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.
Poll: Female Shepard vs Male Shepard - Mass Effect Series
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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...
FemShep, because;
- Better voicework. Look, Mark Meer is awesome and his acting talent is not to blame for MaleShep's uninspiring monotone, but it just doesn't hold up to Hale. It couldn't.
- Looks snazzier. Sleek, violent, and lethal suits my favorite classes - Infiltrator and Adept - far better than brick shithouse.
- Space lesbians. Just space lesbians.
- Better voicework. Look, Mark Meer is awesome and his acting talent is not to blame for MaleShep's uninspiring monotone, but it just doesn't hold up to Hale. It couldn't.
- Looks snazzier. Sleek, violent, and lethal suits my favorite classes - Infiltrator and Adept - far better than brick shithouse.
- Space lesbians. Just space lesbians.
Male Shepard. I tried to create myself, but then virtual me went on to be more successful that real me, got all the women he wanted, and become super-cool galactic guy numero uno. I got really depressed for some reason D:
Shepard to me was my female Shepard, I dont even acknowledge the default male one. Its always a interesting topic starter when people ask me why I refer to Shepard as "she" or "her".
Personally I like them both, but I play ManShep more. No reason why, nothing against Jennifer Hale, just prefer ManShep.
In regard to the voice acting I think that while Jennifer Hale's low points are worse than Mark Meers, her high points are also much better than his. It's weird because Mark Meer is a fantastic voice actor but his Shepard seems to be playing it safe, whether that is his fault or the fault of the voice director I couldn't say.
Most of my Shepard's do tend to be female though Simply because I find it easy to role play. If I play a male Shepard I start to think on what I would do in that situation rather than what Shepard would do.
Most of my Shepard's do tend to be female though Simply because I find it easy to role play. If I play a male Shepard I start to think on what I would do in that situation rather than what Shepard would do.
I like ManShep. It's easier for me to identify with being as I'm a guy too.
I can understand the complaints about his voice acting in the first game, but he improved by leaps and bounds, and I felt that he had surpassed FemShep by the time BE3 rolled around.
I never got the praise for Hale either. She just always sounded bored.
I can understand the complaints about his voice acting in the first game, but he improved by leaps and bounds, and I felt that he had surpassed FemShep by the time BE3 rolled around.
I never got the praise for Hale either. She just always sounded bored.
I always play femshep
Partially because I like Jen Hale's voice acting a little bit more, but also for a slightly more eh... personal reason.
As someone born male who's spent a considerable amount of their life either questioning or outright wrestling with their gender identity, being able to play certain games, like Mass Effect, as the gender I more closely identify myself with feels... good.
But I won't preach to you all about how games that allow gender choice are a helpful thing for transfolk, I have Tumblr for that, suffice it to say I like playing as Femshep and I'm probably going to continue doing so in future playthroughs.
Partially because I like Jen Hale's voice acting a little bit more, but also for a slightly more eh... personal reason.
As someone born male who's spent a considerable amount of their life either questioning or outright wrestling with their gender identity, being able to play certain games, like Mass Effect, as the gender I more closely identify myself with feels... good.
But I won't preach to you all about how games that allow gender choice are a helpful thing for transfolk, I have Tumblr for that, suffice it to say I like playing as Femshep and I'm probably going to continue doing so in future playthroughs.
I tend to mostly play female characters, unless the game's protagonist is specifically male, so I have played as female Shep throughout the entire trilogy. I have seen played (and even tried once) the male version and it didn't really work for me, because the voice acting does make female Shepard sound so badass and much more charismatic. Plus, it's the whole competent woman in charge in an often man's world thing.
I tried to roll male Shepard but I couldn't get into it at all. So I went for Femshep and it turned out to be a different experience. I avoided the romances when I could (sometimes you stumble into them when you're trying to befriend someone like Liara) but I dunno, I guess I just clicked with the character better.
Yeah, I got a male Shepard started up in Mass Effect but I could never really make him look like anything other than a potato with facial features and hair.The_Lost_King said: