Poll: Female Shepard vs Male Shepard - Mass Effect Series
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Played both quite a bit, FemShep all day, every day. Meer goes from being a shitty robot in ME1 to being merely mediocre in 2 and 3. It's jarring listening to how "human" all the characters sound then listening to his flat affect nonsense. Act the script, don't read it. And it actually would go unnoticed in any other game, considering I think most voice acting ranges from poo to passable, but since that series actually has really good voice actors, it's readily apparent. Then on the other hand, we have Hale who understands it's more about how you say something than what you say. It's not a fair comparison, it's like comparing the New York Knicks to a Big Sky team.
Depends on the game.
The first one was more along the lines of a cheesy space opera, so MaleShep's hammy acting fits better with the "big damn heroes" role. However, as the latter two games take a turn for the dark and grim (a.k.a. grimdark
), FemShep's gritty dry tone starts to fit in better. Particularly in the last game, MaleShep just feels out of place, like he's been transplanted from a different game.
The first one was more along the lines of a cheesy space opera, so MaleShep's hammy acting fits better with the "big damn heroes" role. However, as the latter two games take a turn for the dark and grim (a.k.a. grimdark
), FemShep's gritty dry tone starts to fit in better. Particularly in the last game, MaleShep just feels out of place, like he's been transplanted from a different game.
I prefer Femshep. We need more strong female protagonists, the voice-acting's a lot better, and she has way better romance options then Maleshep. I still kinda wish that you could have a polygamous relationship though. Shep of either gender/Tali/Garrus needs to happen.
Male Shepard always.
He is an icon within himself. Fem sheps look was redesigned because she looked boring. Imagine if that was done to a character people liked a lot! take Dante for instance everyone hated his redesign. But no one cared when femshep was redone.
They are the same character and all that its just that Man Shepard is the superior half of the character.
Also take the community content for instance...
Its clear who is more popular despite the poll.
He is an icon within himself. Fem sheps look was redesigned because she looked boring. Imagine if that was done to a character people liked a lot! take Dante for instance everyone hated his redesign. But no one cared when femshep was redone.
They are the same character and all that its just that Man Shepard is the superior half of the character.
Also take the community content for instance...
Its clear who is more popular despite the poll.
I prefer Femshep. The role just feels right with her. I've never been a "Put yourself into the role" kinda person and Shepard seemed to just work better with Femshep I felt. 17 playthroughs of the original without a single decision change... I am not sure why
I always tend to play like myself and customize my characters to look like me in rpgs for the most part, so male shep is a definite for me. I don't get all the hate for maleshep and love for femshep. I don't notice anything wrong with Mark's lines while whenever I hear Hale she just sounds so bored.
MaleShep, for a few reasons. One, I feel it's easier to connect with a character I'm playing if it's a male. Two, I prefer Mark Meer's voice in general to Hale ( Not knocking her, she's also great, but I just prefer Meer), and especially how I played Shepard. He was a Paragon Soldier who was fiercely loyal to his shipmates and would never give up, no matter the situation - a basic "leader" type, I guess. And I just felt that MaleShep's voice work was more appropriate to this type of character.
Male shep.
Although I am a big fan of Jennifer Hale her acting in Mass Effect felt really underwhelming considering her talent and I feel alot of people prefer her just because of her other work. Mark Meer isn't the greatest voice actor but he actually felt like a Commander, that and his renegade options were always hilarious.
Also I am a dude, and in a game with a romance element it is pretty bloody important that I can relate.
Although I am a big fan of Jennifer Hale her acting in Mass Effect felt really underwhelming considering her talent and I feel alot of people prefer her just because of her other work. Mark Meer isn't the greatest voice actor but he actually felt like a Commander, that and his renegade options were always hilarious.
Also I am a dude, and in a game with a romance element it is pretty bloody important that I can relate.
Female by default in every game, because, I'm more interested in females than imagining my own hairy buttocks on the screen. Jennifer Hale's voice acting is a delicious icing on the cake.
Ahhh I love them both! so hard!
I think femshep is a more, well, talented voice actress since she puts such feeling into her words when at times Manshep is just kind of a goof xD
However--Shepard is supposed to be a manipulated character, in the sense that, Shepard is what you make him/her be. I feel like it is impossible for me to make femshep anything I want since her voice makes her strictly one person, Paragon or Renegade... if that makes any sense lol
Manshep is so different. Paragon manshep vs. Renegade manshep, omg... lol
I'd say overall it is better with Manshep, but I will definitely be making many more femsheps in the future.
I think femshep is a more, well, talented voice actress since she puts such feeling into her words when at times Manshep is just kind of a goof xD
However--Shepard is supposed to be a manipulated character, in the sense that, Shepard is what you make him/her be. I feel like it is impossible for me to make femshep anything I want since her voice makes her strictly one person, Paragon or Renegade... if that makes any sense lol
Manshep is so different. Paragon manshep vs. Renegade manshep, omg... lol
I'd say overall it is better with Manshep, but I will definitely be making many more femsheps in the future.
Femshep all the way, I agree with the notion that maleshep has more interesting romances (but that's also due to me being male), but it doesn't matter for me. Jennifer Hale's voicework just beats Mark Meer's (even though the latter is also good), plus having a tough lady being the commanding officer for a change is infinitely more interesting than another guy.
I know a lot of people who didn't give femshep a chance at first, but never went back after trying it
I know a lot of people who didn't give femshep a chance at first, but never went back after trying it
I play as FemShep mostly, because in every game that gives me the option to choose the gender I always go with female. Compensation for all the other games where I'm forced to play as standard-caucasian-male protag.
Haha, yeah. I did the Jack romance, which was sweet, but then I couldn't bother to play through the game with MaleShep again just to experience the Tali (and maybe Miranda) romance.Mikeyfell said:
I am, however, considering replaying the final part of the game with one of my FemSheps. I have a romance with Thane I didn't have the time to go through on my original playthrough, which should be accessible now that there's a bunch of extra DLC missions I can do before Legion's loyalty mission...