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[DarkChronic]

So wait, did we confirm the spelling of this? Definitely Ryder and not Rider?

 

[Whom_Gods_Annoy]

and the best one lost

This one lost for a reason.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

If you don't make a male Ryder and make him look like Nic Cage, then call him first name Ghost you and I won't get along.

 

[Village]

This one lost for a reason, and the redhead won for a reason too.

Explain to me why? Tell me these reasons?

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

the redhead won, can't top a redhead.

Actually the blonde won originally. BioWare redid the poll later because the redhead was their preferred choice.

 

[diaspora]

Explain to me why? Tell me these reasons?

Blonde, white, idk.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

To be fair she actually qualified as a blond haired shep then got a hair select poll and went redhead

Actually the blonde won originally. BioWare redid the poll later because the redhead was their preferred choice.

Still counts. Redheads win.

 

[Whom_Gods_Annoy]

Explain to me why? Tell me these reasons?

The one that lost looks so edgy you could mistake it for parody.

 

[Man Called Aerodynamics]

Still counts. Redheads win.

BioWare made her the default Shep by fiat because she was their favorite design. Which is their right. But she did not win.

 

[diaspora]

The one that lost looks so edgy you could mistake it for parody, and the redhead won because redheads.

The white blonde won. Red was chosen among the hair colours for white femshepard after.

 

[Whom_Gods_Annoy]

The white blonde won. Red was chosen among the hair colours for white femshepard after.

Realized that, edited my post. I have not been on point today.

 

[Sephzilla]

This one lost for a reason, and the redhead won for a reason too.

The redhead didn't actually win, if I remember right. A blonde haired one won out, and then a bunch of people on the internet complained and instead of having a really attractive blonde haired FemShep we had a very attractive redhead FemShep

 

[Garlador]

Gonna be a lot of people naming their characters Dick.

Richard "Ryder" is already the greatest space hero.

 

[Kinyou]

and the best one lost

Femshep has to have red hair. Deep in your heart you know that as well

 

[The Strokes]

Spring? not a chance in motherfucking hell.


This is going to be delayed at least two times.

 

[Coffinhal]

Yves knows it could be his last E3

I hope they manage to get some kind of investor that isn't Vivendi

 

[SDBurton]

FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Mine will, of course, be Zack Ryder.

Obligatory

 

[bunkitz]

Ryder. I like it. I'll trust them regarding the release date. Hopefully, my trust isn't going to be misplaced.

 

[Lakitu]

I really like Ryder's design. Looks nice.

 

[grosvenor_92]

Is there a reason this wasn't said yesterday during the conference ? Still looking forward to it however

 

[BasilZero]

Came here to see Zack Ryder comments.

Was not disappointed at all

 

[NightShift]

So Ryder and guyRy then?

 

[diaspora]

So Ryder and guyRy then?

Guyder

...Rydbro?

 

[entremet]

So will this mean MaleRyder willhave the superior VA lol?

Going by ME's history.

 

[Lime]

Should've made her non-white though.

 

[Goldrush]

So Ryder and guyRy then?

Rydim

 

[diaspora]

Should've made her non-white though.

She looks Persian/ light Indian.

 

[Kazuhira]

Fem Ryder named Winona confirmed canonical playthrough

Winona forever!

 

[kanuuna]

Has there been a single Frostbyte game with decent looking hair? I don't want to play a bald hero again.

 

[diaspora]

Has there been a single Frostbyte game with decent looking hair? I don't want to play a bald hero again.

Frostbite? No, though Bioware hasn't really done a current-gen only title before.

 

[jediyoshi]

Has there been a single Frostbyte game with decent looking hair? I don't want to play a bald hero again.

Waiting for the cross promotion where I can play as Faith Ryder

 

[Lime]

Yes, both scanned faces.

How does scanned faces work with character creators? Are we just talking animations or are the textures better on the default one rather than custom?

She looks Persian/ light Indian.

I'm bad with racializing people, but she looks standard white woman with brown/red hair from the brief snippet we got.

 

[Crimsonsky]

Nice, saves a few clicks going straight to Jennifer Hale. Sorry Mark, love ya man, but Jennifer straight brought it to the Mass Effect series. We are getting Ms. Hale, right? Please?

