http://www.geekgods.net/general/where-are-all-the-female-characters-in-video-games.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-are-all-the-female-characters-in-video-games The one and only geek blog catering to video game geeks, computer geeks, technology geeks, and gadget geeks. All flavors of geeks welcome! Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geekgods.net/general/where-are-all-the-female-characters-in-video-games.html/comment-page-1#comment-99 Oblivion_Chick Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:14:40 +0000 http://www.geekgods.net/?p=531#comment-99 Well for one thing having a female PC in Alan Wake wouldn't make a lot of sense because the story is mostly revolving around Alan himself, but yeah, maybe some DLC or something, or that could be an idea for perhaps a sequel? Just throwing other ideas out there. I believe what the developers say when memory is an issue for making two models. Maybe the developers of Crackdown just don't have the budget that the Gears and Borderlands franchises have. That's pretty understandable, so I think maybe there should be a TINY bit less of irrationality in this article. :) And maybe from the author. However, more female gamers = likely demand for more female PCs. I mean, sure, I have no problem playing as a male PC if the female is not available, but in some games, such as Alan Wake, where the female PC is not available, then obviously that's not a big deal, but in games like Gears or L4D, for example, then having at least one female PC would be great, and then everybody will feel included to play the game. Also, in games like Oblivion, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, etc, where customization is available, is great, too. Have a game like Crackdown mixed with customization for both a male model and a female model, add a decent budget, good story & NPCs, good maps that aren't repetitive, physics, missions, graphics, and you're in line to maybe even witness some decent sales. But, yeah, that's just my opinion. :p Well for one thing having a female PC in Alan Wake wouldn't make a lot of sense because the story is mostly revolving around Alan himself, but yeah, maybe some DLC or something, or that could be an idea for perhaps a sequel? Just throwing other ideas out there.
I believe what the developers say when memory is an issue for making two models. Maybe the developers of Crackdown just don't have the budget that the Gears and Borderlands franchises have. That's pretty understandable, so I think maybe there should be a TINY bit less of irrationality in this article. And maybe from the author.
However, more female gamers = likely demand for more female PCs. I mean, sure, I have no problem playing as a male PC if the female is not available, but in some games, such as Alan Wake, where the female PC is not available, then obviously that's not a big deal, but in games like Gears or L4D, for example, then having at least one female PC would be great, and then everybody will feel included to play the game. Also, in games like Oblivion, Dragon Age, Mass Effect, etc, where customization is available, is great, too. Have a game like Crackdown mixed with customization for both a male model and a female model, add a decent budget, good story & NPCs, good maps that aren't repetitive, physics, missions, graphics, and you're in line to maybe even witness some decent sales.
But, yeah, that's just my opinion. :p

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