I played through the whole series as dude Shep, and watched my girlfriend play through multiple times as a chick, and I played through the first game and most of the second as a chick, and I enjoyed both. I'm not sure why people have such disdain for the male version other than the possibility that it's just anti-establishment and going against the grain since male shep was canon and everyone wanted to be different. But now you're all the same! :P