Most immersive games you've played? : Othor Games

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:57 am

Way of the Samurai 3....trying to get past the 4 endings to reach the 20 and possibly more endings...

Tenchu Z.

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:23 am

Dead Space 2...but you have to play it at night with all the lights turned off. :ahhh:

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:18 am

Morrowind without a doubt.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:38 pm

Probably Morrowind, that's all that is coming to mind right now.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:43 am

The most immersive game I have ever played would have to be Dragon Age: Origins.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:35 am

Omikron: the nomad soul is another.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:53 am

Morrowind, of course; the first time you see the night sky, for only one example.
VTM:Bloodlines was extremely immersive, at least the first time I played it (less so on a recent replay). Nothing like being on the Santa Monica beach at night with the boombox playing "Smaller God".
Omikron had immersive times also.
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, definitely; going to the bar and hearing the jazz flute music playing, which was incongruous but beautiful.
Homeworld. You found yourself caring whether the survivors make it back to the homeworld.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:08 am

In no particular order:
Daggerfall
Unreal
Thief
Hidden&Dangerous
Requiem: Avenging Angel(RP/FPS hybrid!)
Myst 3
Soldier of Fortune
Undying
Battlefield 2-1942
AVP2
The Thing
MoH:AA
Morrowind
XIII
Prey
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2
Fallout 3
Mirror's Edge
Minecraft
Metro 2033
Half-Life 1
Half-Life 2 Episodes
and Postal II.

Special mentioning:
Dead Space, Silent Hill 2-3, Resident Evil 2-3, PoP Warrior Within, Midtown Madness, Just Cause 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 6.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:29 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'm the same, maybe the vague definition of 'immersion' in my head is too strict. I've played plenty of games that have a lot of atmosphere, a rare one where I've perhaps had a level of emotional attachment to a character (I can't think of an example) but in all cases it always just a game. The pro to this as I see it is that I'm a lot more tolerant of gamey mechanics than it seems those that want/need immersion are.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:49 am

Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer.

The only game that had me playing it non-stop for 14 (fourteen) hours. Good times.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:40 pm

Fallout 3
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Half-Life 2
Sly 2
Infamous 2

I think that's it.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:04 am

Vampire Bloodlines
Oblivion
Fallout 3
Fallout New Vegas.

Mostly open world games.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:04 am

Immersive games? Hmm, no third person game I guarantee you that.

You'd think fallout new vegas, thanks to hardcoe mode, but that's not the case. I actually have not found any really immersive games as of yet, not fallout 3 or oblivion. :shrug:

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:09 am

I want to add Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. There were times I didn't even eat to play this game. Best 4X ever imo.

» Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:36 pm

Modded OB or FO3 will do that

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:16 pm

I'm one of those people that have never forgotten I was simply playing a video game, but to answer the question Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 3, and Legend of Zelda are all games that pull me into the feel of the world and the characters.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:48 am

I want to add Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. There were times I didn't even eat to play this game. Best 4X ever imo.

Its the...

Please don't go... the drones need you, they look up to you.

» Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:29 am

I've never forgot Iwas playing a game, but two come to mind:

ARMA II: It's easy to spend an hour or more planning out tactics ingame with your friends online and being completely taken over by the realism of it. After working on a plan, then comes the intensity of hoping it works out. Keeps you on edge the entire time

Oblivion: The only game where I have really tried roleplaying. It's nice to wake up, eat breakfast, watch the sun rise, and hunt or hang around all day instead of treating it like an FPS or powergaming.