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[atheelogos]

hmlee2008 wrote...

How do you do it? I'm considering making a male Shep to see ME1/ME2 from the other perspective, but I just don't know if I can really adopt such a character... 

Hmmm I've never had this problem myself but you could start off by making someone you find attractive. Both phiscally and emotionally. Make someone you could see yourself being in a relationship with or maybe just being friends with. That should help you connect to the character.
Hope that helps

[Dzikv]

I always play a femshep. I can't see Shepard any other way then a female. Even when i look at the advertisement videos of maleshep it all seems so wrong...

[Sparrow475]

I play as a FemShep as easily as I play as an Argonian in Oblivion. It's not hard to separate something as simple as gender when you're roleplaying in a world with Mass Relays and an inter-galactic community.

Modifié par Sparrow475, 17 janvier 2010 - 11:13 .

[Hahaue]

I just do it like I would do any other male-lead game. Admittedly, I don't get the kind of emotional investment I would from playing a character that I identify as me, but it's no less entertaining. Gears of War, Halo, Devil May Cry, God of War... these games don't give you female leads to play, but they're still fun. Go at a John Shepard playthrough like you would Master Chief, he's not you, you're just playing his story.

[randomaustralianguy]

Sparrow475 wrote...

I play as a FemShep as easily as I play as an Argonian in Oblivion. It's not hard to separate something as simple as gender when you're roleplaying in a world with Mass Relays and an inter-galactic community.

Well that can't be too hard seeing as Argonians are the coolest race in Oblivion! I made my Argonian so blue that his skin glowed when exposed to direct sunlight, Bam. Many people like us enjoy those really 'out there' options to help create the real contrast to our own lives.

[Sparrow475]

randomaustralianguy wrote...

Sparrow475 wrote...

I play as a FemShep as easily as I play as an Argonian in Oblivion. It's not hard to separate something as simple as gender when you're roleplaying in a world with Mass Relays and an inter-galactic community.

Well that can't be too hard seeing as Argonians are the coolest race in Oblivion! I made my Argonian so blue that his skin glowed when exposed to direct sunlight, Bam. Many people like us enjoy those really 'out there' options to help create the real contrast to our own lives.

Exactly, that's the point of roleplaying! To put yourself somewhere far from your mundane life and feel like you're actually there, in your character's shoes. So why not make a character of the opposite gender, it's not like it's meant as a real-life simulation, quite the opposite actually, more of an escape from the real world. 

[Tamyn]

Count Viceroy wrote...

Because I don't play myself. Its quite easy. It's called having an imagination.

I use my imagination all the time. When I am in a game, in someone else's universe I try to give my imagination a break and just immerse myself in the experience being delivered to me.

I only have one male Shepard, and that was to experience the Ashley romance and some quest paths I hadn't tried before. My most enjoyable play-through was with my first straight female Shepard. I feel most connected with a customized character that is similar to me. Then I can live the story vicariously through them, rather than remaining emotionally distant, directing them like a deity.

If the character I control is very different from me I don't care as much about them, unless they are an already fleshed out character of someone else's creation. A fully-defined protagonist I can care about almost even more than my customized character if they are well designed.

atheelogos wrote...

hmlee2008 wrote...

How do you do it? I'm considering making a male Shep to see ME1/ME2 from the other perspective, but I just don't know if I can really adopt such a character... 

Hmmm I've never had this problem myself but you could start off by making someone you find attractive. Both phiscally and emotionally. Make someone you could see yourself being in a relationship with or maybe just being friends with. That should help you connect to the character.
Hope that helps

That's really good advice. Thanks!

Modifié par Tamyn, 17 janvier 2010 - 11:30 .

[chaosapiant]

I have two female sheps.  Both are sort of Renegade compared to my two dudes.  I find a woman renegade a bit more convincing (possibly thank to Jennifer Hale) and thus like to play as a hard core woman who is out to prove she's not just "as good" as a male soldier, but better.  Because of that, I play them as the ruthless type.  For me it's a roleplaying thing, not a matter of just aesthetics.

[Palathas]

Hmm, I don't think I associate myself that closely to the character I'm playing. I just get an idea as to how I want to play a character and go with it. I generally alternate between genders for each character I play to end up with 50/50 genders with my characters.

[Scharfschutzen]

It was no problem for me. My decision to create a female character was abetted by Hale's voice acting (which is much better than Meer's in my opinion) and by a desire to really get every ounce out of mass effect.

