Mass Effect The Movie

[Xantar]

Originally Posted by Ginkasa

Have you played the games?

Anyway, its generally considered that the default male Sheperd is the "official" Sheperd as far as things go since he's always used in the trailers and such. And the games don't diverge that much based on your choices. Its all the same basic story; all you decide is whether Sheperd is a jerk or not.

Well, your decisions can determine in one case whether an entire race lives or dies. And in Mass Effect 2, many of your characters including Shepard don't even necessarily survive the ending. So while it's not a totally open-ended game, to my mind it does have some pretty major branches.