The 2008 reboot had a completely different story line from the other ones. I think it was Farrah in the original if my memories serve me correct.
Could be was a long time since I played. Also why does the new prince of persia look whiter and have blue eyes? Didn't he have brown eyes? The princess from the first reboot was a badass too though better than the prince in almost every way she also had quite the temper and was very independent do it her own way and ran ahead of the prince many times.
I'm a male who tends towards playing female protagonists when given the choice, although over multiple playthroughs of Bioware games it tends to balance out.
Fiction with strong female leads in video games is rare, so it's a nice change of perspective. Even better, Bioware protagonists aren't defined by their sex, so they come across in an even handed way that is rare even in mainstream fiction with female leads.
Even more, Adam Jensen's dialogue choices don't affect the way his character is perceived. Canon!Jenson is broody, hard-drinking, and hates his cybernetics. If you play as accepting of your cybernetics and as a generally mature nice person, the game still acts (in all of your cinematic cuts etc.) like you are a broody a-hole. Also, until the directors cut, completely non-lethal Jensens would still brutally murder every boss while being very angry. Talk about tone-shift.
Hmm, I didn't experience this. The choices I made with Jensen were the "good guy" choices. I didn't murder people in cold blood, I always helped people, and if someone was trying to manipulate me, I was straight with them and wouldn't cooperate. He seemed in character to me.
Hmm, I didn't experience this. The choices I made with Jensen were the "good guy" choices. I didn't murder people in cold blood, I always helped people, and if someone was trying to manipulate me, I was straight with them and wouldn't cooperate. He seemed in character to me.
The boss-fights/boss conversations were (until the directors cut) in character as Angry!Jensen, and you murdered all the bosses. The Directors cut they added non-lethal options to all boss-fights, which was awesome IMO.
You get to play as Ciri in Wild Hunt but only at specific parts.I'm only using Witcher as an example and, yeah, the combat system in it does suck. Witcher is mostly about shaping the events going on in the world and you'd side with some characters over others. Human Revolution might not have been really complex but I was able to interact with people and choose how I wanted to respond. I love that, even if it's only an illusion (A lot of the dialogue in Mass Effect was just an "illusion" of choice). I loved the "dialogue boss battles", where choosing different lines altered the course of the scene and the person you were interacting with changed their reactions giving different outcomes. Plus, I actually felt part of the world.
The boss-fights/boss conversations were (until the directors cut) in character as Angry!Jensen, and you murdered all the bosses. The Directors cut they added non-lethal options to all boss-fights, which was awesome IMO.
Ah, well it seemed to fit to me. The boss convos were tense moments and Jensen's trying to get through to them, that's how I saw it. The boss fights, on the other hand, were situations where these characters were trying to kill Jensen and he fights to stay alive, also not something particularly jarring to me. I didn't play the DC but isn't it just a change of tactics? The boss still ends up dead.
You get to play as Ciri in Wild Hunt but only at specific parts.
@OP Interesting statistics, although not very surprising. I am a bit puzzled at why straight females get the largest number of romance options considering the low number of people who rolled a female Inq. I did get Cass though so I can't complain that much though.
Unless you play Dwarf or Qunari female, you have the same as everyone else. Only human and elf straight females have additional options, because Cullen and Solas are racist.
You get to play as Ciri in Wild Hunt but only at specific parts.
@OP Interesting statistics, although not very surprising. I am a bit puzzled at why straight females get the largest number of romance options considering the low number of people who rolled a female Inq. I did get Cass though so I can't complain that much though.
Yes, I read about that last week. It be interesting to experience, even if they're just small parts of the game.
Ah, well it seemed to fit to me. The boss convos were tense moments and Jensen's trying to get through to them, that's how I saw it. The boss fights, on the other hand, were situations where these characters were trying to kill Jensen and he fights to stay alive, also not something particularly jarring to me. I didn't play the DC but isn't it just a change of tactics? The boss still ends up dead.
It changes the scene a bit too, non-lethal Jensen literally is simply fighting to stay alive and the bosses end up dead, but not because Jensen wants to kill them. Original version was all "RAAAAH IM GETTING MY VENGEANCE ON YOU!!!" Which really felt out of character to me, it worked for my angry drunk revengegasm playthrough, but my nice-guy hacker was like, "where did this rage-boner come from?"
It changes the scene a bit too, non-lethal Jensen literally is simply fighting to stay alive and the bosses end up dead, but not because Jensen wants to kill them. Original version was all "RAAAAH IM GETTING MY VENGEANCE ON YOU!!!" Which really felt out of character to me, it worked for my angry drunk revengegasm playthrough, but my nice-guy hacker was like, "where did this rage-boner come from?"
I don't remember it going that way, probably have to play it again.
+ revengegasm 
I always play as a male human in every game. I tried a Qunari playthrough but stopped as soon as I saw my character in those beige PJs.
The numbers in the OP are not surprising. I play a male, usually a warrior. I don't play myself, exactly, although I do try to look like myself at the age I'm playing as much as possible. But the self I'm playing is never as unforgivably ignorant as I was when I was young. Never as angry as I was in middle age. Never as lazy as I am now. I like games with a lot of scope. I want to play with choices about what I do or don't do and how I do the things I do. For me, more choice is always a better game than less choice. Just because an option is available is not a reason to do something. You pays your quarter and you takes your chances. I don't want to do something my idealized self wouldn't do. I'll leave the "I want to be dark or evil" to someone else. Not saying it shouldn't be available, though, because it should. I just wish the designers would remember some of their audience doesn't want the entire world either unremittingly gray or dark. Once you've made the bad guys irretrievably evil, you've done enough in that vein. Leave a little room for a nice guy or gal.
I'm a human female in real life so I've no need to double that experience in game by playing human females in fantasy games where there are better options. That being said, I enjoy the opportunity to role-play as a female character. I can play male characters in 90% of games. So in Bioware games, I go for female something.
Cannon playthrough was female Dalish elf KE-mage romancing Cullen
Second playthrough was a female qunari rift mage who romanced Sera, but dumped her after "What Pride Had Wrought." The personalities, values, and goals were just too different. A shame, but a fun experience.
Third playthrough will likely be another Dalish elf, rogue.
I'm a human female in real life
As if you were some female talking chimpanzee 
It would be if I said I was a HomoSapien in real life but have male reproductive organs.
Yeah, I never play as myself. Too boring.
Sure, i always play as myself. Too exciting.
Unless you play Dwarf or Qunari female, you have the same as everyone else. Only human and elf straight females have additional options, because Cullen and Solas are racist.
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