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[Portia Cousland]

I like her voice, to me it exudes authority, experience and strength and doesn't sound like she just turned 21. I think MShep's voice if fine too, but it doesn't get to me quite like Jennifer Hale's.

[The Angry One]

TommyServo wrote...

The Angry One wrote...

Really? He does that Cobra Commander voice? 

Interesting fact time - Mark Meer is legitimately terrific in nearly every role he's played - except Shepard. It's something that defies all reason.

His performance improved in ME3, but he still falls pretty flat in most of his scenes.

I figure the director told him to be flat in order to be the "everyman" voice, while Hale is under no such constraints.
I've noticed this in quite a few games with male characters, which is why the concept of the "everyman" is idiotic to begin with.

[Lunarwhirlwind]

dbl219 wrote...

Simi Parthenopaeus wrote...

Cycnical side of me cant help but seeing too many men enjoying making a femshep to put into lesbian encounters =P

If you really think about it, the husky masculine voice from Hale and the linebacker/gorilla body animations lend itself to that sort of conclusion anyway.

Not that I'm claiming all lesbians have manly body language!

 Agh  again with husky voice meaning completely unrelated things. Weird. Her voice is definately not masculine O.o

[Carlthestrange]

AlexiusDAlex wrote...

Carlthestrange wrote...

Because Male Shep has less acting tallent than the cast of Twilight.

Hey, personally I think that he is not as good as Hale, but BroShep doesn't deserve that comparison.

I know it was a nasty comparison, and even maleshep don't deserve it, but I just felt it was good humor.

Truth is, nothing is worse than acting in Twilight.

[panamakira]

Because she's a badass and Jennifer does an amazing job voicing her and I wish I was like her!

XD

[din626]

I felt that Hale was a better voice actress in comparison to Meer. But you can see from ME1-ME2 (where Meer had a lot of coaching lessons after constructive fan feedback) he does improve. ME2-ME3 also shows more lessons, or even Meer growing more into his role.

Both have their merits but for me, I preffered Hale's performance over-all, it's been good and consistent from the start, absolutely no disrespect to Mr Meer at all and I do hope we hear from him in games in the future as he's clearly getting better and better at this voice over malarky.

[Ahms]

EionaCousland wrote...

Actually, a lot of people prefer her voice. Many people, like I, think Meer's voice sounds really monotone and unemotional.

But it's kinda silly to question someone's opinion. We like what we like.

Ugh, no it isn't. Even if your opinion comes out of a horse's rectal orifice, it demands a reason behind it. Opinions that don't have sound reasons deserve to be dismissed outright.

Modifié par Ahms, 23 mars 2012 - 06:45 .

[Phaedros]

Iwillbeback wrote...

Kelly Chambers agrees.
Sadly her replacement didn't get the idea.

What!?  No shower for you? 

[Chernaya]

Ahms wrote...

EionaCousland wrote...

Actually, a lot of people prefer her voice. Many people, like I, think Meer's voice sounds really monotone and unemotional.

But it's kinda silly to question someone's opinion. We like what we like.

Ugh, no it isn't. Even if your opinion comes out of a horse's rectal orifice, it demands a reason behind it. Opinions that don't have solid reasons deserve to be dismissed outright.

I don't really agree. Sometimes I just prefer things and don't have a solid reason why; I just like them more. And I feel that I don't have to defend my preferences. But I respect your thought on it ~

Modifié par EionaCousland, 23 mars 2012 - 06:46 .

[Tovanus]

Is there a poll showing that people like FemShep that much? I thought I had heard a long time ago that the majority of playthroughs people chose MaleShep rather than FemShep. But maybe that statistic was wrong?

I don't really have a strong preference on voice actor. I play MaleShep because I'm a male, and people tend to identify better with protagonists of the same gender.

I'd be more interested to know what the statistical breakdown is for Male and Female Shep, and within that breakdown, what the breakdown is between men and women generally in the ME player base, what the breakdown is of men who play FemShep as their primary playthrough, and what the breakdown is of Women who play MaleShep as their primary playthrough.

[TheHoneyRuns]

Simi Parthenopaeus wrote...

MPSai wrote...

Simi Parthenopaeus wrote...

Cycnical side of me cant help but seeing too many men enjoying making a femshep to put into lesbian encounters =P

W-what about lesbians putting her in lesbian encounters? >.> 

thats different, I was commenting on the reasons for MEN playing femsheps, i added in an additional comment to my original post to clarify heh

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What about the idea that a dude may not want to play as *another* dude for 150+ plus hours? Why not play as a chick, then as long as you have something nice to look at as you run around the goddam Citadel for hours on end finding people missing chits and buying stupid fish?

...and yeah, y'know. Lesbians.

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Phaedros wrote...

Iwillbeback wrote...

Kelly Chambers agrees.
Sadly her replacement didn't get the idea.

What!?  No shower for you? 

Somebody played chess.

Heard about that, did it to just to get the achievement because someone mentioned the Liara romance might be bugged (no LOTSB on the char), but it I had to reload afterward because Shepard was faithful to Liara.

Modifié par sH0tgUn jUliA, 23 mars 2012 - 06:50 .

[ek5000]

EionaCousland wrote...

Ahms wrote...

EionaCousland wrote...

Actually, a lot of people prefer her voice. Many people, like I, think Meer's voice sounds really monotone and unemotional.

But it's kinda silly to question someone's opinion. We like what we like.

