Yesterday Bioware introduced a model new Mass Impact statue that will be restricted to only 2000 items. Nonetheless, the statue was slightly odd because it depicted the corpse of the feminine model of Commander Shepard floating in house, replicating the scene from the intro of Mass Impact 2.
Priced at $135 the statue instantly drew consideration for comprehensible causes. Opting to create a statue of Commander Shepard’s chilly, lifeless physique was a daring alternative, to say the least, and it was unusual that no male model could possibly be purchased, too.
“The Mass Impact Shepard’s Demise Statue depicts Mass Impact 2’s dramatic opening scene: Commander Shepard expelled from a crumbling Normandy and hurtling by means of house to her premature demise.” read the statue’s page on Bioware’s official merch page, which is now solely accessible by way of the Wayback Machine.
Wait, why solely on the Wayback Machine, I hear you asking? Effectively, that’s as a result of round a day after asserting the statue Bioware has already cancelled it, seemingly resulting from it getting a tough reception.
Bioware goes on to state that anybody who already pre-ordered may have that order cancelled and be refunded. Curiously, the identical Tweet that claims this additionally mentions “till the right launch.” indicating that the statue would possibly nonetheless see the sunshine of day.
I did word some individuals stating that they thought the statue was one way or the other sexualising and fetishizing FemShep, which appears utterly absurd to me. Over at Eurogamer, for instance, Liv Ngan stated that, “The posing of FemShep can be a bit a lot – why the marginally arched again? Out of context, it appears to be like a bit like Shepard’s loss of life is being sexualised and fetishised.”
Yeah, I can’t see it. It appears to be like like a fairly customary pose for anyone floating in house, however I assume if you wish to see one thing sexual in it, you possibly can. With that stated, if you wish to see one thing sexual in a sprout you possibly can most likely do this, too.
Anyway, whereas I believe the statue appears to be like underwhelming and that it was a really unusual alternative, I additionally don’t see any have to cancel it. This appears to be like like a knee-jerk response from Bioware who have been maybe afraid they have been going to get jumped on, as occurs so shortly lately over fully undeserving issues (and likewise fully deserving issues, too.)
