I think that one of the most immersive and atmospheric games I ever played was the latest Resident Evil game. I think it's number 7. It's a horror game with some pretty intense and creepy happenings that got me so involved with it that I actually felt like I was on the edge of my seat in fear of what was about to happen to me. And it's not just jump scares.
In my opinion, they executed that game almost too well. Sometimes I would just not play it because I didn't want to feel the way I knew that it would make me feel. In the end though, my curiosity won out.
I'm curious to see what kind of games/genres/whatever other people view as immersive and hope someone else can recommend a very immersive game that I haven't played yet. I haven't always looked for getting absorbed in immersive games (I tend to be a competitive gamer), but it seems like lately I have found an appreciation for them.
If the game is ever finished, it might just be that, but its a long way from being finished so its hard to say whether its going to be atmospheric, although in terms of suspense, yeah i can see that, not knowing what will make it into the game, or when the game will be made and what ships make the final cut, so to speak, must be absolutely thrilling
I think he was referring to games you could actually play, not marketing videos.
Now before you go flying off the handle, tell me how much of what is in that video is currently playable on the public server?
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Immersive for me is something I can get lost in for hours.
The Bioshock series is one that really pulled me in. It rekindled my interest in shooters as well. The atmosphere and narrative pulled me right through each game and each one is different and brilliant in its own way.
Bioshock 1 was the most raw and gritty in an unrelenting way with satisfying endings. Bioshock 2 is different, less stealthy, much more thoughtful and provocative with and ending I loved. Bioshock Infinite is glitzy and eyecandy in a way the distracted me from seeing the gutwrenching conclusion until it was too late. The ending broke my heart. They are great stories with a common thread that hits on why we have science fiction as a literary and narrative genre.
The remaster resolved some technical and graphical issues and the game runs well on Win10 with an 4790, 8GB, and GTX970.
Have you played the DLCs for the third one? If not, quit life and start immediately.
Constantine, The Console Poster
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
My immersive game wishlist: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Conarium, MGS:V, Prey, and the new Titan Quest xpac Ragnarok.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Immersion... The story is direly heartbreaking. The scenery, so grim that I, a lifelong pupil of the darkness, felt suffocated by its ever tightening atmosphere. I had my noise-cancelling REAL stereo headphone on during the game, and they have used a 3D sound system to put sounds RIGHT INTO YOUR BRAIN and oh Lucifer! I indeed went to hell, and the sacrifice was my innocence. I don't think I'll be the same person ever again.
Highly recommended! This wasn't a game for me but a strange experience.
Constantine, The Console Poster
"One of the most difficult tasks men can perform, however much others may despise it, is the invention of good games and it cannot be done by men out of touch with their instinctive selves." - Carl Jung
Morrowind. Despite the (now) dated graphics and the fact that most of the landscape is brown, it is the most atmospheric. You wander around a few hours and then try to tell me otherwise.
edit: Not always a pleasant atmosphere, as some areas are scary and creepy, but nonetheless, atmospheric.
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In my opinion, they executed that game almost too well. Sometimes I would just not play it because I didn't want to feel the way I knew that it would make me feel. In the end though, my curiosity won out.
I'm curious to see what kind of games/genres/whatever other people view as immersive and hope someone else can recommend a very immersive game that I haven't played yet. I haven't always looked for getting absorbed in immersive games (I tend to be a competitive gamer), but it seems like lately I have found an appreciation for them.
"I am my connectome" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7GwKXfJB0
once it's more fleshed out.
Exploring thousands of light years away from closest colony really makes you feel all alone out in the dark.
"I am my connectome" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7GwKXfJB0
I self identify as a monkey.
Now before you go flying off the handle, tell me how much of what is in that video is currently playable on the public server?
SC...rofl
- Lord of the Rings Online
- Secret World
- Elder Scrolls Online
- Skyrim
- Grim Dawn
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- Metro
- Dead Space
- Fallout
- Firewatch
- Alien: Isolation
- Monkey Island
- The Dig
- Blade Runner
- Full Throttle
- L.A. Noire
- Bioshock
- SOMA
- Witcher Series
- Souls Series
- Portal
- Nioh
- Assassin's Creed: Origins & Black Flag
- Recent Wolfenstein Series
- The Evil WIthin Series
- Resident Evil Series
- Risen Series
- Gothic Series
- ELEX
- Middle Earth Series
- Divinity: Original Sin Series
- Nier Series
- Dishonoured Series
- Titan Quest (New expansion just came out)
- Dragon's Dogma
- Metal Gear Series
- Alan Wake
- Batman: Arkham Series
- F.E.A.R. Series
- Dying Light
- Dead Island Series
- The Forest
- Life is Strange
- Hellblade
- Any Telltale series
- New Tomb Raider Series
- Pillars of Eternity
- Tyranny
- Mass Effect Series
- Dragon Age Series
- Amnesia Series
- Bastion
- Penumbra Series
- Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
- The Talos Principle
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Mad Max
- Rage
- Borderlands Series
I could go on forever...Last time I was on a test center, it seemed pretty anti atmospheric--in the cold oxygen deprived depth of space sort of way.
Honestly, not much to hate on.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Immersion... The story is direly heartbreaking. The scenery, so grim that I, a lifelong pupil of the darkness, felt suffocated by its ever tightening atmosphere. I had my noise-cancelling REAL stereo headphone on during the game, and they have used a 3D sound system to put sounds RIGHT INTO YOUR BRAIN and oh Lucifer! I indeed went to hell, and the sacrifice was my innocence. I don't think I'll be the same person ever again.
Highly recommended! This wasn't a game for me but a strange experience.
edit: Not always a pleasant atmosphere, as some areas are scary and creepy, but nonetheless, atmospheric.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey