BioWare: Gamers Prefer a Manly Shepard

[JediMB]

Agreed. I always have trouble creating male characters, and sometimes I just wondered if maybe creating your opposite gender is just more difficult. But thankfully I like the default male Shepard's face so I didn't have a problem playing with him for my male runthroughs.

Personally I find myself incapable of creating a decent-looking male Shepard or non-dwarven male Warden.

And I'm a guy.

I see plenty of good-looking ones created by other people, though.

So, yeah, I just play female most of the time.

 

[Dr. Paine]

and how many players let that guy out of the thing.

Oh, I sure did.

DatAss Effect.

I think this qualifies you for an internet, sir/ma'am.

I think that is the one real complaint I have about ME2... and probably half the reason I don't use Miranda that often, despite the fact I find her a good character otherwise.

Stupid fanservice getting in the way of my game...

 

[Mamawoopie]

I wish i could play a male Shep...but his voice is so bland after playing female Shep. :<

 

[Somebloke]

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

 

[teknoarcanist]

I wonder if maybe the greater percentage of female gamers (and people who made fem sheps) did so without playing on Live? I know among MY circle of friends that's certainly true.

 

[JeanLuc761]

Pfft, as far as I'm concerned Female Shepard is cannon Shepard. How could you play as a male when that voice actor is so terrible? Jenifer Hale does a great job of bringing Shepard alive.

My response to this is as such. I play as MaleShep because I vastly prefer Mark Meer's voice acting over Jennifer Hale's. Hale definitely has more experience and arguably more talent, but her voice never once sounded natural as Shepard. Everything about the "toughness" sounds artificial and she often misplaces some voice inflection which leads to bizarre sounding lines.

Conversely, I know Meer plays probably 1/5 of his lines too flat for the situation, I never had a problem with it. His voice sounds natural, and he's demonstrated that he's capable of some perfectly fine acting (see: Conrad Verner in ME2, Miranda's Loyalty Mission, Tali Romance, almost all the speeches).

Really, it comes down to preference. As someone who's played both MaleShep and FemShep, MaleShep is my preferred.

 

[_Janny_]

Woah, looks like the escapists are pretty divided when it comes to voice acting. I'm actually curious whether the majority prefer FemShep or MaleShep's voice.

I had my ship upgraded, lost Tali, hit on Garrus, and the elusive man is probably going to send me chocolate

Replace Tali with Miranda and you got pretty much what I did. I saved the base mostly because Garrus commented that it was a good idea.

 

[Newbonomicon]

I like FemShep's voice acting at least a little more than MaleShep's, but I could never stomach the romance options. With Garrus it seems like it's just about the physical aspect, and Thane and Jacob are annoying in any context. On the other side, Miranda is ten times worse than Garrus, and Jack's a *****, but there's just something about the Tali romance that evokes a much more personal connection. It's probably got something to do with me as a player being asexual. In ME1 Liara felt similar, but I think the writers got it better with Tali.

As for soldier being the most played class, it's because it's easier. No question about that.

 

[kinky257]

What bothered me most about the ending was that destroying the collectors base was seen to be a paragon choice. I mean my renegade shep would of loved to of blown it up to show the Illusive man who's boss, after being pushed around by him all game.

 

[Spacewolf]

ive neverfully upgraded my ship because of the medical unit that doesnt do anything except heal some cool scars i mean if i could of used it on garrus the fine but nope only for you

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

I generally play as a woman.

 

[Wes1180]

Male Shephard, Vanguard I believe, everyone loved me and still does due to them living and I believe I'm gonna get a planet or something from the Illusive Man for christmas, I dunno though it might be something else

 

[fulano]

Haven't finished Mass Effect 2 yet...darn. Anyways, my crew kinda likes me and my she-Shepard is a lesbian badass, as she should be.

 

[randomize4]

I could see the statistic relating to the "fully" upgraded ship being vague. Does "fully" mean the three important upgrades (if you played it, then you know which 3), or all upgrades? In the later case, I did not fully upgrade my ship because I got every upgrade but the one that would fix my face from the Renegade scarring.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Hehe, seems that all the people who say they like to play as big twats are really just covering up for the fact that they do have a moral conscience in their games. Big manly talk and all that.

And though I love Jennifer Hale, gaming voice actor staple that she is, I don't like her as Fem-Shep. Something sounds wrong. And I like the "military drone" voice Mark Meer does - makes it feel much more like he's actually a professional soldier. Fem-Shep kept sounding like she wanted to crush the testicles of men under her boot.

However, since I watched all of the West Wing, I find it very hard to come up against the orders of the Illusive Man - I keep feeling like I'm saying "Fuck you, President Bartlet", and then I feel bad.

 

[ryo02]

I was a male infiltrator (har har very funny -_-) with the default face. (custom ones just dont look that great maybe if they work on it in ME3 and make it much better)

I played paragon romanced Tali (no 1st game romance) everyone lived and I blew up the base.

as for the characters I liked hmm Tali Garrus Legion (I wanna be able to take 3 with me on missions T_T) top my list Mordin and Grunt are close behind.

I normally use Legion and Tali (yay combat drones)swapping them out for Garrus deending on the mission. (Garrus and Tali were my team of choice in the 1st game)

Grunt and Garrus allways come along with me until I get Tali then its Tali and Garrus and that Holds till I can swap Garrus for Legion.

Grunt got to Fight a Geth collosus Gunship and a Thresher maw Im sure he's satified (not to mention husks collectors mercenaries robots and Geth)

Garrus lead the other teams in the final Legion took the vent and Grunt joined me charging down the middle with Tali and continued to do so within the biotic bubble (Samara) and then held the line with the others.

Mordin was the escort.

Tali and Legion helped take down the final boss. (not the best choice but I like em also makes sure they dont die) (and I got Kasumi after the end)


all of this offline so it doesnt matter to the developers T_T.