Gaming Immersion
I've been a Massive street fighter fan since i was a kid ever since "street fighter 2" was put outside the diary down the road. Since then i've started playing several other games such as halo and the GTA series. One thing i stay away from now is RPG games. RPG stands for role playing game and one of the fundamental elements of them is to increase the stats of your character. The first RPG game i played was Final Fantasy 7 on PS. the reason i stay away from them now is because of the total sense of immersion i get from playing them. I was able to play final fantasy for hours skipping the luxuries of sleep and food. Unlike street fighter, the storyline of final fantasy 7 was as complex as a Quientin Taratino film. Building up a character, rather than selecting a preset character gives RPGs the edge in immersion over other gaming genres. I think the immersion of video games are more powerful than that of film and books especially RPGs which is the reason i choose to stay away from them now lol.
posted by Anonymous at 8:28 pm
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Yeah I know what you mean about being immersed. My fav game of all time (I know it's not the best so save your criticism) is Final Fantasy 8.
When I played that game I was so immersed I forwent food, sleep, human contact...it was awesome! I had so much fun even though it may have affected those around me more, "where have you been the past 2 weeks?"
But the 2nd time around I played it with my brother, sister, and friend watching and we all became immersed.
I've played FF8 through 4 times now and thinking about a 5th. Haha, sounds crazy but consider those who re-read their favourite books.
You seen Advent Children yet? Fantastic computer graphics, and cool final fight.
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