Red Dead Redemption for me. Sure some would claim that Bethesda games would be because their worlds are much bigger but I like RDR more for have a "set" character and not a make your own like Bethesda games do resulting in a much more character driven story and being able to care about the characters in RDR more than in ES/F.
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What game this gen has the most imersive world?
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Mama Robotnik
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Minecraft.
It feels natural, and not designed to death like most games. By giving the player the freedom to go in any directions, to climb every mountain, swim every sea and plunge into every cavern, it achieves a level of immersion no other game matches.
That's my opinion.
It feels natural, and not designed to death like most games. By giving the player the freedom to go in any directions, to climb every mountain, swim every sea and plunge into every cavern, it achieves a level of immersion no other game matches.
That's my opinion.
sixteen-bit
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Beyond Good & Evil HD
The Praiseworthy
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I can't choose one between Dark Souls and Skyrim 
BrLvgThrChmstry
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I agreed, same answer for my me as well. Or the only one I could think of at the moment. I really got in sucked into EVE Online for a few months.
DidntKnowJack
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Skyrim for me.
outunderthestars
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bioshock and fallout 3.
Fantasy Final
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Dark Souls
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Red Dead or Dark Souls for me.
Skyrim is great, but certain buggy radiant AI moments or weird lines of dialogue that don't quite match up can really break the suspension of disbelief.
Skyrim is great, but certain buggy radiant AI moments or weird lines of dialogue that don't quite match up can really break the suspension of disbelief.
H_Prestige
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Dark Souls
Mama Robotnik
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Guys you are listing a lot of games I haven't played, but with no examples, reasoning or description as to why they are so immersive. Would a bit more elaboration really hurt?
I mean, the thread is literally mostly one or two word posts.
I mean, the thread is literally mostly one or two word posts.
outunderthestars
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revolverjgw
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Bully, if that counts. Such a brilliant, nostalgic throwback. I always loved stories set in schools. Skyrim is also incredible. When it snows and I'm out in the woods I just walk around slowly and take it all in.
Angry Fork
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People's enjoyment of Red Dead continues to anger me.
Anyway. Bioshock series, Assassins Creed series and Fallout 3/Skyrim
Anyway. Bioshock series, Assassins Creed series and Fallout 3/Skyrim
opticalmace
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Stop liking what I don't like! *shakes fist*
oh i get it, because you're an angry fork
I don't understand why you're upset people like Red Dead but love Assassin's Creed.
Indeed. Followed by Red Dead.
acheron_xl
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Red Dead or Skyrim.
Probably Red Dead.
Probably Red Dead.
KeioSquad2
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Skyrim, and uncharted 3 for me(that shipyard was awesome).
Dark Souls is immersive because it requires the player pay attention all the time and it doesn't do annoying, interrupting, and limiting things (like playing cutscenes) very often. This isn't a quality of Dark Souls' "world", though, unless "world" is an all-encompassing word that includes the rules that make up the game. At which point you might as well just say "game".
Metalmurphy
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Battlefield 3 with 64 players on Caspian Border or Operation Firestorm with 1000+ tickets.
Holycrap, it looks, sounds and feels like a massive real war.
Holycrap, it looks, sounds and feels like a massive real war.
Extra Sauce
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This.
a posh hammer
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I like the weather changes especially watching the sun set in Xenoblade, it's fairly clear at all times it's a game though.
Mr.Squirrel
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Demon souls. I literally felt like I was going to get murdered every step of the way
The Technomancer
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Minecraft for the reasons Mama Robotnik laid out.
Skyrim for featuring some amazing design and world-building on a massive scale.
Skyrim for featuring some amazing design and world-building on a massive scale.
Exterminieren
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Xenoblade Chronicles.
As well as being absolutely gorgeous, it also feels like there's a real ecosystem going on. Monsters travel in packs, weaker monsters either flee or hide behind stronger ones... all really well though out.
As well as being absolutely gorgeous, it also feels like there's a real ecosystem going on. Monsters travel in packs, weaker monsters either flee or hide behind stronger ones... all really well though out.
RadAndrew502
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For me it's a tie between Red Dead Redemption and Skyrim for sure.
It continues to baffle me. I don't know how you can get immersed in an empty desert world with next to nothing to do.
I place value in a game world that is coherent and contiguous. So for comparison, MGS3 would fit the bill but MGS4 would not, as it has distinct areas.
So with that proviso, the games I find fit the bill this gen include HL2 + episodes and the two Portal games. All those games have a distinct, unified feel to them and the atmosphere is incredibly convincing in all of them.
I also have to say NSMB Wii fits the bill too. The overworld maps and themes within seem to connect everything together nicely.
So with that proviso, the games I find fit the bill this gen include HL2 + episodes and the two Portal games. All those games have a distinct, unified feel to them and the atmosphere is incredibly convincing in all of them.
I also have to say NSMB Wii fits the bill too. The overworld maps and themes within seem to connect everything together nicely.
For all intents and purposes I could state that Professor Layton is "immersive" because the game forces me to think logically and mathematically in order to complete the puzzles. Immersion is a weak excuse. I hardly want to be the one holding you up as the poster example, but this is a discussion forum and it is probably best to back up your opinions and tastes with substance rather than some buzzword.
IoCaster
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Skyrim does it best. Right from the first moment of freedom in the game, I took off into the world and blazed my own path. I hunted for food, alchemy ingredients and hides for crafting. I didn't care about any quests at all. I just lived off the land and hunted wildlife. There's a whole ecosystem and existing world economy to get immersed in. That's above and beyond any of the structured story, plot or sidequest dependent narrative hooks. Nothing comes close to Skyrim in comparison for complete immersion in the game world.
STALKER.
Kind of stealing Tain's reasoning for Dark Souls, but part of what makes STALKER so immersive is the ever-present sense of danger. The Zone is a pretty fucking treacherous place, so you'll always need to keep an eye out for threats. It's intense. Your eyes glued to the screen at all times.
The moody environments and ambient noise create a very well defined sense of place. When I think of immersion, I think of escapism - being able to lose myself in some virtual world, and STALKER's take on Chernobyl pulls it off.
As an open world game without much narrative, there are very few 'gamey' elements or story related interruptions to break the immersion. Shit like unskippable cutscenes and set pieces or MISSION COMPLETE type screens are total immersion killers.
Good shit. Far Cry 2 had a similar effect on me, but to a lesser degree, since it lacked STALKER's sense of tension.
Kind of stealing Tain's reasoning for Dark Souls, but part of what makes STALKER so immersive is the ever-present sense of danger. The Zone is a pretty fucking treacherous place, so you'll always need to keep an eye out for threats. It's intense. Your eyes glued to the screen at all times.
The moody environments and ambient noise create a very well defined sense of place. When I think of immersion, I think of escapism - being able to lose myself in some virtual world, and STALKER's take on Chernobyl pulls it off.
As an open world game without much narrative, there are very few 'gamey' elements or story related interruptions to break the immersion. Shit like unskippable cutscenes and set pieces or MISSION COMPLETE type screens are total immersion killers.
Good shit. Far Cry 2 had a similar effect on me, but to a lesser degree, since it lacked STALKER's sense of tension.