[QUOTE=Rusty100;31226209]Are you kidding, femshep voice actor was 100x better than maleshep voice actor
[editline]20th July 2011[/editline]
i seriously don't get this
its fantastic, especially better than the guy voice actor
are your ears broken???[/QUOTE]
this x 10000
the only good voice actor in any mass effect game was Wrex anyway
garrus has the emotional capacity of tissue paper
tali sounds like she came out of 1950's US red scare propaganda
male shep sounds like he's a robot from the year 3000 sent to protect john connor
femshap sounds like the most disinterested date ever
I never tried Female Shepard, and I probably never will. My first playthrough was on xbox for ME1 and I kept the same character for ME2. However I long since got a better computer and want since I wanted my character to be the same for ME3 it still isn't fem Shepard, and it's already a chore playing the first one all over again, so I really wont create a third one.
[QUOTE=thisispain;31243577]the only good voice actor in any mass effect game was Wrex anyway
garrus has the emotional capacity of tissue paper
tali sounds like she came out of 1950's US red scare propaganda
male shep sounds like he's a robot from the year 3000 sent to protect john connor
femshap sounds like the most disinterested date ever[/QUOTE]
You forgot the cardboard cut out joke for Jacob and what about the Professor?
Also I don't mind the voice actor, it really isn't that bad.
You know why I play Male Shepard?
[IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/14wxb9l.jpg[/IMG]
Anyone who says Femshep sounds better than Sheploo must'n't be playing the same game as me!
Sheploo
[video=youtube;EHHpsbMuV1g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHHpsbMuV1g&feature=player_embedded[/video]
Femshep (skip to the 5 minute mark)
[video=youtube;MpFy29NFKdk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpFy29NFKdk&feature=player_embedded[/video]
I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what people mean when they say that Hale has more emotion in her voice. She sounds fucking bored throughout the entire video. She sounds board throughout the [b]entire game[/b] (regardless of what alignment you follow - paragon or renegade).
Her "Keep it up, tough guy. You'll leave in a bag" and, "I'll cut your balls off and sell them to a Krogan," lines carry absolutely no weight whatsoever. They come nowhere near close to the delivery of Meer's version of the lines.
Sheploo is in my opinion the superior Shepard and the best way to experience the game is as him.
[QUOTE=dragon1972;31236599]Hale's lines don't have the impact that Meer's do.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHHpsbMuV1g[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpFy29NFKdk[/media]
Meer's voice is a lot louder, more angry, and forceful. Hale seems to just be whispering weak threats to the guy. Shepard also seems a lot more believable. You'd expect a soldier to talk like that, not in hushed, somewhat aggressive tones. They are both still pretty bland performances, however Shepard's performance is more believable because he's a soldier, and years of training and discipline would leave him to speak pretty blandly.
In the end though, I don't know why people are making such a big deal about this. It seems that everything in Mass Effect that has a choice, people are going to argue over which choice is the best. Bioware's pointless romance sidequests don't aid this either, and it just feeds into the hordes of fans who call X romantic interest their "WAIFU!!~". Honestly, the fanbase for Bioware's games is pretty bad, so that would explain the vast majority of these arguments.[/QUOTE]
To prove I didn't just copy him by using these videos and specific scenes to demonstrate my point, I made the same argument as I just made above about a month ago:
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1099374-Mass-Effect-Megathread-Ah-yes-titles.-We-have-dismissed-that-claim?p=30577772&viewfull=1#post30577772[/url]
they really aren't that different
[QUOTE=sltungle;31243958]Anyone who says Femshep sounds better than Sheploo must'n't be playing the same game as me!
Sheploo
[video=youtube;EHHpsbMuV1g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHHpsbMuV1g&feature=player_embedded[/video]
Femshep (skip to the 5 minute mark)
[video=youtube;MpFy29NFKdk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpFy29NFKdk&feature=player_embedded[/video]
I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what people mean when they say that Hale has more emotion in her voice. She sounds fucking bored throughout the entire video. She sounds board throughout the [b]entire game[/b] (regardless of what alignment you follow - paragon or renegade).
Her "Keep it up, tough guy. You'll leave in a bag" and, "I'll cut your balls off and sell them to a Krogan," lines carry absolutely no weight whatsoever. They come nowhere near close to the delivery of Meer's version of the lines.
Sheploo is in my opinion the superior Shepard and the best way to experience the game is as him.
To prove I didn't just copy him by using these videos and specific scenes to demonstrate my point, I made the same argument as I just made above about a month ago:
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1099374-Mass-Effect-Megathread-Ah-yes-titles.-We-have-dismissed-that-claim?p=30577772&viewfull=1#post30577772[/url][/QUOTE]
And I was basically reposting the same thing :v:
I personally think femshep has the same voice acting quality as not-femshep, but that's probably because I've only heard femshep in gameplay videos since I've never actually played through it as female shepard. That, and maleshep is the iconic face of the game. Femshep hasn't been on the cover of the game yet or in the trailers, though I hear she [I]finally[/I] appears on the ME3 cover.
[QUOTE=Rusty100;31226209]Are you kidding, femshep voice actor was 100x better than maleshep voice actor
[editline]20th July 2011[/editline]
i seriously don't get this
its fantastic, especially better than the guy voice actor
are your ears broken???[/QUOTE]
no offense rusty but not everything is a federal fucking issue y'know
would it kill you to like
use a capital letter or something
Can we just agree that both are good?
