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[neoxus299]

+1, Male Shepard is the typical, "Grunt".

[Lmaoboat]

neoxus299 wrote...

+1, Male Shepard is the typical, "Grunt".

Female Shepard is they typical female grunt.

[Lightice_av]

Female Shepard is they typical female grunt.

But female grunts are extremely untypical in video games or elsewhere, especially as main protagonists. When they exist, their job is usually to die in a blaze of glory and leave the stage to the male hero.

[TOBY FLENDERSON]

Just so everyone knows the Prima guide exclusively features femshep in all of the images except the cover.

[Varus Praetor]

No. Just....no. John Shepard is the established character. It might be non-official cannon since Bioware doesn't seem to want to take a stance and put pressure on people and their character customization, but when every single advertisement and promo features John Shepard, it's cannon. At this point they have done this with two games and to break that with the third would just cause confusion. I think the backlash from switching it up would be more severe than the disappointment of all the femshep fans.

[FlintlockJazz]

Considering that I don't consider the default manShep to be Shepard I could care less to be honest. It's my character, what they use for marketing shouldn't really be a concern for people as long as they have their own character.



Oh, and I have played both male and female and while I am no doubt going to get flamed for this I do not particularly like the femShep's voice, it actually grates on me. It's not because it doesn't sound 'badass' as I don't want them to (manShep doesn't sound badass to me either and I like it), but just because it just doesn't sound so good, her seems inferior to me. Note that this is my own personal opinion and is in response to the 'you'll never go back to manShep' arguments, and I have already put on my flame-retardant suit. Thank you.



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[brgillespie]

Preference seems split. I personally like the detached tone of Meer's performance. It makes Shepard seem... calm. Nothing phases him.



Hale's performance didn't capture my attention the way she usually does. Perhaps if she had used her British accent she does so well.

[Hizoka003]

i cannot get past the firs 10 minutes as male shep... his voice just does not sound right... maybe i need to fore myself to play a male toon just to see how it goes along

[sunovafm]

as much as i want femshep in advertising i sorta like being able to put my sheps face there

why dont we solve this and give shep a helmet  for the adds xD then shep can be what ever we want
we know npc's reconise shep through the helmet any way xD

Modifié par sunovafm, 03 février 2010 - 04:26 .

[angelus2402004]

Yes more Femshep please!

[DoctorPringles]

I don't understand everyone's fascination with Femshep's voice. It's not that impressive, neither of them were.



I prefer Maleshep's default appearance over Femshep's, hands down. Plus, it's awkward for me to roleplay a female, being a male and all.



Besides, if they showed Femshep, everyone would freak out 'cause they took away the main character and the whole thing would be blown out of proportion. Consistency is better.

[Katsaurs]

Ryuuichi009 wrote...

Orkboy wrote...

To be honest, having any Shepard in the marketing is a bad thing for me.

Other games like Fallout 3 and Dragon Age have managed to not have the main character in the marketing and they managed ok.

Having a fixed face can trick people into thinking that it is the only one available. Take ME1 for example, as soon as you go to create a character the first things you see are John Shepard, custom appearance and import previous ID, it's only when you click on custom appearance that you even find out that you can make a FemShep.

No game in my opinion, no matter which genre it is, that has a custom character generator, should use the main character in it's advertising.

Pretty much this.

Doesn't help that some insist that she doesn't exist or isn't canon.

What these guys said. A faceless hero or at least one androgenous enough to pass as either would've been better surely.

Oh and by androgenous I mean it in terms of you never really see the character's face but the back of them could pass off as any gender...if that makes sense  

[DoctorPringles]

Keep in mind, any canon stories will most likely include the male Shepard. Staying androgynous is fine in game, but a book won't be able to do the same.

[sunovafm]

DoctorPringles wrote...

I prefer Maleshep's default appearance over Femshep's, hands down. Plus, it's awkward for me to roleplay a female, being a male.

i dont mind the defult femshep actualy mine looks quite simalar only with black hair and iits awkward for to roleplay a male, being a female

all we want is some advertising as well vanderloo shep can stay just aslong as we get some Jane Shepard as well

[Lmaoboat]

Not that it matters, FemShep is almost as male as MaleShep.

