How To Make a Game Immersive
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2023
- What makes a video game immersive? Immersive Graphics? Immersive Storytelling? Immersive Dialogue or Art Direction? It has a lot to do with consistency throughout a game. Through it's Art Style, Tone, Atmosphere, Environmental Storytelling, and Interactivity. Let's discuss. Does Starfield pass the immersion test?
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Immersion is how much you care about what is happening. And things like sound design and environment control that.
Completely agree. Sound design is a very overlooked thing, first examples that come to mind are Battlefield 3 and 1. In terms of environment the Deus Ex and Metro trilogies are also great examples.
And when the HUD elements are blended into the gameplay. Nothing takes me more out of a game when there's a DualShock "X" symbol for a pickup
for me, +/- not taking you the player out of the game and it´s events, is the minimum.
Also when all elements in a gane come together. Every thing belongs and has use in the world.
YO Battlbit and immersive sims
I feel like immersion is about how well you can fit into the world and how well everything in the world fits together. It doesn't have to be realistic but believable for that world
True. Realism doesn't seem to matter for immersion. No Mans Sky, Bioshock - have unrealistic art styles but they work for their worlds.
well said, it depends on how the game willingly invites the player to participate in the game.
It's a thing, it's called verisimilitude, it's when a world is true to itself.
@hrthrhs even when the artstyle is more realistic. I feel like monster hunter is immersive cause everything in the world just fits together well and feels like it makes sense
@@ekremslayer3389 Agreed.
The Metro trilogy is probably one of if not the most immersive video game experience you can have
The metro series are some of the few games where following an NPC for 10 minutes is actually a good gameplay experience
@@preacher3958 Exodus is the best one imo
@@preacher3958 Exodus was great
@preacher3958 you are surely alone in that sentiment...
If you have a pc, stalker anomaly/gamma is an absolute must play. Its like Metro on acid
As an aspiring indie dev; videos like this are pure gold to me. Thanks for taking the time to make them so thoughtful!
Facts bro. It’s nice to know others appreciate the fine story telling details of any medium and can express it in video format.
I use these as a guide for myself
@@stickguy9109aye they are good to help improve.
@GroundbreakGames Agreed! GL with making your passion a career. I’m trying to make music as a career myself so I can relate. If you need music for any games your working on I’d love to do some work! Unless you wanna do that yourself or have a specific vision for the soundtrack that I might not be suited for. No hard feelings 😁
Pro tip
If you can put the entire game in a different leguaje and you can still figure out what is everything about then your game is immersive
For me the classic Thief games have incredible immersion. There's a story that you follow as Garret, but in every mission there are books, notes and overheard dialogue between NPCs that flesh out the world around you. That mixed with incredible sound design with an ever-present moody ambience and absolutely perfect hand-crafted lighting and shadows makes for a game that I instantly become absorbed in.
I couldn't agree more. The graphics were not terrific, and they're ancient compared to today, but I know I could play Bafford's mansion again and be just as engrossed by it 25 years later.
Exactly that!
While Thief 4 really feels like a soulless "check the boxes to be a Thief game" to me.
And I *especially* noticed it with the "obligatory" horror level.
Why?
Your comment is how the horror levels also are done. They are a seamless, continuous experience, and doesn't add anything new to create a specific mood.
Thief 4 was like "lemme *add* ✨ jump scares ✨ that's what the modern audience wants right?"
While previous Thief games never focused on that.
You being scared in those levels is done all by world storytelling and audio design. And the added *things* that you find in horror. Not added extras to pander to modern audiences or added features.
AMEN ten thousand times AMEN! The ''Thief'' trilogy is pure gaming perfection to me, the best there has ever been.
What makes games immersive to me are the settings, the characters and their struggles. I can also get very into a game if it has great atmospheric storytelling. I am a Metroid tan after all.
Dude you have been on a roll with these great videos lately. Keep it up! Only 30k more and you’ll be in the big leagues!
Thanks man!
It bothers me that the city in the sky was called Columbia while the city under the sea was called Rapture...
Man I’m loving all of your videos. You hit on topics that I’ve been thinking about for years, but never was able to discuss it. Nicely done sir, you have a new subscriber.
This video was literally perfect! I’ve always wondered what it was about certain games that stood out from others and from lots of reading and research everything you touched on aligned with everything I’ve learned. There’s so many ways subtle details can change the dynamic and feel of a game and it’s pretty cool to get a full understanding of it. Great video!
