Mass Effect boxart and gender issues

Posted Jan 23, 2007 at 4:43PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: BioWare, Marcus Fenix, Master Chief

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Joining the ranks of Master Chief and Marcus Fenix, hero icon Commander Shepard is the main character of Mass Effect. Supposedly, that's him/her on the box art to your right. Although some of you might argue that he/she doesn't have the balls to take on the Halo and GoW icons, what he/she does have under his/her belt is a whole alien race to wipe out.

Ok. Hold up. Him-slash-her? No, we're not talking about transvestites here. It's been known for quite a while now, but for those who still aren't clear about the playable character options, we might as well spill the proverbial beans (again).

You'll be playing as Commander Shepard, true. But you'll be able to customize his/her person entirely. From facial features to job class, from gender to skill sets. It is an RPG after all. Well, TPS-RPG, to be exact, but RPG nonetheless.

So who's the guy in the middle of the boxart? That's Commander Shepard himself. MD in our comments section pointed out that the one seen here is the default Shepard without the changes in appearance/gender, while the other two will be your sidekicks in your squad. Sorry for the, err, confusion, folks!

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# huh — Guest 2007-01-23 19:48

I wonder if the person who posted this even knows about this game....I don't see a girl version of Commander Shepard anywhere, those 2 on the sides are your allies...

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# lol — Guest 2007-01-23 20:55

Thats the defaut version of Commander Shepard in the middle, he can be customised how ever you want (even into a chick). The other two on the box are members of your squad

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# FPS whu? — Guest 2007-01-23 21:14

Since when did Mass Effect become an FPS-RPG?! FPS stands for First Person Shooter, and as far as I've been able to tell by the screens and vids, this game is most definitely played with a Third Person viewpoint.

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# \o/ — Guest 2007-01-24 01:27

Being a female of the species it'll be nice to have a heroine to play as. Masterchief is all well and good but sometimes i want to kick alien scum as my more natural form

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# Wow — Guest 2007-01-24 07:04

Some of the Poster's for QJ are reatarted.I Know more than them.

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# pff — Guest 2007-01-25 09:36

to be honest

im just gonna keep teh default character

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# ... — Guest 2007-01-25 12:28

yeah, im not, im all over customization

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