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[T-Kay]

I have a hard time getting used to playing the male Shepard. I myself am a man and usually pick female characters. Don't know why. Well I do, if I have to look at someone while playing I'd rather it'd be a sexy woman than some dude.

At any rate to me the voice actress of the female Shepard is awesome no matter your playing style (paragon or renegade). The male Shepard's voice is not as daunting as I'd like it to be, plus it sounds like he's just reading his lines. Playing a renegade male Shepard even makes the game ridiculous. He sounds like a little kid trying to cause a ruckus instead of the bad-as.s. you want him to be. Female Shepard says everything like she means it. Male Shepard doesn't really seem to care.

Anyone else have this experience? 

[Jalem001]

Female Shep on the whole has better quality voice acting, but not by much. But the way she says her lines doesn't sound believable for a soldier/commander.



I prefer Male Shep voice. Meer has really improved from ME1 to ME2.

[CajunRexShepard]

I have yet to play a female shep... I'm a guy and I like having something to look at too, but for some reason I cannot picture my shepards being chicks, and let's face it- the LI options are better for male shepards than femsheps. Meer's VA talents are pretty good, I thought... I believe he was pretty well told to 'hold back' on many of his lines to give Shepard that 'cool collected' demeanor a good leader requires. I dunno.

[Obliterati]

I've never been able to play a MaleShep game. I CAN NOT STAND Mark Meer's voice-acting in these games. I'd rather listen to Harbinger's ranting than Meer's bland zombie voice. Something about his voice just grates on my nerves.

But it's okay, I prefer playing as a female character in 3rd-person games anyway. If I'm gonna have to stare at my characters butt for twenty hours, might as well make it interesting.

Modifié par Obliterati, 26 février 2010 - 05:29 .

[T-Kay]

CajunRexShepard wrote...

I have yet to play a female shep... I'm a guy and I like having something to look at too, but for some reason I cannot picture my shepards being chicks, and let's face it- the LI options are better for male shepards than femsheps. Meer's VA talents are pretty good, I thought... I believe he was pretty well told to 'hold back' on many of his lines to give Shepard that 'cool collected' demeanor a good leader requires. I dunno.

Romance optionwise, true. Especially in ME2 the female Shepard is stuck with ugly aliens and a black dude. I'm no racist, but that doesn't work for me. I tend to go for the female - female relationship. Liara always is the one to choose in ME1. Kaidan always dies. Female - female relationships got the short end of the stick in ME2. Samara shouldn't even be an option. ffing gross.

[Markinator_123]

Personally, I thought Jennifer Hale did a terrible job in Mass Effect 2. She didn't sound believable at all.



Male Shepard FTW

[Highdragonslayer]

Well since they are the exact same person, my bet is that they would tie in the battle.



Then have a tie breaker in the captain's quarters. It would be a tough fight, while Male Shep has reach, but female shep has flexibilty.

[CajunRexShepard]

Highdragonslayer wrote...

Well since they are the exact same person, my bet is that they would tie in the battle.

Then have a tie breaker in the captain's quarters. It would be a tough fight, while Male Shep has reach, but female shep has flexibilty.

Wouldn't that just be like some weird parallel universe form of Masturbation? I mean, you're screwing yourself.

[T-Kay]

Highdragonslayer wrote...

Well since they are the exact same person, my bet is that they would tie in the battle.

Then have a tie breaker in the captain's quarters. It would be a tough fight, while Male Shep has reach, but female shep has flexibilty.

This is not the point of this thread.

Markinator_123 wrote...

Personally, I thought Jennifer Hale did a terrible job in Mass Effect 2. She didn't sound believable at all.

Male Shepard FTW

That's interesting because I feel the exact opposite. what makes you say the female Shepard doesn't sound believable? The only time she went out of character for me was when randomly talking to Jacob. She's nice and cozy with him right off the bat. I was like what the hell are you doing biatch!

[Jalem001]

That's interesting because I feel the exact opposite. what makes you say the female Shepard doesn't sound believable? The only time she went out of character for me was when randomly talking to Jacob. She's nice and cozy with him right off the bat. I was like what the hell are you doing biatch!

I understand you apparently hate the idea of black men with white women, but have you SEEN Jacob without his shirt?

[Landline]

Personally I simply can not play female characters in video games.



It just feels to weird, and I didn't think malesheps voice was that bad.

[Markinator_123]

T-Kay wrote...

Highdragonslayer wrote...

Well since they are the exact same person, my bet is that they would tie in the battle.

Then have a tie breaker in the captain's quarters. It would be a tough fight, while Male Shep has reach, but female shep has flexibilty.

This is not the point of this thread.

Markinator_123 wrote...

Personally, I thought Jennifer Hale did a terrible job in Mass Effect 2. She didn't sound believable at all.

Male Shepard FTW

That's interesting because I feel the exact opposite. what makes you say the female Shepard doesn't sound believable? The only time she went out of character for me was when randomly talking to Jacob. She's nice and cozy with him right off the bat. I was like what the hell are you doing biatch!

Subjectively speaking, most of her lines sound forced. She is trying to sound badass but failing miserably.

[SmokePants]

If it were possible to create an attractive and believable-looking female Sheperd, I'd be all over that. But it's not, so I stick with the male Sheperd that can get away with a shaved head, because all the hair is horrible.

