Mass Effect: Post your custom char's picture!

RepoMan · 11-22-2007, 08:44 PM

Kelvana Shepard. Only survivor of her colonial family's massacre. Ruthless renegade, master of intimidation, Vanguard Warp spammer, and general all-around hardass. Did you know your face needs a gun waved in it? Well, she knows, pal. SHE knows.

Bahimiron · 11-22-2007, 09:08 PM

Hugh Shepard.

The graphics in Mass Effect are pretty amazing, aren't they?

Andrew Mayer · 11-22-2007, 10:47 PM

Does he have Lupus?

Draikin · 11-22-2007, 10:59 PM

I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

theKevin · 11-22-2007, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Draikin

I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

Yeah, and Bioware lets us roleplay with whatever Shepard we want. I suppose you haven't changed your Shepard's armor or guns because you don't want to play dress-up or accessorize your Barbie.

Bahimiron · 11-22-2007, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Draikin

I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

So Bioware stuck in an extensive character visual customization system because we aren't supposed to use it.

Gotcha.

rjcc · 11-22-2007, 11:14 PM

also - seriously, every game needs a screenshot/replay feature.

mkozlows · 11-22-2007, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Draikin

I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

Fun burns you, doesn't it? Leaves little blisters on your pasty turn-based skin?

RepoMan · 11-23-2007, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Draikin

I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

Um... so role-playing has nothing whatsoever to do with what your character looks like? God knows I'm getting more into role-playing in Mass Effect because I know exactly where Kelvana got that scar on her cheekbone.

I'd say that playing all possible roles with an identical-looking character -- as you seemingly recommend -- is EXACTLY what Barbie is.

Anyway, enough Draikin idiocy -- post more pics, people! I know there are some truly amusing and/or well-designed faces out there. SHARE!

Aeon221 · 11-23-2007, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew Mayer

Does he have Lupus?

It's never lupus.

metta · 11-23-2007, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Draikin

I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

Ahhh... Never mind. It's been covered.

Draikin · 11-23-2007, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RepoMan

Um... so role-playing has nothing whatsoever to do with what your character looks like? God knows I'm getting more into role-playing in Mass Effect because I know exactly where Kelvana got that scar on her cheekbone.

I'd say that playing all possible roles with an identical-looking character -- as you seemingly recommend -- is EXACTLY what Barbie is.

Anyway, enough Draikin idiocy -- post more pics, people! I know there are some truly amusing and/or well-designed faces out there. SHARE!

If you're roleplaying, you're wearing a helmet so it doesn't matter. They all have the same body anyway.

madkevin · 11-23-2007, 09:08 AM

At this point, I'm not sure you know what the word "roleplaying" means. Or "helmet", for that matter.

tromik · 11-23-2007, 09:32 AM

This is the NMA guy, right?

DustyTheHamster · 11-23-2007, 02:08 PM

Picture coming when my copy arrives, should be soon.

tromik- yes, he's probably upset it's not an isometric view.

hong · 11-23-2007, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Draikin

If you're roleplaying, you're wearing a helmet so it doesn't matter. They all have the same body anyway.

Please to note that "helmet" is not always a euphemism for "foreskin".

Hope this helps!

Lum · 11-24-2007, 04:33 PM

Between both of these guys, guns will be shoved in faces.

Also, my Garrus is using a sniper rifle. I mean, he's already got the eyepiece and everything.

theKevin · 11-24-2007, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lum

Between both of these guys, guns will be shoved in faces.

Also, my Garrus is using a sniper rifle. I mean, he's already got the eyepiece and everything.

Your guy actually looks badass, except for his double-chin. I didn't know the Normandy could fit through the McDonald's drive-through.

JAGuarinc · 11-24-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by theKevin

Your guy actually looks badass, except for his double-chin. I didn't know the Normandy could fit through the McDonald's drive-through.

It's a space McDonald's.

tromik · 11-24-2007, 07:15 PM

I kinda made my guy look like me, except I accidentally gave him huge, high cheekbones. If you ignore the beard and the top portion of the head, he kinda looks looks like a chick.

Midnight Son · 11-24-2007, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Draikin

I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

No dressing up Rock Band characters for you!

tromik · 11-24-2007, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Midnight Son

No dressing up Rock Band characters for you!

What? A game based completely on having fun? He'd never touch that in a million years.

Lum · 11-24-2007, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by theKevin

Your guy actually looks badass, except for his double-chin. I didn't know the Normandy could fit through the McDonald's drive-through.

He kills anyone who makes fun of his chin. With his SHOTGUN.

(It's an artifact of crappy cellphone camera lighting. As best as I know, you can't make a fat character, sadly.)

theKevin · 11-24-2007, 08:02 PM

tromik · 11-24-2007, 08:44 PM

Okay, so you can't see his awesome she-bones there, but he does kinda, sorta look like me. Only my beard is like 8x longer.

As you can kinda see, I'm basically playing this guy as a paladin. The renegade bit was from a sacrifice I had to make in self defense.

Bahimiron · 11-24-2007, 11:25 PM

I enjoyed playing around with the character creation feature. I messed with it aimlessly for a while before realizing that I'd created a guy who looked a lot like an orangutan. So I started over and went into it with a purpose. To make a guy who looks like Hugh Laurie. No pics, I'm afraid, but sure enough, he looks spot on like Bertie Wooster. 'Cept for the fro. Sadly, he looks like he's about 40, when Shepard is really supposed to be 29. Whoops.

