Most immersive games you've played? : Othor Games

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:45 am

For me, Far Cry 2, splinter cell 1/2, MGS3, Oblivion and F3/FNV. All of these at some point ive totally felt svcked into the game.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:26 pm

Metro 2033
STALKER
Oblivion
Morrowind
Fallout 3

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:11 am

Dwarf Fortress

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:26 pm

Terraria, Civilization 2, Civil War Generals 2, and Morrowind are the only games that I have ever been immersed in enough to lose track of real life time.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:56 pm

Morrowind, Oblivion, Minecraft, Final Fantasy 7, and The Curse of Monkey Island have had that sort of effect on me. Not necessarily immersed, but disengaged from all else.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:24 am

Morrowind, Oblivion Far Cry 2, STALKER, Mafia, Minecraft, Mount & Blade and Fallout 3.

Daggerfall and Pokémon games, can be very immersive sometimes.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:42 pm

The most immersive game I think I've ever played is King's Field IV. Where it falls short in combat, controls, etc., it makes up for in atmosphere.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:27 am

Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:56 am

STALKER, Daggerfall, Morrowind, and Arcanum. And others I probably forgot about.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:11 am

Any Bethesda open world game - especially Oblivion. With the proper texture mods the natural surroundings can be pretty realistic.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:38 pm

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Morrowind, Deus Ex, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy VII, VIII and X, Mafia, Unreal (the original one), Silent Hill 1 and 2, Condemned 1 and 2.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:36 am

Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:04 am

Any Bethesda open world game - especially Oblivion. With the proper texture mods the natural surroundings can be pretty realistic.

Same here (when they're not crashing, at least). I've spent many thousands of hours being enjoyably immersed! Outside of that, probably Half Life 2, I think: that was a game whose atmosphere subsumed me in a way that I seldom see elsewhere. And perhaps Ego Draconis, just to finish things off.

Glancing at my games shelf, there's a lot of stuff that I've thoroughly enjoyed, but only a few that really grab me in that way.

Edit: I see a few mentions of Stalker; I was half tempted to add that too but couldn't quite make up my mind.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:42 pm

Dwarf Fortress

:goodjob:

Well yeah, it is the most advanced fantasy world simulator ever made.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:59 pm

Oblivion, Morrowind, Arcanum, Fallout New Vegas.

There are others, and I used to get completely immersed a lot more when I was younger, but those games still do it for me now.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:56 pm

Still haven't seen a coherent definition of the I-word, but....

....I have never forgotten I'm playing a game, as far as I can recall. But that's fine, because my goal is to play a game. :shrug:

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:51 am

Stalker, ArmA II and Thief.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:10 pm

Fallout 3 - time was non-existant during my time with that game.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:40 am

I don't forget that I'm playing a game, but I've felt I'm most "in" the game when playing Fallout 1, Fallout 3, Red Orchestra and Mass Effects.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:35 pm

Still haven't seen a coherent definition of the I-word, but....

....I have never forgotten I'm playing a game, as far as I can recall. But that's fine, because my goal is to play a game. :shrug:

I think immersion is the result of how much you like the game, on several levels. A game you don't like is because the graphics are bad or just not your style, bad mechanics, bad controller layout, [censored] audio (bad acting, weak effects etc) and so on, being a combination of these or just one of them.

It's not the game that is immersive, but how you experience it.

Played many games in my life that have done a lot of things right, but none are them are immersive. It's always just a game, and it always makes sure to notify me of that.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:38 pm

Thief 1&2.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:12 pm

A Mind Forever Voyaging and Wizard's Crown. Also Morrowind.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:44 pm

I think immersion is the result of how much you like the game, on several levels. A game you don't like is because the graphics are bad or just not your style, bad mechanics, bad controller layout, [censored] audio (bad acting, weak effects etc) and so on, being a combination of these or just one of them.

It's not the game that is immersive, but how you experience it.

I'm not sure if it's just a matter of how much you like it, though it's probably a prerequisite. For example, I liked Bioshock, Gothic 3 and numerous others just fine, but they didn't quite have that element that I'm "almost there". A useful definition is hard to pin down, but I was never much good at explaining things so I'll leave it to someone else!

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:03 am

Oblivion and KOTOR are the first two that come to my mind.I remember the first time I played both games and being so amazed by what they had to offer. and how well they svcked me into the game world.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:09 am

Oblivion and Morrowind.