Ugh, no it isn't. Even if your opinion comes out of a horse's rectal orifice, it demands a reason behind it. Opinions that don't have solid reasons deserve to be dismissed outright.

I don't really agree. Sometimes I just prefer things and don't have a solid reason why, I just like them more. But I respect your thought on it ~

A gut feeling, instead of an opinion? 

[Kronner]

People do not like her that much. Only 18% of all players play as femShep.

I prefer male Shep, easily. But I do enjoy femShep too.

[Chernaya]

ek5000 wrote...

EionaCousland wrote...

Ahms wrote...

EionaCousland wrote...

Actually, a lot of people prefer her voice. Many people, like I, think Meer's voice sounds really monotone and unemotional.

But it's kinda silly to question someone's opinion. We like what we like.

Ugh, no it isn't. Even if your opinion comes out of a horse's rectal orifice, it demands a reason behind it. Opinions that don't have solid reasons deserve to be dismissed outright.

I don't really agree. Sometimes I just prefer things and don't have a solid reason why, I just like them more. But I respect your thought on it ~

A gut feeling, instead of an opinion? 

Nah, a gut feeling would be more of a prediction or something. An opinion is simply an opinion. I like the color green more than red because... I do. I like it more, lol.

[Aimi]

The Angry One wrote...

I figure the director told him to be flat in order to be the "everyman" voice, while Hale is under no such constraints.
I've noticed this in quite a few games with male characters, which is why the concept of the "everyman" is idiotic to begin with.

Hasn't this been confirmed somewhere?

[Semi-Sweet Serpent Charmer]

Ahms wrote...

EionaCousland wrote...

Actually, a lot of people prefer her voice. Many people, like I, think Meer's voice sounds really monotone and unemotional.

But it's kinda silly to question someone's opinion. We like what we like.

Ugh, no it isn't. Even if your opinion comes out of a horse's rectal orifice, it demands a reason behind it. Opinions that don't have sound reasons deserve to be dismissed outright.

It's an opinion, and therefore you can dismiss it for whatever reason you want. I'm sure no one will really care if you do.   People don't have to "prove" their personal preferences to you.   I do have a thesis on why I like white chocolate more than dark available somewhere, but essentially it comes down to I just freaking like it better.  

[sH0tgUn jUliA]

Kronner wrote...

People do not like her that much. Only 18% of all players play as femShep.

I prefer male Shep, easily. But I do enjoy femShep too.

Americans feel threatened by women who have voices that carry authority.

[JamieCOTC]

For me Jennifer Hale makes the character more human and emotive and thus selling the concept of the cinematic aspect of ME3. I like Meer as a VA and he's done several great characters in ME3 including biotic god, all the Vorcha and Blasto. However, his Shepard is more indicative of an avatar than a character, though he is much better in ME3 than either of the other two games.

[Semi-Sweet Serpent Charmer]

Kronner wrote...

People do not like her that much. Only 18% of all players play as femShep.

I prefer male Shep, easily. But I do enjoy femShep too.

100% of this statistic is complete utter bollocks without any sort of research to back it up.  

[Semi-Sweet Serpent Charmer]

sH0tgUn jUliA wrote...

Kronner wrote...

People do not like her that much. Only 18% of all players play as femShep.

I prefer male Shep, easily. But I do enjoy femShep too.

Americans feel threatened by women who have voices that carry authority.

But I'm American and I love her! 

[Chernaya]

Short Cake Slayer wrote...

It's an opinion, and therefore you can dismiss it for whatever reason you want. I'm sure no one will really care if you do.   People don't have to "prove" their personal preferences to you.   I do have a thesis on why I like white chocolate more than dark available somewhere, but essentially it comes down to I just freaking like it better.  

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Nobody has to prove their opinion to anyone. They can always explain them if they want, though, which is what people usually do.  I get annoyed when people try to make opinions seem like they can be disproven, or they are black and white. They're subjective, everyone has different opinions. There are no right and wrong ones. 

Which is why even though I prefer Hale's voice, and Femshep, I'm totally cool with others preferring a Male Shepard. Play your game how you want to, it's the most fun that way.

[TheHoneyRuns]

Kronner wrote...

People do not like her that much. Only 18% of all players play as femShep.

I prefer male Shep, easily. But I do enjoy femShep too.

I'm curious as to where this statistic comes from.

It smells distinctly of bulls**t.

[TheAwesomologist]

"Why do People Like Femshep so much?"
Misleading question considering we have the stats that it's only a small percentage of players that play femshep.
Is femshep and Jennifer Hale's voice acting awesome? Yes.
Did BioWare write up a compelling story that worked for a strong female protagonist? Yes.

Personally I don't connect with FemShep. My days of playing a female protagonist just so I have something nice to look at while I play are well behind me. I think Mark Meer does a great job with BroShep (got better in ME2 and nailed ME3 IMHO).

I think the thing to take away here is that Mass Effect's story works really well regardless of gender or sexuality. That's an achievement.

[RogueBot]

Short Cake Slayer wrote...

Kronner wrote...

People do not like her that much. Only 18% of all players play as femShep.

I prefer male Shep, easily. But I do enjoy femShep too.

100% of this statistic is complete utter bollocks without any sort of research to back it up.  

No, I think he's right. The statistic is based off Xbox Live accounts, which isn't all-encompassing, but it's a big sample. The Hale fans are just really devoted and outspoken about it