Comment on Good gaming experiences with no HUD?

• bridge_too_close@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I didn't say anything about actually believing you are the character. Immersion doesn't have anything to do with deception and is more about being engrossed or deeply involved with something. You can be immersed in other things too, like a tv show, book, or tabletop game.

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  • CarlsIII@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Sorry, when you said “have the mindset that you are the character”, that came across to me as believing you are the character. Also, I have been told in the past by people who care about immersion that that is what immersion is, so I’m still trying to grasp what it actually is. I’m also struggling to see having a UI hurts immersion, especially since, as you say, reading a book is immersion, and a book is all text. I’m wondering, also, if maybe different people mean different things when they talk about immersion.

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    • bridge_too_close@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      What is or isn't immersive is subjective, for sure. As far as a UI goes, some people may think that having a UI with too many elements or taking up too much space can detract from actually experiencing the game and its environments.

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