But those are just casual dressing to wear only on the ship, correct? Of course she wouldn't be wearing that in combat; neither would the male Shepard. What's wrong with it? The fact that she's a woman wearing a dress? Women don't wear dresses?

I play a Male Shepard but if you can get a dress, I'll play Female Shepard.

I want that jacket IRL so hard. I expect this to be on the Bioware Store soon. That shit is so cash.
 
And we do need an ignore feature. I don't want to see the Mass Effect or Bioware forums ever if this type of drama is going to keep up.
 
"Breaking News! Mass Effect 3 just went gold! What? Why gold? Is Bioware saying Mass Effect 3 is better than any other game? Why not bronze or silver? Fucking Bioware".

Yeah, dude. You can't have strong fictional women wearing sexy clothes because that makes you a misogynist. They have to wear the same clothes as the men because that's equal and everything has to be equal. Also you can't have stereotypical negroes or homosexuals in fiction because if you do you are clearly a racist homophobe. Never mind the fact that strong women might want to wear feminine, revealing clothes or that there are black dudes and gay people who fit the stereotypes exactly (also, never mind that this doesn't even matter anyway because it's fiction for fuck's sake, which means you can do whatever the fuck you like -- you do not have to portray women, negroes or homosexuals realistically, and you certainly don't have to be prejudiced towards them or hate them to enjoy the idea of them wearing certain things or acting certain ways). Those people are not real human beings and do not deserve to be portrayed because that shit is offensive and anyone who doesn't mind is clearly an intolerant prejudiced hate-filled under-educated scumbag who thinks everyone that isn't a caucasian male is a waste of space that pollutes society and will burn forever come Judgment Day.

And they call this "equality". Take your retarded "equality" and stick it up your ass where it belongs.

@Dallas_Raines: oho yes turn it back around on me! surely that will enable me to see the error of my ways.

@Vinny_Says: sure, but I don't think a party in that dress would be the same type of party that you would wear the jacket for.

@Animasta: Yeah your right that is crap, why can femshep get a dope ass jacket.

@zyn said:

I play a Male Shepard but if you can get a dress, I'll play Female Shepard.

I will only play a female Sheppard if you can get a chearleader outfit.

we're the tunnel snakes

Do you have something personal against ME 3?

I mean, there are so many worse examples of sexism in games, but this is what gets you riled up?

Not a big deal, but a cocktail dress is a bit silly. Something less formal and still feminine could be better... But is not like that fact can be changed at this point. It matters very little also.

HOWEVER...Expecting women to be more like men in order to be cool is kinda on the other side of sexist ( yup, there's two opposite, extreme sides). It's a complicated issue and a thin line indeed.

Whilst I think that it's hilariously ludicrous that a) Manshep would have a leather jacket with his Special Forces rank on it like some sort of casual menswear brand or b) Femshep would turn up to her trial in front of the Alliance Admiralty in a cocktail dress, I'm not really getting the 'omg sexism' angle that much. They're both silly alternate outfits - equality through sillyness! It's not like Anderson promptly slapped her in the face and told her to stay in the kitchen or something, it's just a dress.  
 
I do echo the sentiment that I kinda want that jacket to be real and purchasable though.

wait. i just checked the mass effect 3 forums and found this

I think your complaint is null and void now, and honestly i think this hoodie is way more dope than his jacket

Heh, Paragon, you guys.

the bonus should have been someone suggesting that shepard wear a dress & her punching them out of a fucking window.

I doubt being sexist was there intention but that does suck. The jacket is so much cooler, why cant she have it as well. @BraveToaster said:

@Animasta said:

@BraveToaster: also I'm not a man but men are offended by this too

You were born a male. No matter how many operations you get, you'll still be a male.

Wow dude, uncalled for. That is really mean and disrespectful.

SHUTUP DUDE ITS JUST COZ MALE SHEP IS CANON THAT SHES DRESSED LIKE A HOOKER LOL BITCH ITS TOTALLY IN THE COMIX

@Dagbiker said:

@zyn said:

I play a Male Shepard but if you can get a dress, I'll play Female Shepard.

I will only play a female Sheppard if you can get a chearleader outfit.

A cheerleader outfit would be a bonus for me.

@Matiaz_Tapia said:

Not a big deal, but a cocktail dress is a bit silly. Something less formal and still feminine could be better... But is not like that fact can be changed at this point. It matters very little also.

