BioWare Adding Female Shepard to Mass Effect 3 Marketing
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Oh! oh oh oh oh! PLEASE tell me that the Shepard in the picture is the one they're using. Because that's my Shep. Red hair in that exact style. Only thing is for her eyes to be green (can't tell) and don't change any of the facial feature, and it's perfect. This is why I'm a little worried about official female Shep. It's odd to hear and see her in any other body but the one I always use. Which is in the picture above. So yeah. Let's go with that please. 
Yeah, other than Morrigan, Isabella, Merrill, Silk Fox, arguably Tali, and the entire Asari species, Bioware never designs a character or a character's appearance around sexualizationInternet Kraken said:
(Although, to be fair they do this with male characters, too.)
Finally.
Also, neither gender is Canon. Mass Effect's narrative allows for either or at the player's choice to equal measure (although FemShep will always be my personal Canon-gender, in the end).
Also, neither gender is Canon. Mass Effect's narrative allows for either or at the player's choice to equal measure (although FemShep will always be my personal Canon-gender, in the end).
Wow, I've played both, but hearing them back to back is quite interesting: they are both bad! Mark Meer is so deadpan and Jennifer Hale is wildly overdramatic. I love this series, but yeah the voice acting could have been better.Zhukov said:
OT: I am pretty sure that both Shepards are canonical
Zevran.Kahunaburger said:Yeah, other than Morrigan, Isabella, Merrill, Silk Fox, arguably Tali, and the entire Asari species, Bioware never designs a character or a character's appearance around sexualizationInternet Kraken said:
(Although, to be fair they do this with male characters, too.)
God god, is he ever sexual.
I like both shepards equaly. Although female Shepards romances are way more believable, but to me the voice actors are tied.
Male Shepard is really boring and unemotional, i'm glad they are going to feature FemShep somewhere.
Okay yeah I forgot about some examples. Honestly though for being an all female race the Asari aren't sexualized that much. I'm sure the initial idea for them was born from a desire to pander to sweaty nerds but Bioware has made an effort to make them more than table dancers. They have a developed culture and respectable positions in the Mass Effect universe.Kahunaburger said:Yeah, other than Morrigan, Isabella, Merrill, Silk Fox, arguably Tali, and the entire Asari species, Bioware never designs a character or a character's appearance around sexualizationInternet Kraken said:
(Although, to be fair they do this with male characters, too.)
Another weird example of Bioware sexualization is Samara. She's this old respectable Asari warrior that for some bizarre reason has a horribly degrading outfit, complete with exposed boobs and high heels. Seeing her wear that only gets more ridiculous when you walk around in hazardous environments with her chest exposed. But there's nothing else about her that's sexualized. You can't even have sex with her. Why they made her into a sex symbol baffles me.
Well since all Bioware romances are awful, having the best ones isn't much of an accomplishment.let said:
Haha Zevran. Say what you want about this type of sexualization being weak characterization, at least Bioware doesn't have a double standard.Dr. wonderful said:Zevran.Kahunaburger said:Yeah, other than Morrigan, Isabella, Merrill, Silk Fox, arguably Tali, and the entire Asari species, Bioware never designs a character or a character's appearance around sexualizationInternet Kraken said:
(Although, to be fair they do this with male characters, too.)
God god, is he ever sexual.
No, I agree with Kraken. I mean, just because they show that there are asari strippers, you don't really see any incredibly revealing bikini battle suits. And Tali just has a snug suit, It doesn't really show anything off. I mean, sure there is some, but compared to other games its not as bad.Kahunaburger said:Yeah, other than Morrigan, Isabella, Merrill, Silk Fox, arguably Tali, and the entire Asari species, Bioware never designs a character or a character's appearance around sexualizationInternet Kraken said:
(Although, to be fair they do this with male characters, too.)
I'm looking forward to the time they'll add the cardboard box version of Sheppard. You know, the one with a chance to exude more emotion than the current ones.
You would think dieing would leave a hint of emotional damage on a person, then again, Sheppard isn't a person.
You would think dieing would leave a hint of emotional damage on a person, then again, Sheppard isn't a person.
Only one fifth of Mass Effect players prefer Jennifer Hale's voice acting? I find that hard to believe.
As someone who has done exactly this, I still prefer Male Shepard's voice acting. Jennifer Hale does a decent job, but my problem with her voice acting for femshep is and always has been A) That she sounds like she's trying too hard to sound tough, and B) she has a tendency to misplace some of the emotional inflections in her voice, resulting in scenes that are overdramatic. On the other hand, Mark Meer can be too flat here and there so it kind of balances out.Kahunaburger said:Lol, no. Seriously, play them both back-to-backsyrus27 said:
Neither Male Shepard or Female Shepard have perfect voice actors; hell, I'd be willing to argue that literally every other character in the game has better voice acting, save for some of the one-liner NPC's.