BioWare Letting Fans Choose Mass Effect 3's FemShep

[sumanoskae]

Hmm... I'd say 5.

She looks both very determined and confident, but is also very clearly feminine. She also seems to have a softer touch to her, I could see her as either paragon or renegade.

Which isn't to say they aren't all very... attractive.

 

[maturin]

1. She looks like a mean lesbian.

 

[DirgeNovak]

Why not keep the same default skin that was in ME1 and 2? This is stupid.
Anyway, out of those choices, I pick #5. Not that it changes much, since I'll use my own FemShep I made in ME2.

 

[Thorvan]

1, or 3 are my preferences. The others just don't seem right, and the blonde one reminds me too much of Samus. Which might actually be the point, but still.

Perhaps we could have some fun with this?

My personal picks;

Alternatively, this.

 

[Kuroji]

Perhaps we could have some fun with this?

My personal picks;

I see your Pinkie, and I'll raise you a Dash:

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*Not mine

Seriously, of those, I'd go for 3, but they do all look too young from those pictures. There are some close-ups on the Bioware forums, and they do look better, if still too neat. Just compare her to default male Shepherd.

 

[Daedalus007]

Four and six are my favorites. Six gets my vote.

 

[TheScientificIssole]

4, 5, and 6 don't make much sense. Shepard is a hardened, serious soldier who has suffered loss and put her own friends in dire situation where some don't come back. Why would she suddenly go out and get highlights or let her hair grow out. It's not which Shepard is prettiest its which makes sense, and calling 5 a "hot blond" is retarded, she looks like 1-3 but with long blond hair. Who has a blond male Shepard? Blonde is to much of a happy light hair color; it wont fit.

Oh look. The generic, transparent Barbie Shepard is winning. How surprising.

Not Like the completely non-generic male Shepard they use in the trailers right? But I digress, I actually quite like the blonde Shepard, and I'd say it fits with the whole being 'patched up by Cerberus' thing.

Yeah, but blonde doesn't fit, and she doesn't like like the generic soldier like the dude default

 

[icyneesan]

None of these are the red haired female shep from nerfnow. I refuse to vote

 

[Lord Beautiful]

The blond one reminds me of 17, the robot chick from Dragon Ball Z.

It's #18.

 

[Aussie Legend]

None of those even remotely look my femshep

They couldn't give us a redhead shepard with hair? Son I am disappoint.

 

[infohippie]

I hate them all, I don't want any of these on my box art. Especially the blonde. We already have a perfectly good FemShep, the default one. I don't know why Bioware had to come up with six faildesigns to add to it.
I found it particulary amusing that the article right below this one on the Escapist's front page is titled "Choosing between bad and worse."

 

[BenzSmoke]

They all look like they have the same face to me, just with different hair and skin tone.

 

[SageRuffin]

You know, in hindsight, I dunno why I clicked on this topic. I already have a set appearance for my FemShep, and I don't plan on using any type of default settings whatsoever. Really, that's all that matters since I have the option.

However, I really like the design of FemShep #4. Make her hair a little bit shorter and I'd be willing to take her on a test drive.

Just a test drive tjough.

 

[uzo]

#6 looks like Sororitas ...

 

[Quazimofo]

I don't understand why they didn't have a red headed number 5, that is probably why people chose 5, not the hair colour but the hair style. Why Bioware?

yeah, 5 has the best face/hairstyle i think, but im not digging the color. perhaps in my game ill just make it red and be done with it on my 3rd playthrough (do male shep for first 2 because those are the chars i already have premade. starting a female from ME1 just now though, so hopefully i get to change the hairstyle.

 

[Quazimofo]

The blond one reminds me of 17, the robot chick from Dragon Ball Z.

It's #18.

yeah, reminds me of her a bit too. also makes me think of samus a little, especially with the armor

 

[Kuchinawa212]

Shep 5 for sure! She's kinda...umm well looks kinda badass but not creepy >.>

 

[RatRace123]

There's only one obvious choice.

Spoiler

Clearly the sexiest FemShep ever.

 

[demouse]

Definantly 5 so that when I go custom shep I just have to change the hair color to red

http://i.imgur.com/JxsLf.jpg

#7 it is

 

[Doug Marttila]

The ME2 default FemShep looked just fine except for how scrappy her haircut was. All of these faces look too young, pretty, and delicate to be a war heroine. What, are we going to stop by the salon after every mission? FemShep doesn't have to look sexy, Bioware, she has to look like a leader, strong, tough, and ready to pull the galaxy together through sheer willpower.

Don't use any of these. Update and improve the default FemShep from ME2. Focus on strength, not sex appeal. Leadership, not lust. Don't pander to the 13 year old boys.