• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    Couldn’t disagree more. Immersion comes from the details, not the fidelity. I was told to expect this incredibly immersive experience form RDR2 and then I got:

    • carving up animals is frequently wonky
    • gun cleaning is just autopilot wiping the exterior of a gun
    • shaving might as well be done off-screen
    • you transport things on your horse without tying them down

    Yeah that didn’t do it for me.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
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      8 hours ago

      realism and visual fidelity are two slightly overlapping but different things.

      a game can have great graphics but its npcs be unrealistic bullet sponges. cp2077 comes to mind, not that this makes it a bad game necessarily.

      i dont actually want to go to the bathroom in-game but i love me some well written story, graphics can help immensely with that. among other things.

      come to think of it 100% realist games would probably be boring