"Immersion" is gamings worst buzzword.

DayoftheGreek · 10-04-2011, 08:40 AM

I'm all for games that suck you in, but people are completely abusing and overusing the word immersion.

Here are some gems google turned up:

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When I see a closed door on a large building, it is an instant immersion breaker.

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The only immersion breaking aspect that troubles me most will be the character names

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Health bars look dumb, and remind you that you're not playing a person but some abstraction of a person

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I am inclined to go on RP servers just to not see chat discussions about lady gaga which would inevitably ruin my experience.

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just window dressing for an endless string of “kill X number of mobs” and “fetch” quests, all played with WoW combat using a clunky interface and immersion breaking controls

Everyone knows INVENTORY should be bound to I, not B for BACKPACK. This game is breaking my immersion!

DiStUrBeD-SoP- · 10-04-2011, 02:21 PM

Cool story bro.

Maybe you could elaborate on why you dislike the word? Whats wrong with immersing yourself in a game?

komodo-117 · 10-04-2011, 02:44 PM

He's saying people are ****ing stupid and using it in ways that do not correlate to its significance or meaning.

And I entirely agree.

MutR. · 10-04-2011, 02:48 PM

I agree too, but who gives a **** really? let people do what they do. Hardly thread worthy at all.

Ninja Mouse · 10-04-2011, 02:49 PM

Ya'll just aren't immersed enough in immersion for the immersion to immerse you.

DiStUrBeD-SoP- · 10-04-2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by komodo-117

He's saying people are ****ing stupid and using it in ways that do not correlate to its significance or meaning.

And I entirely agree.

Well of his 4 quotes, only the first 2 have the word immersion in it and only the first one is potentially stupid.

This is a bad thread and it's really ruining my forum immersion.

Crede777 · 10-04-2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DiStUrBeD-SoP-

Cool story bro.

Maybe you could elaborate on why you dislike the word? Whats wrong with immersing yourself in a game?

Because immersion is almost completely subjective. Sure I guess you could argue things like "replayability" are subjective as well, but not nearly as much as whether you find a game's environment to be engrossing or not.

Very few games are considered universally engrossing. These are titles such as The Elder Scrolls / Fallout and the like.