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it!
Half Life's opening in game cut scene is one of the best of that generation hands down. Totally immersed me in game and the Black Mesa facility
Hell yeah! It really set the mood for the game.
Too bad it's kinda detrimental to gameplay when you redo the game for the 15th time so you skip it in the console'
I remember launching Half-Life:Alyx on my Valve Index for the first time.. 5 minutes in I found myself lying on the floor scared to death covering my head. a freakin Strider decided to appear ROARING and walk by me that is calmly is taking in the nice view from on the balcony the 8th floor
Damn guud channel dude! Ive been watching all your videos lately as I just found you. But most definitely I would have to say is the Hitman games had some very awesome immersion and atmosphere. Pretty much every single one, but the originals had that lovely background music that really brought it to life!
Thanks man! Glad you enjoy the vids! Immersion through sound design is definitely huge. Every time I go back to older games, the sound design and soundtrack blending, and of course voice acting, was all superior to modern gaming.
I saw your video recommended while asmond was reacting and I wanted to say you have the best thumbnail I've seen in a while. Solid video 10/10
For me an immersive game is one that makes you feel like you belong in that world. It doesn't have to be realistic, but it needs it's own boundaries and rules that makes you such a world would exist under fictional circumstances.
My experience with Bethesda Games has always been explore first, side quests, lots of side quests, main quest, explore again. Not because I didn't care about the main quest, but because of the gravitating nature of their open worlds, and what you can do in them. The only other games that have made me take my time like this are Runescape and Cyberpunk 2077.
RUclips algorithm brought me to your channel. I've really enjoyed your videos. I'm a very light gamer who hasn't really gamed since 2007. Since coming back to gaming this year I was very confused at the state of it. Your channel had really pinpointed what happened for me
one of the most immersive games I played is Gothic, especially the first part; how the world feels and reacts, how people are and talk, the music and atmosspheric sounds, the artstyle...
I really liked the video! the examples you use are varied and well thought out, it can help a lot with indie devs like me to get a sense of enviromental storytelling. One thing to note: although some examples from starfield are valid points, using the same game many times as a bad example kinda takes away the focus of the video, that is to define and show examples of immersive worlds. Apart from that, great video man! keep up
Thanks, glad you liked it! I’ll keep that note in mind for future videos.
Environmental storyrelling/world building are what immerse me more than anything. These are things Fromsoft, Bioshock 1, and the Deus Ex series do so well (especially Mankind Divided.)
I'm actually kind of suprised you haven't brought up Deus Ex at all on this channel. I know you're an older gamer & the first in the series is a master class in world building and interesting storytelling.
Admittedly haven’t played them. I really ought to as I’ve been recommended them quite a few times.
I could t agree more. But you have my interest because I have never played deus ex and was not aware of it’s world building and story telling. If what you say is true then I would probably love that series. Adding that to my backlog
Bioshock 1 and 2*
Also Hollow Knight and Metroid games
And horror games lol. Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alien Isolation are some of the most immersive and atmospheric games of all time
Damn bro i used to watch your videos on destiny 1 backstory and stories of destiny 1 dlc but now you have become such a big creator. Hope you continue to gain subscribers much love from us destiny fans.
GGs
Thank you. I appreciate the support 🤙🏼
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The big part of first two Fallout games' immersion is texts you read when pointing mouse on different stuff. They awaken your imagination like a good literature. And I remember how I thought about the first game's events and enjoyed memories of it like it was a great movie or a novel. I don't know any other game that made me feel anything similar.
An immersive game for me is one that makes your choices matter while making the world feel alive even without said choices. Like events happening without your intervention, but then having those events react to your presence, choice, actions. I've been playing Dragon Age Inquisition and that's a game I can call really immersive.
Also, a little bit of nostalgia hit me with that Kingdoms of Amalur background music. Awesome video man
cool video, thumbnail goes hard too. Been staring at it for a while XD
That was a genuinely cool video. Nice job.
The crazy thing is, every time i boot up the meme game itself, Skyrim, with a couple texture mods and putting on my headphones with the music turned up a bit... i lose myself in the game for hours even after all these years and hours of playing it.
titanfall 2 had pretty immersive story l for me. From the characters, to the missions, to the conversations. Missions like the one with that time glove and the one where viper is introduced.
