Silvershadowfire said:
Female age 38 here, and I've been gaming pretty much since I was 16. Lately my games of preference are:
*fist-bump for the Gen X sister*!
Anyhoo...
I never particularly cared for video games growing up, with the exception of developing an obsession for Resident Evil titles when my brother bought a PS1 and introduced me to them (I had a pre-built zombie fixation). Other then that, nothing. Just waiting for new Res Evil games as they came out. I hated or was bored with literally everything else I tried, especially shooters of any kind. Years later a roommate introduced me to L4D, and I loved it, and had an epiphany that I hated single-player shooters, but loved them if I was part of a team and we were all working together.
Later the same roommate introduced me to Fallout 3 (I love retro-future concepts and 50's pop culture). I was so profoundly gripped by the experience that I'v never been able to let go. Games that don't bombard me with opponents constantly? Open world to explore?! I can do whatever I want, and interact with people in various meaningful ways?!? Gaaah!!!! That obsession rolled over into New Vegas, and then Skyrim. In the meantime, I've grown to like playing cooperative shooters with my boyfriend, like Borderlands, Hunted, Red Dead Redemption, etc. But I still get bored or dis-interested if I play them alone. I'm tentatively liking the new Tomb Raider so far, despite some details that are a little irksome.
For games in general:
1.) Don't bombard me with non-stop opponents. Give me something to do other than killing.
2.) Don't make it strictly adversarial. Give me something cooperative or exploration-based.
3.) Don't feed me sexist, objectified garbage and call it a 'character'. It kills my desire instantly.
Meet those criteria and I'll try it! Also, I strongly prefer sniper rifles or bows. Anything to keep distance between myself and the icky and/or evil. Metaphorically speaking.