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[maddenking2010]

I only have one shepard, male soldier pure renegade, ive carried through the whole series. All my endgame saves are the same decisions, but with different romances. I dont like playing femshep, because well, im not female lol. It just breaks the immersion for me, you know?

[Fraevar]

I'm male and femShep all the way. I don't like the way Mark Meer delivers his lines - too wooden and generic for my tastes, so as my in-game proxy, the immersion is broken because I don't buy into the performance.



With femShep, Shep is basically an NPC whose moral compass I get to define, and I just plainly like Shepard better as female. Jennifer Hale just makes femShep more lively.

[OrbitalWings]

Femshep all the way.

I'm a guy, and don't usually like playing as males. The reason? I like to create a character, rather than play as an extension of myself. Easiest way to distance the character from myself is to swap the gender. Besides, video games need more female leads that aren't just sex objects.

Plus Jennifer Hale is just a voice acting goddess.

[chassis]

MaleShep all the way! Mark Meer sounds sooooo much better in my opinion. I've played with femshep as well, but the male actor appeals to me. Even though, both Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer made mistakes during their acting, in some situations i prefer the male character,while in other the female, but overall i'm going to go with Mark Meer 

Modifié par chassis, 26 juin 2010 - 09:32 .

[Fraevar]

Metal-Dragon-Kiryu wrote...

Femshep all the way.
 [snip] Besides, video games need more female leads that aren't just sex objects.

Plus Jennifer Hale is just a voice acting goddess.

Yep, this

I'm glad the Kasumi dress was the way it was and not a mini-skirt.

[Fiery Phoenix]

Delerius_Jedi wrote...

Metal-Dragon-Kiryu wrote...

Femshep all the way.
 [snip] Besides, video games need more female leads that aren't just sex objects.

Plus Jennifer Hale is just a voice acting goddess.

Yep, this

I'm glad the Kasumi dress was the way it was and not a mini-skirt.

Indeed. My female Shepard looks gorgeous with the Kasumi dress. She looked SO cute kissing Thane while wearing it.

[SupidSeep]

IMAO, Mark Meer has improved a lot since ME1 but I still feel Jennifer Hale is significantly better.

That said, there are some dialogues where I feel Mark Meer managed to upstage Jennifer Hale.

[grim_reaper_13]

Male Shepard for me all the way.It just feels more right you know, like he is suited to be the dude that save the galaxy.But i started a female Shepard too recently on Mass Effect 1 and have carried her over to Mass Effect 2 i i did enjoy the different dialogues especially with Kaidan and Jacob probably because its is my first female playthrough after 15 maler ones .

But yeah Male Shep for me all the way baby

[Xebelan]

Silvanend wrote...

bump

Okay-- so I've been reading along in this thread and took your challenge to look at your shep.<_< No offense, but he looks even more like an underwear model than Sheploo. Or like he belongs in final fantasy*. I feel Shep should look human. Flawed. If I wasn't on the xbox I'd get a picture and show you the difference between your maleshep and mine. Shep, male or female, should reflect the best of what makes us, us. Not some kind of plastic- ken or barbie like beauty. That more belongs in a JRPG*.

Or Twilight.

I intentionally made my canon maleshep look rugged and harsh. Mindoir, the batarians, Torfan-- they left deep scars on his soul. His brow is low, hooded eyes, heavy eyebrows, lantern jaw--- I actually picked his inspiration picture off a random sailor in a history of WWII. He looks like his title, the Butcher of Torfan, so it's a nice contrast when he displays the kindness he works so hard to maintain. The curve of his smile works just right and doesn't have that Sheploo raepface going on. My canon femshep is also a non-conventional beauty- beauty because of the sum of the parts instead of each feature being just so perfect-- mostly because I doubt anything would be too perfect after Akuze. No amount of cosmetic surgery could fix it all and how would she pay for it anyway? So I went with modeling her after the more natural beauty of ms. Elizabeth Peña. She got her pixie cut because she's a spacer kid with career parents and long hair gets caught in paneling, etc.

To the M/F Shep question: I have one main male shep, Magnus, and one main female, Irene. I consider them my canon playthroughs. All my other sheps, save one, are female. They're for exploring story options and different personalities. My full paragon and full renegade runs are both non-canon as far as i'm concerned, since I don't like either of those sheps that much.

