Was Female Shepard in Mass Effect 1?
Particularly in the Case of Mass Effect 1, the Default Male Shepard Is Who Appears in the Center of Much of the Game's Art and Other Marketing Elements. It...
Particularly in the case of Mass Effect 1, the default male Shepard is who appears in the center of much of the game's art and other marketing elements. It wasn't until Mass Effect 3 that female Shepard became more prominently featured in the series' advertisements.
Is Shepard canonically female?
Share All sharing options for: Mass Effect's Commander Shepard was created as a woman. Commander Shepard, the player-created hero of BioWare's Mass Effect trilogy, began life as a woman, developer Jonathan Cooper revealed on Twitter today. ... The character is clearly a woman.
Should I play as a male or female in Mass Effect?
It's totally OK to be a man, and in most circumstances, it's perfectly OK to choose to play a male character in a video game when given multiple gender options. Many men find it very affirming of their identity to see their body type and masculine presentation reflected by their choice of on-screen simulacrum.
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