[Cascadus]

Jennifer Hale: Great, though better or worse than below depending on opinion

Mark Meer: Great, though better or worse than above depending on opinion.

/thread

[Shadowrun1177]

I honestly like both voice acting though I don't feel it was as good as the voice acting in ME1. The part I don't like about female Shepard's (Jennifer Hale) voice acting is almost every time she seems to talk to Jacob it almost seems like she's trying to get a sultry tone in her voice even if you have no plan's to romance him.

[T-Kay]

Jalem001 wrote...

That's interesting because I feel the exact opposite. what makes you say the female Shepard doesn't sound believable? The only time she went out of character for me was when randomly talking to Jacob. She's nice and cozy with him right off the bat. I was like what the hell are you doing biatch!

I understand you apparently hate the idea of black men with white women, but have you SEEN Jacob without his shirt?

What makes you think I'd want to see any man without his shirt?

Markinator_123 wrote...

T-Kay wrote...

Highdragonslayer wrote...

Well since they are the exact same person, my bet is that they would tie in the battle.

Then have a tie breaker in the captain's quarters. It would be a tough fight, while Male Shep has reach, but female shep has flexibilty.

This is not the point of this thread.

Markinator_123 wrote...

Personally, I thought Jennifer Hale did a terrible job in Mass Effect 2. She didn't sound believable at all.

Male Shepard FTW

That's interesting because I feel the exact opposite. what makes you say the female Shepard doesn't sound believable? The only time she went out of character for me was when randomly talking to Jacob. She's nice and cozy with him right off the bat. I was like what the hell are you doing biatch!

Subjectively speaking, most of her lines sound forced. She is trying to sound badass but failing miserably.

I think I understand where you're coming from. sometimes her lines are a little awkward. Still the male Shepard sounds worse to me. It's dull and squeamish. The female Shepard has a mature voice, the rest is all up to the director.

[Jalem001]

What makes you think I'd want to see any man without his shirt?

Its gonna happen.

[Llandaryn]

T-Kay wrote...

 Especially in ME2 the female Shepard is stuck with ugly aliens and a black dude. I'm no racist, but that doesn't work for me. I tend to go for the female - female relationship.

Fortunately, Bioware catered to the overwhelming support most women gamers showed for alien romances for femSheps in ME2, as opposed to what males playing femSheps wanted, which was lesbian sex scenes.

[Miss Yuna of Atlanta]

Obliterati wrote...

I've never been able to play a MaleShep game. I CAN NOT STAND Mark Meer's voice-acting in these games. I'd rather listen to Harbinger's ranting than Meer's bland zombie voice. Something about his voice just grates on my nerves.

I agree. With all due respect, I think Mark Meer's voice acting is absolutely godawful. Granted, I'd be playing a female Shepard even if John was voiced by David Hayter, but that doesn't change the fact that Jennifer Hale is leagues above Mark Meer.

[T-Kay]

Llandaryn wrote...

T-Kay wrote...

 Especially in ME2 the female Shepard is stuck with ugly aliens and a black dude. I'm no racist, but that doesn't work for me. I tend to go for the female - female relationship.

Fortunately, Bioware catered to the overwhelming support most women gamers showed for alien romances for femSheps in ME2, as opposed to what males playing femSheps wanted, which was lesbian sex scenes.

I wouldn't mind the options if there were more of them. As it is now all of them are terrible. Another thing is that BioWare seems to care more about external influences nowadays. Even the sex scenes that were innocent as hell in ME1 got toned down.

[SteamPunkJin]

I have the same problem as OP - I've started maybe 6 Man-Sheps and I can't ever seem to get past Mordin; Shep just feels so....bland and cardboard. Hale is without a doubt worlds beyond Meer in terms of VA quality - not blaming Meer, perhaps he wasn't given good enough direction.

[aaniadyen]

I tried playing a femshep in ME 1. I couldn't get into it. Honestly, both voice actors seem on par based on videos I've seen. Meer can sound a bit nonchalant sometimes, while Hale tends to sound like she's trying to overcompensate for something. I can't speak for femshep, but I didn't really hear anything in Meers' voice that took it out of character. Maybe in the Talimance scene when he says "It's ok, come here." like a serial rapist...that's about it. *shrugs* Maybe I'm a mysogynist and I don't know it yet.

Modifié par aaniadyen, 26 février 2010 - 05:54 .

[Markinator_123]

Miss Yuna of Atlanta wrote...

Obliterati wrote...

I've never been able to play a MaleShep game. I CAN NOT STAND Mark Meer's voice-acting in these games. I'd rather listen to Harbinger's ranting than Meer's bland zombie voice. Something about his voice just grates on my nerves.

I agree. With all due respect, I think Mark Meer's voice acting is absolutely godawful. Granted, I'd be playing a female Shepard even if John was voiced by David Hayter, but that doesn't change the fact that Jennifer Hale is leagues above Mark Meer.

Proof of an endless debate! Once again restating I thought Jennifer Hale was godawful. I am starting to believe that Jennifer Hale's support in this game stems pure fanboyism/girlism or whatever because I can't see how Hale was better than Meer. No offense to anybody!

[hawat333]

[Wild Still]

None of the voice acting is bad at all. People who want femshep to sound like Tinkerbell....



The fact that we are denied a view of bewbies or thespian secks is the real controversy here, I mean... WTF BIOWARE?