Biggest immersion killers.
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Bad cutscene animation:
In Gears of War 2, before you find that pod with Maria inside of it, Dom and Marcus argue about going right to Nexus or trying to find Maria. It's a decently written scene (writing is also another thing that kills me), but Marcus keeps twitching his head like he's got a neurological disorder, not surprising really considering he probably spends most mornings chainsawing his breakfast before the griddle is even hot.
In Gears of War 2, before you find that pod with Maria inside of it, Dom and Marcus argue about going right to Nexus or trying to find Maria. It's a decently written scene (writing is also another thing that kills me), but Marcus keeps twitching his head like he's got a neurological disorder, not surprising really considering he probably spends most mornings chainsawing his breakfast before the griddle is even hot.
A game that's truly immersive makes the hud seem like part of your senses, man!UNKNOWNINCOGNITO said:
But for me, immersion breakers...bugs, invisible walls, clipping issues, and bullshit stuff like not being able to take all the stuff off the person you just ganked.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R-games, all the annoying bugs.
Seriously. S.T.A.L.K.E.R has THE creepiest in-door enviroments of ANY game and the game has so many bugs and flaws. ARGH
You'll get buttraped by aliens befre you even know what hit you.
Same goes for Radar in S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Seriously. S.T.A.L.K.E.R has THE creepiest in-door enviroments of ANY game and the game has so many bugs and flaws. ARGH
Good luck playing the Marine Campaign in Alien vs Predator 2 without the motion tracker...UNKNOWNINCOGNITO said:
You'll get buttraped by aliens befre you even know what hit you.
Same goes for Radar in S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Horrific voice acting usually throws me out of the virtual world pretty quickly. That and when the framrate is the equivalent to a powerpoint presentation *cough*Two Worlds*cough*
Controller lag.
I can't think of anything that breaks immersion more than the feeling that everything you are doing has to go through an approval process before it happens.
I can't think of anything that breaks immersion more than the feeling that everything you are doing has to go through an approval process before it happens.
The lack of hand animation in games. I mean come on VALVe, I love your games, but seriously? Anytime you pick something up without using the gravity gun it just floats there in front of your face (just like if you were using the gravity gun...). Besides being mute is Gordon Freeman telekinetic?
It just bugs me how game developers will throw so much money and time at graphics, music, voice-acting, etc. yet so few actually give your character a pair hands to pick something up or press a button with. That's a real immersion killer for me.
It just bugs me how game developers will throw so much money and time at graphics, music, voice-acting, etc. yet so few actually give your character a pair hands to pick something up or press a button with. That's a real immersion killer for me.
Bad voice acting, and playing 'guess what the game designer was thinking', where you can almost find no way to get past a puzzle, and then discover it was something really abstract like using a fish to open a door.
Hunger and undismissable needs n
1 and 2. Phone or doorbell ringing (anything that reminds me there´s a reality out there). When it comes to gameplay issues, I´m pretty tolerant. Only my incompetence tends to annoy me and break the illusion of owning the game.
1 and 2. Phone or doorbell ringing (anything that reminds me there´s a reality out there). When it comes to gameplay issues, I´m pretty tolerant. Only my incompetence tends to annoy me and break the illusion of owning the game.
Multi player when you hear what the other people sound like over the mic,
Loading screens,
Games where there is not enough weapon damage (gears of war amongst others...)
Targeting recticles and other hud effects, On certain games, generally futuristic space games with helmets I can suspend belief but most of the time, no.
Silly physics.
Loading screens,
Games where there is not enough weapon damage (gears of war amongst others...)
Targeting recticles and other hud effects, On certain games, generally futuristic space games with helmets I can suspend belief but most of the time, no.
Silly physics.
Stuff written or superimposed on the screen, like a helpful number telling you how much damage you just did;
I think Fatal Frame was a big offender here. Also the Lord of the Rings licenced games. "Orc Hewer", anyone?
Unreasonable difficulty;
There is a part in Neverwinter Nights 2, where the thieves guild are trying to silence an informant. When you turn up to foil the attempt there is about 50-odd thieves, assassins and even magi there. All to silence ONE informant, who isn't even a warrior?
This can also work the other way, when things are just too damn easy. The vita-chambers from Bioshock always struck me as a bit odd. Why aren't the splicers using them? They're free... Also, when you have to fight a really scary opponent in an RPG and you're way, way harder than it and do a one-hit kill. Bonus points if any NPCs around would also have been able to do this.
Also, whenever YOU are the only person who can perform certain tasks, forcing you to enter ridiculously dangerous situations all on your own. Bonus points if you are part of a military organisation. Most RPG's do this (bonus points if the town guards are harder than you) also.
Think most of the other stuff that irks me has already been stated: Invisible walls, horrible voice acting, re-spawning enemies (bonus points if there is no apparent way they could re-spawn. Like; you're fighting in a sealed-off bunker or something.) and so on.
I think Fatal Frame was a big offender here. Also the Lord of the Rings licenced games. "Orc Hewer", anyone?
Unreasonable difficulty;
There is a part in Neverwinter Nights 2, where the thieves guild are trying to silence an informant. When you turn up to foil the attempt there is about 50-odd thieves, assassins and even magi there. All to silence ONE informant, who isn't even a warrior?
This can also work the other way, when things are just too damn easy. The vita-chambers from Bioshock always struck me as a bit odd. Why aren't the splicers using them? They're free... Also, when you have to fight a really scary opponent in an RPG and you're way, way harder than it and do a one-hit kill. Bonus points if any NPCs around would also have been able to do this.
Also, whenever YOU are the only person who can perform certain tasks, forcing you to enter ridiculously dangerous situations all on your own. Bonus points if you are part of a military organisation. Most RPG's do this (bonus points if the town guards are harder than you) also.
Think most of the other stuff that irks me has already been stated: Invisible walls, horrible voice acting, re-spawning enemies (bonus points if there is no apparent way they could re-spawn. Like; you're fighting in a sealed-off bunker or something.) and so on.
