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[SirEmilCrane]

This question is born out of an observation of the DA community. It seems there are very high number of females who play Dragon Age origins, higher than most games in fact.

I'm curious as to why this is. (if it is indeed the case and I'm not imagining things)

Not trying to be rude or anyhting, just curious.

[AdmiralCheez]

Same reason anyone else plays videogames, really. It just doesn't ooze testosterone as much as Call of Duty.

[Deviija]

Girls play videogames. A lot of them. And it is a demographic that continues growing each year.



Same reasons guys play games. For fun, enjoyment, living out fantasy, competitive drive, you name it.

[Ninotchka]

Because it hits all the right notes

Personal inter-relationships, intrigue, violence, romance, politics, betrayal, loyalty......it covers all of that and then some more. It's epic.

And then of course,  there's Alistair and Anders 

[Sarielle]

Protip: There are a lot of girls playing things like MMOs, too. But the whole social dynamic can drastically change there when people discover you're female; so more girls hide the fact.

[Moondoggie]

Females play several games. whether a particular type of game attracts more females than others is really a long debate and i don't think it is the case. RPG's attract females as well as males for the same reasons. You get to create your own character and live your own adventure what could be more fun? And if you want to get technical on why lots of girls play Dragon Age i think it's a game type females do excell at due to the extra abilities when it comes to mass multitasking which helps with micromanagement during long battles and the extra focus on a task and drive i find females are far more likely to finish a task they started than males so they will stick to a game until they finish it and won't become distracted.

[Moondoggie]

Sarielle wrote...

Protip: There are a lot of girls playing things like MMOs, too. But the whole social dynamic can drastically change there when people discover you're female; so more girls hide the fact.

Gender is a very annoying factor and can define how people treat you especially online. Personally i don't care if people think of me as a boy or a girl online it's what's inside that should count and what should make people like me.

Any female knows the horror of people finding out you are female while playing a game online and then you get lots of creepy guys all like "ASL? GT MSN BBE?"

[SarEnyaDor]

I'd be willing to bet that alot of girls are playing all sorts of games.

I know I've been playing video games for nearly 20 years, and the main reason is they are escapist fun. They take us to worlds and let us experience stories in a unique way that you don't get from books or movies, for rpgs anyway. But I play games like Plants vs Zombies, Limbo, Defense Grid, Dead Space etc too.

This will save you alot of time and trouble in life - girls are just like guys, but with different plumbing. Typically if *you* think it is fun, there are probably a bunch of girls who think that it is fun, too.

Modifié par SarEnyaDor, 18 décembre 2010 - 01:36 .

[Sarielle]

Moondoggie wrote...

Any female knows the horror of people finding out you are female while playing a game online and then you get lots of creepy guys all like "ASL? GT MSN BBE?"

Yeah, but playing on an FFA PvP server, I found there were worse things (those guys you can just /ignore). On an FFA server, when people found out I was female (I spoke up in vent on a PUG raid, or something) one of three things usually happened:

A) They decided their next goal in life was to gank me non-stop. While in an of itself that doesn't bother me, if I am trying to go heal for a group that's waiting on me, that's problematic. (And while my PoM in AoC was pretty strong against some classes, others...not so much.) So, unfun in general.

They decide it's impolite to gank a girl, and friendly rivalries suddenly die out. Also unfun.

C) They decide they need to give me things (which I refuse), or treat me with kid gloves (if I'm effing up in a dungeon, just tell me, damnit). Not so much unfun as just...awkward.

[Moondoggie]

C would be my personal pet hate when they try to give you stuff or offer "help" No i do not need your help i'll learn on my own time how to play the darn game, though the latter only applies when you are a newbie and they feel their awesome game knowledge will make you fall in love with them or something

[Ninotchka]

Ladies, wasn't the OP asking specifically about why we play DA:O and not why females play video games in general?