I personally don't have a problem with either of them. Voice acting is important to me and they're both talented enough that I can laugh when they're funny and take them seriously when they're being serious, and that's good enough for me.
I played Male Shepard partly because I'm a guy, but I went with the default skin just because that's what's shown in trailers and screenshots of the game. It just feels like Bioware is telling you the default Male Shepard is the correct way to play. They did the same thing with Dragon Age 2.
It'd be cool if they did another game like Dragon Age Origins where there isn't a default look or name to the main character so you can just make up whatever you want without feeling like you're doing it wrong.
[QUOTE=Rapist;31245021]Can we just agree that both are good?[/QUOTE]
Umm... no?
Not only do I prefer Meer's voice acting of Shepard but I actually think Hale's is BAD.
That's not to say I think she's a bad voice actor. She's not by any means a bad voice actor. She's been in a tonne of games, she's played some amazing roles incredibly well, but... she really just doesn't seem to translate all of that experience and talent into Shepard for some reason. It just comes off sounding half assed and bored to me.
[QUOTE=sltungle;31245276]Umm... no?
Not only do I prefer Meer's voice acting of Shepard but I actually think Hale's is BAD.
That's not to say I think she's a bad voice actor. She's not by any means a bad voice actor. She's been in a tonne of games, she's played some amazing roles incredibly well, but... she really just doesn't seem to translate all of that experience and talent into Shepard for some reason. It just comes off sounding half assed and bored to me.[/QUOTE]
that's purely your interpretation of it
they're both pretty much the same quality, meh but normal videogame standards wise
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;31245125]
It'd be cool if they did another game like Dragon Age Origins where there isn't a default look or name to the main character so you can just make up whatever you want without feeling like you're doing it wrong.[/QUOTE]Who is Bioware to tell me that this is wrong?
[img]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4082/uglymasseffectshepard.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Mingebox;31245406]Who is Bioware to tell me that this is wrong?
[img]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4082/uglymasseffectshepard.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Wait...what the fuck?!
I'm sorry sir but THAT IS WRONG. No human head is shaped like that!
Me and my brother both shared a copy of ME1 when it first came out. He made a MaleShep and told me to do FemShep for the lesbian stuff. Being a perverted highschooler I did. I'm not proud of admitting it, but it's true.
But now I can't really urge myself to make any new Shepard, male or female. I've just grown too attached to my FemShep. Her face and name are [I]MY[/I] creation, and her decisions are what [I]I[/I] chose for her. She is [I]MY[/I] version of "Commander Shepard". When I got ME1 and 2 for the PC, I didn't start from scratch, I just recreated [I]MY[/I] Shepard, face, decisions, and all. Every bit of her was shaped by me. And that's why I shall stay FemShep. Because my FemShep is my Creation. Sorta like a digital daughter but not as creepy as that phrase would imply. But still, I can't abandon her. At least, not until I finish ME3 and any DLC that comes out for it.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;31245406]Who is Bioware to tell me that this is wrong?
[t]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4082/uglymasseffectshepard.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Gravity Ponds;31226773]Male was either default Sheperd of his derp ass ugly cousin..[/QUOTE]
That's exactly what I was talking about lol
[QUOTE=Gravity Ponds;31259915]That's exactly what I was talking about lol[/QUOTE]
I actually tried to make mine not ugly.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;31225669]I played the female Shepard not for the ass, plot line, or voice acting - I played as a female because I'm bored sick of playing gruff space marines.[/QUOTE]
Male Sheppard is not a gruff space marine, in fact he is a much more Gordon Freeman-esque character with a more charming and less "big bad trucker" voice than most video game protagonists.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;31263105]Male Sheppard is not a gruff space marine, in fact he is a much more Gordon Freeman-esque character with a more charming and less "big bad trucker" voice than most video game protagonists.[/QUOTE]
I can't recall any game where the protagonist sounded like a trucker...
[QUOTE=The Baconator;31263105]Male Sheppard is not a gruff space marine, in fact he is a much more Gordon Freeman-esque character with a more charming and less "big bad trucker" voice than most video game protagonists.[/QUOTE]
Maleshep sounds like he could save the galaxy and get home in time to read stories to orphans. Femshep just sound like she would flick a cigarette butt at them not to interrupt her during boozy time.
[QUOTE=Doomish;31245015]
no offense rusty but not everything is a federal fucking issue y'know
would it kill you to like
use a capital letter or something[/QUOTE]
obviously not, he used one in that post
As I said in any Male vs Female Shepard Voice Acting fight.
Male = Renegade Sheaprd
Female = Paragon Shepard
[QUOTE=Pappi_man;31264346]As I said in any Male vs Female Shepard Voice Acting fight.
Male = Renegade Sheaprd
Female = Paragon Shepard[/QUOTE]
Female = Renegade.
I don't think I've ever played an RPG as a female. Anyways male Shep can look a lot more badass, especially going Renegade:
[img]http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx148/Acds9/MassEffect22010-01-3111-59-10-73.jpg?t=1311327466[/img]
[QUOTE=Pappi_man;31264346]As I said in any Male vs Female Shepard Voice Acting fight.
Male = Renegade Sheaprd
Female = Paragon Shepard[/QUOTE]
female sounds much more badass as renegade while maleshep is pretty monotone throughout the whole spectrum
they both sound the same to me.
I played as male shepard the first time around, and I started a second playthrough as female, but never finished it. Not because I didn't like the voice or anything about the character really, but because Mass Effect, even with all its options and choices, feels very, very linear to me, and I couldn't be excited for another 20 hours of something I'd already done.
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