JDviant
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Post by JDviant on Aug 30, 2015 9:58:07 GMT -5
I spent an hour realtime walking down the streets in Deadly Premonition instead of using the time skips to the next objective.
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Aug 30, 2015 10:21:02 GMT -5
In games with a day/night time cycle, like Fallout 3, I'll only go out at appropriate times.
I mean, apocalypse or not, in real life I wouldn't just go outside at 3 in the morning.
...Yeah, I do get a little too immersed.
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Post by xCompackx on Aug 30, 2015 13:12:01 GMT -5
Depends on the game, I suppose. GTA V's story had me f***ing gripped for the week it took me to complete it, and I love games like Uncharted or The Last of Us, but games like Skyrim or Dark Souls/Bloodborne don't interest me (partly because I'm awful at Dark Souls but shut up! ).
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Brood Lone Wolf Funker
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Aug 30, 2015 13:17:26 GMT -5
Depends on the game, I suppose. GTA V's story had me f***ing gripped for the week it took me to complete it, and I love games like Uncharted or The Last of Us, but games like Skyrim or Dark Souls/Bloodborne don't interest me (partly because I'm awful at Dark Souls but shut up! ). I am beyond awful at Dark Souls... guess who has a habit of falling down wells
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 13:44:31 GMT -5
Very. Always have a backstory, even if I'm just messing around, I'll have a motive. Hell, on Skyrim, I alternate between a summer-y mod & a winter-y mod depending on the real-life season, arm & attire myself differently if I'm going into battle, hunting or just adventuring. Also, I go hunting every day I play, and try to bring at least 200 gold's worth of pelts, along with anything else I find adventuring, to sell in Whiterun before heading home to my family. And I haven't even started the story yet! Installed a mod that doesn't begin it until you go to Helgen, I'm about 30 hours in, not been there yet. Do odd jobs for the companions, hunt, do any bounties that get posted. Nice little earner. Oh, and with next-gen GTA, I sometimes like to just wander the streets in first person, catch the subway etc. Then I'll go for a nice drive along the highway. Alternate Start? You know, what's weird about it for me is that I still use the normal start, but I like designing my character first, during their "dream" rather than during the time when they are in Helgen. I am a big Skyrim immersion person. I run Realistic Needs and Diseases, and if there's certain fights that I don't think suit my character I may restart them for a more enjoyable outcome (being on the brink of death because of a bandit when I'm level 40+ is unacceptable).
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 30, 2015 14:40:52 GMT -5
Very. Always have a backstory, even if I'm just messing around, I'll have a motive. Hell, on Skyrim, I alternate between a summer-y mod & a winter-y mod depending on the real-life season, arm & attire myself differently if I'm going into battle, hunting or just adventuring. Also, I go hunting every day I play, and try to bring at least 200 gold's worth of pelts, along with anything else I find adventuring, to sell in Whiterun before heading home to my family. And I haven't even started the story yet! Installed a mod that doesn't begin it until you go to Helgen, I'm about 30 hours in, not been there yet. Do odd jobs for the companions, hunt, do any bounties that get posted. Nice little earner. Oh, and with next-gen GTA, I sometimes like to just wander the streets in first person, catch the subway etc. Then I'll go for a nice drive along the highway. Alternate Start? You know, what's weird about it for me is that I still use the normal start, but I like designing my character first, during their "dream" rather than during the time when they are in Helgen. I am a big Skyrim immersion person. I run Realistic Needs and Diseases, and if there's certain fights that I don't think suit my character I may restart them for a more enjoyable outcome (being on the brink of death because of a bandit when I'm level 40+ is unacceptable). I mainly got it for the "Jarl of Ivarstead" mod, because it didn't feel right to have my dude start as a prisoner. Had him start off owning a house outside Falkreath instead, was great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 15:06:04 GMT -5
Alternate Start? You know, what's weird about it for me is that I still use the normal start, but I like designing my character first, during their "dream" rather than during the time when they are in Helgen. I am a big Skyrim immersion person. I run Realistic Needs and Diseases, and if there's certain fights that I don't think suit my character I may restart them for a more enjoyable outcome (being on the brink of death because of a bandit when I'm level 40+ is unacceptable). I mainly got it for the "Jarl of Ivarstead" mod, because it didn't feel right to have my dude start as a prisoner. Had him start off owning a house outside Falkreath instead, was great. I've never used that one before but it does look pretty cool (but I also use ETAC and I don't know how well the two would get along). Really, it's staggering just how many good immersion mods there are for Skyrim. Want to be a villainous necromancer? You can! Want to be a noble who is noble? You can. Want to be a nobody farmer in the hinterland? That's also an option.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 30, 2015 15:08:31 GMT -5
