http://www.lar.net/2015/09/07/where-are-the-women/ Was a great read!
I cannot speak for others, but I will put my feelings on it. Most games struggle with a female player base and I think it's out of fear. Female gamers are often looked down on.. I mean look at eSports. Do you see any female teams? Now I am not saying it's these forums! but most gaming forums when a female shows interest and shares her ideas on the game.. they are often met with "that's stupid? why even worry about that?" Since most gaming companies go by fan popularity in their forums.. it can cause a gender disconnect.
Then there is the "Mans world" view tons of gamers have which makes it hard to fit in. You have no idea how delighted I was to see Swen posted that on lar.net! that a company actually cares about the female gamers!
I guess I will post here what draws my friends and I to games. Please remember these are personal views and I am not saying every single female feels the same.
My friends and I often look for games with great character creation where we don't have to play the game as that angry >=| face character. Which is why in D:OS I was on the forums asking for the character creation stuff and now going to be on here asking the game. We also look for games that support a gentle type gameplay where we don't have to be all "do my bidding or I will kill you" which is the huge turn on for males it seems..
Divinity Original Sin was a great game for options from what I saw.. I will admit I quit playing after a week..the empty map (no respawns) stuff bothered me to badly as the game felt like a ghost town and the toolkit was to hard to use.
Divinity Original Sin 2 I think will be ever better and given time will attract more female players.. even though I personally think there is a larger female player base who will be playing it then the numbers show.
*End lil rant and rambling*
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