...or if the movie isn't about Shepard. Which it isn't.Kingsnake661 said:
It's a prequel about the First Contact War. Shepard isn't even in it. Christ, get your facts straight before attempting to "burst people's bubbles".
Poll: Female Shepard Gets Her Own Trailer for Mass Effect 3 [UPDATE: Also featured on the CE cover!]
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It's a prequel about the First Contact War. Shepard isn't even in it. Christ, get your facts straight before attempting to "burst people's bubbles".
I'll Never understand for the life of me why so many dudes play as girls. They say that Mass effect is supposedly immersive and yet there running around as someone not even resembling them. Ya thats immersive.
I'll only ever play a girl f theres actual a game play change.
I'll only ever play a girl f theres actual a game play change.
Am I the only one who actually likes Mark Meer's voice acting as Male Shep?
OT: This is very cool. It's nice that Bioware is making a FemShep trailer. Can't wait to see the end result.
OT: This is very cool. It's nice that Bioware is making a FemShep trailer. Can't wait to see the end result.
It's called role playing. Making a character concept and playing that character, not just playing yourself every time.Legion IV said:
What are they going to do, replace the male Shepard with the female Shepard and then just chime her voice in for the same trailer?
I just hope this extra effort isn't taking time away from the game or anything, which I don't think it does.
I just hope this extra effort isn't taking time away from the game or anything, which I don't think it does.
Is that so, where did you read that? (not being a jerk, just intrested more then anything.)Gill Kaiser said:
And since when does one let a little thing like "facts" intrude into a good arguemnt. >.> <.<
*shrug* I still hope the whole thing gets scrapped personally, but in all honesty a movie on the first contact war would be a decent way to go. Established Lore and all that.
I doubt making a demo trailer is going to have an impact on game development. At this point in time, if the rumors are true, the game is done more or less and in the polish / finishing phases. Post preduction in movie terms. And if all they do is add a female avatar to the male advertising tralier, heh, IMO that'd be kind of pointless. To have a female silouite at the end of instead of a male. But i don't think bioware will do that, they do seem to put more effort into there projects then that, i'd expect something unique for there female trailer, esspecially if they are making this kind of a fuss about it.Greatjusticeman said:
I'd second this. Bioware is always talking about reaching a wider market and yet they're ignoring 50% of the population.Boba Frag said:
Girls are gamers now, it's not some rare nerd fantasy anymore.
Seriously, I love me a good RPG, but I've noticed all the biggest fans are of the female variety. Properly presented, they could reach a huge audience.
I'm all for it, but having two Shepards in marketing will probably confuse the lowest-common-denominator masses that Bioware are gunning for.
I'm actually not in favor simply because of the marketing up to this point. Assuming you are marketing to the target audience that is not already set on buying this game, by showing a completely new character in the main role, you could potentially confuse the continuity aspect of the trilogy.
I think there's no doubt that the marketing from ME1 and onward should have reflected both male and female Sheppard, but to suddenly show that in the 'final' installment just seems strange.
I think there's no doubt that the marketing from ME1 and onward should have reflected both male and female Sheppard, but to suddenly show that in the 'final' installment just seems strange.
I agree, I give it a solid meh. He's been a man throughout the marketing campaign from ME1 so why change it?SvenBTB said:
Not that I really care one way or the other. I really see this as a non-issue. From a marketing standpoint it couldn't really hurt.
Where it left to me, I would continue using the default male Shepard. He's been the face on the box for the last two games and I suspect that most of us understand that doesn't mean he's actually the real Shepard. Perhaps more to the point, I have simply never found any more charm in Jennifer Hale's performance than. . . whoever the dude who plays male Shepard. On top of all of that, considering Bioware's published statistics indicate an overwhelming majority of players choose a male Shepard, there really doesn't seem to be a compelling reason to go with a female iteration.
Of course, if they are already doing that, I'm perfectly fine with it. If one is going to pointlessly pander I suppose it doesn't hurt to cater to the most vocal segment who insist the "real" Shepard has a vagina.
For the record, the real Shepard was initially going to look like me but ended up looking like boxer Mickey Ward. Since I don't look a thing like Ward, I'm not quite sure what to make of that. Or the fact that EVERY game that lets me customize my appearance results in a guy that looks basically like Mickey Ward.
