Continuing from my previous post,
The more you play games, the more obvious their design becomes. A kid playing Skyrim thinks he's fighting a *monster* in the game. I think I'm playing against a piece of code, which follows certain very predictable patterns that I have seen in countless of other games.
Generally speaking, I get most immersed into games that introduce a new kind of gaming experience. A new game mechanic can hide the predictability of patterns, thus helping immersion.
Oblivion, with it's marriage of free-roaming, open-world RPG combined with a lot of FPS-style mechanic, was that kind of game. (In its modded version).
For the same reason I loved Mass Effect and Witcher. Both introduced new approach to gameplay. And I didn't finish the sequel to either game, despite their quality. I was just too familiar with the game mechanic. The open world approach to Witcher 3 hopefully will freshen things up enough for me.
This is also the reason why I'm going to have my full play-through of Skyrim in extreme realism mode. A new kind of gaming experience, when compared to Oblivion.
The more you play games, the more obvious their design becomes. A kid playing Skyrim thinks he's fighting a *monster* in the game. I think I'm playing against a piece of code, which follows certain very predictable patterns that I have seen in countless of other games.
Generally speaking, I get most immersed into games that introduce a new kind of gaming experience. A new game mechanic can hide the predictability of patterns, thus helping immersion.
Oblivion, with it's marriage of free-roaming, open-world RPG combined with a lot of FPS-style mechanic, was that kind of game. (In its modded version).
For the same reason I loved Mass Effect and Witcher. Both introduced new approach to gameplay. And I didn't finish the sequel to either game, despite their quality. I was just too familiar with the game mechanic. The open world approach to Witcher 3 hopefully will freshen things up enough for me.
This is also the reason why I'm going to have my full play-through of Skyrim in extreme realism mode. A new kind of gaming experience, when compared to Oblivion.
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