Yeah I was also frequently submersed in this game.
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Stopped in to say Subnautica. Nice to see it as the first reply!
I don’t think any other game made me feel a true kind of fear as much as this game did. And it’s the kind of fear that makes you think if it was even intentional
It is the type of scary that one would want to see. The eerie feeling when going hundreds of metres below sea level was persistent even when you were a few metres away from the surface. It was always scary. Plus jump scares weren't as frequent
CyberPunk 2077
Especially with all the immersion mods that are out there for the pc version. The vanilla game has improved significantly already, but it is amazing what players have added as well.
I'm curious what changes to the mods make to be more immersive?
These are some of what I currently use, but there are tons more:
- Higher res textures and images (literally everything higher res).
- Improved RT and PT for more realistic glass reflections and refractions.
- Various color and lighting reshades, some of which aim for a more realistic look.
- Quality of life mods, such as having a tablet to access the net any time or that smart window display from the original E3 presentation.
- A flashlight
- Significantly improved driving:
- Better camera positioning in FP driving mode
- A speedometer that actually works correctly
- A vehicle modding shop to change suspension, power, traction.
- More realistic shifting (both the timing and the audio)
- Better drifting
- Actual dynamic downforce for vehicles with spoilers
- Better headlights
- More realistic crashes
- Better wind interaction with hair when driving a motorcycle.
- Increased immersion with vendors
- Better flowing dialog
- Additional animations for drinking
- Being able to invite a companion for a drink
- Little things like being able to lean against something while smoking a cigarette or just sitting on objects that you should be able to sit on.
- More things to interact with when visiting a companion.
- A pocket guide for the Metro system
- Better movement and object interaction.
- Improved crowds:
- People are more chatty
- They don’t immediately panic when you use a quickhack.
- Adjustments to crowd density and traffic reactions.
- Increased gang activity, such as small gun battles or drive-bys between rival gangs.
- More text messages with romantic partners.
- Being able to pet Nibbles!
- Improved weather, both visuals and how it changes over time
- Vending machines drop the actual items rather than a paper bag.
I always try to experience vanilla to the fullest before I mod, and I’m about 80 hours into my first playthrough. I’ve been pretty sufficiently immersed. That said, I can’t wait to dial it up to 11 with stuff like this. Do you know if mods disable achievements?
Thank you for writing everything. Your awesome
The other user gave you a very detailed answer, and it was a good one. But they didn’t mention one thing: VR.
Yep especially with the police and gang chases the city actually feels dangerous to maneuver through which is very lore accurate
Cyberpunk gets my vote. I only started playing it recently and I’m hopeless addicted.
I recently bought it and immediately put 130 hours into my first playthrough. I'm usually not into the cyberpunk theme, so this was never on my hype list, but damn the immersion was so good, I enjoyed it immensely.
I can agree with this
Rdr2 is a whole 'nother level
Rdr2 isn't my favorite game (I love it), but when I played it, I was Arthur Morgan. I enjoyed my rides from place to place and nearly never fast traveled. I said "howdy" to do many people.
It is a master class in immersion. The travel was fast enough for it to be a video game, but slow enough to feel real; the scenery was beautiful and the world felt alive, not like it was waiting for me. People felt real, even the randos in cities, some would run away from a fight, some would join. Some were aggressive, others were obviously scared.
Honestly I could go on forever, but as far as immersion, I'm not sure there's a better game, even crazier when you realize, your playing a set character, he looks nothing like me, yet I was him when I played.
Occasionally I was stopping by hotels, taking a bath having a nice dinner and smoke, have couple of drinks, played some poker and went to my room and sleep. These have no effect on the gameplay itself but it was satisfactory to do them.
It was crazy, you could live your life and never really play the story. Just chat with people, get food, explore, get a hair cut, get a deluxe bath which wasn't sex, and just chill.
Camping and cooking, sleeping, waking in the morning for a quick snap and brewing some coffee... Maybe file the tips of my ammunition for a bit and read my journal in the fire light. I did it almost without fail.
Yes there was a bonus to your stats from some of these things, but I truly felt compelled to do them, because Arthur deserved these things.
I think during those weeks of my first playthrough, I gave Arthur more self care than myself.
Heck, as me and some others point out, the survival stuff could have made for an excellent feature in an Undead Nightmare, which we sadly never got.
There’s a reason many people both jokingly and seriously say to stay in Chapter II. You can get through a decent chunk of it before freeing Micah as well. Sadly, the game doesn’t have a time feature that can lead to him getting hanged if you don’t arrive soon enough.
I found myself planning Arthur's days like it was real. Ok, wake up at camp and get some coffee, after that we'll head into town and sell the pelts I got from this hunting trip, stop by the store for some beard serum and then off for a bath before I head to the saloon for a couple drinks and poker.
I went on a lot of big group camping trips growing up (scouting). The process of waking up in the misty mornings and getting some camp chores done while the rest of the camp comes to life for the daily do was just perfectly executed. They nailed that feeling.
Have a morning smoke and look at the view, help the cook, break some balls over a cup of watery coffee, see what everyone has going on that day, then go out and get done what needs done...
