Don't judge games by their covers? Riiight. Blog Guilded Lilies has an insightful post up about doing just that.

This cover art works for me primarily because it shows a female character that isn't objectified, but instead looks capable and ready to get things accomplished in the game world. The expression on her face is confident and self-assured, with a dash of sass in her wry smile... Call me naive, but my interest in this game was based purely on it making me feel that it was a perfectly normal thing for me to want to play a fantasy RPG on my computer — and that is precisely why I think it is successful. That feeling was reinforced by gameplay that lived up the inclusive artwork on the cover...

Indeed! Good point: Do agree that it's a matter of the game creating expectations and then delivering on them. Really, that's the secret to sucess — Being inclusive and not crappy. Brian Ashcraft

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