[Xebelan]

Your Synthetic Superior wrote...

I only play as a male because a female being the greatest warrior that humanity has is laughable. Especially when you see all these scrawny soccer mom looking femsheps people make. At least make them look like butch marine dykes and not the ladies who sell perfume at the mall. Hehehe...

*thought processes grind to a squeeling halt*

How do you figure this?

Boudica of the Iceni (a mother, whose daughters were also warriors)  fought from a chariot and on foot with a giant sword, and her army made the roman empire crap it's collective skirts. Fa Mulan is a historical personage, and she did not do the disney thing and come home-- but remained a respected female general under the Emperor. The Persian army once had entire units of elite female soldiers, commanded by female soldiers, because they recognized that the lower center of gravity for a woman made her more able to remain in her saddle during combat-- and that women have better instinctive aim on ranged weapons. These women were the terrors of the battlefield. Not to mention the Roman proclivity for gladiatrixes and that entire subculture of slave-women who were trained and raised to kill as well or better than any man. Or the Russian horseclans, whose warriors were almost all female because of the bitter cold-- and again the horse element. Or Judith of the Hebrews, who stopped an entire army by boldly sneaking in and cutting the head off a general. Or Attila the Hun's mother, who was more bloodthirsty than he was. Or Meenakhshi of the Tamil, she was so amazing in combat that they deified her-- she's considered a form of Parvati in India -- and this is just scratching the surface.

Then we have quasi-historical folkloric warriors-- like Enid, from Arthur's court. She could out shoot and out swordfight most of her fellow knights. In fact, she was so good that the other knights ribbed her husband-- Geraint--  about being more or less ****whipped when they got married because he wanted to spend every waking moment with her. This led to an entire quest the two of them took together that ultimately resolves by Geraint deciding that he'd rather have Enid's love than his fellow's praise. Or the tale of Maid Marian in her guise as Clorinda the shepardess, who trounces full grown men and hands the Sherrif's butt to him with nothing  but a shepard's crook. Or Empress Jingo of Japan, who swallowed stones so she could fight pregnant-- and slaughtered her enemies before giving birth to the Kami of War on the bodies of the slain.

There are tons strong historical female personnages and archetypes waiting to be channeled by Femshep. None of these women were ridiculous because they were warriors-- they were feared, admired, loved and respected-- and for very good reason. In many cases (of the singular women) they were some of the most celebrted warriors of their generation. Just because you don't bother looking them up isn't the problem of those of us who do.

[Stigmatizer N7]

Male main, Renegade female alter.

[only1sgop]

Your Synthetic Superior wrote...

I only play as a male because a female being the greatest warrior that humanity has is laughable. Especially when you see all these scrawny soccer mom looking femsheps people make. At least make them look like butch marine dykes and not the ladies who sell perfume at the mall. Hehehe...

Female shepard all the way.

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"I support Mass Effect 1, 2, & 3."

Modifié par only1sgop, 26 juin 2010 - 03:50 .

[Valakas]

Male default shepard always.





I mean, it's the guy on the cover, on the trailers, (most likely on the movie), it's canon, replacing him feels just.. wrong.

[SirGladiator]

I always play as FemShep, I gave MaleShep a chance back in ME1 and it was just awful, I couldn't stand his voice, I had to stop maybe 5 hours or so in. I'm sure he did a better job in ME2, simply because he'd almost 'have' to have been better than that terrible result in ME1, but even so FemShep is still vastly superior, Jennifer Hale is just awesome. And in response to an earlier comment no, MaleShep is not 'canon', its true he was used in way too much advertising, one of the reasons the game didn't sell better. Most people prefer FemShep, yet they mostly just advertised the inferior Shep, no big surprise that didn't work too well .

[Count Viceroy]

SirGladiator wrote...
Most people prefer FemShep, yet they mostly just advertised the inferior Shep, no big surprise that didn't work too well .

That's a load of bull.


Anyway.

Male.

[Shadow_broker]

Male



Females can't be taken seriously as protagnist in anything but a drama or mystery

[ERJAK2]

AngryFrozenWater wrote...

I've created a poll today to get a rough idea how many of you played a MaleShep or a FemShep. The results surprised me. Vote and have a look for yourself.