The artstyle and the characters all fit together neatly and the environments tie it all together.
I swear, what a fun and engaging story. I'm still hoping for a third game.
The first mission in Titanfall 2 has you play as a grunt. So later, when you finally put on a jump kit and assume the role of a pilot, you can actually feel the difference in power. The game doesn't just tell you that you're powerful, it actually let's you experience what's its like to be both cannon fodder, and a super soldier in that universe.
That first mission on Photobos in the Taken King is a good example of immersion. There's little to no actual descriptive dialogue because you're encountering something that nobody has ever experienced before. The game allows you to figure it out for yourself through a masterfully executed apocalyptic scene.
First mission from D1 is immersive AF even as a tutorial. Bungie did an amazing job with the D1 story-at least with Dinkle-bot. Once Nolan took over, it became meh. The "we've woken the hive!" by dinklebot put you on edge right away, while the version by Nolan was "meh". Or the "don't do that" in response to "little light" because of the obvious stature of Dinklage. He got better, but it still felt forced.
What makes a game immersive is a multitude of things such as the environment, lighting, sound, and how the ai behave and even the music. For me personally it's how grounded the game is and making sure it doesn't break it's own rules in terms of lore and gameplay as well.
Rapture will always live with me. Unbelievably memorable. Ken Levine is a genius.
Don't praise him too highly. He *did* fart out Infinite after all.
I think what makes a game immersive also comes a lot from player agency and if the world reacts to you. fallout 1 works well because the world does react to you, giving you consequences from your actions. it also allows multiple playstyles, giving a bunch of options to achieve the same goal, which helps for immersion of whatever character you feel like playing
Glad you shown Neversong. The art direction and storytelling in Thomas Brush's games are amazing.
Great video man
I really liked this video. Cheers man!
Great vid. For me it is the idea or concept. That is why I was blown away when solair explains the soapstone in Dark souls, or in silent cartographer when you discover what Halo is. They were great appeals to imagination. But I can also be grabbed by art style and game play alone such as in Gears of War. At least the first 3.
The moments you described are also cool. There is a book that is a collection of short stories set in the Halo universe called Halo Evolutions. One of my favorite storied it has is one where a human and a shangheli elite must fight the flood together on an abandoned ship lost in space. Story ends where they fight to the escape pod and realize there is only one left. Your imagination fills in how that went.
I find that audio is a big part of whether I'm able or unable to get immersed into a game, and to what degree.
You make a lot of great points in this video! Immersion is one of the big factors that can either make or break my enjoyment of a game. For me environmental storytelling is one of the biggest factors that keeps me immersed and Fromsoft does that beautifully!
Also did I hear a bit of Kingdoms of Amalur music near the beginning of this video? I love that game, highly underrated in my opinion 💜
One my favorites. I alway go back to it lol
The most important thing for immersion is that I get a pop up of some sort that directs me to daily deals at the in game store. Without that, how can I play?
Seriously man, great stuff! if only AAA devs would watch yours and GMTK's videos and put what your saying into the next big game.
Even though it wasn’t really mentioned , I’m glad kingdom come deliverance still had a clip in this vid . That games so incredible and immersive for sure , I really did feel like I was in medieval Bohemia and I legitimately learned quite a bit playing with how historically authentic it is and all the notes it keeps for you
Something that immerses me in a game in the little things that add to a bigger world. The Newsmen/Town criers from Assassin's Creed 2-3, the radios from Bioshock, even something like an NPC sleeping on a couch. Some of what I mentioned was mundane but it makes the world feel believable and lived in.
I also am an aspiring game designer & developer, ill def use this as a reference, extremely well done mate
Thank you! Good luck in your future game dev endeavors!
bro did you make the thumbnail? It's fucking brilliant. :D
Immersion in a videogame is measured by how often you think about it’s world when you’re not even playing it
Same thing goes with anime, manga and other types of media. Found myself constantly thinking about the vast and unique world of One piece, it's honestly quite impressive
Actually I must disagree. I've thought a ton about some really bad games and shows before.
elden ring had the biggest effect on me when it comes to thinking about a game when im not playing it.
Nah, I don't think that's it champ
@@davidicus6791 I agree
New Vegas and fallout 3 and rdr 2 were the games that I got lost in. Could never find another game like that again
I'm glad you mentioned Half-life and RDR. Those were two of the games that popped in my mind when thinking about super immersive games.
