Poll: Shepard or Femshepard?

[Kazuhiro]

I don't know exactly why, but even though her face doesn't emote quite the same way and it looks more artificial than a default Shepard, I really feel better about playing Femshepard. Maybe it's because, as Freud would say, my inner self lacks a penis, though I doubt this as my conscious self is, if not quite happy to have one, at least satisfied with the status quo (as opposed to having gender disassociative disorder).

Almost universally, Paragon Femshepard sounds more sympathetic to me, and Renegade Femshepard sounds more like an action hero character and less like a simple jerk.

One theory I've been rolling around in my head, and I'm sure feminists would agree with me here, is that our expectations for female characters are different for male characters. A female badass has a different impact on the audience, due to an implicit bias that most if not all of us carry, than does a male badass. And my preferences apparently lie with the female badass. Or could it be because I'm subconsciously seeing her as a sex object and a male Shepard threatens me? If so it is -quite- subconsious, as I mentally desexualized my Femshepard so much that when she started flirting with Liara in the first game it seemed a bit combo-breaking to me.

Feminism is confusing sometimes.

 

[Amnestic]

FemShep. Sorry to say, but Jennifer Hale does a far better job in my ears than Mark Meer. Meer's okay, and he improved drastically from ME1 to ME2, but he's still not as good as Hale.

 

[Vrex360]

I chose male Shepard, just because that way I can empathise with him better, besides perhaps it's just me but a last name like 'Shepard' just seems to be made for a male character.
Also as a note, I have played Mass Effect something like twelve times and I never did the renegade options, I guess I just like the paragon Shepard.

 

[Mr.Black]

FemShep just makes me want to make lesbian relationships. At least with regular Shepard I concentrate on the task at hand!

 

[Galad]

Femshep. Male Shepard's voice is uh..too professional

I probably don't make sense

 

[CmdrGoob]

I prefer ManShep, especially for the renegade options, he's got this cocky swagger to his voice for the renegade options which works really well, and he gets a bit of a yell on at the right moment, which works well, too. His comedic timing is also better.

But they are both really good voice actors.

 

[hazabaza1]

Seeing as I only play MaleShep, I guess it's him. The clips of Hale seem okay, but something about her role as FemShep just feels... off.

 

[Blitzkreg]

The whole epic story and plotline just seem more consistant with a male shepard. I mean, I'm not trying to be sexist right now, but it just doesnt sound as right as a femshep...

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

I always thought that femshep had a better voice actor. There's nothing wrong with maleshep's voice, but femshep seems to have more personality. Maleshep seems a bit too serious at times.

 

[clzark]

dunno, a male shepard just seems right. maybe because I am a dude, and those resident evil movies have kinda runied badass girls for me for a while

 

[hathfallen]

The major difference between the two is that Maleshep's paragon/renegade options are played almost like two different characters, while Femshep's choices sound more like the same character choosing between two different paths. That said I do prefer Hale's performance to Meer's, She makes the game more like a drama, while his makes it almost like a deadpan comedy.

That being said, I think Bioware kinda screwed up the relationships for female Shepard. Jacob and Kaiden seemed very bland to me and the Garrus deal was just, weird.

Thane is the real choice.

 

[Kazuhiro]

I very much prefer female Shepard's voice.

That being said, I think Bioware kinda screwed up the relationships for female Shepard. Jacob and Kaiden seemed very bland to me and the Garrus deal was just, weird.

*slap*

The Garrus romance scene is the second best after Tali.

 

[famousninja]

Personally, the male Shepard sounds like a wooden board. I actually can't play the game with maleshep, all because he sounds like a dry, emotionless computer.

There's also something else I'd like to point out here in most games involving customisation:

Why is it, that every god damn male character has to be built like a god damn tank? The reason why I play a female character is because of the fact it's really hard to create a male character that is suited to my style of play (sneaky bollocks) and only the female character templates seem to do this. (Used to WoW it up a little, all fem characters)
Saints Row 2 had a brilliant system for customisation, because there was body as well.

I'm just rambling now, but if bioware is listening: take note for your next epic.

tl;dr - Femshep ftw. better voice acting, better appearance for an infiltrator like me.

 

[tzimize]

I prefer femshepard for two reasons
1: Its more interesting for me to look at a femshepard
2: the voice on the femshepard is a LOT better than on the male imo.

 

[Meggiepants]

Femshep. But that's because I so rarely get the chance to play a female action hero. It's a nice change of pace.

Also, I love it when she intimidates all those renegade NPCs. It's pretty crazy awesome when they back down. So you may be onto something there with the female badass being a little more exciting than the male badass. It is for me in any case.

 

[AMMO Kid]

I was male shepard as a soldier for my first playthrough...then my other 6-7 playthroughs I was Femshepard as a senital

 

[Tharwen]

I think that any face created by a character face generator looks really bad, so I chose StandardShep.