The Cargo Cult of Game Mechanics (Destiny)

by Fuertisimo, Thursday, January 15, 2015, 17:37 (3402 days ago) @ Cody Miller

I'm not sure immersion is solely driven by graphical quality or better physics. More realistic? Sure. But there are a ton of games that are immensely immersive that don't rely on photo realistic graphics or making sure that shit bounces around in a realistic way.

For example, to this day I find Doom to be one of the most immersive games I've ever played. The game has a gripping soundtrack, excellent sound design, is intensely atmospheric and remains genuinely scary. All of this despite downright ancient technology at this point.

I think a lot more goes into making a game immersive than higher polygon counts etc.

You say games should be getting better but generally aren't. Maybe better tech isn't the real key to situation after all?

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