Yoo.. that's a badass thumbnail
Before I watch the video, I'm gonna say it's the vibes, man. A cohesive visual and sound design does a lot to really bring you into a world. Games like 2077, Hunt: Showdown, and Dishonored are all excellent at this, and I can think of several others that I found to be very immersive
I think CP2077 wasn’t bad. It actually pulled me in for many hours wandering and looking around. I didn’t do any missions, just walked around finding interesting looking places and reading about it in a log found there.
I never use fast travel there, night city is so beautiful
The metro series is immersive asf, you really feel like your crawling through the metro stealthily killing enemies
battlefield 1 was so good I didn't even care about some of its larger flaws. that game, in my opinion, was peak immersion; from voice lines, sound effects, and attention to detail in the visuals to the grittiness, the atmosphere, and even the team-wide charges with the whistle-blowing and screaming. absolute chef's kiss of a game immersion-wise
For me, immersion is the consistency of what I’m told, what I’m seeing, and what I’m doing. If all 3 line up, then it’ll hold my attention and imagination
This video was… dare I say… immersive. You sir, earned a new sub 👊🏼
When I think immersion I think Red Dead Redemption 2
I'm biased and it happens to be my favorite game of all time, but part of it is because of the way it builds that world with attention to detail and immersion at the forefront rivaled only by the storytelling. But the way that whole game world just works and exists outside of anything you are doing to this day is still massively impressive to me. It really does exist without you and ultimately just reacts to the things you do in it rather than exist to serve you doing things in it.
And it doesn't hurt that the art style and graphics are phenomenal to this day.
I could list a fair share of other games that tend to suck me in with immersion, but none do it the way that that game does
After 851 hours I'm almost through chapter 3 that tells you how immersed I am in this game. I have completed just over 52% of the entire game and my satchel has 99 of everything lol, I just love exploring every nook and cranny of a game... especially this one.
@@secondchance6603 That's intense lol. I think my first play through was about 130 hours till I saw the final credits roll. But I take my time with it even when I replay it. Every playthrough I've done has had a little bit of a different focus on what I like to do outside of story missions and where I like to try and explore
Is that Oppenheimer music you put during the Bioshock section towards the beginning? Specifically the track “Fission”? That’s fire.
Red Dead Redemption 2 immersed me from its characters to realistic beautifully designed world. Same with Final Fantasy VII Remake with Realism mixed with art style and characters.
I'll keep this in mind!
Immersion is when you forget you're playing a game
A superb video sir, you have a new subscriber.
What makes a game good/Immersive?
A good game should captivate you, encapsulate your mind and make you forget everything that transpires in the real world around you. It should make you want to see more, do more and continue on the ingame path. In a great game, the only time you should want to stop, are the times that you have just experienced something so intense, so surreal , so gripping , that you are forced to stop in order to take the time to drink in and contemplate that which you have just survived through/ experienced.
I prefer having set objectives, a purpose to what you are doing.
I loathe surviving, in order to scavenge and kill, to scavenge in order...just to continue surviving until the point where you look at the game and think ...meh I'm done ... Heralding the meaningless end to a meaningless experience.
One of the best ways I enjoy escaping and just relaxing, is to immerse my mind in a different world, especially a world rooted in an interesting time period in our world's history such as an historical shooter or an RTS like Age of Empires.
Or a well crafted, creative, imagination rich fantasy world, such as Middle Earth.
My favourite, most immersive games of all time
Real world settings:
Assassins Creed 1 & 2 & Brotherhood
Far cry 1 & 2
Age of Empires DE 1 & 2 & 3
Call of Duty 1 & 2 and MW 1 + 2 + World at War.
Brothers in Arms.
Battlefield 1
Rising Storm 2 Vietnam
BF Vietnam
Fantasy world settings such as
Thief : The Dark Project, the Metal Age & Deadly Shadows
Skyrim
Witcher 2 + 3
Fallout NV
Metro series
Amnesia
Star Wars Galactic BattleGrounds.
CP 2077
A good story,narrative, setting,good factions , engaging/believable characters, feeling, environmental stroy telling and proper objectives are paramount in a game.
Even a non narrative game such as Rising Storm Vietnam/BF1 MP is brilliant , because even though you can do what ever you want, you still have the overarching objective (To win the battle/war) and more immediate objectives, such as ‘’attack’’ or ‘’defend’’ a certain critical area.
