Anonymous
6/27/2025, 4:11:56 AM No.713764003
I still have absolutely no fucking idea what an "Immersive sim" is supposed to be
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Anonymous
6/27/2025, 4:14:06 AM No.713764172
>>713764003 (OP)
These days when I hear that I assume it's a boomer shooter that's gonna let me crawl in vents and surprise enemies sometimes. That's an imsim to me.
These days when I hear that I assume it's a boomer shooter that's gonna let me crawl in vents and surprise enemies sometimes. That's an imsim to me.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 4:15:07 AM No.713764240
We have all these weird genre labels that don't convey anything about gameplay systems.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 4:16:05 AM No.713764292
For me it's when you have to open inventory and drag the battery to the plug to put it in it. Remaster removed that for some reason
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 4:23:18 AM No.713764852
>>713764003 (OP)
First-person game with legs and variability in ways of completing tasks
First-person game with legs and variability in ways of completing tasks
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Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:02:08 AM No.713767576
It's a kind of redundant term for games that went the extra mile with creating a realistic gamespace/interaction and reaction with the world rather than a specific feature
most modern games borrow from "immersive sim" games so the it's kind of become redundant
most modern games borrow from "immersive sim" games so the it's kind of become redundant
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:20:29 AM No.713768717
>>713764003 (OP)
Warren Spector's definition:
>It's an immersive simulation game in that you are made to feel you're actually in the game world with as little as possible getting in the way of the experience of "being there." Ideally, nothing reminds you that you're just playing a game -- not interface, not your character's back-story or capabilities, not game systems, nothing. It's all about how you interact with a relatively complex environment in ways that you find interesting (rather than in ways the developers think are interesting), and in ways that move you closer to accomplishing your goals (not the developers' goals).
Warren Spector's definition:
>It's an immersive simulation game in that you are made to feel you're actually in the game world with as little as possible getting in the way of the experience of "being there." Ideally, nothing reminds you that you're just playing a game -- not interface, not your character's back-story or capabilities, not game systems, nothing. It's all about how you interact with a relatively complex environment in ways that you find interesting (rather than in ways the developers think are interesting), and in ways that move you closer to accomplishing your goals (not the developers' goals).
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Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:23:43 AM No.713768906
>>713764003 (OP)
I thought the definition of an immersive sim was simply this: You're given a set of tools to solve a problem, and as the player you have the freedom to do it in whatever way you discover with said tools. System Shock 2 definitely falls into that definition I would think.
I thought the definition of an immersive sim was simply this: You're given a set of tools to solve a problem, and as the player you have the freedom to do it in whatever way you discover with said tools. System Shock 2 definitely falls into that definition I would think.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:30:05 AM No.713769284
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:30:36 AM No.713769316
>>713764003 (OP)
it's a game that doesn't have immersion breaking elements like invisible walls
it's a game that doesn't have immersion breaking elements like invisible walls
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:31:41 AM No.713769378
>>713764003 (OP)
That's an FPS RPG (light on the RPG part), also somewhat survival horror.
That's an FPS RPG (light on the RPG part), also somewhat survival horror.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:31:50 AM No.713769395
lockpicking
that's it
that's it
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:32:49 AM No.713769456
>>713764852
So tell me why Crysis and Halo aren't immersive sims.
So tell me why Crysis and Halo aren't immersive sims.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:37:24 AM No.713769743
"Immersive sim" isn't a real genre. It's just a retarded way to silo genuinely great FPSes from the others.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:47:48 AM No.713770347
>>713764003 (OP)
fps with inventory
fps with inventory
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:50:49 AM No.713770523
>>713764852
kcd and skyrim?
kcd and skyrim?
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 5:52:20 AM No.713770612
>>713769278
you don't mean anything either
you don't mean anything either
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 6:00:15 AM No.713771019
It's a meme word like charaction action, metroidvania rogue-lite or Souls-like.
Anonymous
6/27/2025, 6:06:16 AM No.713771402
>>713764003 (OP)
A bunch of shit slapped together.
Action/Stealth with inventory management and some degree of world interaction. They tend not to be very good because the action is always fucking garbage and the levels very quickly stop being built for stealth. Outside of Thief, which is why it's the best of the genre.
A bunch of shit slapped together.
Action/Stealth with inventory management and some degree of world interaction. They tend not to be very good because the action is always fucking garbage and the levels very quickly stop being built for stealth. Outside of Thief, which is why it's the best of the genre.