I had no idea this game even had fast travel. Probably never used it 😄
It's been a while, but you could hire a stage coach to go from city to city, but why?
If you built a campfire, you could also use traditional fast travel, like in RDR1. But, is it worth it?
Honestly only worth it if you try to 100% it
Exactly. I'm red dead 2 you ARE the character. Thats part of the reason I never 100%ed it, it doesn't seem in character to do all this random stuff. Once the story is finished I could not see deciding to leave the homestead and ride around the country risking his life looking for flowers and dinosaur bones. It just doesn't seem in character
In RDR2 i'm not the character, i'm Arthur Morgan and i behave like how i think he would. Is far more inmersive for me to do it so.
I'm doing my first playthrough right now and can't agree more. It's not my favorite game ever but still incredible, the most "alive" environment I have ever played in, no contest. You can really see the care and effort the devs put into every little detail, a Herculean effort
Word of advice. Take your time and play it slow. I think you will enjoy the game even more by the end, but you should cherish the first playthrough.
I used to spend fucking hours getting stoned and just slowly walking around towns in RDR2
The level of detail was astounding but it was the random, dynamic events that really blew my mind. People in town knew me, knew my gang, and had strong opinions about me. They'd pick fights or leave the bar. Police or rival gangs would get involved. People ended up dead and I'd skip town, take a smoke break in the woods and saunter into another town ready for shenanigans
One of my favorite things in rdr2 was the “move along” mechanic, where if you were being a little bastard going around disturbing the peace or what have you, cops would come up to you and tell you to move along or they’d arrest you. Something about actually interacting with the police in more ways than just them shooting you on sight really made Arthur’s actions feel real to me
Agree, that's one of the coolest innovations from their previous games. The greet/antagonize mechanic was truly inspired. It's such a daunting system to even think about making, and they somehow pulled it off.
I started a new run of RDR2, and I’m doing no fast travel and I will take my time with hunting/chores/exploring in between missions. I’ve only made it to chapter 3, and I started about 8 months ago. I find taking it slower adds to the immersion and makes the overall experience better than prior runs.
Dam I gotta know what you put above rdr2 I haven’t even played it yet but your description was just beautiful
Playing this game for the 2nd time and just doing a natural exploration and hunting playthrough.
When I put on my headphones during this game and I can hear the horse, the bugs chirping, the feet stomping, the guns hitting against my back, an incoming storm, and a growl in the distance as I pull my bow string tightly... Gawd damn do I feel like a cowboy
Yup. I wanted to see if immersion can be taken up a level so I decided to smoke before playing one day.
Now the midnight ride to the braithwaite manor (with the whole crew and tense music in the background) is etched into my brain alongside vacation memories.
Or maybe my vacation wasn't real and this was...
"Smoke before playing" and "etched into my memories" don't go together for me. More like, "smoke before playing" and the next day "why are the Braithwaites all pissed at me?"
I want to play it, but 110Gb download size is just brutal on ps4. Takes ages to download and I have to remove half of my games... but damn, got to play it again.
Skyrim will always be that open world game that consumed my life. I remember the excitement when I found a new quest line or a random cave with vampire spawn in it. Amazing times.
Take me back to the first time playing
Those were good times. I don't regret the hundreds of hours I spent planted on my parent's comfy futon enjoying the hell out of Skyrim.
I remember very precisely the first two hours of playing Skyrim when it had just dropped in 2012. My best friend basically had to drag me out of my room because we were going to a college party that night.
I still dream with the game sometimes. Every now and then I go on YouTube to see what the modding scene is like and fell that itch to by a mega pc to run this old thing with 4k resolution haha.
“Yeah. I can play a stealth archer one more time…”
The chat GPT AI dialogue mod is pretty wild.
Despite not being the best graphically, nor is the NPC AI the best, there’s always this sense of wonder to the game, and it remains one of the few games where I still swear I can feel the cold.
KINGDOM COME DELIVERANCE!
Came to say this. Yeah, there are other games with better graphics, but in the end every open world ends up feeling the same. KCD forces you to be strict with your schedule, sleep at night, have breakfast, clean your face, go training with Bernard, read alchemy books to learn, dress for the occasion... it's the closest thing to a medieval knight simulator without losing the fun of being a game.
Even the combat felt very real and difficult to learn. I absolutely loved that game.
Never in my life have I spent so much time in burglary.
I’ll never forget the playthrough where I got good at lockpicking fast after getting three lock picks from Fritz and was able to burglarize most of Skalitz.
The Rolling hills and dense forests really are unmatched.
metro series, especially exodus.
stalker series, with gamma mod for anomaly for true immersion.
far cry 3, i get pretty immersed just going about hunting with a 1911.
i got back into it recently. i was drudging through the volga until i got jumpscared by a dog's barking. i legit thought that a dog was gonna jump me, but it was just our neighbor's loud ass dog.
god, this game is so damn nerve wracking sometimes.
The diegetic ui in exidus is so good.