Me having to fight tenaciously and having to fight intelligently, accurately to conserve ammunition whilst your squad is pinned down and you are desperately combating numerous enemies , protecting your CO as he calls in airstrikes on your radio … it all supplies clear purpose and in turn immerses your mind in this captivating world.
To me one can draw parallels between real life and gaming.
A lot of times ,the way people act in games is actually exactly how they would act in reality if given the freedom to do so.
Thus I for one , waking up each day or booting up a game, don’t want to survive just for the sake of surviving, I need an objective, I need a deep and exciting story, I need a well crafted, engaging world, I need a purpose.
One of my favorite environmental storytelling bits in new Vegas bit is the vault 22 skeleton holding the unique laser rifle that requires 0 energy weapons skill, it uses micro fusion cells but the skeleton is surrounded by e cells, was it a mistake by the devs or deliberate showing that they didn't know how energy weapons work and it blew up on them? That's what i love about environmental storytelling
Awesome video, well explained and easy to follow.
If you like those games, than I think you will love the Metro series.
That thumbnail deserves some recognition!
I was a young teen when Final Fantasy VII released and still to this day I remember numerous scenes where I was completely lost in that game. I was on summer holidays and would get out of bed, fire up the game and before I knew it, it was dinner time. I was so lost in the story, but I know those moments that stick out the most had a lot to do with the music in those moments especially. I also think the recent generations really missed out on those massive jumps in graphics. FFVII was so out of this world with its FMV (full motion video) sequences, there was nothing else like it at the time...at least on console gaming and it likely contributed to the immersion. It's still is, and always be, my most immersive and memorable gaming experience. The original Resident Evil had a similar impression on me.
Great vid. We love the same games for the same reasons, subbed.
Im gonna kindly ask you to release the thumbnail as a 4k jpg because thats a wicked wallpaper
Just letting you know I decided to watch his because the thumbnail had both images really well merged together in photoshop and showed me this channel has high quality standards :)
I think this falls under the interactivity category but physics are super important imo it just makes the world feel so much more believable. But in a general sense I would say immersion is how well the game can keep you engaged in its world. Immersive games seem to be incredibly rare these days.
I think Cyberpunk 2077 does immersion pretty well. I mean I'm a sucker for the genre anyway but the city does feel alive, places tell stories, the in-universe ads and media feel believable, terminals/computers can be interacted with without having to open the menu. And most importantly: the game stays in first person and that gives the whole thing a bit of an immersive sim vibe
2077 has the best city in any of video game hands down. The story and character feels perfect for the world
then we have people complain about NPCs. "Why this game is not GTA cyberpunk."
We even rarely interact with real people in real life if you visit other places for example Japan. I'm sure first time tourist Main Goal is not to interact with people/npcs.
Interactivity is not always Immersion. I even get more immersed with movies/fantasy tv series without being able to interact with it.
The story and atmosphere is enough for me. I don't play a game to play POKER inside a game.
Wake up dudes, NovemberHotel posted a video
Amazing video, I'm glad I watched it
Gothic 1 and 2 are some of the best when it comes to game immersion, they even have that map thing aspect you mentioned near the end of the video, lots of environmental storytelling, lack of map markers, sense of progression etc.
I’ve never played them before but I randomly found the remake on steam and I’m actually excited for it
I finally finished Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice (i stopped playing cuz I was really creeped out by those grotesque ballsack monsters a few years ago) and it's gotta one of the most immersive games I've played. No hud, sound design, story, the aspects of Senua's psychosis, Senua speaking to the player whenever arguing with that guy talking to her about darkness, smooth combat, mashing a button to get back up after getting thrown down, my love of Norse mythology, I can go on
What made Dragon Age Origins immersive, that the other games dropped the ball on massively, was the environmental storytelling, the vast amount of dialogue options, the way NPC's talk to you based on your race, the character interations with each other, the sound design and the way it didn't insult your intelligence. One part of the game that really impressed me is when you're in the Deep Roads and you come across a character named Hespith. She has gone through so much horror that she chants the trauma she, and her party had faced, via a poem to herself. Almost like she is reliving the horror again and again.
This was such a tasteful way to do it because modern games would just show us what had happened via a cutscene for "shock factor", while Dragon Age did it in a way that let you piece the scene together in your own mind.
