EA yesterday announced the Mass Effect Legendary Edition would be released on Xbox on 14th May 2021.
While BioWare's original trilogy had its high and low points over the years, many fans are more than happy to see the series return. This includes the voice actor of FemShep, Jennifer Hale, who was incredibly "moved" to see her character featured in EA's trailer.
Here's her reaction, where she also makes reference to the voice actor Mark Meer - the guy who provides the voice for the male version of Commander Shepard.
Speaking to Polygon, the Legendary Edition's environment and character director Kevin Meek noted how the "iconic" female version of Shepard from Mass Effect 3 would this time be playable from the get-go. As you might recall, this version of the character wasn't officially introduced until the third entry.
FemShep's character model has also been improved - with some slight changes to her face and a model that will now "catch the light better":
“I think she was a really good example of an ME3 character that, you know, had still some room for improvement”
“She competes more with the iconic male Shepherd in terms of overall quality now”
Are you as excited as FemShep's voice actor is for the return of Mass Effect? Leave a comment down below.
[source twitter.com]
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I expected more from this, but I'll get it anyway. Favorite game series ever.
Been awhile since I’ve played the series, it was great and groundbreaking. But I recall rolling with Femshep in all three entries..... maybe they’re just talking about voice acting? I honestly don’t remember if my FemShep had voice in ME1&2, but I do know I rolled with her - she was my renegade adept through the whole series and still have the save files.
@Dm9982 I seem to recall ME3 was the first time FemShep was officially marketed, even had a reversible cover for her.
Here's the exact line from Polygon:
"environment and character director Kevin Meek noted that the iconic female version of Shepard wasn’t introduced until Mass Effect 3"
@Liam_Doolan I had to double check to make sure, but you could indeed create a Femshep in ME1-3, but it was likely not marketed as such. Jennifer Hale even voiced her back then as well.
A quick google search of Mass Effect 1 Female Shepard pulls up the results.
This all said, it wasn’t Marketed as such, Femshep was not “official” inside the story, and wasn’t a default option. You had to do character customization just to access her, which many may have over looked. The canon story for ME1-2 featured a male Shepard.
Jennifer Hale is just awesome.
@Dm9982 You could roll her in all 3, but she got her iconic look in ME3. If you look at ME1 and ME2 default femshep, she looked completely different, whereas Sheploo looked pretty much the same in all 3.
Edit: PC has a mod that allows you to put ME3 femshep model in ME1&2.
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