He would be a very brave/foolish man for asking the latter

[Line of Ink]

Moondoggie wrote...

C would be my personal pet hate when they try to give you stuff or offer "help" No i do not need your help i'll learn on my own time how to play the darn game, though the latter only applies when you are a newbie and they feel their awesome game knowledge will make you fall in love with them or something

when i played WoW i saw this behaviour alot. it doesnt happen so much at the lower level areas, but getting towards the mid-twenties and above, males seemed to think the females needed all the help they could get...which was completely untrue of course, as it was me, being a solo hunter surrounded by mobs, who needed all the help i could get lol

most of the time it was female gamers who would offer help in situations where i was having trouble, the "pro" male gamers largely ignored my" level 25 noob character" (actual insult i received)

[Sarielle]

Ninotchka wrote...

Ladies, wasn't the OP asking specifically about why we play DA:O and not why females play video games in general?

Well, yes. But the point I was trying to make is a lot of girls play a lot of video games. We play DA:O for the same reasons we play all those other games, lol.

[snfonseka]

SirEmilCrane wrote...

This question is born out of an observation of the DA community. It seems there are very high number of females who play Dragon Age origins, higher than most games in fact.

I'm curious as to why this is. (if it is indeed the case and I'm not imagining things)

Not trying to be rude or anyhting, just curious.

We don't have facts to say this. Do we?

[Ryzaki]

Because it's fun? That's why I play.

[shadowpiranha]

Personally? Same reason why I play all the other video games: The premise attracted me, it looked fun, and it's a great way to relax. Yes, even when you're shooting people in the head with a sniper rifle (not in the case of Dragon Age, obviously).

[Trapper_920]

I think it just appears that more girls are playing AD:O. The reality I'm sure is that their are just more and more gamer girls ever year. I think its great that the numbers keep going up.

Tribute time!

www.youtube.com/watch

[Line of Ink]

@shadowpiranha



shooting people in the head with a sniper rifle in games is how i relax lol wish i had a sniper rifle in dragon age...+2 sniper rifle of headshotting

[nikki191]

Line of Ink wrote...

@shadowpiranha

shooting people in the head with a sniper rifle in games is how i relax lol wish i had a sniper rifle in dragon age...+2 sniper rifle of headshotting

haha i approve +20

[Line of Ink]

nikki191 wrote...

Line of Ink wrote...

@shadowpiranha

shooting people in the head with a sniper rifle in games is how i relax lol wish i had a sniper rifle in dragon age...+2 sniper rifle of headshotting

haha i approve +20

hell, thats the highest approval rating ive ever gotten...you pipped leliana who had +17 lol

[Auroras]

Because we do.

[amers1015]

I have loved video games since I was a child and the sports and first person shooter games don't appeal to me. The fantasy RPG games do. I waited and waited for DA to come out because I love stepping into a new world and letting myself get immersed in the story.



Plus I like killing things. Pretend things only lest I get arrested.

[Alyka]

Maybe the amount of feedback from us female players is due to the fact that these forums are more polite and intellectual, and that it may be the reason why it seems that alot of girls play DA:O? I don't know.
Or maybe it's because DA:O has strong female characters who are not soley portrayed as sex objects.

I thought it was great that we got a background to choose from and we can form our character's personality from the beginning as opposed to being given a premade character and then shoved off into the world without the option of making our own choices.
I'm not going to lie, I liked the romance options.Not alot of games have this.It's not the most important part of DA:O, but it helped me to give more depth to my character(s).
Of course another reason is the story is awesome.
I can't speak for everyone, but those are the reasons why I like it.:happy:

[Line of Ink]

Alyka wrote...

Maybe the amount of feedback from us female players is due to the fact that these forums are more polite and intellectual, and that it may be the reason why it seems that alot of girls play DA:O?

as an active member of the bungie forums i can see why this would be an prevalent opinion...

some threads on the halo: reach forum are, well, they're lacking in intelligence...