I think the best immersion I've ever had with a videogame was when I was a kid playing Pokemon Diamond...
Now, that game isn't "immersive" as is, but I was completely trapped in the game, spending days and days of learning new paths and mastering the strategy.
That was my first ever Pokemon game and I've rarely had that same feeling ever again on other games, just a few over the years of trying new games. To name a bunch of those: DOOM Eternal, Sekiro, Dark Souls 1 & 3, Elden Ring, RDR2, Outer Wilds, Ghostrunner, The Talos Principle and a few more are a bunch of games that came close to the same feeling of "immersion" I experienced when I was a kid playing Pokemon.
Now, is it really immersion? Nostalgia? The truth is, I dont even know. It's just that this games have managed to trap me for hours into their universe and gameplay. I highly recommend any of you to try those games, by the way.
The first 5 gens were immersive.
The first Bioshock will forever stick out in my mind as the most immersive game I ever played. As a kid, I had never experienced anything like it and will never forget the allure and draw it had on me even years after completion. What a video game.
Hey hotel. Would you ever do a video on piracy and how it’s actually not only okay for the gaming industry but also needed? Btw brand new sub. Love the videos man. Just going back and watching them all.
Prey 2017 was one of the most immersive game I've experienced, it didn't break my immersion ones everything felt real connected and right in place.
Yesssss! I so agree on this video! I finished Fallout 1 not that long ago and absolutely loved it. :3 Almost finished Fallout 2 and it’s very fun just like it’s predecessor. ^^
I’m glad you’re a Fallout fan now it’s my fav game series lol
When you mentioned Ash Lake, shivers ran through my skin, as a harbinger of a primal feeling, a sensation of eere and overwhelming awe, as if I was contemplating a trascendental truth of the world. It's magnificent, It's imposing, It's horrifying and It's a showcase of the unknown and grandure. As you said, it's not what It's shown the thing that enraptures your mind, more so what It suggests and hints towards. And that I believe It's the pinnacle of immersion and world building.
I have another example that in my opinion serves this purpose, and that is both Ori games: bot only are the graphics great, but more so the art style and how beautiful and expressive it is. Together with the soundtrack it creates a tandem that really pushes the 2D dimension into a whole universe you can feel attached to.
Another great example: Gris, which I've user to defend video game media as a form of art in the right hands. Even souls games can be argued to be a work of art, and they certainly seem to be interactive art works sometimes.
A favourite pick of mine would be the Mario Galaxy games, with a soundtrack so outstanding it still lives in my memory and will probably endure longer, as well as a style that looks and holds up so well I start to question if videogames really have gotten better for the past 16 years.
Starting the Bioshock series now and I'm sure I'll also be hugely pleased by its immersion.
I wanted to thank you and the YT algorithm for once for putting up this content I resonate with but also fo4 being a voice of variety; I so often see people focusing on certain aspects of this massive media, but you are able to tap into so many different concepts and still create a cohesive narrative as you bring wildly different games into the store front. I hope to watch more of this really interesting content and I'll be subscribing to your channel. Here's for the future success
Glad to know you revisited AC 2. Classic game.
when i first played dark soul 3 at age 35(i guess) , a couldn't believe someone put so much effort into world building. so , to say i was involved/intrigued in a story is understatement. that world leave you no chance to be careless/indifferent. my respect to developers. to impress me thats not easy thing.
for me, immersion in a video game is that we don't tell you what's happening but that you see it for yourself
I got so immersed in the MGS games because the gadgets and tools actually behaved in the game like in real life. It had puzzles that required the tactical knowledge and usage of your tools in combat. I had to think and imagine myself in the game in order to get the true tactical espionage experience.
How well you can feel like you are invested in the games narrative, world, setting and your place in it.
The perfect form of immersion is when the game succeeds and creates a world that reflects the players own imagination. Often when I started playing games I would be put into a world that sounded so cool like, what would the world look like in 2054 with advanced weapons (COD AW) or what would the world look like in a post apocalyptic world with magic space soldiers fighting aliens to protect earth (Destiny). Often when I would be introduced to these games I would start playing and give questions to what the world would look like and say “why does it look like that” or perhaps I would have an imagination of what I myself would envision after I was introduced to the game. I would only play and continue to play if I feel that I (the player) made an impact into the story or when the game would move me around like a was nothing more than just a nobody who had to get stronger to win or get better:
It either feels like games nowadays are holding my hand and making me do everything without any consequences and when I get to do anything I want I lose the immersion. As for your previous point on how the game looks, sounds and how you interact and see the world, it’s all true. Every game needs to look, sound and feel real or believable to its own world.
