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[Phyroxis]

Sex and gore?

 

[Phyroxis]

also, see

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.158508

 

[Aqualung]

Ponies. I like ponies in my games.

...And old-school weaponry, and buckets of blood and gore, and mature themes, and a cinematic presentation, an epic music score, a compelling story, believable characters...

Oh, and Nolan North. Nolan North must be in all video games ever.

Really, buddy? It's going to vary from person to person, regardless of gender. It'd be just as easy to ask this question to guys and get the same responses.

 

[02y211]

Really, buddy? It's going to vary from person to person, regardless of gender. It'd be just as easy to ask this question to guys and get the same responses.

"What I am asking, my female reader, is what you as an individual look for in a game. Perhaps there's one trait about games that all women share a liking for."

I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L!

And apart from this there probably is some tendency for women to like specific features, just like there is for men. It would be easy to look at the salesfigures and see which genre with which features that are the most popular, but of course this would only show demand not necessarily that the particular group likes the game. Therefore I see OP's attempt to get an overview like quite a sensible one. Applying your logic would make all market research illogical.

999/1000 Don't like poo, but since there's a single one who do like it we can't really say that people don't like poo. All we can say is that everyone has an individual opinion about it!

 

[Aqualung]

Really, buddy? It's going to vary from person to person, regardless of gender. It'd be just as easy to ask this question to guys and get the same responses.

"What I am asking, my female reader, is what you as an individual look for in a game. Perhaps there's one trait about games that all women share a liking for."

I-N-D-I-V-I-D-U-A-L!

And apart from this there probably is some tendency for women to like specific features, just like there is for men. It would be easy to look at the salesfigures and see which genre with which features that are the most popular, but of course this would only show demand not necessarily that the particular group likes the game. Therefore I see OP's attempt to get an overview like quite a sensible one. Applying your logic would make all market research illogical.

999/1000 Don't like poo, but since there's a single one who do like it we can't really say that people don't like poo. All we can say is that everyone has an individual opinion about it!

Nice analysis of poo. XD

All I was saying, is that this would be a nicer topic if it included men as well, because you're going to get just as many varied answers. For example, one of my guy friends is very into games that I can't stand, like Flower and Katamari Damacy for being light-hearted and colourful or funny, while I'm off playing Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed for their violent and serious nature.

 

[haaxist]

I think the thing most people are forgetting is that a video game is designed to be fun.

That may actually be the key.

I am a boy gamer, and I found Scribblenauts one of the funnest games that I've ever played.

More fun than my favourite game, Morrowind.

However Morrowind remains my favourite, because of the immersion, the amazing in-depth detail, the fear it evokes, etc.

What it could be, then, is that girl gamers are looking for something 'fun', such as Scribblenauts, rather than just generally 'good', such as Morrowind.

I don't know. Morrowind is like Oblivion, right? I played Oblivion, and I liked it because it was good, and it was fun. I am not willing to sacrifice the quality of a game for just fun. If that was the case, I never would have moved away from the N64. Mario is fun, but I can't call it good in the sense of plot, non-repetetive levels, and graphics. On the other hand, I don't want a game that is good without the fun, like Assassin's Creed(although, that may have been because somebody was shouting over my shoulder the whole time telling me how much I sucked at it, so please don't tell me about what a good game it was, because I personally can't stand the first one anymore).

I think that what it boils down to is this: Girl gamers are looking for a game that can stimulate their minds in the same way that most boys are stimulated by CoD and GoW. Not that girls can't be stimulated by them, because some girls really like those games too...

Wow... now I understand what you guys go through all the time. Here I am, trying to say what a girl likes in a game, and I'm desperately trying to appease the girls who'll be all over me the instant I say anything stereotypical or patronizing or anything that lumps us all together. Good god, we're impossible, aren't we? I guess what it all boils down to, then, is the individual. If a girl likes shooters, then she'll buy shooters. If she likes games with ponies, she'll buy a game with ponies. Nothing else to say, really.

 

[Rolling Thunder]

The same thing they want in men.

Something nice.


Really, there's nothing much more specific.

 

[Jenova65]

As a man, I really hope that, when it comes to gaming, women just want the same as what we men get.

With the majority of games these days being targeted at men (apparently, we buy things more impulsively), I'm betting women just want a game that doesn't target anyone. It doesn't have to be gender specific, just enjoyable by all.

This ^ Thank you! I just want good games, like all gamers. I don't want a game to be aimed at me as a woman, I want a game aimed at me as a gamer! Simple concept really............