I mainly got it for the "Jarl of Ivarstead" mod, because it didn't feel right to have my dude start as a prisoner. Had him start off owning a house outside Falkreath instead, was great. I've never used that one before but it does look pretty cool (but I also use ETAC and I don't know how well the two would get along). Really, it's staggering just how many good immersion mods there are for Skyrim. Want to be a villainous necromancer? You can! Want to be a noble who is noble? You can. Want to be a nobody farmer in the hinterland? That's also an option. Probably wouldn't work too well. And that's what I love, sometimes I can just load my other file as a Sellsword, and go hunting for an hour or so with nothing but a bow & a kukri. It's great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 15:26:39 GMT -5
I've never used that one before but it does look pretty cool (but I also use ETAC and I don't know how well the two would get along). Really, it's staggering just how many good immersion mods there are for Skyrim. Want to be a villainous necromancer? You can! Want to be a noble who is noble? You can. Want to be a nobody farmer in the hinterland? That's also an option. Probably wouldn't work too well. And that's what I love, sometimes I can just load my other file as a Sellsword, and go hunting for an hour or so with nothing but a bow & a kukri. It's great. The whole hunting thing is a blast, especially with survival mods. One mod that I'm really looking forward to for that purpose is Shadow of Morrowind, which is supposed to be a pretty open map of mainland Morrowind. When that gets filled out, it'll be a lot of fun chasing after nix-hounds, alits and kagoutis (and hopefully cliff racers!).
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Post by SAJ Forth on Aug 30, 2015 15:33:13 GMT -5
Depends on the game. In Payday 2, I actually yell into the headset.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Aug 30, 2015 15:43:03 GMT -5
Depends on the game. In Payday 2, I actually yell into the headset. I do enjoy the fact that you can intimidate civilians & store clerks in GTA when robbing them by shouting at them. Although it interprets any noise as yelling, so I once subdued a bunch of civilians by crooning "Ain't that a kick in the head" at them.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Aug 30, 2015 15:45:03 GMT -5
Very. For example, when playing the Arkham games, if a goon lands a hit on me in a brawl, I'll restart from the checkpoint and fight them again. Goons don't land punches on Batman.
Outside of that, in Disney Infinity 2.0, My INterior had individual rooms for each of my characters with personalized decor. I also built a Marvel rec room and a Disney rec room.
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Post by Blindkarevik on Aug 30, 2015 16:57:20 GMT -5
I would love to get immersed in a game, but unfortunately... I just don't have time to do so anymore. I generally have maybe an hour or two, twice a week, to play anything. So you really don't get a lot of immersion time in that span.
I will say, I started a new playthrough of Fallout: New Vegas the other night and it was the first time, in a long time, a couple hours just vanished right before my eyes.. so that's cool.
Although, it's why I really haven't done shit with Universe Mode on any of the WWE games that have featured it. I always go into it thinking of all these dynamic storylines, the perfect rosters, and imagining myself managing the world's greatest wrestling promotion. However, it turns into me dividing up the rosters into each show, running two shows apiece, then never going back.
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Post by Chainsaw on Sept 6, 2015 16:49:19 GMT -5
And who's the guy who just took his armored hero walking 3 miles across Metropolis because her armor was critically damaged in a battle with the Sinestro Corps (complete with taking pieces of her armor off during the battle until she was down to her civvies?) All as an excuse to build and update her look?
Yup, that's be Joe Biden...er, I mean, me.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2015 17:02:56 GMT -5
When I play Pokemon, I care about my party, and I usually jump back into Pokemon-Aime after adventuring for five minutes.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Sept 6, 2015 17:48:08 GMT -5
I spent an hour realtime walking down the streets in Deadly Premonition instead of using the time skips to the next objective. I noticed I did the same thing. It's the closest thing we have to a Twin Peaks game, and so I was going around absorbing the off kilter atmosphere.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Sept 6, 2015 21:51:13 GMT -5
Fallout 3 was probably the most immersed I ever got in a game. Something fascinating about starting a game being born and then entering the "real" world for the first time along with your character.
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Post by Andy Martin on Sept 16, 2015 15:44:55 GMT -5
I get far, far to into Football Manager.
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