Both these games are action RPGs where the player takes on the role of one Commander Shepard. Bioware has so far released two Mass Effect games. Mass Effect 3 comes out for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 6th, 2012.Okay, here’s the background on this one. Of course it could also be a marketing ploy. BioWare does seem to be trying to be more inclusive with Mass Effect 3 though, as evidenced by the inclusion of homosexual romance options – something the studio has shied away from before with the Mass Effect games – and this could be another part of that effort. It’s hard to believe that it will be all that different from the default female model from the first two games, but BioWare may surprise us yet.įigures released by BioWare suggest that only around one fifth of Mass Effect players use FemShep, but clearly they’re a persuasive lot. Interestingly, it seems that BioWare hasn’t decided what the default appearance for the female Shepard will be. Silverman confirmed that FemShep would appear on the collector’s edition box art on June 11th, and confirmed on June 14th that a trailer was in the works. The very next day, Silverman said that he had woken up to hundreds of messages saying yes.
The default Commander Shepard is male, but BioWare has acknowledged that the female version – often referred to as “FemShep” – has plenty of fans too, and will feature her in a new trailer.īioWare laid the groundwork for this decision back in May, when marketing director David Silverman told his Twitter followers to speak up if they wanted the trailer.
It may have taken three games to do it, but BioWare is finally featuring the female Shepard in Mass Effect marketing. The female Shepard might not everyone’s choice, but that hasn’t stopped plenty of people falling in love with her.
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