Earlier today, we reported on something pretty spiffy that the legendary Jennifer Hale just so happened to say. Namely, she told Polygon which scene from the Mass Effect trilogy hit her the hardest.
But Hale's always great for insightful commentary, and plenty more stemmed from that self-same interview. What stood out to me just as strongly as her emotional reaction to a certain turian farewell, though, was her view on how impactful Mass Effect's commitment to inclusivity proved to be.
Speaking of legendary... er, Legendary Edition. That's the subtitle for 2021's excellent trilogy-wide remaster, and just seeing the trailer for it, which notably included "FemShep" despite a relative dearth of original-era marketing material for the non-male option, struck Jennifer Hale pretty freakin' strongly. “Something led me to grab my phone because I just wanted to be with everybody in the Mass Effect community at that moment.” And, by the way, she's bullish on calling it a community, rather than referring to us all as "fans."
“I don't use the word ‘fans'. I find that I'm very uncomfortable with that, because everyone out there's the community. You're the other end of the experience, if you will....