[Neria Rose]

I can't get into it, period. I've RPed in various mediums since I was 12 (and being 25 means for more than half of my life =op) and I simply cannot RP a character with whom I would not trade places for a day. And I would not trade places with a male for all the money in the world. Have NO desire to be a male, even for a second.

[kingboomachoo]

I play a femshep simply because I prefer the voice actor, if you could change mansheps voice pitch a notch or three then I could stand him. 

[JackSlack]

I admit, it's intriguing. I have no trouble with it, but so many do.

Here's my theory: Those who have no trouble with it alienate themselves from their avatar. Those who do identify with their avatar.

In other words, if you're thinking, "That's me, up on the screen" it's hard to play a character too dissimilar to yourself. Alternatively, if you think, "That's the person I'm controlling, up there on screen" it's a lot easier.

I'm in the second camp. I'm not Shepard, I control Shepard. So it's no harder for Shepard to be male or female.

Modifié par JackSlack, 17 janvier 2010 - 11:40 .

[Gill Kaiser]

Tamyn wrote...

If the character I control is very different from me I don't care as much about them, unless they are an already fleshed out character of someone else's creation. A fully-defined protagonist I can care about almost even more than my customized character if they are well designed.

Why not have a fully-defined protagonist of your own creation? As in, decide what your character is like and come up with their entire backstory before you even begin playing, and then simply guide them to do the things that you think they would do.

[Count Viceroy]

Tamyn wrote...

When I am in a game, in someone else's universe I try to give my imagination a break and just immerse myself in the experience being delivered to me.

I feel most connected with a customized character that is similar to me. Then I can live the story vicariously through them, rather than remaining emotionally distant, directing them like a deity.

If the character I control is very different from me I don't care as much about them, unless they are an already fleshed out character of someone else's creation. A fully-defined protagonist I can care about almost even more than my customized character if they are well designed.

Well that makes us different then. I can picture a character in my mind. Make up his or her story and roleplay  that character after those set parameters and go from there. How would that specific character with his/her look on life react in this situation etc.

I can even do a character that in a way resembles me and has my moral code and might even look like me, but it's still not me. I roleplay myself every day as it is. Might as well try out something else when given the chance.

[RavenholmeCP42]

challenger18 wrote...

You know I've never tried to recreate myself in any video game?

I think it's like a mental block where I think it's a wee bit egotistical or something. Yeah that's me, and I totally know how to kick that much ass and save the galaxy. I dunno, much more comfortable just actually RPing a character or taking control of an established video game character.

QFT

[Fragglespank]

I had to have a sex change just so I could play Tomb Raider.

I do miss my penis sometimes.

[Collider]

There's nothing special to it. Make the character, play the game. You don't need to get into the role. You could play the game as if you are directing a movie whose main character is of the opposite sex.

[Eradyn]

As a female gamer, I've never had a real issue with playing male characters...I suppose because, in most games I've played, there's never an option to play as anything but that. So...I guess I'm just used to it at this point and I can see myself in that character, beyond mere gender. ^^ That said, whenever there's an option, I always choose to create a female character since that's what fits best for me.

[ItsFreakinJesus]

It's a video game, that's how I do it. 

[FutileEnd]

Honestly, everyone should know it's easier for us dudes, because:



REAL men, play as Women.

[DaeJi]

It's funny, when I first got Mass Effect I made a male Shepard, and then I couldn't immerse myself because the voice acting through me out. So one day I made a femShep just for the hell of it, and was sucked right in. Immersion into a game goes beyond gender and for many people other factors (like voice or background) are what brings them in.



My advice is too try it.

[screwoffreg]

I prefer the voice acting and choices of a female shepherd. Unfortunately, it seems in ME 2 Male Shepherd will get all the "fun" choices for role playing. I am furiously trying to catch up my ignored male playthrough to compensate for this..

[atheelogos]

randomaustralianguy wrote...

Sparrow475 wrote...

I play as a FemShep as easily as I play as an Argonian in Oblivion. It's not hard to separate something as simple as gender when you're roleplaying in a world with Mass Relays and an inter-galactic community.

Well that can't be too hard seeing as Argonians are the coolest race in Oblivion! I made my Argonian so blue that his skin glowed when exposed to direct sunlight, Bam. Many people like us enjoy those really 'out there' options to help create the real contrast to our own lives.

I was never able to get into the beast races in The Elder Scrolls. Don't know why. I'll probably force myself to start one soon though.

"Well that can't be too hard seeing as Argonians are the coolest race in Oblivion" Well I don't know about that...