who the hell cares".
The walking animations are a bit lazy though, especially as there was a seperate female animation in ME1.

Yeah, I find it hilarious too.  I just sit there and go "WHY DO THEY LET YOU OFF THE SHIP?" 

She must be a great party guest for all those high brow Alliance functions.  Sitting there at the dining tables, hunched over, legs unglamorously crossed in an evening gown.  "Hey.  Wanna hear about this time I head-butted a krogan on Tunchanka?"

Ideally "my" female Shepard would be more on the slinky/dangerous side like Aria, but Femshep's awkwardness is endearing.

Does feel like she's an afterthought sometimes, though.

Eventhough I did state on another thread how unoriginal it would be if the next Mass Effect 4 had origins style allowing you to pick different race, , I would still play it.  That is how Bioware can redeem itself adding different personalities to the character creation process. That would be so cool. I wanted my Shep to be like Thane, or Garrus. Why only Thane gets to be that cool?
A little bit off topic, but....
I know some people hated male Hawke, but I like male hawke's voice acting over male shep's voice acting.

[TabrisAbound]

Male. Play femShep for several reasons.

1) I believe Jennifer Hale is a better voice actress. I'm a very music-oriented person and a big fan of animation (the DCAU was my childhood), so I pay a lot of attention to voices and auditory cues. There's something about Hale's voice and technique that (for me at least) makes the dialogue "more real" and thus aids my immersion in (and subsequent enjoyment of) the game. My femShep Korana supplanted my long-standing maleShep (a Talimancer to boot!) as the favorite child based on the strength of Hale's VA alone.

2) Mass Effect is an RPG, with the RP being the key bit. I could just play with myself...er...as myself for the whole series (i.e. as a male character). But why limit myself in such a way? A bit of imagination, and I found myself with a complex character who does a lot of things (morality-wise) that I could never do myself. And it's really interesting to try and think about things not from "How would Shepard see this?" but also "How might Shepard see this as a woman? Might she do this differently from a dude because of X, Y or Z?"

e.g. Casual wear on the Normandy. My maleShep could probably throw anything on and no one would give a ****. With femShep I had to stop and think about it because the fact is that women are judged more critically on their workplace attire than men are (in this era, anyway). So while my femShep would feel most comfortable in a hoodie or that weird leather getup (such things remind her of her gang years on Earth), she wears the uniform to avoid unnecessary drama.

3) Space lesbians (not entirely for shallow reasons, I swear). Lair of the Shadow Broker convinced me that Liara was a character and love interest worth fighting for. Since I already had my het OTP w/ maleShep and Tali, I figured "why not go for space lesbians?" It was doubly worth it when I got to ME3. Subtext? What subtext? Space lesbians EVERYWHERE.

So yeah, that's why I play femShep. Don't like it?
Deal with it.

[LePetitRobot]

DocStone wrote...

When I play a third person shooter sometimes I prefer to stare at a shapely females' butt for 100+ hours.

That's about it for me... The Lara Croft effect.

Then, being a straight guy, having a male LI feels wrong, so of course I'm gonna go for some of that blue love!

I've nothing against playing games as a male, but if I have the choice I'll probably choose female 2/3rds of the time.

[lockdown51]

Draco2fox wrote...

mostly the lesbian thing

And Femshep or any female toons I play are the opposite of my male.

[Tony208]

I just like Hale's voice better than Meer's.

My femshep to maleshep ratio is like 2:1.

[emp6]

1. Most games feature dudes. So playing a female is a nice change.
2. It's a lot easier to create a good looking female character than creating a good looking male character.
(3. ME specific: I like Jennifer Hales voice acting)

[Nassegris]

My first playthrough on most games, I play as female if I can, being female myself I guess it's easier to identify.

Second playthrough I might play as a guy if I can create a nice-looking face - which happens rarely.