HOWEVER...Expecting women to be more like men in order to be cool is kinda on the other side of sexist as well. It's a complicated issue and a thin line indeed.

you're right of course, but it would still be a better compromise than that silly dress.

@jillsandwich: also thank you I was waiting for someone to get that D:

wait. i just checked the mass effect 3 forums and found this

I think your complaint is null and void now, and honestly i think this hoodie is way more dope than his jacket

@Jimbo said:

SHUTUP DUDE ITS JUST COZ MALE SHEP IS CANON THAT SHES DRESSED LIKE A HOOKER LOL BITCH ITS TOTALLY IN THE COMIX

MALE SHEP IS REALLY A SHE?!

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Thoseposers said:

wait. i just checked the mass effect 3 forums and found this

I think your complaint is null and void now, and honestly i think this hoodie is way more dope than his jacket

...Well then.

is that the same reward as the jacket though? I saw that and I thought someone said it was for something else. if not than I retract my complaints

AH FUCK BIOWARE! 
 
WHY do you have to STEREOTYPE Shephard as a leather-jacket-wearing MACHO MAN greaser THUG! 
 
Not ALL MEN like to be MACHO! 
 
SEXIST!

@Animasta: i haven't been paying attention to this stuff too much so you may be right that the hoodie is for something else

Yeah I'd rather see a nice leather jacket or something for her, but I don't really care since my Shepard is one bad motherfucker (that is to say modeled completely after Samuel L. Jackson).

That's one ugly dress.

@Animasta said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Thoseposers said:

wait. i just checked the mass effect 3 forums and found this

I think your complaint is null and void now, and honestly i think this hoodie is way more dope than his jacket

...Well then.

is that the same reward as the jacket though? I saw that and I thought someone said it was for something else. if not than I retract my complaints

The hoody is separate. I think you get it with the Collector's Edition.

@FreakAche said:

@Animasta said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Thoseposers said:

wait. i just checked the mass effect 3 forums and found this

I think your complaint is null and void now, and honestly i think this hoodie is way more dope than his jacket

...Well then.

is that the same reward as the jacket though? I saw that and I thought someone said it was for something else. if not than I retract my complaints

The hoody is separate. I think you get it with the Collector's Edition.

my complaint still stands!

hoody is still sweet though

The correct solution is to put manshep in full leather bondage.

The non-combat outfits Shepard has had available throughout the series have never been overtly sexual, just inoffensive future-casual stuff. This would be kind of fun if there was a way to swap outfits and get maleshep into that cocktail dress and heels for his off-hours schmoozing, but the reality is that BioWare knows their target audience and aren't ashamed to pander to them. Videogames!

@Toms115 said:

we're the tunnel snakes

Oh my Jesus....  This thread is over.

My FemShep wore the dress included in one of the DLCs onboard the Normandy for most of Mass Effect 2. What the fuck is wrong with women in dresses? It's not like she's wearing it while fighting.

@LordXavierBritish said:

The correct solution is to put manshep in full leather bondage.

I am down for this

@Rolyatkcinmai: the dress in ME2's counterpart was a tuxedo.

@Jimbo said:

SHUTUP DUDE ITS JUST COZ MALE SHEP IS CANON THAT SHES DRESSED LIKE A HOOKER LOL BITCH ITS TOTALLY IN THE COMIX

MALE SHEP IS REALLY A SHE?!

women are sexist then because in the real civilized world they give many more shits about there appernces than men do, they spend billions on makeup hair products and dresses, they put them selves through hell to look as good as possible. men don't wear make up, they jsut slap on jeans and a shirt and maybe a jacket. it takes real effort and work to wear dresses and heels. therefore women are sexist to themselves because they willingly put themselves through hell not just to impress males, but to impress other females and make them envious.

own the world, hack the world, fuck the world.

Star Trek

It's more sexist that male Shep does not get to wear a dress. Whatever happened to gender equality?

I'm thinking about joining CL60's petition for an 'Ignore' button.

I sometimes seriously wonder if certain people in these forums have ever ventured outside their homes and into the real world. Because this, this is not something to get upset about.

Just include a nude mod with the Collector's Edition and be done with it.

