Skyrim's the Third Most Popular Game on Xbox 360
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Not everyone has made the switch to MW3 yet. With the Holidays so close, a lot of people are waiting to get it on Christmas morning most likely.Sparrow said:
Casual would be the right word so don't worry. Just a thought, how was the list compiled? Was it number of games sold, or collective hours played? Because the die-hard fans of Skyrim will be glued to it 24/7. Since COD and other online games rely on the internet, fluctuations occur with the hours played. And realism should never, ever be a selling point for games. We play them for escapism, hence why "shoot-everything-with-inifinte-ammo-exploding-guns-one-man-army-style" games are so popular. They look real, but by no means are they realistic.imnotparanoid said:
Why does realism prevent escapism? Just becasue I don't want to be me as it where why can't i want to be someone else in the real world.Burn2Feel said:
For example among my many genres are F1 games, they would be worthless if they didnt chase reaslism as far as they can.
It does depend on my mood, but often I want a fair amount of realism in the game as it makes it easy to beleive and immerse my self in.
Theres no reaspon an untra reaslistic game can't be brilliant escapism.
Because they're fun?hurricanejbb said:
OT: Glad to see Skyrim get this high, especially since its already broken my personal record of most time spent on a single game
I'm not saying it prevents it, hell The Sims is the perfect example. I'm just saying that if games rely more and more on realism to sell, there will come a point where reality and escapism will collide and merge, and I cannot see that as a good thing. I'm probably looking into this way more than I should (the fact that I wrote a paper on realism in gaming doesn't help), but I will end on that I agree that some realism is needed for immersion, such as first person perspective or characters asking for your opinion but a line needs to be drawn.Petromir said:
I was more suggesting that the never ever as a selling point was abit far. In some genres the closer you can get the better, theoretically there are limits but in most as long as the game can't actually physically hurt you, its probably fine.Burn2Feel said:
In other gernes I agree to much realism can be detrimental. THe point wheer a game becomes to real is entirely a personal preference.
I tend to prefer realsim for the setting, and a consitancy in things. Mainly this means if your preventing me from doing shit, then use a game mechanic or similar to do it, dont use invisible walls or some such bullshit.
THe sharks in the oceans in vannilla WOW are a perfect example, killing you before you came to the limits of the game world.
Is this really news worthy? I'm all for celebrating fandoms and all, but is learning that this game, which by itself totally proves that single player only games can work, is the third most played game truly newsworthy?
I really feel like I'm running around a room with a needle bursting everyone's safety bubble or anything, but this isn't really news at all.
I really feel like I'm running around a room with a needle bursting everyone's safety bubble or anything, but this isn't really news at all.