The "Female Demographic"?

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r505Matt said: 

Take a look at Bioware, some their games are controversially known for the 'sexual path' (so to speak) a character can take. Last I checked, most straight males, while playing a female character, aren't too keen on hooking up their character up with a guy. It can get kind of awkward (I feel bad for the achievement junkies out there in this case haha), especially if you are really absorbed in the game, and you feel some kind of connection with your main character. Having a guy hit on you must be awkward in that situation.

So it would seem to me that developers are really starting to recognize that female gamers play all kinds of games, like male gamers do, and they are taking steps (albeit some small ones in some cases, and some BAD steps in other cases) to acknowledge that. 

I doubt BioWare games serve as good examples, they have very little (if any) appeal to female gamers. Forementioned sexual path, or rather sex scene is treated like a reward for accomplishment of side quest in Mass Effect. This's pretty much stereotypical male image of romantic relationship, not to mention overall lack of intrigue in dialogue threads with potential love interests (look at my avy for reference). I had a chance to experience more complex relationships in my personal life than these fantasies, and I'm not a space travelling hero or anything. Not a big loss, since romantic relationships aren't that important in this particular game, but BioWare could have done a better job.