Poll: MaleShep or FemShep? <= Click that link and vote!

The question in this thread... Do your prefer MaleShep or FemShep and why?

If you wish that the devs pay more attention to FemShep then post in the following thread:

The Official FemShep Fan Thread.

The idea for this poll was born in this old thread:

Devs... Can FemShep please, please, PLEASE get more attention for ME3?

If you are a fan of FemShep, or wish that BioWare improves FemShep (like her movements animations), or wish that BioWare promotes her in the future then join the following group:

The FemShep Fan Group.

There's also an older, less active group:

Jane Shepard Alliance.

To promote the groups mentioned above or FemShep in general I have created some group signatures. Here we go...

Femshep is superior

[The JoeMan]

Does anyone else find it funny that Femshep supporters rag on Mark Meer's voice work because it doesn't have enough emotion? He's a MAN and a soldier. They basically seem to be saying that he's doing a bad job because he doesn't act feminine enough. That's fine by me. In fact I usually stick to neutral dialogue options because the other two options are too emotionally charged.

Modifié par The JoeMan, 24 août 2010 - 05:26 .

[Miramar52]

Femshep all the way! I’m female and I like that I’m not forced to play yet another game where the main character is a man (no offense. It just gets old after awhile). Samus Aran and Femshep are my favorite video game sci-fi women.

[desala]

The JoeMan wrote...

Does anyone else find it funny that Femshep supporters rag on Mark Meer's voice work because it doesn't have enough emotion? He's a MAN and a soldier. They basically seem to be saying that he's doing a bad job because he doesn't act feminine enough.

Yes of course, because being emotionally constipated is a masculine ideal.

And people wonder what went wrong in Western culture.

[Mr. MannlyMan]

SirGladiator wrote...

I always play as FemShep, I gave MaleShep a chance back in ME1 and it was just awful, I couldn't stand his voice, I had to stop maybe 5 hours or so in. I'm sure he did a better job in ME2, simply because he'd almost 'have' to have been better than that terrible result in ME1, but even so FemShep is still vastly superior, Jennifer Hale is just awesome. And in response to an earlier comment no, MaleShep is not 'canon', its true he was used in way too much advertising, one of the reasons the game didn't sell better. Most people prefer FemShep, yet they mostly just advertised the inferior Shep, no big surprise that didn't work too well .

That's just horrible logic.

Anyways, I prefer maleShep. femShep always sounded subtler and more emotional, but the way Jennifer Hale played it was irritating for me... I just thought it was more unnatural than Meer's performance.

Modifié par Mr. MannlyMan, 24 août 2010 - 06:31 .

[Daiyus]

I usually play a maleshep. In every RPG I've ever played I try and match my character to my own appearance and style. It's just what I've always done. I do play a femshep every now and again though.



What I don't understand is this extremist femshep support. Hale is good VA granted, but neither is better than the other to play as IMO. It's just personal preference.

[The JoeMan]

desala wrote...

The JoeMan wrote...

Does anyone else find it funny that Femshep supporters rag on Mark Meer's voice work because it doesn't have enough emotion? He's a MAN and a soldier. They basically seem to be saying that he's doing a bad job because he doesn't act feminine enough.

Yes of course, because being emotionally constipated is a masculine ideal.

And people wonder what went wrong in Western culture.

Your logic is flawed.  The only thing that changed in Western culture was the empowering of women.  Men haven't changed, the only difference now is that women seem to think themselves experts on how men should behave.  Being in control of your emotions does not equal being emotionally constipated.  Strong men remain in control.  The others like to spend their time starting Tali love threads on message boards. 

[Ziggy]

Metal-Dragon-Kiryu wrote...
Femshep all the way.
 [snip] Besides, video games need more female leads that aren't just sex objects.

Plus Jennifer Hale is just a voice acting goddess.

Hear, hear!

[The JoeMan]

Daiyus wrote...

What I don't understand is this extremist femshep support. Hale is good VA granted, but neither is better than the other to play as IMO. It's just personal preference.

I think it's just a very "vocal minority" thing.  Femshep supporters feel like their character is under supported in Bioware's advertising so they try to ensure their voices are heard whenever they get the chance hoping to affect a change.  It's unfortunate that many of them feel like they have to belittle Mark Meer's performance to make their point.  It's unwarranted.