[OriginalSlN]

I personally have never liked female characters in these type of situations. I like them in games like Resident Evil or Final Fantasy, but I just cant get myself to play one in a BA shooter save-the-worl..err galaxy type role. But I also dislike the default Shepard which is of course why I make my own character. Its funny because I think about games like Mirror's Edge and wonder if more people would have played it if it was a guy. When I see Parkour, its almost always males (I've never even seen a female doing it tbh) yet in a game that's pretty much parkour, its a female protagonist?



but er back to ME3, I wouldnt want to see it. They should keep doing what they were, even if I dont like the protagonist, it would be weird to change it now.

[sunovafm]

OriginalSlN wrote...

I personally have never liked female characters in these type of situations. I like them in games like Resident Evil or Final Fantasy, but I just cant get myself to play one in a BA shooter save-the-worl..err galaxy type role. But I also .

Yes its hard for cave men to wrap there heads around the fact we can do what ever a man can

[Lmaoboat]

sunovafm wrote...

OriginalSlN wrote...

I personally have never liked female characters in these type of situations. I like them in games like Resident Evil or Final Fantasy, but I just cant get myself to play one in a BA shooter save-the-worl..err galaxy type role. But I also .

Yes its hard for cave men to wrap there heads around the fact we can do what ever a man can

No, it's just hard to wrap our head around why you can't do so without sounding like you abducted an NFL team and leached out all their testosterone for your own use.

[Dannyboyslim]

I play as femshep, first time I played through as maleshep and second as a female and definately preferred the hale version. But each to their own. In fact I like the fact that they don't ever use a female shep in the promos, because it feels more like my femshep is my own, and no one else has one like her (unlikely I know as there are only so many variations in the character creator).

[geekeffect]

The world needs an official ME2 female shepard trailer! I mean it. There is, btw, a fan made trailer using femshep, can't link cause it's loaded with spoilers but it's easy to google if you're into it.

[Nyjahl]

I played as female Shepard for Mass Effect 1 (really loved her powerful voice).

I was very disappointed that they did not even bother to include a high-quality rendered default female version for ME2 (Why did they not just use Jen Hale's face at least?). When I stood my female Shepard next to Miranda and Jacob, in comparison for the first time, she just looked... bad.

I wont hold my breath, though, since it was asked before on the ME1 forums. Still, it would be nice to be pleasantly surprised for ME3 with a good femShep face...

[1Parmenides]

Nyjahl wrote...

I played as female Shepard for Mass Effect 1 (really loved her powerful voice).

I was very disappointed that they did not even bother to include a high-quality rendered default female version for ME2 (Why did they not just use Jen Hale's face at least?). When I stood my female Shepard next to Miranda and Jacob, in comparison for the first time, she just looked... bad.

I wont hold my breath, though, since it was asked before on the ME1 forums. Still, it would be nice to be pleasantly surprised for ME3 with a good femShep face...

My femshep face looks nicer than the other NPC females.  Definitely doesn't feel any less a woman than any companions.  Just go download a face code from the face code site.  Her "glory aura" is greater than her companions. 

Anyways, let EA choose their marketing scheme.  Whatever makes the game sells.  As long as they don't skimp on actual femshep play, I'm happy. 

Like I said, EA dumps too much money on marketing in proportion to game development.  I'd much rather see large scale DLC's/expansions than femshemp having advertising time. 

Modifié par 1Parmenides, 03 février 2010 - 06:31 .

[Endurance_117]

John Shepard is canon, prove me wrong, He is in every commercial and that is the default look.

[Twitchmonkey]

FlintlockJazz wrote...

Considering that I don't consider the default manShep to be Shepard I could care less to be honest. It's my character, what they use for marketing shouldn't really be a concern for people as long as they have their own character.

Oh, and I have played both male and female and while I am no doubt going to get flamed for this I do not particularly like the femShep's voice, it actually grates on me. It's not because it doesn't sound 'badass' as I don't want them to (manShep doesn't sound badass to me either and I like it), but just because it just doesn't sound so good, her seems inferior to me. Note that this is my own personal opinion and is in response to the 'you'll never go back to manShep' arguments, and I have already put on my flame-retardant suit. Thank you.

End of line.

Yes, this. The Male Shep they show in the trailers and promotions may not be canon, but he's about as close as you can get. Showing off anyone different (male or female) would just confuse the matter and lead to a weaker image.

That's not to say I don't like FemShep, I haven't played ManShep for some time, but his line delivery from what I've seen seems a little dull and boring. FemShep on the other hand has a lot of heart and her voice works well with the way her character is animated.