User blog comment:Commdor/Vote for ME3's Female Shepard/@comment-4048340-20110724213749/@comment-121.220.20.124-20110726001925

Yes, female eye candy i video games is very common, even in the protagonist. The idea behind the female eye candy protagonist, particularlly in a third person game, is that the developers felt since the player will have to stare at someone's back the whole game, it may as well be the back of an attractive woman. thus games like Bayonetta and Lara Croft. That said the gender and attractiveness of the protagonist is a pretty shallow way to judge the quality of a game, rather then gameplay and enjoyment, even if it has seemed like a common occurance to you.