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** In ''Hope of Travtropia'', [[BreastPlate certain equipment]] can only be used by females. Females are also the only ones who can access the classes [[BadassPrincess Princess]] or MagicalGirl.

** Developers have to take demographics into account, so a game primarily targeted towards men will encourage players to play as a man, and a game targeted towards women will encourage players to play as a woman.

** Developers have to take demographics into account, so a game primarily targeted towards men will encourage players to play as a man, and a game targeted towards women will encourage players to play as a man.

* '''Defied''': During early beta testing, players were frustrated by the fact that in one level, male characters get an amusing DisguisedInDrag subplot where they infiltrate a castle disguised as maids, while female ones get an annoying knight who tries to "[[AnnoyingVideoGameHelper protect]]" them. To avoid player annoyance, the annoying knight was demoted to a minor {{NPC}}, and female characters were given a SweetPollyOliver subplot where they infiltrate a castle disguised as footmen.

** The game is set in a historical setting in which one gender had less options than the other. So while ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome
X-treme Voting Simulator]]'' allows male characters to analyze and vote in elections from as early as 1776, female characters only actually get the ability to vote after 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment is ratified.

** The game is set in a historical setting in which one gender had less options than the other. So while ''Extreme [[MundaneMadeAwesome Voting Simulator]]'' allows male characters to analyze and vote in elections from as early as 1776, female characters only actually get the ability to vote after 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment is ratified.

** The game is set in a historical setting in which one gender had less options than the other. So while [[MundaneMadeAwesome ''Extreme Voting Simulator!'']] allows male characters to analyze and vote in elections from as early as 1776, female characters only actually get the ability to vote after 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment is ratified.

** The game is set in a historical setting in which women had less options than men. So while [[MundaneMadeAwesome ''Extreme Voting Simulator!'']] allows male characters to analyze and vote in elections from as early as 1776, female characters only actually get the ability to vote after 1920 when the Nineteenth Amendment is ratified.

* '''Defied''': During early beta testing, players were frustrated by the fact that in one level, male characters get an amusing DisguisedInDrag subplot where they infiltrate a castle disguised as maids, while female ones get an [[WhiteKnight annoying knight]] who tries to "[[StopHelpingMe protect]]" them. To avoid player annoyance, the annoying knight was demoted to a minor {{NPC}}, and female characters were given a SweetPollyOliver subplot where they infiltrate a castle disguised as footmen.

* '''Exaggerated''':

* '''Inverted''': PurelyAestheticGender

** Female equipment is slightly more common than male equipment, but that's because there are more female characters than male in the party.
** Female characters have more customization options, which are purely aesthetic. There are no gender differences in the actual gameplay.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': When you play as the disadvantaged gender, later parts of the stories will have [=NPC=]s lampshade your difficulties and cut scenes become much more dramatic compared to the other gender. You will also earn a special achievement for clearing the game that gender.

* '''Subverted''': In theory, one of the genders has an advantage over another, but this advantage turns out to be negligible.

* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ''Serfs and Swordsmen'' is a semi-realistic game based on historical information about the medieval era. Whichever gender you choose, your character intends to become an adventurer, but female characters have to overcome sexism in order to do so. {{NPC}}s are generally more cooperative toward male characters and unwilling to sell weapons or give quests to females. Female characters are often treated as social pariahs for defying social expectations. There may be an AttemptedRape situation which only occurs for female characters, or the male equivalent is an easier scenario in which he helps a woman fight off a rapist. Later in the game, the character goes from RagsToRoyalty. It's easier for kings to exercise power than queens. Queens face a conflict between being a [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething royal who actually does something]] and producing an heir, and there's even the chance of a DeathByChildbirth-induced NonStandardGameOver depending on the player's decisions while the character is pregnant. This has the effect of making the player feel the sexism of the era, while also creating a form of DifficultyLevels.

* '''Parodied''': One gender has access to a whole slew of options... that mean absolutely nothing and are just there for the sake of being there.

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ''Serfs and Swordsmen'' is a semi-realistic game based on historical information about the medieval era. Whichever gender you choose, your character intends to become an adventurer, but female characters have to overcome sexism in order to do so. {{NPC}}s are generally more cooperative toward male characters and unwilling to sell weapons or give quests to females. Female characters are often treated as social pariahs for defying social expectations. There may be an AttemptedRape situation which only occurs for female characters, or the male equivalent is an easier scenario in which he helps a woman fight off a rapist. Later in the game, the character goes from RagsToRoyalty. It's easier for kings to exercise power than queens. Queens face a conflict between being a [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething royal who actually does something]] and producing an heir, and there's even the chance of a DeathByChildbirth-induced NonStandardGameOver depending on the player's decisions while the character is pregnant.

* '''Exploited''': Bob starts playing a RolePlayingGame and makes a half female half male party so he can equip both the best armor and best weapons.

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* '''Downplayed''': Female equipment is slightly more common than male equipment, but that's because there are more female characters than male in the party.

* '''Defied''': ???

** Females may be able to equip the best armor, but only males can equip the best weapons.

* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Straight''': In ''Hope of Travtropia'', [[BreastPlate certain equipment]] can only be used by females. Females are also the only ones who can access the classes [[BadassPrincess Princess]] or MagicalGirl.

* '''Exaggerated''': In ''Hope of Travtropia'', women are [[LightningBruiser faster]], better at magic, and have lots of nifty exclusive equipment and accessories to choose from. Men... [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards can smash]] [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer stuff]].

* '''Justified''': Travtropia is set in a LadyLand.

* '''Double Subverted''': While gender offers no perks to a ''starting'' character, the {{Prestige Class}}es are gender-exclusive, with those offered to one being ''far'' better than the other gender's options.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Both genders get exclusive equipment. Which equipment is better/easier to obtain depends on how far the player has gotten in the game, making the advantage swing back and forth. When DLC is released for the game, the first pack is skewed heavily towards men, but the second gives women even ''greater'' advantages.

** In ''Repvrot's Bane'', men are naturally more powerful and can equip pretty much all the weapons and armor available, while women are regulated to [[StaffChick more]] [[SquishyWizard squishy]] [[SpoonyBard classes]].

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Inverted''': Impossible to invert.

* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Gender [[PurelyAestheticGender offers no unique perks]].

* '''Averted''': Only one gender is allowed as player characters.

* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Averted''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': ???