It was pretty refreshing to be able to make a character that wasn't hideous. In Oblivion my girlfriend worked for over an hour before she was able to make a character that didn't look like she'd just had the wrappings removed after six months in the burn ward.

Don't even get me started on Saint's Row. Maybe it was possible to make a guy who looked good, but when I saw how big you could make the ears, I ended up making a character that looked like a Dick Tracy villain and named him Tardface McGonagle.

Lunch of Kong · 11-25-2007, 05:39 AM

Jane is both an adept and a part-time hand model.

Jack is a soldier and descendant of Genghis Khan, but he is pissed off.

This is because the only action a gay marine can get in space is from an androgynous alien.

Midnight Son · 11-25-2007, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by tromik

What? A game based completely on having fun? He'd never touch that in a million years.

Fun? What is this of which you speaketh?

Moore · 11-25-2007, 01:14 PM

XPav · 11-25-2007, 01:35 PM

I could not make anyone that didn't look stupid.

So I went with the default.

11-22-2007, 08:44 PM	#1
RepoMan New Romantic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Playing the "New Dad" game 24/7 for the win. Gamertag: Rodeolio Posts: 7,954	Mass Effect: Post your custom char's picture! Kelvana Shepard. Only survivor of her colonial family's massacre. Ruthless renegade, master of intimidation, Vanguard Warp spammer, and general all-around hardass. Did you know your face needs a gun waved in it? Well, she knows, pal. SHE knows.

11-24-2007, 08:44 PM	#25
tromik New Romantic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada XBL Gamertag: tromik Posts: 8,270	Okay, so you can't see his awesome she-bones there, but he does kinda, sorta look like me. Only my beard is like 8x longer. As you can kinda see, I'm basically playing this guy as a paladin. The renegade bit was from a sacrifice I had to make in self defense. Last edited by tromik; 11-24-2007 at 08:53 PM..

11-22-2007, 09:08 PM	#2
Bahimiron How To Go Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: bahimiron Posts: 12,827	Hugh Shepard. The graphics in Mass Effect are pretty amazing, aren't they?

11-22-2007, 10:47 PM	#3
Andrew Mayer World's End Supernova Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 16,667	Does he have Lupus?

11-22-2007, 10:59 PM	#4
Draikin Hustle Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 403	I'm playing with Bioware's version of Shepard. It's supposed to be a RPG, not a Barbie game.

11-22-2007, 11:14 PM	#7
rjcc Social Worker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: in j00r base killing j00r dudez. or something Gamertag: Rjcc Posts: 2,604	also - seriously, every game needs a screenshot/replay feature.

11-23-2007, 09:08 AM	#13
madkevin New Romantic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kitchener-Waterloo Posts: 6,630	At this point, I'm not sure you know what the word "roleplaying" means. Or "helmet", for that matter.

11-23-2007, 09:32 AM	#14
tromik New Romantic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada XBL Gamertag: tromik Posts: 8,270	This is the NMA guy, right?

11-23-2007, 02:08 PM	#15
DustyTheHamster Spinning Toe Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Outside of my cage Gamertag/PSN:DustyTheHamster Posts: 546	Picture coming when my copy arrives, should be soon. tromik- yes, he's probably upset it's not an isometric view.

11-24-2007, 04:33 PM	#17
Lum New Romantic Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Delirium, Texas Posts: 7,695	Between both of these guys, guns will be shoved in faces. Also, my Garrus is using a sniper rifle. I mean, he's already got the eyepiece and everything.

11-24-2007, 07:15 PM	#20
tromik New Romantic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada XBL Gamertag: tromik Posts: 8,270	I kinda made my guy look like me, except I accidentally gave him huge, high cheekbones. If you ignore the beard and the top portion of the head, he kinda looks looks like a chick.

11-24-2007, 08:02 PM	#24
theKevin Spinning Toe Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 629

11-24-2007, 11:25 PM	#26
Bahimiron How To Go Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: bahimiron Posts: 12,827	I enjoyed playing around with the character creation feature. I messed with it aimlessly for a while before realizing that I'd created a guy who looked a lot like an orangutan. So I started over and went into it with a purpose. To make a guy who looks like Hugh Laurie. No pics, I'm afraid, but sure enough, he looks spot on like Bertie Wooster. 'Cept for the fro. Sadly, he looks like he's about 40, when Shepard is really supposed to be 29. Whoops. It was pretty refreshing to be able to make a character that wasn't hideous. In Oblivion my girlfriend worked for over an hour before she was able to make a character that didn't look like she'd just had the wrappings removed after six months in the burn ward. Don't even get me started on Saint's Row. Maybe it was possible to make a guy who looked good, but when I saw how big you could make the ears, I ended up making a character that looked like a Dick Tracy villain and named him Tardface McGonagle.

11-25-2007, 05:39 AM	#27
Lunch of Kong How To Go Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, TX. XBOX: Wonginator Posts: 10,842	Jane is both an adept and a part-time hand model. Jack is a soldier and descendant of Genghis Khan, but he is pissed off. This is because the only action a gay marine can get in space is from an androgynous alien.

11-25-2007, 01:14 PM	#29
Moore New Romantic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: S. Carolina Gamertag: fulci zombi Posts: 8,945

11-25-2007, 01:35 PM	#30
XPav How To Go Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 10,786	I could not make anyone that didn't look stupid. So I went with the default.

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