The Interface and Women Gamers

[Tamur]

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?

[King Edward]

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

Also Dont Laugh at whats on telly in the middle of an arguement i found out this weekend that doesnt go down well!!!

[UglyandHasty]

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 .....

[Papewaio]

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

[crazyviking03]

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.

[Leet Eriksson]

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

[Medieval Assassin]

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

[Cloudkill]

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.

[Aelwyn]

Both wives

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.

[SeveredSoul]

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
But she does think the game looks great. And she'd know....'cause.....um.....she IS my wife ~:p


-Soul

[Kaiser of Arabia]

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

[Lord of the Isles]

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

[Ser Clegane]

My wife liked the elephants