 

[Lime]

Female and Male animation in Inquisition were different so hopefully we're good. I'd actually say the Male animation was inferior in that game.

lol no, they were so many times where the female option would have the male animation in cutscenes and dialogue. Shoulders forward, walking like the character rides a horse. It was really jarring and terrible.

best examples:

Nice, saves a few clicks going straight to Jennifer Hale. Sorry Mark, love ya man, but Jennifer straight brought it to the Mass Effect series. We are getting Ms. Hale, right? Please?

Be reasonable. It would be ridiculous to have FemShep voice another main character in the series.

 

[Dangansona]

I feel like there a few cases where some of the things Gaffers are calling for regarding female characters is a bit much(mostly replacing existing characters), but this is absolutely awesome to make female Ryder the default character.

 

[Daemul]

The redhead didn't actually win, if I remember right. A blonde haired one won out, and then a bunch of people on the internet complained and instead of having a really attractive blonde haired FemShep we had a very attractive redhead FemShep

I voted for Blonde Femshep and I remember being so salty at this at first, but then I remembered that Bioware can't make good looking blonde hair to save their lives so it was probably for the best, hell they can't make good looking hair period, look at that shit on FemRy's head, it looks like plastic.

Also wtf, FemRy looks so much like Ashley, even their armour is similar.

 

[Ophelion]

lol no, they were so many times where the female option would have the male animation in cutscenes and dialogue. Shoulders forward, walking like the character rides a horse. It was really jarring and terrible.

best examples:

Maybe it's just because I'm a man and I'm missing something subtle as a result, but both of those look fine to me.

 

[Winters_Solace]

lol no, they were so many times where the female option would have the male animation in cutscenes and dialogue. Shoulders forward, walking like the character rides a horse. It was really jarring and terrible.

I should say I was only talking about the movement animation, compared to how FemShep moved in ME 2&3. But yeah, of course theres still room for improvement.

 

[televator]

there was a better one than that, where did you find this?

EDIT: #6

It didn't matter in the end, because the in game face was an absolute nightmare abomination. We all lost. lol

 

[prag16]

Close enough

Spoiler

Still naming him Dick Ryder

We'll also accept Rod Rider, Willy Rider, and Johnson Rider.

Classy versions... Rodney, Wilson, and... Johnson.

 

[BrassDragon]

Might help to put the interview in the OP so more people can see the source of this information.

Linky.

 

[Sunset Samurai]

The next victory will be when they remove the option for a male character.

Um why would they get rid of choices?

 

[Tovarisc]

The next victory will be when they remove the option for a male character.

What? Victory for what or who?

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

I propose we drop FemRyder and just assume Ryder is the lady one.

DudeRyder for the alternative!

Mine will, of course, be Zack Ryder.

Same here.

 

[DocSeuss]

Didn't like only 15% of the audience play as FemShep? Why are people acting like she's so great?

 

[Fbh]

Spring? not a chance in motherfucking hell.


This is going to be delayed at least two times.

It's all part of the plan.

Next year we will get more office shots and some people talking about how great the game will be but how they need more time to finish it. But EA will go all out and add tons of CGI to the backgrounds and establishing shots

 

[BrassDragon]

Didn't like only 15% of the audience play as FemShep? Why are people acting like she's so great?

This has been discussed in the other thread but a plausible theory is that players just go with whatever is the default option at character creation, which in the ME trilogy was the male soldier.... and we see the statistics heavily skewed in that direction.

It'll be interesting to see what changing the default option does to these stats.

Also Jennifer Hale's memorable delivery and the non-gender specific writing made FemShep a fairly unique character in gaming canon.

 

[The Faceless Master]

MasRyder

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Didn't like only 15% of the audience play as FemShep? Why are people acting like she's so great?

18% of online players of ME3.

I never got it either. Vocal minority was strong with it. That said I'm pumped to play as female Ryder

 

[Sou Da]

This has been discussed in the other thread but a plausible theory is that players just go with whatever is the default option at character creation, which in the ME trilogy was the male soldier.... and we see the statistics heavily skewed in that direction.

It'll be interesting to see what changing the default option does to these stats.

It's not a plausible, it's the plain truth. Unless you also think that Soldier was the most fun class for the majority of players.