According to the Entertainment Software Association, 38 per cent of gamers are women. The number of females playing video games has been continuously growing for the past several years, so why aren’t we seeing more video games that appeal to women?
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How'd fallout not make the list. Atleast over cyberpunk, tales , and halo. Fallout been around since what 96 98 and has 5 6 games into it. It's full of lore when you play it. I'd even add star ocean to a point.
Yes in lore. Easily missed... absolutely. Never played a game that had me loving the world and lore behind it as much as that one. Most of course wouldn't be able to experience it since it is a more difficult game.
I can't speak for all titles on this list, but by the time you get to Dark Souls III, the lore is a bloody tapestry of intricacy
Played them all. Im not saying the games on the list dont have good lore...I just think hollow knight had more lore that is hidden but present and more easily explored and accessed. The souls games have tremendous lore but theyre mostly hidden and stay that way unless you look for it and research it. The lore is not very accessible.
Crows90,
I think that's a somewhat fair assessment. For me, the Souls games are less upfront about the lore, but it does invite your fascination through NPCs, items, locations, bosses, etc. There's this kind of natural progression where the picture becomes just clear enough by doing the essential tasks, but it really makes you want to explore every inch of the world.
narration is more important than lore i'd rather watch the story and characters in a more cinematic way instead of searching for notes and stuff that's why i love sony exclusive games like uncharted and gow and hate from software games
The article was top ten lore in video games. I think they did a bad job picking games out. I know what you mean though. I just like a variety of games and genres.
This article is sexist because it implies that video games like Call of Duty aren't made for women.
Games are made for everyone. Whether you enjoy it or not is based entirely on your preference and not an inherent disposition based on your gender.
I think there are plenty of games that appeal to women (or appeal to both genders at the same time). But the problem is, a lot of girls don't seem to know they exist.
I was thinking about why women don't seem to be all that interested in video games (and why many of my female friends don't "get" why I like gaming), and I think that a lot of women probably don't realize just how social or story-oriented games have become nowadays. Hell, my own female friends are still convinced games are only about shooting and aliens, and that I'm "such a boy" for liking them...even though I rarely play shooters, and try to explain to them that games come in all types of genres nowadays.
Keep in mind, I'm only generalizing here...but women seem to be more interested in storytelling and characters than, say, other aspects of media. I suppose that's why many best-selling books are those that are geared towards female audiences (e.g. the Twilight series). Women love stories. I myself love stories. Hell, I even played games like Resident Evil 5 and Mortal Kombat 9 mostly for the stories (even though their stories aren't the best in gaming's history - oh well). I think that if more women knew games like Uncharted and Heavy Rain existed, they'd be more inclined to try them out.
That's just my two cents though. I could be completely wrong. :O
I don't think, or just haven't heard, enough from women to justify any change in the game industry's direction. From an observer standpoint, if more women are joining, they must like the way the industry is handling itself now, so why change if the demographic of women gamers are increasing without much work from the industry or devs?
And besides, I haven't heard much from the women in the industry other than they like games with handsome protagonists like Assassin's Creed, Uncharted, or Skyrim.
I always get, "disagree bombed" because of em'. :(
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