But when a game has all the sounds, visuals and even story the only thing is how the player interacts with the world.
I want a world where I can do what I want in the game but I also want my choices to be in proportion with my actions.
Destiny 2 is the perfect example of having a story, characters, world building, sound design and visuals but it lacks one of the strongest points of all that just breaks my immersion when playing. It just lacks any balance. Destiny 2 gives every player the strength of a god but we still can’t walk outside of the walls (last city of humanity) to take back our world. I just feel lost. It just sucks that some games have such great ideas, visions or world building but it all comes crashing down either from poor understanding of the game developers are creating or lack of team leadership. Either way games nowadays have lost me in any way shape or form. Games are a 10/10 in visuals with super realistic graphics and realism but have the absolute worst form of feel to what the actual real world would feel like.
Games don’t have to look super realistic, it just has to feel real when playing and if you can’t do that it’s just a loss for most people playing.
Another banger my guy, feels like you're reading my mind. Most of the games nowadays take the "safer" route to appeal to "everyone" resulting in a bland storytelling experience.
Not really to be honest
your Channel is a gem.
For me one of the most immersive ww2 games is call of duty 2. Now the graphics might not be as modern as in newer ww2 games, but idk why it just feels to me like an actual ww2 game compared to others. Especially the sound, you can hear like wind or shooting in the distance, mortars, artilery and the visuals arent too bright and vibrant, but feel more natural and even a bit dark at times.
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Speaking of immersion , the music at 1:06 from Kingdoms of amalur sure is immersive and memoralble.
Bf1's soundtracks allways gives me goosebumps
I can't really tell what is the perfect immersion but there are games that are being transcendental about it.
I can get fully immersed in a shoot'em up or Rail Shooter despite being arcade games.
Immersion is a bit like the word intelligence. Everyone knows what you mean and are talking about, yet it cannot really be measured, quantified or even entirely be defined.
With that being said, my most immersive game was probably Dragon Age Origins actually. The main reason was the dialogue and overall camera work. You constantly have up to 5-6 choices everytime, multiple times, in a conversation sequence in the game. Combined with the quality writing and the fantastic characters, made me totally immersed in the game feeling like I was there. Fallout New Vegas was a similar experience, especially the world and all the different factions with their interesting motives made it very fun and immersive to explore.
Note that these games do not have dialogue that appear in cutscenes, instead the player is always active in the dialogue making decisions rather than just listening to what characters say in a cutscene.
Ironically, I was not immersed in red dead redemption 2. While the game was stunning with unmatched attention to details, the entire experience was inconsistent in what you could do or not and controlling the main character felt like giving commands to an actor more than being in the game. Also very few dialogue options overall and inconsistent writing took me out of the experience. I know i'm in the minority in this but I think RDR2 is extremely overrated.
You are lucky I am not rdr fan.
Consistency is king when it comes to immersion. Once consistency is broken, you can never regain the player's belief in your world.
i really agree with you and understand, i personally didn't like RDR2, it felt too realistic controlling Arthur, and i didn't like being forced to play as a criminal type, and DA:O is probably my favorite game of all time, other than maybe ME2
RDR2 just in the way you can interact with NPCs or you horse or wildlife lack eagles picking up rabbits and so on makes the world objectivly more alive you may not like it that is fine immersion is subjective. But living breathing worlds are something you can actually measure Kingdom come is only game that matches it. I am not a fan of skyrim or BOTW but would not call them overated.
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The thumbnail for this video is immaculate!
You should try the Original Thief games. They have some of the best sound design and atmosphere, and many Thief veterans also made Dishonored.
Literally the best thumbnail I've ever seen 👍👌
great video but on a point you made, i wonder if more games will have less gore in the near future because of youtubes rules. twitch and youtube videos are vital for a games to spread and stay relevant. it could just be a step to keep games easy to get footage of. but i might just be taking wild guesses here .
My examples of immersive games are metro series and dying light 1 because of their environment details, lighting and sound effect and background music
God, I like the way you think. Great video!
Funnily enough the thumbnail represent the 2 most immersive franchises I have ever played
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