Utlimate facepalm: Mass Effect 3’s FemShep Cover

I am tired. JUST tired of people making a big deal out of this..What am I talking about? Well I will give you a brief summary.

Mass Effect 3

On March 6th of 2012, the final trilogy to the Mass Effect series will arrive. Mass Effect 3 has brought excitement to all fans, including myself. The basic story is that you play as Commander Shepard, male or female, and your mission is to save the world from the Reapers and Collectors. The decisions you make in the game will change the game, your Shepard, and your crew. It’s a wonderful roleplaying game and I love playing it and making different stories with different outcomes.

Now here’s the thing, the covers of the games have always shown Male Shepard and Female Shepard, (fans like to call FemShep). This time, Bioware listened to the fans. So for the Collectors Edition of Mass Effect 3, the cover art will have a Female Shepard. Last month, during the week of Comic Con, Bioware put up a poll of what the Female Shepard would look like. Here were the choices:

These were the choices that the fans had to choose from.

Here’s the thing, the fans get to choose who will be on the cover of the game, not Bioware. Whoever had the highest votes would be the chosen one. Now..the winner of these 6 choices was Shepard number 5, or the Blonde one (I couldn’t find a good quality picture that had the number choices. )

BOY, did that struck a cord with some fans. This article..made me angry because of how close-minded and how stereotypical this woman was about Blonde women in video game. http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/07/27/mass-effect-3-death-to-blonde-shepard/

Here’s my thing…in the game, you are allowed to import your FemShep that you created from Mass Effect into Mass Effect 2, into Mass Effect 3. Some people are getting pissed off saying, “Oh this isn’t the original femshep” or “Why is blonde? That’s not original” and more whining. NOW. I will say it again, you can import your Shepard that you had in previous games and keep the way you like your Shep. YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE THE BLONDE ONE, FOR GOODNESS SAKE! It’s just a fucking game cover! A GAME COVER. I put my game covers on my shelf when I’m not playing. I could give two shits about a Blonde Shep. I don’t care. My main FemShep is black and do you see me complain? Nope, because I care about the story, the gameplay, characters, and the decisions I make in the past that will affect the game. I am a gamer, therefor, I play video games for the enjoyment. Not because of some damn cover. I am still going to buy the Collector’s Edition because I want all the cool stuff  like, THE GAME, soundtracks, new weapons, a poster, and figurines. I am a big Mass Effect fan so of course I want that stuff!

All I am saying is that everyone that plays Mass Effect has a different Shepard. It may not look like everyone’s which is good. It makes each Shepard unique. You can’t please everyone, but it is so disheartening that some fans of the game are complaining about the game cover for the Collector’s Edition, when you should be excited about the game and importing your Shepard or make a new Shepard and continuing the awesome story. If you don’t like the cover THAT MUCH, don’t buy the Collectors Edition. And you know what, if the Blonde Shep didn’t win and one of the other 5 were chosen, people would be still complaining. To end this, all I have to say is..IT’S JUST A GAME.