I personally have noticed a ton of interest in Tera from other girls I know. Was in my Rift vent last night and Tera was the topic of conversation,  Most of the guys were either like meh or hated it, but a surprising amount of the girls across the board had already pre-ordered and love it.

Another thing I found interesting it was appealing across our age barriers as well. We have girls in our guld from 8 years old to 56, and they all seem to like it.

All and all it made me feel kinda bad for only feeling it's an ok game, because most of the girls are very passionate about it.

it's not gender targeted, it's region targeted. the region is Asia, they absolutely love that stuf over there.

That's not true. Well, not for me anyway. I love the style, especially how they depict beautiful people. GW2 character creation is equally capable from what I've seen and I'm sure the pool of NCsoft artists has helped to that.

Now, in terms of clothing, I prefer the non modest of Castanics, with second best in my choice the fashionable High Elves.

female gamer here, and i love it.   most of my girl friends have already preordered the game as well.

it is the kind of game, that captures that fantasy feeling very well, from the moment you first login in.

I've noticed some female players, playing together as elin or elves, though none in my guild, we are all in it for the action combat. Its always guys that slag off the art style, it must be a macho thing to hate pretty graphics, " grrr, my penis demands sepia tones, crew cuts and guns! ".

i was talking about the Popori and Elin race. i dont think anyone in the west has any problems with any of the other races, however the presence of those 2 races takes the game from an "i love it" to " it's ok".

every race is interesting in Tera.     so far my favorite race is high elve, followed by humans,  followed by castanics.

if i ever try playing a melee class, i will pick aman.

my least favorite race is Elin.

one thing i hated about swtor, was that every race was basically human.  they all looked alike, had same hairstyles, same facial structure etc.   you basically had human with blue skin, human with green skin, blind human, human with horns.   i hated it

Originally posted by Jakdstripper

i was talking about the Popori and Elin race. i dont think anyone in the west has any problems with any of the other races, however the presence of those 2 races takes the game from an "i love it" to " it's ok".

the popori i love.   if you read the lore behind them,  you see it all makes sense.    the elins however i feel, could have used some work.   elins should have been winged faeries, and smaller than what they are, size wise.

Once you get into the atmosphere you learn to just laugh at popori or elin swinging massive axes around, like the silly races in WoW. The combat animations on popori for warrior and slayer is very good, as each race as very different styles and gear. You learn to respect elin after seeing one tank BAMs without any damage for hours.

in Everquest 2.  there are plenty of animal races.  they even had a hilarious Frog race.  with colorful skin patterns!p

and a race of Rats wich were adorable.

i think popory fits perfectly in the beautiful fantasy world of Tera.   samething about the elins,  since they are supposed to be similar to a fairy. or spirits of nature.

Originally posted by zevni78

Once you get into the atmosphere you learn to just laugh at popori or elin swinging massive axes around, like the silly races in WoW. The combat animations on popori for warrior and slayer is very good, as each race as very different styles and gear. You learn to respect elin after seeing one tank BAMs without any damage for hours.

 

 

Not only that but the world doesnt really work by the rules of our world, they have massive trees that attack you and orcs, I think its ok to have a small race with a massive axe :P

I think a lot of westerners just don't prefer this art style. It's something I've never really understood because I think games like this are so gorgeous. I don't see why anyone would prefer graphics and character models like Everquest/Swtor/Skyrim/Rift to this, to me the characters and models are just really nasty in comparison. In SWTOR, I chose my character's features/race/hair based on which ones I disliked the least. In TERA, I chose all those things based on which one I liked the most. It's funny how this phenomenon seems to be a constant with me between eastern/western MMOs. I will say, I think WoW got a really good mixture of western/eastern style, sort of a unification. Probably another reason it has such a broad appeal to so many people.

Originally posted by Xenostar

I think a lot of westerners just don't prefer this art style. It's something I've never really understood because I think games like this are so gorgeous. I don't see why anyone would prefer graphics and character models like Everquest/Swtor/Skyrim/Rift to this, to me the characters and models are just really nasty in comparison. In SWTOR, I chose my character's features/race/hair based on which ones I disliked the least. In TERA, I chose all those things based on which one I liked the most. It's funny how this phenomenon seems to be a constant with me between eastern/western MMOs. I will say, I think WoW got a really good mixture of western/eastern style, sort of a unification. Probably another reason it has such a broad appeal to so many people.

Like everything its up to choice, most people have little exposure to eastern culture only people that really like it, it has been an anime/manga hardcore fans domain for many years, and its only now with internet essentially on every home that it has really started to take off the awareness of that culture and even then there is a lot of prejudice still.

I for one can appreciate both, I really do enjoy Korean/Japanese art style but I also like a lot of the stuff that we do here in the West.

Not a single female that i know would touch a mmorpg. SO NO.

Originally posted by Nadya3

female gamer here, and i love it.   most of my girl friends have already preordered the game as well.

it is the kind of game, that captures that fantasy feeling very well, from the moment you first login in.

I haven't played the game myself yet, but this is exactly the impression I get from the screenshots and vids I've seen. This is part of whats got me interested in TERA. That and the combat system.

Last time I checked, I was a dude.

Originally posted by Otomox

Not a single female that i know would touch a mmorpg. SO NO.

Ah the mythical female MMO gamer.  So few of them around, right?

http://blogs.parc.com/playon/2012/02/01/phase-ii-participant-overview/

Out of a sample of over 800 US players, 39% of them were female

People tend to fixate on the skimpy clothes and some of the races, but when it comes right down to it, TERA actually caters to pretty much all the possible "beautiful/handsome/pretty/attractive" categories through one race or another (irrespective of any sexual connotations). Whatever your gender or tastes, odds are pretty good that you can make a character that appeals to you visually. Plus, it helps that the game has good enough graphics to actually make the issue worth pursuing.

I don't think its gender targeted, it cleverly has something for everyone.

There is a character type for almost every type of person in this game... from those who like to play cutsie animals to those who like serious manly men.  Even the lolicon fans and the girly elf lovers can get something for them in this...

It really appeals to a wide audience in my opinion.

P.S.  I'm probably rolling an Elf... Mystic.

Originally posted by teakbois

Originally posted by Otomox

Not a single female that i know would touch a mmorpg. SO NO.

Ah the mythical female MMO gamer.  So few of them around, right?

 

http://blogs.parc.com/playon/2012/02/01/phase-ii-participant-overview/

 

Out of a sample of over 800 US players, 39% of them were female

First im not from the us. 2nd probably they count shit like angry birds and other facebook games when they talk mostly about girl gamers.

Originally posted by Otomox

Originally posted by teakbois

Originally posted by Otomox

Not a single female that i know would touch a mmorpg. SO NO.

Ah the mythical female MMO gamer.  So few of them around, right?

 

http://blogs.parc.com/playon/2012/02/01/phase-ii-participant-overview/

 

Out of a sample of over 800 US players, 39% of them were female

First im not from the us.

Then you have no idea about the gender division among US gamers and therefor your opinion on such is completely and totally baseless.

I've known plenty of female gamers. I AM from the US.