Yeah, the Asari really aren't as bad as they could have been. There's just so much missed potential there haha!Internet Kraken said: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.
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.
Some women are sexualized, though. It would be weird for there to be an entire universe with no skanky women. I guess you could say Jack is sexualized too...if you're into that whole look.Internet Kraken said:I don't like this, because it seems like a pointless thing. The gender of Shepard should not matter. By making trailers for both genders there putting a lot more importance on gender than I think they should be. I know it's just for publicity, since apparently some people can't tolerate anything with male Shepard for some reason, but I still don't like it.
Come on, we know Bioware treats all their female characters with enough respect to not sexualize them. I mean just look at Miranda!The_root_of_all_evil said:Bets on her cup size being at least an E, and generally fulfilling the 36-24-36 image?
In all seriousness that's one of the things that always struck me as odd about Mass Effect 2. Bioware doesn't seem to sexualize women but Miranda is handled horribly in that regard.
Other than Samara, you mean?Nicolairigel said: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.
The thing is that Bioware sexualizes characters where it's not appropriate. The thing about Jack is that sex has to due wither her personality, so for her to be under-dressed is appropriate. But then there are characters like Samara where sex is not a part of their personality, yet they are still sexualized. The latter is what really pisses me off becuase it's pointless and only undermines the character.DustyDrB said:Some women are sexualized, though. It would be weird for there to be an entire universe with no skanky women. I guess you could say Jack is sexualized too...if you're into that whole look.
I think what they mean by Canon shepard is for non user edited verison of him/her as in if they deside to make a movie that's the look they have to shoot for or writting stories with visuals of the characters you have to have a point of reference or there isn't really a Shepard at all.JourneyThroughHell said:There should never be a canonical Shepard. Everyone's Shepard is canonical for them, just like every event is canonical for that playthrough. Making it not so would take all the fun out of me.
Also, they only now started doing that? Well, all in good time, I guess.
P.S. Mark Meer > Jennifer Hale. I can do that "obviously a better VA" stuff, too, you know.
I can agree with that, after my first play through of ME2 I decided to go back and do it all again with Femshep just to avoid more bad voice acting in ME3.Worgen said:the advertising for mass effect always bugged me, they loved to stick the most boring looking version of shepard in the ads and it was annoying how they only used the maleshep since femshep had a much better voice actor, in my option
About damn time. ^^Logan Westbrook said:It may have taken three games to do it, but BioWare is finally featuring the female Shepard in Mass Effect marketing.
Judging by the previous games, she'll be relatively realistic, even when her figure isn't hidden behind a suit of power-armour.The_root_of_all_evil said:Bets on her cup size being at least an E, and generally fulfilling the 36-24-36 image?