r/masseffect • u/jazz4717 • Jun 22 '25

NEWS Tv Series

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I guess they are going with the game script

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

Honestly, I was hoping for a prequel show about the First Contact War or Anderson's story, leading up to the events of ME1. I would rather not watch a direct TV adaptation of the trilogy about Shepard since it's an RPG series where we make our own choices as a player when it comes to making difficult choices that lead to consequences throughout the story, picking a romance option, etc.

Edited: I'll give this show a chance when it comes out eventually and it could bring new fans who never played the games before, but I'm still very skeptical.

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u/EconomyAd1600 Jun 23 '25

My main concern is Shepard. Every single thing about them is defined by player choice. They can reaffirm it’s non canon up and down, if femshep players see maleshep it is gonna sting a bit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '25

As a Male Shepard player, I would feel so bad for people who plays a Female Shepard if that happens.

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u/Speckfresser Jun 23 '25

Plot twist, they go for a twins approach and put both MShep and FemShep in the show.

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u/ApepiOfDuat Jun 23 '25

Then they both die and Conrad Verner is the protagonist for the rest of the show.

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u/AdamMc66 Javik Jun 23 '25 edited Mar 18 '26

Redact - This comment has been redacted in the name of user privacy - Redact

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u/Gaelenmyr Garrus Jun 23 '25

Eh, we women are used to it.

But honestly I still wouldn't mind seeing mShep only as long as the series is good.

Also we are still grateful for BioWare for creating a female main charracter with a full voice acting for a massive IP. That wasn't really a norm in mid 2000s.

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u/I_pegged_your_father Jun 23 '25

Who is “we”? Lets not be overly grateful for things we should already have when able. Yes, its nice, cool, but we don’t need to overly compliment them for it. “Eh women are used to it”? Nah. Don’t be like that.

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u/Gaelenmyr Garrus Jun 23 '25

Why not? I am talking about 2000s not 2020s. We didn't have fully voiced, customizable female main characters in a big IP back then. Lara Croft, Samus, Bayonetta were rare examples amongst countless male MCs.

Regardless, statistics say mShep was chosen more, it's only fair that mShep exists in a Mass Effect live action series. Choosing fShep wouldn't be fair to them, and vice versa.

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u/I_pegged_your_father Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

Theres a decent amount of games from back then that had fem mc option that just weren’t voiced. And not every game has customizable shit in their style. I feel like you’re talking about the 90’s or sum. My point is, yeah, we didn’t have a A LOT of female mcs, but mass effect wasn’t the first or anything and it was a thing that needed to happen anyways and we shouldn’t go around being like oh “we’re grateful” because that makes it sound so…dick ridey. Also just really focuses on complimenting them for it. When we don’t need to compliment them for it. We shouldn’t have to celebrate every nice thing we get. Like its some extra bonus and not a thing we deserve to have.

They edited their message btw

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u/Gaelenmyr Garrus Jun 23 '25

Okay. I'm not gonna stress myself over this. Good night

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u/I_pegged_your_father Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

k.

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u/Crooty Miranda Jun 23 '25

Also everyone is gonna sound and look different, its gonna be weird as hell

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u/Chazo138 Jun 23 '25

Don’t see why…it’s basically like watching another persons playthrough on a livestream or something. It’s not like the show is gonna be definitive canon. ME doesn’t work like that

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u/harrumphstan Jun 23 '25

Agreed. I don’t need the validation of the show’s choices for my own playthroughs. I’m not going to pout if Shep isn’t a pistol, half-nova Vanguard at the end of the series. I’ll just think the showrunners gave us a less than best version of Shep and watch the story anyway. I want ME to enter the cultural zeitgeist like GoT did, and if my Shep isn’t on the screen, so fucking what? Someone else’s is, and I’m cool with that for them.

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u/Quentin_Taranteemo Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

>if femshep players see maleshep it is gonna sting a bit.

And the opposite. I play the default ME1 FemShep on the og trilogy and the default MELE FemShep on the LE. So the pale redhead we all know and love. I romance Kaidan every time, save my original run on the Xbox 360 where I picked Liara. I usually go Paragorn, with a side of Renegade.

I also have some saves as BroShep, where I play Vanderloo Shep. I romance Tali, still a mix of Paragorn and Renegade.

I'm a Spacer War Hero. I always save the Council, I never let anyone die on the Suicide Mission and I mod my ME3 ending.

The story is never going to be mine. What's the point in watching it? Are they doing it for non-gamers? Then why the hell adapt the game story, which changes based on players because...it's a game with choices??

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u/EconomyAd1600 Jun 23 '25

Exactly. I’m a maleshep player, but I’d be lying if I said femshep wasn’t just as popular as maleshep. Hell, she might even be more popular thanks to Jennifer Hale’s performance.

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u/Quentin_Taranteemo Jun 23 '25

Oh we have proof that BroShep is still what the majority of people play. Bioware released the stats. It's just that online people are really vocal about FemShep. But while in the og trilogy Male Shep was like more than 80%, in the LE it was still 68% or something like that.

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u/TheFlyingSheeps Jun 23 '25

Give us both and make em siblings

Jokes aside they’ll probably just do the popular picks and choices for their decisions.

My problem with video game adaptations is always the voices. You grow to love the character, and their voice is a big part of it. Garrus isn’t the same without his voice, same with Shep

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u/EconomyAd1600 Jun 23 '25

That still doesn’t mean I’d be okay seeing femshep players shafted like that.

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u/Quentin_Taranteemo Jun 23 '25

And again, the opposite. MaleShep players would be annoyed as that wouldn't be their Shepard.

It's why making it about Shepard is stupid.

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u/The_Final_Gunslinger Jun 23 '25

There is very little chance of them making anybody happy if they do Shepard's story. If they go bro or fem, paragon or renegade, it'll be different than what people want.

I agree, they should have gone with new characters or story in the world. Though they did try it with DA. I don't know who was in charge of that one but they didn't even shoot the arrow in the right direction, let alone hit the mark.

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u/Captain_Thor27 Jun 23 '25

I wouldn't mind seeing more recent statistics from Bioware.

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u/JunonsHopeful Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 25 '25

I played maleshep and I would honestly LOVE for them to go with femshep for the Series, or rather just cast for both and pick whichever actor is best.