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[Liviola]

[My original post was made for DA:I, but this applies equally for all of Mass Effect, where I first noticed the same issue.]

I recently came across a question I've never vocally expressed but it's really something I've felt strongly about:

"Have you noticed that they give your female character male animations during cut scenes? It looks ridiculous."

YES, AGREE! It is so jarring. Both in the ME and DA series, I've noticed that every time my character sits down, her legs spread so wide and she goes into some kind of mega hunchback slouch. Whenever she walks, it's like her best gangster swagger plus wedgie. It's so masculine, it completely breaks character. I'm fine with the idea of CHOOSING to be a really butch woman.. but it's not a choice. There's no opting out of having a very masculine-acting character by default.

[Here's an example I found online. Credit to the link source. It might be a screenie from an earlier ME, but this issue extends to even Dragon Age: Inqusition.]



I am aware that there may be practical challenges that lead to this. Costs involved in motion capture so that the default actor is masculine. Rigging limitations for heavy armour such that legs close together is not easily viable. Cutscene camera placement so that male and female characters need to be postured identically. With all that in mind, this issue still really damages the level of polish of the game. Even for a long-time Bioware fan, it brings up a fresh "WTF?!" moment every time it happens.

Even if there were feminine/gender-neutral animations for only "sitting" and "slow cutscene walk", it would be a tremendous improvement.

Please comment below if you feel the same!

Sincerely,
Forever Swaggering

[malloc]

The dangerous of resource reuse.

[Scarlett]

Hahaha, I agree

I told me the exact same thing when I was playing ! Her sitting pose sometimes, seriously "   .... Shepard, sweetheart.... That's....  not very feminine.... *sigh* "

Even if female Shepard is a warrior with a strong personality, she's still a woman and yes, sometimes, I regret they used the same poses for male and female characters ~

[aoibhealfae]

That's why I never talk to Garrus in ME2