Author Topic: Ubisoft's latest to bring in more female gamers. (Read 3997 times)

brawndolicious · « **on:** September 06, 2006, 10:26:44 PM »

http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1157589192

Recent industry revelations have suggested that a larger body of female gamers is essential to the future of video games, and Ubisoft, with it's newly revealed title Alive, hopes to bring in a solid part of the female demographic.

"It's more oriented toward drama, more life in characters, more depth," said Ubisoft's Chief Executive Yves Guillemot. "It's still about surviving, but you can't resolve things by shooting only."

Few details on the game exist at this point. All that is known is that Alive will take place after an earthquake and, in order to survive, the characters within the game will have to depend on their instincts and each other.

Guillemot is referring to the style of gameplay as "action plus", and though no particular platform or release date has been clarified for Alive, it's likely the game will be for next gen consoles.

might be good.

Alex Anderson · « **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:32:54 AM »

Shoulda been Taiko Drum Master with vibrating drumsticks.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #2 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:57:15 AM »

Girls eat this stuff up for some reason. At least mine does. She made me import some disaster games from japane like Disaster report. She's scared of stuff like that happening in real life but has no problem with playing the games i dont get it.

morphix · « **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2006, 10:08:29 AM »

girls don't play games, they don't use the internet and they don't fart. These are all facts.

whiteACID · « **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2006, 10:58:50 AM »

I guess I'm not a real girl.

morphix · « **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2006, 11:43:16 AM »

I can imagine, you just sitting at your PC farting away while playing gameboy...

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #6 on:** September 07, 2006, 11:54:27 AM »

Girls play crap like Animal Crossing and Nintendo Dogs and are responsible for any success the DS might experience. Therefore, they should be excluded from the hobby until they embrace 2D shooters and strategy RPGs en masse.

whiteACID · « **Reply #7 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:22:11 PM »

I can kick ass in Halo, I love games like Doom, Diablos, Starcraft, any Mario games, racing games, rpg's like WoW, so shove it!

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:30:09 PM »

whiteACID seems to like games period lolz.

Im about the same, no real genre of choice.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #9 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:30:37 PM »

I don't see Dodonpachi or Tactics Ogre in that list.

Diablos · « **Reply #10 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:34:00 PM »

Quote from: whiteACID on September 07, 2006, 12:22:11 PM

I can kick ass in Halo, I love games like Doom, Diablos, Starcraft, any Mario games, racing games, rpg's like WoW, so shove it!

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #11 on:** September 07, 2006, 02:36:40 PM »

redWood obviously has a testosterone imbalance. The average girly girl likes games like Donkey Konga, Animal Crossing, Sims and computerized board games. Games that simulate life in some manner. Be it shopping, decorating, dancing, socialization or other games of cooperation (some FPS fit this bill).

Not that I have room to talk, because I have been playing the same damn JRPG model for the past 20 years.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #12 on:** September 07, 2006, 02:49:34 PM »

Animal Crossing is more exclusive to underdeveloped social cretins with a Fisher-Price fetish than it is a chick thing.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #13 on:** September 07, 2006, 05:38:17 PM »

what kind of girls do you guys know? All the girls I know play racing and sports games. they like Halo too but that's because they're sane. I mean they either try really hard or really little to be savvy but they all get games and systems and good shit.

APF · « **Reply #14 on:** September 07, 2006, 05:46:36 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on September 07, 2006, 05:38:17 PM

what kind of girls do you guys know? All the girls I know play racing and sports games. they like Halo too but that's because they're sane. I mean they either try really hard or really little to be savvy but they all get games and systems and good shit.

All the girls I know are women.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #15 on:** September 07, 2006, 05:47:51 PM »

Quote from: APF on September 07, 2006, 05:46:36 PM

All the girls I know are women.

fuck you and your useless points!
/pouts in corner

etiolate · « **Reply #16 on:** September 07, 2006, 06:49:27 PM »

Quote

"It's more oriented toward drama, more life in characters, more depth," said Ubisoft's Chief Executive Yves Guillemot. "It's still about surviving, but you can't resolve things by shooting only."

I guess they did some research for this, or might actually have a woman involved with it. Studies show this is the sort of thing girls have wanted and I don't mean 'eww guns". I mean thay want more than one way to tackle a situation or problem. To go around, sneak or whatever.

APF · « **Reply #17 on:** September 07, 2006, 06:53:30 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on September 07, 2006, 05:47:51 PM

Quote from: APF on September 07, 2006, 05:46:36 PM
All the girls I know are women.
fuck you and your useless points!
/pouts in corner

Seriously though, to the extent that any women I know play video games, it's usually something like Tetris or Bejeweled.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #18 on:** September 07, 2006, 06:55:27 PM »

Quote from: APF on September 07, 2006, 06:53:30 PM

Seriously though, to the extent that any women I know play video games, it's usually something like Tetris or Bejeweled.

sad, very sad.

