2011-07-24, 15:39 | Link #681 |
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Its basically like this. From Mass Effect 1-2, male Shepard has gotten the spotlight of the entire game. Now in Mass Effect 3, they decided to step up female Shepard to please the fanbase.
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2011-07-24, 15:57 | Link #682 | |
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2011-07-24, 18:58 | Link #685 | |
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2011-07-24, 20:50 | Link #686 | |
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2011-07-25, 02:38 | Link #691 | |
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That isn't to say I refuse to play a game where the main character is sex-locked. I friggin' love The Witcher.
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2011-07-25, 08:24 | Link #692 | |
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Playing Metroid: Fuck yea samus! Mass Effect: FUCK YEA! ME! See what I'm gettingg at?
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2011-07-25, 09:47 | Link #693 | |
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M-Sheppard is fun to play because he looks and sounds imposing. F-Sheppard is fun to play because she packs a big punch in a tiny frame. Sadly, the first two games failed to really deliver a difference between the two characters, so even if you wanted to make them different, they still come out similar (it certainly doesn't help that the player-character is pigeonholed into certain romances (so besides Kelly, there isn't a single bisexual human character in the universe?)). In the end, no amount of new F-Shep designs will make the character any more interesting than she is already. She needs to have wholly unique and compelling dialogue/dialogue-choices as well as a unique story unto herself to make her experience sufficiently different enough to warrant replaying the entire series (or at least the last game) from a different gender perspective (something that really hasn't occured in the other games). |
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2011-07-25, 11:40 | Link #694 |
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Fem Shep's face is hawt! I don't really care what colour of skin or what kinda hairstyle she has, I just don't want her to be a blonde -- it's too typical My personal favourite is 6, I want that hair for my Shep.
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2011-07-25, 12:32 | Link #695 | ||
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As to the rest, I don't think the different sex options for Commander Shepard are intended to provide replay value. I believe they are simply intended to provide a greater level of character customization, and I appreciate that from Bioware. I know some things have to be condensed down to get a voiced protagonist. In Dragon Age: Origins, the first chapter of the game is different depending on which "origin" you choose. What you're describing, an entire game like DAO's "origins," in which the type of character partially determines the course of the game? That would be awesome, but financially impossible. While I don't have any problems with sex-locked characters, it shows a higher level of care if a developer gives you the option to choose which sex you want your protagonist to be, and still fully voices them.
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2011-07-25, 13:07 | Link #696 |
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Hmpf, what's the chance of all these 6 presets being selectable in the game's character creation (not just used for commercial purposes)? God, I'd pick No.6 in a heartbeat. She's got that soldier's flame in her eyes.
The blonde (5) looks so...generic. Not to mention the actual game engine's portrayal of blonde hair...ugh. Oh, I hear ya. One thing Bioware really sucks with is facial hair and hair in general. Love how all the Dragon Age hair mods look so much better than the originals.
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2011-07-26, 10:45 | Link #700 |
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I did too, I couldn't stand looking at her wrinkles when she was speaking with my hero of Ferelden. Hell, I modified their bodies and gave alternative haircut to Morrigan and then slept with both of them in such a way that no one was jealous.
Still my biggest concern about ME3 is squad armor customization.
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