Which Commander Shepard should YOU play as?

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  @realspartan5206 · 1 year ago · pinned

  I always felt like each background can be described as such in my opinion:<br><br>Earthborne/WarHero: Reformed<br>Earthborne/SoleSurvivor: Resourceful<br>Earthborne/Ruthless: A Thug<br>Spacer/WarHero: Prodigal Soldier<br>Spacer/SoleSurvivor: Resilient<br>Spacer/Ruthless: Spoiled<br>Colonist/WarHero: A beacon of hope<br>Colonist/SoleSurvivor: Unshaken<br>Colonist/Ruthless: Vengeful

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• JA

  @JAYDOG1337A · 1 year ago

  I like Sole Survivor most because it gives Shepard an arc with the Thresher Maws, in the past they killed his unit, in Mass Effect 1 he kills tons of them with vehicle mounted heavy weapons, in Mass Effect 2 he takes one down on foot with his squad at his side, in Mass Effect 3 the mother of all Thresher Maws helps him take down a Reaper.

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• BA

  @Baloo106 · 1 year ago

  Ruthless/Spacer -&quot;I didn&apos;t have much growing up. Only a loving family and a guaranteed military career to look forward to. Useless crap like that.&quot;<br>War Hero/Earthborn, Sole Survivor/Colonist: 💀

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• ZA

  @zach6464 · 1 year ago

  Fine, fine, twist my arm, I&apos;ll play it again.

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• TH

  @thefairylovesniper · 1 year ago (edited)

  Colonist/Sole Survivor Shepard is perfect for not letting anyone die in the Suicide Mission of ME2. Since Shepard who has lost everyone twice would probly say to themselfs &quot;I am not losing anyone. Not this time!&quot;

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  @1337ijs · 1 year ago

  &quot;You wanna play Mass Effect. Again. As you do.&quot;<br><br>I&apos;ve never felt so rightly called out so quickly in any video before.

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• NI

  @NicholasMurray-kd8uf · 10 months ago (edited)

  To me, as funny as Spacer Ruthless can sound on the surface, that&apos;s actually Garrus. A C Sec legacy family. He was brought up around discipline and rules. But he developed focus on the end goal over all else. Even when Paragon Shepard influences him, he still reverts to his own instincts and goes Ruthless on Omega.<br><br>In fact, I would argue each companion in Mass Effect 1 can represent an archetype for each variant of a war hero or ruthless. Which adds further to your idea of Sole Survivor archetype being Shepard

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• JA

  @jackcarpenter1132 · 1 year ago

  Earthborn/War Hero is Plastic Man. I started out a criminal, but now I&apos;ve been given a second chance, and I&apos;m gonna use it to save people with a smile!

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• RA

  @RainbowEssence-c3w · 11 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_SWQB4lI9Y&amp;t=415">6:55</a> Damn, this hit deep. &quot;You don&apos;t have to suffer to be valid. And you certainly don&apos;t have to suffer MORE to be MORE valid.&quot;

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• RE

  @RealRobertNelsen · 1 year ago

  Spacer/Ruthless. I picture this as more of a Arcann story line. Ruthless Father that always judged his son as not good enough, forming him into a ruthless pile of hate. He was formed as weapon, not raised as a child with love. His Mother still talks to him because she regrets not getting invovled and still believes there is hope for him. He is Zuko.

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• CJ

  @cjvoerman5591 · 1 year ago

  “My name is Commander Shepherd, and this is my favorite Mass Effect video on the Internet.”

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• TH

  @TheMur28 · 1 year ago

  That stray &quot;Wrex&quot; at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_SWQB4lI9Y&amp;t=132">2:12</a> was hilarious.

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