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #19 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:00:11 PM »

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The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #20 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:01:47 PM »

Quote from: malek4980 on September 07, 2006, 07:00:11 PM

Women don't have time to play videogames. They're much too busy cooking my dinner, sweeping my floor, and blowing my penis...

APF · « **Reply #21 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:19:24 PM »

Quote from: malek4980 on September 07, 2006, 07:00:11 PM

Women don't have time to play videogames. They're much too busy cooking my dinner, sweeping my floor, and blowing my penis.

That's why the DS came out with Cooking Mama, Animal Crossing, and Nintendongs.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #22 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:20:18 PM »

Cooking Mama?

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #23 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:22:55 PM »

I see no Blowing My Penis DS released yet...

etiolate · « **Reply #24 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:29:52 PM »

Quote from: The Dark Shake on September 07, 2006, 07:22:55 PM

I see no Blowing My Penis DS released yet...

I took note of the reply like:

making my dinner = Cooking Mama "ok same thing"
sweeping the floor = animal crossing "yah you clean in that game.."
blowing my penis = nintendogs "......"

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #25 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:31:42 PM »

I believe he reffered to it as Nintendongs.... which still illicits a "......." O_o

brawndolicious · « **Reply #26 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:33:58 PM »

you don't think girls a little turned off by videogame sex? too much work.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #27 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:34:44 PM »

Vizzys · « **Reply #28 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:37:37 PM »

This thread makes my pants tighter for some reason.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #29 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:38:04 PM »

I don't know, waychel likes it but I've never met any other girl who likes it. that was a serious comment and not a joke.

The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment · « **Reply #30 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:39:12 PM »

Videogame sex? What I wanna know is WHO THE HELL GETS TURNED ON by that?!

brawndolicious · « **Reply #31 on:** September 07, 2006, 07:41:16 PM »

Quote from: The Dark Shake on September 07, 2006, 07:39:12 PM

Videogame sex? What I wanna know is WHO THE HELL GETS TURNED ON by that?!

you want me to spend time explaining waychel's hentai habits? see what you did malek, see?

Waychel · « **Reply #32 on:** September 08, 2006, 07:14:57 PM »

Sounds like they are taking a lesson from Lost in Blue...

brawndolicious · « **Reply #33 on:** September 08, 2006, 07:19:21 PM »

Quote from: Waychel on September 08, 2006, 07:14:57 PM

Sounds like they are taking a lesson from Lost in Blue...

wasn't that a shitty game?

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #34 on:** September 08, 2006, 07:23:45 PM »

I heard that Lost in Blue was like Cast Away but without the sex.

etiolate · « **Reply #35 on:** September 08, 2006, 07:38:41 PM »

Lost in Blue is frustrating.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #36 on:** September 08, 2006, 07:39:40 PM »

... so it's kind of like Cast Away

Waychel · « **Reply #37 on:** September 08, 2006, 08:19:08 PM »

Quote from: am nintenho on September 08, 2006, 07:19:21 PM

Quote from: Waychel on September 08, 2006, 07:14:57 PM
Sounds like they are taking a lesson from Lost in Blue...
wasn't that a shitty game?

I didn't think so... it is one of my favorite DS games.

brawndolicious · « **Reply #38 on:** September 08, 2006, 08:22:30 PM »

wow..

etiolate · « **Reply #39 on:** September 08, 2006, 08:32:49 PM »

The game is fun when you're NOT STARVING TO DEATH.

Waychel · « **Reply #40 on:** September 08, 2006, 09:47:15 PM »

Once you build better beds and a better shelf to store things (and get a tank to store water, etc.) you're not going to go hungry really. Eventually you can leave Skye alone and stay away more.

etiolate · « **Reply #41 on:** September 08, 2006, 09:52:33 PM »

I always leave skye alone during the day and come back at night. I have a water thing and stuff, but it does nothing when I got up to it to deposit water.

Waychel · « **Reply #42 on:** September 08, 2006, 10:36:15 PM »

That's odd... I have a tank and what I do is I go to that bank outside the cave, fill my plastic bottle up with water, talk to the tank and put the water in it...

etiolate · « **Reply #43 on:** September 08, 2006, 10:45:52 PM »

That's what I do, but it doesn't empty my water bottle when I go to the tank.

Waychel · « **Reply #44 on:** September 09, 2006, 12:08:36 AM »

Do you have a water bottle in your backpack that has water in it? When you walk up and talk to the tank it should say something like this...

0 / 301
______
X / X

The X being the water you have on you in your inventory. What you do is hit up on the pad and the 0 / 301 will change to 1 / 301. Then you confirm and you will have deposited the water.

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Author Topic: Ubisoft's latest to bring in more female gamers. (Read 3997 times)

Diablos