Which backstory will you be going for this time?

On my first few playthroughs on the original trilogy I went with the ultimate good-guy vibe and picked Spacer-War hero
I've done a few other variations as well now (even did a Colonist - Sole Survivor once), but my recent and canon Shepard is a Colonist-War hero

I just like the side quest of Colonist the most

though I also love the interactions of the other two origins

I think every upbringing brings up different justifications for certain actions and beliefs. I find myself looking  at Colonist Sheps as tortured lonely souls(especially if paired with Sole Survivor), and Spacer Shepards  as haughty, pampered privileged brats. Emotionally you can go either way with them too. I roleplayed my Spacers as  being emotionally hardened and cold-hearted people masked by the privilege of being an Alliance brat and child  from  a well-respected military family. Their seemingly ideal stability in life and clean background shields the implicit emotional turmoil and familial pressure that they probably carry  with them on a daily basis.


At least, that's I how interpret it.  I always looked at this background as Shepard being made to uphold very high expectations, more than any other, something that Earthborn Shep wouldn't necessarily face internally and externally at every whim.  And again Colonists are an open wound, a sort of living punching bag; a very easy vessel made for sympathy.  They're made to suffer, and whatever they do in return, in  midst  of the trilogy's events, is a response to that suffering. A lot of loss in the plotlines can play off a Colonist's Shepard's trauma, and can feed a  very strong sense that there is some thematic undertone going on. I like that all backgrounds and playstyles can be justified fairly and interpreted differently.

Yep! I agree that there's a lot of RP'ing to be had with any combination of the backgrounds. It's crazy that you take a fairly old trilogy like this, the first game released in 2007, had better RPG elements that Cyberpunk lmao.

I'm glad they remastered the games, it's been a blast so far. I hadn't played them in six years so it almost feels new.

Yeah I'll likely play them all again on the remaster eventually given time

I decided to play the default male Shepard because despite playing the game 16 times, I'd never done it. I'd always played femShep. It's a different experience. Shepard is banging Miranda... and Liara... in ME2, but I forgot how to get Kelly to feed my fish and they kept dying.

Anyone like the old ME2 Kelly better? Why did they change her looks? They spend time doing that and the Conrad bug is still there on the Console edition as a feature.

I am about to wrap up my earthborn ruthless renegade (renegon) playthrough and already looking ahead to my next Shepard who will be a male paragon vanguard. Already decided on the spacer background but still deciding between war hero and sole surviver. Leaning toward war hero.

Colonist soul survivor

I'm the same Colonist/soul survivor I enjoy helping the girl through her nightmare.