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What’s the most immersive game you’ve played?
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Love BFV but some of the cosmetics are so out of place it ruins the immersion
RDR2
TloU2
Alien Isolation
Hellblade
Death Stranding
Metroid Prime
Assassins Creed Origins
Skyrim
Subnautica
Fallout 4
Metro Exodus
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Battlefield 1 and V
Far Cry Primal
Cyberpunk 2077
The Witcher 3
The Best:
Red Dead Redemption 2
TloU2
Alien Isolation
Hellblade
Death Stranding
Metroid Prime
Assassins Creed Origins
Skyrim
Subnautica
Fallout 4
Metro Exodus
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Battlefield 1 and V
Far Cry Primal
Cyberpunk 2077
The Witcher 3
The Best:
Red Dead Redemption 2
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I don't look for immersion in games. I'll enjoy the experience and sink hours into it, and get invested in plots, but nothing that draws me in like I'm "in the world" because I'm constantly noticing and critiquing, which I think is part of the fun.
Budget Cuts & HL Alyx. Both did the 'lean on wall in VR that doesn't exist in real life and fall over' trick which means I was pretty immersed.
Also minecraft. I can get totally lost in there especially spelunking or mining with the ambient music in the background.
Also minecraft. I can get totally lost in there especially spelunking or mining with the ambient music in the background.
For me, probably the Mass Effect series. I think the biggest thing that makes immersion work for me is how much it allows me to feel like I really am someone else in the context of a video game. In Mass Effect, Commander Shepard is their own distinct character in the world, complete with their own voice acting. And yet that character also feels very personal to me since I'm able to pick dialog options and thus influence my choices in said conversations. And I just find it great to hear Commander Shepard's voice in response to my choices. To me, it all just comes together really well, and makes me feel like I really I am Command Shepard in the world of Mass Effect. And that's what makes that series quite endearing to me.
Gothic series
Deus Ex
Bloodlines
RDR2
TLOU
Metro Exodus
The Long Dark
Hunt: Showdown
Hell Let Loose
Deus Ex
Bloodlines
RDR2
TLOU
Metro Exodus
The Long Dark
Hunt: Showdown
Hell Let Loose
I'm still unsure how I feel about ME1 Citadel. Like you, I spend hours soaking myself in its otherworldly atmosphere, enjoying the great music and seeing everything there was to see. But on the other hand, I hate its layout (the wards in particular). It makes zero sense and confuses me to this day after even multiple playthroughs. There doesn't seem to be any logic to it, it's like a maze. And my second gripe with it is that it doesn't feel like a *city*, it feels like you're just visiting the inside of one big building. You get to see the wards through a huge panoramic window, but it doesn't really feel like you're *in* them. I had to wait until ME3's Citadel DLC to finally get that Blade Runner-esque feeling of walking down a crowded street in a bustling futuristic city.
Pyre. Not for reasons of realism ofc, but never have I ever played a game that made me really feel like I'm actually the person I'm playing as (the reader) and make it feel like I'm part of the story and not just in a game. I think that's for several reasons
-my decisions in the journey make a big impact, I decide where we go and it matters (without being an open world game).
-basically no question is unanswered: why do I decide where we go? Who sings the music I'm listening to at the moment? Who are the people I travel with and what are their motives. It's also rarely a black-and-white between "evil" antagonists und us protagonists, everybody has relevant motives that are not ignored.
-losing is allowed. Might sound dumb, but I think this was important for immersion: there is not just the one path of glory where you always win like in pokemon games etc. If you lost, you lost and have to live with the consequences. You might even lose the most important matches and it WILL affect the story, but thats just the way it goes!
-every decision you take is taken seriously to the last details: favourite example being that the lyrics of the songs are adapted to the current situation (all dialogies ofc too, but these are not voiced). The songs especially blew my mind. Fantastic.
Recently finished pyre, already played bastion and transistor and now enjoying hades, it's crazy cool to see how much super giant improve from game to game and still make distinct masterpieces of art and music.
-my decisions in the journey make a big impact, I decide where we go and it matters (without being an open world game).
-basically no question is unanswered: why do I decide where we go? Who sings the music I'm listening to at the moment? Who are the people I travel with and what are their motives. It's also rarely a black-and-white between "evil" antagonists und us protagonists, everybody has relevant motives that are not ignored.
-losing is allowed. Might sound dumb, but I think this was important for immersion: there is not just the one path of glory where you always win like in pokemon games etc. If you lost, you lost and have to live with the consequences. You might even lose the most important matches and it WILL affect the story, but thats just the way it goes!
-every decision you take is taken seriously to the last details: favourite example being that the lyrics of the songs are adapted to the current situation (all dialogies ofc too, but these are not voiced). The songs especially blew my mind. Fantastic.
Recently finished pyre, already played bastion and transistor and now enjoying hades, it's crazy cool to see how much super giant improve from game to game and still make distinct masterpieces of art and music.
Final Fantasy VII Remake the final battle, I couldn't believe my eyes that I'm playing a real time on PS4.
Most of my VR experiences why by default but I think RDR2 been the biggest outside of that in recent memory.
I think the original Operation Flashpoint on PC. It was almost like a super realistic role playing game in a war scenario. I felt like I was right there.
Especially the "calm before the storm" moments were super intense. I really felt like I was fearing for my life and that of my comrades.
There is a mission were you're on your own, trying to make it through the woods to the escape helicopter, while the enemy is searching for you. Some of the most intense gaming moments.
Especially the "calm before the storm" moments were super intense. I really felt like I was fearing for my life and that of my comrades.
There is a mission were you're on your own, trying to make it through the woods to the escape helicopter, while the enemy is searching for you. Some of the most intense gaming moments.
The Walking Dead Saints and Sinners.
Finished yesterday and I'm blown away!
I plan to make a thread this week talking more about it but just to sum it nothing in my 26 years as a gamer came close to the feeling of running from a faction when the bells were ringing and the map was full of walkers so the walkers started attacking them and me, my pistol got empty I needed to put bullet by bullet on the pistol, running, throwing everything I saw on the floor in walkers direction, getting my backpack on my back ( lol ), to get medicine, taking it, rolling bandages on my own arm, taking a knife from my hip to brain a walker...shit was intense !
Finished yesterday and I'm blown away!
I plan to make a thread this week talking more about it but just to sum it nothing in my 26 years as a gamer came close to the feeling of running from a faction when the bells were ringing and the map was full of walkers so the walkers started attacking them and me, my pistol got empty I needed to put bullet by bullet on the pistol, running, throwing everything I saw on the floor in walkers direction, getting my backpack on my back ( lol ), to get medicine, taking it, rolling bandages on my own arm, taking a knife from my hip to brain a walker...shit was intense !
GT Sport comp races. I have sore muscles after those races because my body is just so engaged in the experience.
Also pretty much every Rockstar open world game. They are the only open worlds that feel truly dynamic and alive.
Also pretty much every Rockstar open world game. They are the only open worlds that feel truly dynamic and alive.
Skyrim, Witcher3 and AC Valhalla. I would say HL2 but for those horrible 'Loading' dead stops.
Yes, good one, that was immersive back in the day... Like the games I listed above that suck me in, despite it being smoke and mirrors, as all games ar of course, the worlds feel real, with events going on around you, even if they're not really.
Yes, good one, that was immersive back in the day... Like the games I listed above that suck me in, despite it being smoke and mirrors, as all games ar of course, the worlds feel real, with events going on around you, even if they're not really.