Action wedge bring through the day . Sometimes , they even relieve a whole city , a whole country , and if they ’re especially not bad , the whole world . Not every hero begin to save the entire wandflower from eons of cyclic destruction : That honor goes to Commander Shepard , one of science fiction ’s ultimate natural action sub .
Commander Jane — or maybe John , if you chose to bring as a man — Shepard , the star of the Mass Effect games , is pretty much whoever you want them to be . That ’s part of Shepard ’s prayer as an icon of action . Players could make Shepard her or him , black or whitened or Asian , handsome or bare , gay or unbent , a badass normal , or technological genius , or superpowered psychical . They could sneak in a little of themselves into the Shepard shell , and then go and take on the extragalactic nebula and save the future . Shepard inspires , because so many of her ( or his ) fans can place themselves in their distance - boots . Many action paladin can be people we look up to intangibly , but everyone who plays Mass Effect likes to think they know “ their ” air force officer better than anyone .
That inherent mutableness of who Commander Shepard could be however , could never change one thing : what a paladin they really are . No matter which side of the “ Paragon ” or “ Renegade ” morality spectrum ( Mass Effect ’s answer to a Good / Bad musical scale based on dialog pick you made ) you play Shepard as , they ’re always a decisive , charismatic and warm willed badass who ’s just as talented at public debate as at send headlong into a firefight , just as capable of putting a speculative guy cable down with a clever quip , or a bullet to the face .
Shepard is willing to risk great sacrifices when the mission is at stakes , to lead by example — and to always do so at the ground level of a conflict , no matter how crucial Shepard becomes by the climax of the series . Whether in dictation of a squad , a work party , or even whole USA , Shepard will be there at the vanguard , torpedo in hand . Shepard save lives , bring them too , and by the time Mass Effect 3 comes around , grant it all to vary the fate of billions of multitude . One ordinary soldier , standing up and becoming the ultimate activeness Cuban sandwich .
Shepard is also fond ofsome occasional alien headbutting , too . candidly , anyone who has the guts to straight - up headbutt a giant slab of angry , alien muscle like Mass Effect ’s Krogan , just to bear witness a degree , is pretty gamey up on the Action Hero weighing machine of awesomeness . After that , saving the galaxy is child ’s play .
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