Mass Effect 2 stats show players prefer manly grunts

25 November 2010

Maybe I’m just weird, but although I’m female, I almost always play male characters in games if I’m given the choice. On the other hand, I’ve always been under the impression that most guys will play female characters under similar circumstances. 

Bioware’s pushed out some player stats for Mass Effect 2, and it turns out I’m totally wrong about that. According to their findings, 82% of players choose a male Shepard character. He does have a nice bum, though.

Also – and this is somewhat surprising to me – the Soldier class is apparently “far and away” the most popular of the six available, coming in at a 65% preference. Do you people not know about the Infiltrator or what?

Other stats include (SPOILERS):

83% of players created their own face for Shepard

Garrus was among the most popular squad member selected for missions

10% of players never let Grunt out of his tank

Only 50% of players have fully upgraded the Normandy by the end game

14% of squad members die in the end-game on average

36% of players sided with Cerberus in the end-game

 

 

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