I've a hunch that the way Mass Effect assumes you're playing a guy is part of why Femshep is so endearing.They gave both Shepards the same distinctly male body language (it's most obvious when Femshep sits with her legs spread apart) so to me she came across as a socially awkward schlub who's only truly comfortable while shooting things, which I found more interesting than generic-action-guy Manshep. I didn't like the default Femshep redesign, not necessarily because there was something inherently wrong with it, but because she looked more polished than I was used to thinking of Femshep being. And not that it's an original point, but the superior voice acting sure doesn't hurt either.
Playing as a Different Gender
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I just killed 20 people, 2 of them with my bare hands... yet some still say "hmm, kinda weird you playing as a female character" rather than anything else.
My face when:
Look, It's accepted a male audience can relate to a female protagonist, could they not role play as one? Especially considering we accept massive killing sprees Where (whether self defence or not) is going to fuck you the fuck up IF (major if) we treat this like real life gender bending.
My face when:
Look, It's accepted a male audience can relate to a female protagonist, could they not role play as one? Especially considering we accept massive killing sprees Where (whether self defence or not) is going to fuck you the fuck up IF (major if) we treat this like real life gender bending.
When people ask me that I try to make it as awkward as possible...
"It's called fantasy for a reason!"
Only people who don't play games that give that option find it strange (in my opinion anyways)... My hardcore CoD friends mock me for playing Skyrim as a female Dark Elf, but my Skyrim/Fallout/Mass Effect playing friends play as the opposite gender about 80% of the time!
...and they mock me for having CoD friends...
Point: To each their own I guess!
"It's called fantasy for a reason!"
Only people who don't play games that give that option find it strange (in my opinion anyways)... My hardcore CoD friends mock me for playing Skyrim as a female Dark Elf, but my Skyrim/Fallout/Mass Effect playing friends play as the opposite gender about 80% of the time!
...and they mock me for having CoD friends...
Point: To each their own I guess!
Most games I play I have to be a different gender.
But, in customisable games I prefer to be a lady. I was a male Shepard when I went through ME again being evil, I just felt better being an evil guy (I have no idea why- maybe guys just get away with being jerks? Haha).
But, in customisable games I prefer to be a lady. I was a male Shepard when I went through ME again being evil, I just felt better being an evil guy (I have no idea why- maybe guys just get away with being jerks? Haha).
I meant more i think its weird when u play as a girl to stare at their ass for however many hours.. its weird; if you want to stare at a girls ass at least make it a real girl.Wolfram01 said:
In most RPG's, I'll often have made a female character by my second or third go-around if gender doesn't matter. If gender does matter, I often start with female in the first place.
My favorite example of playing as a female is Halo 3, because choosing female brings no visual changes but gives you a nice high-pitched scream when you die, which always baffles people who never expect it or know that it's an option. They actually made it so playing female changed your appearance ever so slightly in Halo Reach, and my roommate's friends who I played with could not understand at all why I was playing as a female despite the facts that I told them about the scream and that it's Halo, so it really makes no difference what gender I am if I'm playing in first person. I then harassed them for playing so much Halo that they could actually pick up the differences between genders of space marines
My favorite example of playing as a female is Halo 3, because choosing female brings no visual changes but gives you a nice high-pitched scream when you die, which always baffles people who never expect it or know that it's an option. They actually made it so playing female changed your appearance ever so slightly in Halo Reach, and my roommate's friends who I played with could not understand at all why I was playing as a female despite the facts that I told them about the scream and that it's Halo, so it really makes no difference what gender I am if I'm playing in first person. I then harassed them for playing so much Halo that they could actually pick up the differences between genders of space marines