Of course, if they are already doing that, I'm perfectly fine with it. If one is going to pointlessly pander I suppose it doesn't hurt to cater to the most vocal segment who insist the "real" Shepard has a vagina.
For the record, the real Shepard was initially going to look like me but ended up looking like boxer Mickey Ward. Since I don't look a thing like Ward, I'm not quite sure what to make of that. Or the fact that EVERY game that lets me customize my appearance results in a guy that looks basically like Mickey Ward.
I think femshep's face should stay the same, but if we're taking votes on her appearance, her body should look more like this.LiquidGrape said:
It just makes no sense for the most badass space marine in the galaxy to have no muscular development whatsoever. She should look like a female MMA fighter.
Nothing of importance really. Too many femshep fans are already arrogant enough already and blatantly in denial. When you have two voice actors clearly having to give a neutral performance most of the time (since there is already enough confusion between written-to-spoken dialogue without the tone further complicating things), yet one being blown out of all proportion as supposedly "awesome", I dont see the appeal wasting time.
Personally the whole thing is just really vain and insecure. "VALIDATE MY PLATSTYLE BY PUTTING UP MARKETING WHERE THE HERO HAS A VAGINA".
Newflash people, not only do most play the male Shepard, even more importantly most CUSTOMISE their Shepards. Whats the point, really?
I know "grrlz r teh gaymers 2", but the truth is, its still nowhere near as much as guys. Most of the people such a marketing ploy would apply to are fans already and have spent years pointlessly bitching about it.
Really I think the only thing it accomplishes is stroking a few egos of obsessed gamers out there, but if it shuts up the whining and lessens the "femshep r teh superior, it r fahct" from Jennifer Hale fanboys and fangirls, I guess thats a blessing, at least for someone like me who, while having the greatest of respect for Hales talents and past performances, just does not enjoy her performances as female Shepard.
Personally the whole thing is just really vain and insecure. "VALIDATE MY PLATSTYLE BY PUTTING UP MARKETING WHERE THE HERO HAS A VAGINA".
Newflash people, not only do most play the male Shepard, even more importantly most CUSTOMISE their Shepards. Whats the point, really?
I know "grrlz r teh gaymers 2", but the truth is, its still nowhere near as much as guys. Most of the people such a marketing ploy would apply to are fans already and have spent years pointlessly bitching about it.
Really I think the only thing it accomplishes is stroking a few egos of obsessed gamers out there, but if it shuts up the whining and lessens the "femshep r teh superior, it r fahct" from Jennifer Hale fanboys and fangirls, I guess thats a blessing, at least for someone like me who, while having the greatest of respect for Hales talents and past performances, just does not enjoy her performances as female Shepard.
I am not a spaceship captain. I am a (slightly) overweight biochemist. If I create a Shepard that looks like me, I'll wonder why there is a slightly overweight biochemist running around shooting Geth, or wonder why his beard doesn't look the same as mine or a hundred other things that will remind me that the character on screen isn't actually me, even though I've modelled him to look like me. Also, there's no way that a game with a morality system could ever reflect every single choice that I'd make in a given situation.Legion IV said:
My Shepard is female. She makes various choices that I don't personally agree with but make sense for the character that I've decided she's got. In the same way that I can't place myself in the shoes of the characters in Band of Brothers, I can't place myself in her shoes, but by making her seperate from me and giving her a personality different from mine, I can pretend she's a fully-fleshed out human being and can enjoy her story.
Also, if I'm going to stare at a computer-generated arse for 20+ hours, then it's going to be a female computer-generated arse.
Mother of god i hate that excuse and or reason.Cuacuani said:
Thats kinda creepy am not gonna lie when people say theyed rather just stare at a girls behind then a dude. So do you not pay attention at all when you play and you just look at there backside?
Let me guess you play halo as a femake to cause "If i have to hear somone panting for air i'd rather listen to a girl"
I could kind of take you seriously before but once i read that, just lost allll credibility to your argument.
You like being somone your not because your trying to escape somthing and you like looking at womens backends.
