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[ReallyRue]

Scotland is in Britain. Unless the 'British' category just means 'English', Ken should be in that category too.

[dekkerd]

Maias227 wrote...

Really strange thing to consider in the shower!

Probably thinking of traynor 

She struck me as Kiwi, anyone else?

[Siegdrifa]

Vormaerin wrote...

bennyjammin79 wrote...

She's pretty effin' French. The only way they could've made it more obvious is if they gave her a beret, a mustache and a cigarette.

I'd like to point out that there are a few benighted places other than France that are afflicted with French speech.  Quebec, Belgium, Switzerland, and a variety of African countries.

The fact that she speaks with a French accent doesn't say a lot about her nationality and not much more about her ethnicity.

All the country you said have their own VERY distinctive accent while speaking french. The accent Dr Michel is the basic french sound.

[Arppis]

But atleast you can make Shepard look asian or black.

[Richard 060]

Shepard's Canadian. Listen to Mark Meer say 'about', and tell me with a straight face he's from the USA...

Modifié par Richard 060, 25 avril 2012 - 04:40 .

[Alpha-Centuri]

Arppis wrote...

But atleast you can make Shepard look asian or black.

Ehh.. I have played around, and I can't really make a good black person. They always come out looking mixed with asian, hispanic, or indian. The creator isn't really good in terms of that. The only character that looks like a typical black person is Jacob. Udina has fine hair and is clearly mixed, Anderson seems to be a little as well. It's not a huge problem, and I make do, but  nah I don't think any Shepards look actually black. I know a lot of blacks are mixed in their heritage, but its too prominent in the creator for mass effect.

If anyone has a good example, I would be happy to see it.

[fdgvdddvdfdfbdfb]

Noelemahc wrote...

Yeah Javik's definitely the least westerly character.

What about Tali and Shala'Raan with their fun ethnic accents? If not for the mishmash of the rest of the named Quarians (with Aussie Daro'Xen and Brits Han'Gerrel and Zaal'Koris, as well as American Kal'Reegar), we'd call the Quarians Space Gypsies!

It's what, Eastern European? Which I suppose is closer to the east, but I think most people would still consider it western. Also it's now canon that Tali is a while girl with circuits on her face.

[Icesong]

fdgvdddvdfdfbdfb wrote...

Noelemahc wrote...

Yeah Javik's definitely the least westerly character.

What about Tali and Shala'Raan with their fun ethnic accents? If not for the mishmash of the rest of the named Quarians (with Aussie Daro'Xen and Brits Han'Gerrel and Zaal'Koris, as well as American Kal'Reegar), we'd call the Quarians Space Gypsies!

It's what, Eastern European? Which I suppose is closer to the east, but I think most people would still consider it western. Also it's now canon that Tali is a while girl with circuits on her face.

That woman isn't white.

[Mandalorian9]

thehomeworld wrote...

Yeah and all the heroes in Japanese video games are Asian. So should we be pissed at that too OP? Really get a new hobby if it bothers you so.

[October Sixth]

Bioware is Canadian.

It's nice when they try to show diverse accents, but that shouldn't be an expectation.

[BouncyCaitian]

oh for...are we really going here?

Why do you care about what people are protrayed, OP? I mean seriously, do you not have anything better to do with your time other than kvetch about what nationalties are in a video game?

Go away. People like you who worry about such things are part of the problem, not the solution

[Karimloo]

My Shepard is from Sector 992 - A1 on Mindoir.

He's kind of racist against those 932 - F5 people. He complains how they always steal jobs from good hard working Mindoiricans.

Modifié par Karimloo, 26 avril 2012 - 02:26 .

[mauro2222]

I love my screen resolution. "Almost all the humans heroes are wet..." I see you FemmShep, can't get your hands off of Garrus.

Modifié par mauro2222, 26 avril 2012 - 02:26 .

[Alchemist4]

Tell Arabs/Middle eastern people to make games as well as Pacific Islanders so they can get into the game. And you want to make James, the only Hispanic character in the trilogy who's population is rising every year, a Pacific Islander. lol Yes, that would work for diversity.

[wizardryforever]

bennyjammin79 wrote...

wizardryforever wrote...

Because I don't hear much in the way of French accents?  I could tell it was European, but I couldn't really tell where.  Besides, she doesn't really sound French to me.

She's pretty effin' French. The only way they could've made it more obvious is if they gave her a beret, a mustache and a cigarette.

I realize now why I didn't think of it, because I was thinking of her in ME1, where her accent is more subdued.  I wasn't thinking of ME3, where yes, she's quite French.

[Agent_Dark_]

What I don't understand is why there aren't any Chinese in the ME universe. Right now IRL, China is certainly a powerhouse in world economics/politics. Hell, they're even talking about putting a Chinese man on the moon. Why did they seemingly disappear off the map in the ME universe? I would have expected there to be far more Chinese making up numbers in the Systems Alliance given China's huge economy.

[Foxhound2121]

Alpha-Centuri wrote...

Arppis wrote...

But atleast you can make Shepard look asian or black.

Ehh.. I have played around, and I can't really make a good black person. They always come out looking mixed with asian, hispanic, or indian. The creator isn't really good in terms of that. The only character that looks like a typical black person is Jacob. Udina has fine hair and is clearly mixed, Anderson seems to be a little as well. It's not a huge problem, and I make do, but  nah I don't think any Shepards look actually black. I know a lot of blacks are mixed in their heritage, but its too prominent in the creator for mass effect.

If anyone has a good example, I would be happy to see it.

There really is no such thing as black. African Americans and Africans are extremely different from eachother because of selective, genetic diversity changes that took place hundreds of years ago.

Even Jacob, if he is from North America, would not be under any type of typical expectation you would be looking for to fit the category of an African American. No such thing really exists.

[gmboy902]

Mass Effect 3 is a Western game by a Western developer primarily catered towards Western players.

[malhar34]

Samesh Bhatia indian af

[Zakatak757]

There would be alot racial diversity in 2185.

[squareofme]

Noelemahc wrote...

Yeah Javik's definitely the least westerly character.

What about Tali and Shala'Raan with their fun ethnic accents? If not for the mishmash of the rest of the named Quarians (with Aussie Daro'Xen and Brits Han'Gerrel and Zaal'Koris, as well as American Kal'Reegar), we'd call the Quarians Space Gypsies!

(Just nitpicking here - speaking as an Aussie, Daro'Xen has a British accent.  )

[InvincibleHero]

Well western style games do very poorly even when the attempt to make them with eastern characters in more similar in style. Star Craft seems to be one of the few winners. It has to be a culture thing. So if the majority of people buying your games are going to be westerners, it makes sense to make them most of the characters within of those ethnicities.

[AlanC9]

squareofme wrote...


(Just nitpicking here - speaking as an Aussie, Daro'Xen has a British accent.  )

I'm guessing that since people know Claudia Black is Australian, they figure she's doing an Aussie accent there.

[Agent_Dark_]

AlanC9 wrote...

squareofme wrote...


(Just nitpicking here - speaking as an Aussie, Daro'Xen has a British accent.  )

I'm guessing that since people know Claudia Black is Australian, they figure she's doing an Aussie accent there.

Claudia's accent is wierd - it doesn't quite sound Australian to us.  Possibly because I think she did a fair amount of work in New Zealand which might have morphed her accent a bit.  I know when I first saw Farscape I was surprised to find she was actually Aussie.

[Daennikus]

My Shepard is Portugese, Dutch, Mexican, Norwegian... but overall Canadian.

And it's totally ookeh!

Modifié par Daennikus, 26 avril 2012 - 05:34 .