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Of course we do!
And as some have said, female authority varied hugely. Looking at Sweden in like the 1800s, women in the rural areas had power. The men were out working the fields and the forests, so the women handled most of the household and the economy. Whereas in the cities the women were basically furniture, since they had nothing to do. A farmer's wife was waay different from a clerk's wife.
And then there's the aspect of feminism. I think that mainly explains why I don't want to think or feel "like a man" when there's so much bad stuff going on on a social and societal level, with men already being taught as young boys how they are better then girls or women and how they are entitled to have power over them and their bodies. But there's much more to it. The most prominent aspect being that it's not just "by pure chance" that much more games feature male protagonists or cater primarily to a male audience. In fact it's quite obvious why that is. And when you really want to connect all the dots you will realize that it all started several thousand years ago. You will see ancient Greece's philosophers like Aristotle to be very misogynistic and the Christianity of the medieval times picking that up and bringing it into modern times. It has to do with gender roles and why video games were marketed exclusively for a male audience since the mid 1980s. And then there's one more game that just doesn't care about women, like Green Hell now having a multiplayer mode for up to four players who can all customize their character - but all of them being male. When you realize where that comes from and why it's deemed less important to have equally appealing female characters for women as male characters for men then you don't just see that one game but a problem with the industry and also their consumers - which is always apparent when this topic is brought up and immediately dismissed in often very hateful ways.
That's why I complain and don't just ask nicely any more. I demand from *the industry* to care more. And I don't care whether one studio "just hasn't got the resources to provide a gender choice". It's not about one game or one company. It's about awareness and change in society. Because this stems from a much broader and deeply ingrained way society still treats women as second class citizens in many areas. If that's not your personal experience than just consider yourselves lucky instead of dismissing it as non-existent. I'm not talking about men being inherently evil but that society is still struggling with certain behaviors and ways of thinking (often on a subconscious level) that we haven't overcome but have to. That doesn't happen on its own but because people fight for it. Everything that we consider normal nowadays, like human rights and women having the right to work and vote had to be established against a heavy resistance (google Suffragettes for a "nice" example). That's why I don't expect to be greeted all friendly when writing this, especially not on Steam, so you can as well leave out the toxic comments.
Well spoken, and i totally agree.
I´m one of this gamer type as well, i identify myself with the character in the game.
There´s no excuse, not to implement a female character in the game, since i already have some games in my steam libary, that are developed by very small indie dev teams (some of them by one person only) and they have proven that it is possible to put in a gender choice (even in EA stage).
So, if this game won´t give us the freedom, to choose whether we can play a male or female character, i won´t buy it and move on (like i did with farmers dynasty, as this was the main issue, why i never bought it, even though i followed it´s development during EA)
And yes, i will boycott all such games.
I see it very pragmatically.
Thank you for letting us know, which part of a game you like / prefer.
As Vanika already wrote, there´re different types of gamers who focus on different part of the games.
As for your suggestions for the other games:
Yes, i do have Skyrim and it´s fun to play, but it´s quite different from this one.
And yes, i do have Kingdoms, which seems like it´s abandoned, unfortunately.
So, Kingdoms and Medieval Dynasty look like there´re quite similar. I do like the idea of building up a community in this game (Kingdoms also have the oppertunity to found your own town and manage it, but the citizens live more on their own) I´d like to give tasks to the inhabitants (i. e. wood cutting, hunting, farming...) so everyone has their own role in the settlement. Also, i´d like to have my own family with kids and see them growing up.
Regarding Mount & Blade and the other wargames: I don´t like those games, where you´re in an infinite war and the only thing you do is fighting.
Especially in the medieval ages, there were more dangers than war, for example wild animals or just to make sure, you have enough food and a shelter for the cold nights, so just "survive".
And no, i never played princess games, neither will i do in the future.
Also, i doubt that 99 % of the players, who will play this game, will only be male.
The game will have female characters, the only difference is, to make them as a "playable" one. So, there´s not that much more work, as the models and animations will be in the game anyway.
I don´t want to roll up the topic about women again, but it´s not something, what was in the past and women are now using to cry about and hope, they gain some benefits, because they were treated bad back then.
As a woman myself, i can confirm, that it is still a problem in our community.
During my lifetime, i had several situations and i met several men, who treated me like i´m worth less than a human, because i´m not a man. Although they didn´t know me, they treated me like i´m stupid, because all women are stupid and are not able to do anything without the glorious help of a man. Also, a woman´s place is behind the stove and the only thing, she is useful for is to make children and look after them (yes, i heard those sentence several times in my life)
It´s so exhausting, to fight to get respected by men over and over again and it makes me tired.
Why do i have to fight to be respected, while men don´t have to? Because i´m a woman?
And i don´t want to talk about the unfair payment, because women earn less money than men for the exact same job (confirmed by personal experience).
So, please believe me and all of us women, when we´re complaining about unfair treatment in the world. After all, i can be happy, that i´m living in one of these countries, where women at least have rights.
In the end, we are all humans, no matter what gender, what colour of skin or what sexual orientation.
It´s our personality, so the things we say or do, what adjudicate who we are.
Regarding this game I see a huge chance. Because what sets this game apart from other typical medieval games is that it isn't focused on combat where you mainly have the role of a fighter or knight. In this game it could actually be possible to experience medieval life as a woman. They worked equally hard as men, tilling fields, growing and harvesting crops, sewing clothes, hunting animals, preparing food (including cutting animals), producing stuff for markets, bringing it there and selling it. It was a harsh life, not comparable to 1950s housewives. But as everybody seems to focus on war and not really seeing what day-to-day life for average people was like it becomes apparent why so many people don't really see a place for women in a medieval setting, or at least an interesting one that you can make a game about. But that was life. Not some negligible part of "actual" life that evolved around men. Women played a much larger role but mainly men wrote stuff about their society from their male perspectives and revolving primarily around their own gender, making lives of women mere marginalia in history books or what they wanted them to be. So, our historical perspective is heavily skewed and only recently new evidence suggests that our previous believes were based on patriarchal bias. Now you find female viking warriors or you realize that women also hunted animals with a bow on a horse. But such things didn't fit well with the narrative of male superiority, so they were swept under the carpet. It's no coincidence that such knowledge now surfaces when women's status in society becomes more equal. We have simply become more willing to accept those truths.
But even when it comes to fighting you could just bend the rules a little and let women also participate in fighting. Let them become knights as well and you can have games equally appealing to female players. But I would also find it interesting to experience a world where I could not do that as a woman. To experience how women basically always lived in different world that men rarely took notice of while thinking they were the only ones who defined the world. I would find it interesting if I could change roles, by living an ordinary life by day and pretend to be a male soldier by night to show the contrast. A game like this really could have much educational value regarding how life was as a medieval woman, as a first-hand experience. After all, women always made up about 50 % of the populace, but in history it's almost always about men and what they achieved, like what wars they won. It's time for a more balanced and deeper perspective.