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FemShep, Mass Effect 3 Salutes You
The upcoming Mass Effect 3 is to see the female incarnation of Commander Shepard play a more prominent role in marketing, thanks to persistent pestering from fans.
Everyone with any sense knows that despite the images on the box, website and indeed all marketing material, the correct way to play Mass Effect is with a female Commander Shepard. BioWare, it seems, has been listening to the very dedicated FemShep fans out there (she has her own website and everything) -- Director of Marketing David Silverman noted on Twitter this Tuesday that "there will be a #FemShep trailer. We actually had a meeting on her yesterday. We are working on the look now."
As well as having her own trailer, FemShep will also appear on the Collector's Edition box of Mass Effect 3 -- Silverman confirmed this after further fan pestering.
FemShep's popularity can be largely attributed to Jennifer Hale's excellent voice acting for the character. Alongside this, despite the growth of prominent female protagonists in gaming generally, it's still quite rare to see a developer go to the effort of recording all the lead character's dialog in both male and female incarnations. BioWare is still leading the way in this, with LadyHawke in Dragon Age II being the most recent example.
Yay equality!
