When is realism too real?
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They should have some DLC in Mass Effect 2, an extension to the game, in which whatever character you chose to sleep with gets knocked up(or vice versa) and you have to deal with a 9 month pregnancy and then raising the damn kid, changing diapers and stuff. Shepard can save humanity! But can he/she successfully put the baby to sleep?
I'd have to defend the Sims here for a second
Play any of the titles, and you'll realise there is nothing normal about their lives. It's completley madcap
And, plus, with the current installment (Sims 3) they've readressed the problems wherein your sim would apparantly need four meals a day and the toilet every half hour
Play any of the titles, and you'll realise there is nothing normal about their lives. It's completley madcap
And, plus, with the current installment (Sims 3) they've readressed the problems wherein your sim would apparantly need four meals a day and the toilet every half hour
About the realism of hardcore mode on Fallout: New Vegas...
I think it'll be excellent. I found the "unrealism" of Fallout 3 actually detracts from the game a bit. How is it that I can carry around a rifle, plasma rifle, shotgun, nuke launcher, flame sword, and more plus full ammo? And food? Honestly if they want to limit me to carrying 2 or 3 guns so I can actually hold ammo and food/water - and every 30mins I need to take a swish of water... I think it's pretty cool. It'll really put you in the game. I've never been a big fan of huge diversity, I like to specialize so I just hope that with the limited equipment you can really pimp it out. Maybe mod your favorite guns for better damage/accurace/rate of fire or whatever else.
I played the Sims years and years ago for about a week... it was fun at first to design the house and play a little while to get some "cool" new stuff and then it became super duper tedious having to tell the stupid ass sim to go to the bathroom, go eat, go sleep... that's just boring, especially since I would expect a simulated human to do these things on their own as needed, plus the fact that he had to shit 5 times before I had to take a pee irl.
Then Demon's Souls has it's own form of realism in that you die pretty easily, you have a stamina bar that drains appropriately for running, for swinging your weapon, for blocking... Granted you don't have to eat food (well, eating grass gains HP) but considering you spend half your time as a soul it kinda makes sense.
So really, it's not that too real is tedious, it's more the faked realism that gets tedious.
I think it'll be excellent. I found the "unrealism" of Fallout 3 actually detracts from the game a bit. How is it that I can carry around a rifle, plasma rifle, shotgun, nuke launcher, flame sword, and more plus full ammo? And food? Honestly if they want to limit me to carrying 2 or 3 guns so I can actually hold ammo and food/water - and every 30mins I need to take a swish of water... I think it's pretty cool. It'll really put you in the game. I've never been a big fan of huge diversity, I like to specialize so I just hope that with the limited equipment you can really pimp it out. Maybe mod your favorite guns for better damage/accurace/rate of fire or whatever else.
I played the Sims years and years ago for about a week... it was fun at first to design the house and play a little while to get some "cool" new stuff and then it became super duper tedious having to tell the stupid ass sim to go to the bathroom, go eat, go sleep... that's just boring, especially since I would expect a simulated human to do these things on their own as needed, plus the fact that he had to shit 5 times before I had to take a pee irl.
Then Demon's Souls has it's own form of realism in that you die pretty easily, you have a stamina bar that drains appropriately for running, for swinging your weapon, for blocking... Granted you don't have to eat food (well, eating grass gains HP) but considering you spend half your time as a soul it kinda makes sense.
So really, it's not that too real is tedious, it's more the faked realism that gets tedious.
It becomes to relistic when the gameplay starts suffering as a result.
GTAIV is a prime example of this, I don't want to take this twat bowling every couple of hours....fuck off!
GTAIV is a prime example of this, I don't want to take this twat bowling every couple of hours....fuck off!
For Action: When there is nothing to differentiate the game from reality, unless you are injured in the game. When people who aren't used to the game could whole heartedly believe they had jsut killed someone, and face all the emotions that would come with that. It's gone much to far.
Otherwise, when the realistic parts get in the way of the fun parts.
Otherwise, when the realistic parts get in the way of the fun parts.
Realism is not that good because we play video games to ESCAPE real life. We take up new mantles and such playing video games, the only thing that should realistic should be graphics
Which is why when I make my game Discharged for the Revostation 920.7, guns will bring people to life and the lack of bullets will cause death.
Some of the best video games out there have things in them that are literal mindfucks, and that's what makes them so awesome, the fact that anything can happen.
Wacky, unrealistic fun is a lot better than gritty, realistic stuff...
Which is why when I make my game Discharged for the Revostation 920.7, guns will bring people to life and the lack of bullets will cause death.
Some of the best video games out there have things in them that are literal mindfucks, and that's what makes them so awesome, the fact that anything can happen.
Wacky, unrealistic fun is a lot better than gritty, realistic stuff...
It's too real as soon as I can't take more than one bullet.
Or when I kill people and don't get cash because they only have their debit card on them. That would piss me off.
And in what way is the Sims realistic? That games fun because it's so unrealistic!
Or when I kill people and don't get cash because they only have their debit card on them. That would piss me off.
And in what way is the Sims realistic? That games fun because it's so unrealistic!
Getting shot in the shoulder once puts you in a hospital for weeks before sending you to months of physical therapy and discomfort for the rest of your life, forcing you to create a new character.
Depends on the type of game. If it's a war game and it's ultra realistic it might be kind of cool, but getting chased by the cops for going over the speed limit or going down the wrong lane would result in you getting chased by the cops a whole lot more than usual. It would ruin the game.
it will get too real when im playing the game and i get hurt, when i get hurt in the game...i would only play that game till i beat it then...never again! =P