I've been thinking about making such a thread for a while but kept forgetting; well today I remembered. I've long noticed that BioWare titles tend to have a sizeable fanbase of women, especially in the field of RPGs. In fact, one data driven statistical survey a few years back found that women made up 26% of the audience for all WRPGS, but of that 26%, 48% of women had played Dragon Age: Inquisition. In essence, half of all women that played WRPGs had played a BioWare title. Now, there could be a variety of factors that contribute to this statistic such as the fact that BioWare titles allow you to select your gender, also the fact that DA:I was one of the few AAA RPGs titles on the market at that time. However, that same survey found that women made up 14% of players of "Open-World" games and of that 14% base, 27% had placed AC: Syndicate. Now, that's still double the average of women in that the genre which play Syndicate, likely fueled by the addition of a female player-character, but it's still not as high as DA:I's percentage which is basically half of all women WRPG players.
Link to Statistical Survey: https://quanticfoundry.com/2017/01/19/female-gamers-by-genre/
Of course, anecdotally I tend to see far more women who are fans of and engage in discussion about BioWare titles as opposed to Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, Horizon, or Resident Evil titles, for example, all of which allow the option to play as a female character. Again, that's just anecdote but it suggests that BioWare is offering something more that appeals to women that other titles don't, even if they feature women as the main character whom aren't overly sexualized.
As such, I wanted to make this thread to get the perspective of the WOMEN on this board, NOT dudes. Men please try and just listen as opposed to offering your guesses and opinions.
So, as a woman that enjoys playing video games (at least theoretically if you're on this board) do BioWare titles appeal to you? If so, please articulate why? Do they appeal to you over other titles with women leads? Also, you can specify if certain BioWare titles appeal to you more, for example you may be far more of a DA fan than Mass Effect and explain why.
I'm interested in hearing the thoughts.
Link to Statistical Survey: https://quanticfoundry.com/2017/01/19/female-gamers-by-genre/
Of course, anecdotally I tend to see far more women who are fans of and engage in discussion about BioWare titles as opposed to Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed, Horizon, or Resident Evil titles, for example, all of which allow the option to play as a female character. Again, that's just anecdote but it suggests that BioWare is offering something more that appeals to women that other titles don't, even if they feature women as the main character whom aren't overly sexualized.
As such, I wanted to make this thread to get the perspective of the WOMEN on this board, NOT dudes. Men please try and just listen as opposed to offering your guesses and opinions.
So, as a woman that enjoys playing video games (at least theoretically if you're on this board) do BioWare titles appeal to you? If so, please articulate why? Do they appeal to you over other titles with women leads? Also, you can specify if certain BioWare titles appeal to you more, for example you may be far more of a DA fan than Mass Effect and explain why.
I'm interested in hearing the thoughts.
