My husband bought the game and I had only played a few games in the past..left 4 dead games and I tried Halo..I never had a big interest because I didn't really see anything that REALLY caught my eye. I'd play WITH people but never by myself on my own time.but as I watched him play Skyrim from the beginning it I noticed a few things.
1.I really liked the medieval setting. Shooting games are ok but I loved the idea of fighting with bows, swords, and magic! I've always been interested in medieval stuff.
2.the insanely awesome graphics(being a graphics student at the time). Graphics have a lot to do with my interest in a game, lol.Weird, I know.
3.the interesting storyline. I liked that, and that the game isn't overly profane and the women aren't oversexualized. The people aren't all insanely good looking,..it all just seems real.
4.the rpg open-world style. I prefer this to games where you have to just sit and shoot at something a billion times til either it dies or you die, and if you die, respawn and try again and again and again. Darn buttonmashers!!!! lol. in skyrim you can just run away if you can't beat someone, or reload to before you got into trouble and avoid it..
5.and of course the character customization. Yes I spent a while customizing my characters' faces. It must be the girl in me, liking hair and makeup and all that stuff. I also used to play the Sims, and Skyrim (especially after Hearthfire came out) reminds me of the sims but cooler! haha!
So, once my husband let me make my first character I was HOOKED. this game is so addictive. I never expected to love it this much....it's strange, I can't explain it. I play it more than he does!
Skyrim is still the only game I play on my own free time but it has me wanting to try other games such as the fable, far cry, dishonored and such.
I also think it's awesome that there are so many other girls on this forum...I was hesitant to join b/c of how I see girls treated by some guy gamers on online gaming such as call of duty or halo(another reason I never got into playing online haha), but this forum is a great change of pace!!! yay!