The Interface and Women Gamers

hi all,

An interesting experience last night... I was showing off the RTW demo to my six-year old son (whose vocabulary is based on words like 'trebuchet', 'pikemen', and 'kataphraktoi'), and my wife happened to glance at the screen as we started the Trebbia battle -- the LONG modded version -- and she said, "Wow, that's really beautiful."

It made me take a break from coaching my son long enough to just look and think, "yeah, yeah it is".

She was talking about everything --- the interface, the landscape, the lighting effects, the units... she sat down and tried it out for a bit and loved it (TW classic camera).

It's a given that most of the TW nuts are guys, but have any of you all had a wife or other lady give you a reaction on the demo?

My Girlfriend is allergic to my PC and considers it cheating if i even look at it whilst she is around ~:( ~:( ~:joker:

Also Dont Laugh at whats on telly in the middle of an arguement i found out this weekend that doesnt go down well!!! :no:

lol yes i had a reaction. When i said to my wife that i had downloaded the demo she say:
-oh no ! not yet ! You told me game was out near Christmas...
-errr release date have been forward a bit.... but have a look.

After a few minutes,

-it look like your medieval game, and i dont like it more ...

At least she let me play ..... ~:cheers:

Wasabi laughed at the guys flying through the air as the elephants pounded away...

My fiance thinks it looks nice, and she watches DB with me. When I was done showing her the demo, she told me she would start getting used to not seeing much of me once the game was released.

~:cool:

Both wives don't have much interest in RTW, if they ever sat on my comp, they'd play the sims... ~:wacko: any talk about games is either about the upcoming sims 2 games or the sims.. ~:p

I'm not married, I don't have school, I have nothing else to do... My eyes bleed.

My girlfriend thought the demo was pretty wicked. She doesn't play games much, but she does have an Xbox and knows a decent game when she sees one.

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Originally Posted by faisal

Both wives

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You lucky....I hate living in the U.S. ~:p Erm...depending on how they act, no offense intended.

But yeah, I told my girlfriend the demo was coming out (this was before it did obviously) and she said "So I shouldn't plan on talking to you for a week then?"

She knows how it works. ~D

My wife started calling hjerself a "Total War widow" when Medieval came out.
She knows it's gonna' be the same way with Rome. She ain't stupid ~D
But she does think the game looks great. And she'd know....'cause.....um.....she IS my wife ~:p


-Soul

No girl, school untill 2:15 starting the 8th, what else have I to do?

Never leave yourself logged in when an 11 year old is around. Sigh.

My wife liked the elephants ~:rolleyes: