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Top Ten Most Immersive Worlds In Gaming

Gaming Enthusiast:

Immersion in games is one of the reasons we love gaming so much. We take a look at ten of the most immersive games in all of gaming's history.

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SageHonor4428d ago

Good list, I'd like to add Mass Effect, Max Payne, Bully.

TekoIie4428d ago (Edited 4428d ago )

What aboutz Pokimons?!?! NO ONE will beat my beloved Pokimons!!!

EDIT: i would agree with mass effect but not sure about ME1 since it was more of a focus on your actions rather than the locations you visited but in 2 and 3 i totally agree.

DoomeDx4428d ago

Good List.

Though i think Killzone 2 also should fit in here.

Leio4428d ago

GTA Vice city also such a classic work

Philoctetes4428d ago

I would have added Arkham City and Dark Souls. But I can't really argue with the top 3. Those were all awesome.

JellyJelly4428d ago (Edited 4428d ago )

Damn good picks. Dark Souls world is very abstract in its design but still manages to feel real somehow.

I just completed Arkham City and what's striking about that world is how much detail has gone into it. You notice new stuff everytime you traverse the big map. The sheer number of environmental riddles you can find is testament to this.

I'd probably also add Skyrim to the list.

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Blastoise4428d ago

Bioshock was a worthy number 1

Nimblest-Assassin4428d ago

Going to be replaced with Infinite.. so stoked for that game... it oozes atmosphere.

I would add uncharted, but its the characters that draw me in rather than the world... but the last of us setting could be something special.

God of War.. since their adaptations of Greek Mythology has incredible athmosphere

Halo and Mass Effect, due to their incredible sci-fi locals

Maybe Assassins Creed, since they are the only games that set themselves and the player in unique timelines.. i feel like Im getting a history lesson each time I pop the disks in.

But still a very solid list, played dead space, red dead, limbo and minish cap.. hell minish cap might be my second favourite Zelda game.

But truth is, one does not simply rank the top 10 game athmospheres.. too many great games to narrow down to a mere ten.

Blastoise4428d ago

Wow 6 disagree's? Fair enough. Bioshock had an incredibly immersive world. I do agree that demons soul's should have been on this list though

humbleopinion4428d ago

Exactly.
I disagree with some games in the list: I see how they might have been considered for their time, but today there's nothing really immerse about them - just like how I thought Alone in the Dark was the most immersive game back then thanks to the atmosphere that went all the way down to the squeaky door sound effect, but I wouldn't really call it immersive this day and age.

But Bioshock is def. number one to this day and age. Rapture is one of the (if not the) most well crafted places in the history of gaming.
I'd probably put in games like SOTC and Halo in there before a few others in the list thanks to the unique settings of each of those, but Bioshock, RDR and Dead Space put in the top 3 really get it right.

scotchmouth4428d ago

Blastoise I really agree with you. I didn't play bioshock when it first came out for some reason. I played it about 3 years later. I was still heavily impressed. From the graphics to the level design to the NPC dialogue. Bioshock had no problem keeping me immersed.

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MagicAccent4428d ago (Edited 4428d ago )

No stalker?

Meh

MEH

ATi_Elite4428d ago

Any Immersive list that doesn't have STALKER listed is a big fat FAIL!!

GamingPerson4428d ago (Edited 4428d ago )

I don't know what ur talking about.. must have never played stalker.

Give credit where credit is do.

Saladfax4428d ago

I thought Metro 2033 was more immersive than Stalker, but...

There are some pretty heavy similarities, aren't there.

mochachino4428d ago

I agree with RDR, Riddick, Bioshock and Metroid Prime but the rest not at all. I'd add HL2, Deus Ex HR, GOW2 and more that I'm too lazy to think of to list.

MeatAbstract4428d ago

No Half LIfe 2?
Demon's Souls?
Shadow of the Colossus?

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Rockstar Might Be Preparing For Red Dead Redemption 1 Release On PC

Rockstar Games may be preparing to release its open world action adventure game, Red Dead Redemption 1, on PC.

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Goodguy0116d ago

I just want 4k/1440p and 60fps support. And with little glitches too ofc.

Snookies1215d ago (Edited 15d ago )

This is about the PC version of RDR 1. The PC version of RDR 2 doesn't have a frame rate cap. Though I do agree, it is mind boggling that Rockstar still hasn't released a patch for consoles.

XiNatsuDragnel16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

It'll be great if true

LucasRuinedChildhood16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Hopefully 60fps on consoles for RDR2 is next then.

LucasRuinedChildhood16d ago (Edited 16d ago )

Honestly, a PS5 Pro isn't even needed for 60fps in this case. But if they wanted to use it show a game running maxed out at a high resolution at 60fps, I wouldn't complain. Just give us 60fps. lol

I think the Series X might have an issue running the One X version at a locked 60fps as that version was a full native 4K but they could just lower the resolution a bit.

purple10116d ago (Edited 16d ago )

I wish to play both stellar blade, and rdr2, on the pro, maxed out like an expensive pc,

would be good, especially for the price, even if thats £499/ £549

last I checked, a rtx 4070super was £580 for just the card!

DaReapa16d ago

There aren't many games I'd double dip for, but having originally gotten this for PS3, I would happily get this if true.

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EA Japan Exec Criticises Japanese Ratings Board

An executive of Electronic Arts Japan has criticised the Japanese video game ratings board for allowing upcoming action game Stellar Blade to be released uncensored while EA's own Dead Space was banned in the country.

CrimsonWing6937d ago

He’s got a point. If a game is M-Rated, which is the equivalent of an R rating, I don’t get why you need to censor anything. The rating is the indicator of the content and the age appropriate. If it’s appropriate for adults… why treat them like children? 🤷‍♂️

Eonjay36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

This is about gore... not about anything sexual. And specifically I think it is about the realistic depiction of gore. Unfortunately I don't know the nuance of the CERO board or how it is relevant their specific culture (as a prohibition on gore may transcend age) so I hesitate to make a statement. Can anyone else provide insight to what kind of gore is considered unacceptable?

CrimsonWing6936d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Yea, I know this is about gore, but thanks for pointing that out.

My point still stands, if a game is essentially rated for a mature audience then why censor for them as if they’re too young to view it? Makes no sense.

To answer your question: Decapitation, dismemberment, like… anything gore. They have been censoring that since CERO was established. Look up RE4 chainsaw decapitation or any MK games that made it there.

Cacabunga36d ago

EA Japan? Wtf never heard of that

ZwVw36d ago

Yet, the Oneechanbara series (y'know, the game with half-naked samurai females slicing up zombies to bloody pieces) get released in Japan uncensored.

The CERO ratings board is an equilibrium.

Smellsforfree36d ago

This confuses me since I've seen so many gory Japanese movies and anime. For example, Battle Royale.

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gold_drake36d ago

definitely has a point.

but .. its japan. are we really surprised?

VersusDMC36d ago

I don't know if the EA executive is going off the one close up of an arm being cut off in the demo. Maybe it's uncensored because it's the arm of a cyborg or it doesn't happen that often (didn’t see EVE dismemberment when killed in the demo) .

In the states there's a certain amount of swear words allowed to a PG13 movie before it is deemed R. So maybe it's the same in Japan for gore?

Eonjay36d ago

Yes I think you may be on to something. The violence is gory but I wouldn't call it gruesome.

Retroman36d ago

Ea Japan please make Knack 3
in the future

Eonjay36d ago (Edited 36d ago )

Does EA Japan actually make games at all? Or are they just a regional publisher?

Retroman35d ago

I'm sorry Japan Studio made Knack