@megalowho said:

The non-combat outfits Shepard has had available throughout the series have never been overtly sexual, just inoffensive future-casual stuff. This would be kind of fun if there was a way to swap outfits and get maleshep into that cocktail dress and heels for his off-hours schmoozing, but the reality is that BioWare knows their target audience and aren't ashamed to pander to them. Videogames!

Funny thing is, I find women in hoodies or other casual type clothes way more attractive than just about any dress. I guess I'm just weird.

@PrivateIronTFU said:

I'm thinking about joining CL60's petition for an 'Ignore' button.

I sometimes seriously wonder if certain people in these forums have ever ventured outside their homes and into the real world. Because this, this is not something to get upset about.

I am not upset, I am just disappointed.

@Rolyatkcinmai said:

My FemShep wore the dress included in one of the DLCs onboard the Normandy for most of Mass Effect 2. What the fuck is wrong with women in dresses? It's not like she's wearing it while fighting.

I think the point is that walking around on the Normandy does not seem the place for such formal wear. Thus why male Shepard gets a casual and cool jacket. I see it as a inconsistent tone issue

I'm happy I dont get so worked up over such petty things. Jesus Christ its a clothing option in a video game. The leather jacket is pretty dumb too really.

Unrealistic clothing in a sci-fi game!? No.... it couldn't be!

Sweet Georgia Brown, not even Activision's detractors dig this deep for a controversy.

"Hey, I'm Animasta, I like my ANIME GURLS to look real trashy and titty-licious, because Japan and that makes it okay for chicks to be exposed, while guys get to wear sweet parachute pants. Anyway, Canadian women should only be allowed to wear denim vests and bootcut jeans, like the ones modeled by Bret Favre. It's equality, you guys."

@Animasta said:

@PrivateIronTFU said:

I'm thinking about joining CL60's petition for an 'Ignore' button.

I sometimes seriously wonder if certain people in these forums have ever ventured outside their homes and into the real world. Because this, this is not something to get upset about.

I am not upset, I am just disappointed.

I'm pretty sure my point still stands, though. She's exactly like male Shepard in every way. She gets the same dialogue, she gets to have sex with pretty much anybody male Shepard can. She's just as much of a badass. But Bioware puts out one measly fucking dress as DLC and it disappoints you? Really? You have nothing reasonable to complain about? I dunno. It just seems sad to me.

I sense a bit or sarcasm in the thread but still..

@Captain_Felafel said:

Femshep wants to feel pretty?

This. Honestly feminists need to take a fucking break from all the hating. Whatever you say about girls putting on makeup to impress men bullshit, well a lot of guys and girls ENJOY feeling pretty. I like it too. If that's what makes people happy, then let them be. And all of a sudden people jump in and say, "OH SHES OUT OF CHARACTER YOU SEXIST". WHAT.THE.FUCK. When did Shepard have a character? I thought he/she was always only a narrative device to play out the players' choices. Now before people point out I put "he" before "she" in the last sentence, I'm out.

isn't that just the kasumi dlc dress with some extra gubbins added on. way to just phone in your sexism bioware. next thing you'll tell me they skimped out and just recycled all the asari sex animations.

@Animasta said:

@FreakAche said:

@Animasta said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

@Thoseposers said:

wait. i just checked the mass effect 3 forums and found this

I think your complaint is null and void now, and honestly i think this hoodie is way more dope than his jacket

...Well then.

is that the same reward as the jacket though? I saw that and I thought someone said it was for something else. if not than I retract my complaints

The hoody is separate. I think you get it with the Collector's Edition.

my complaint still stands!

hoody is still sweet though

Your complaint is based on random images ripped from the demo by random gamers.

@Vegetable_Side_Dish said:

AH FUCK BIOWARE! WHY do you have to STEREOTYPE Shephard as a leather-jacket-wearing MACHO MAN greaser THUG! Not ALL MEN like to be MACHO! SEXIST!

I know you were probably trying to be sarcastic or something but you're right! Fact is men are always painted as being tough, women elegant. And as people have said there's a reason for that stereotype and like most stereotypes there's some truth in it. I know it might piss you off but the only way to get rid of this way of thinking is for women to change their ways and become, universally, more like men. So.. good luck with that?

EDIT: Just to clarify I think the dress does like dumb, as did the dress in ME2. But that still doest change the fact that the jacket is just the opposite stereotype imposed on men.