Bloodbore, elden ring, and final fantasy 10
The first time I beat final fantasy x when I was like 15 I was depressed for like a month because the world was so real to me. I was sad that I couldn’t go back to discover new things
Yeah, that revelation at the end that my dude was a ghost was harsh.
I can smell bloodborne
Skyrim even at face value, but it gets on a next lvl with mods.
As a pc gamer, I feel like one of my biggest sins is never doing a modded skyrim playthrough. I modded the hell out of Fallout 4 to where it wasn't even the same game pretty much so I know it'll be awesome. I need to force myself to.
I allways wanted skyrim with mods but it seems kinda complicated for me to find and install i have special edition.
Mods are easy with anniversary edition on Xbox. Mine is ridiculously modded. Like I've got new towns and a part of solitude under the arch and a ton of graphic overhauls and more realistic weather. It's totally worth it
Mods are simple. It only gets complex when you start turning Skyrim into not-Skyrim
My man use Mod Organizer 2 it automatically adds the mods you download from nexus in to your list of mods.It is so easy just go check out mod organizer 2 tutorial videos
Far Cry 4
As and Indian listening to Hindi curse word is greatest experience
Wish I could understand what are they screaming when I fail my turn and crash into a small family. Except sherpas. They deserve all the respect.
I'm tired and thought we were talking about Fallout 4, and I reread your comment five or six times trying to figure out wtf you were talking about lmao
And the songs of Radio Free Kyrat
Prey
the immersion is arkane games is unreal.
I’m so disappointed Prey wasn’t better received. It was such a fun game, and so well done .
So glad I’m not the only one who said this
Valheim
New Vegas. Period.
Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter
Ah, I see you're a mailman too.
Same. Part of why it’s my all-time favorite game.
Skyrim.
The most common reason I always go back to the game is the immersion, is so calm, epic, sometimes I just keeping waking and looking for minutes while that amazing soundtrack plays.
cyberpunk and rdr2
Mass Effect and Hogwarts Legacy
Kingdom Come Deliverance made me soiled my pants walking around in the forest.
Came to say the same. What a great game! Walking theough the forest at night with a torch light, hoping to reach an inn soon has really kicked in for me
Outer wilds
For a moment I read this as Outer Worlds and was like….aint no way.
Subnautica
Dead space (remake) did it perfectly. I genuinely had developed a bond with the story with how much I loved it. Every character is perfect in the way the story plays out and how you have to backtrack constantly. I had the same feeling with Metroid dread but not as strong as dead space with how amazing and detailed the game was.
Playing it now. But only at night with my 🎧 on. Still managed to wake up the misses with my gasps and the typical: "oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, run..."
Yep the game can get super tense and that’s what gets me so immersed is that feeling of dread and knocking on deaths door at all times.
What does it truly mean to be immersed?
Personally, I think its something that keeps you engaged to such a high degree that you forget about everything around you and gives you the feeling of being in that virtual space.
Immersion is different for everybody. Sometimes, its being lost in exploration, and other times its being immersed in a story. And for others, its the simulation of a single task.
I never understood the concept myself. Maybe it’s because I generally have an extremely literal mind, but I have never gotten that feeling of forgetting I’m playing a video game like so many people talk about. No matter the game, I am always completely aware I’m playing a video game.
the entire Bioshock series
Mass Effect
Hogwarts Legacy and Skyrim. I can lose myself for hours in those worlds.
Skyrim. Horizon zero dawn. New world is getting there for me I’m only 4 hours in though.
Controversial pick: Atomic Heart
I had heard nothing about the game but it had such a unique game world and design.
Other picks: Dead Space, Bioshock, and Ghost of Tsushima
I’ve been playing pacific drive and the immersion is great
I’m really interested to check it out. Looks like a weird one, but I could see myself getting caught in the atmosphere and upgrade loop.
I played for about an hour and a half the other night. Definitely a cool atmosphere l, gives me Control vibes. The controls and menus when updating the car are definitely something to get used to though…
Ghost of Tsushima. The fact that the wind blows in the direction of your task is way better than having a huge icon to follow.
Assassin's creed origins
As common and cliched as it sounds - RDR2
Cyberpunk is my ride or die game but I would be blowing smoke if I dont give the acknowledgment to where its due.
RDR2 is something else and the only game that can beat rdr2 in terms of immersion is hopefully GTA VI.
Nothing to date comes close to actual raw immersion when compared to Red Dead.
I dont see gta6 outdoing rdr2 in terms of immersion. Gta5 didn't outdo rdr1. I think the level of immersion you get from rdr is in part from the world of red dead, not just the level of detail but the world itself feels so real. The game feels like you were meant to become one with it. GTA feels like it's been a parody of real life crime, and the fact its a parody keeps it from reaching the same heights of immersion as the Red Dead series. Maybe it's just me but I don't see rockstar topping RDR2 unless it's with another RDR game or a completely new title.
Its insane. I play at least once a month since release just to wander and still notice new things. For example, last night I noticed that Arthur constantly looks over his shoulder and scans his surroundings when he walks through a secluded, foggy forest at night. He actually gets anxious based off the time of day and environmental conditions he’s in, and it shows. This attention to detail is unrivaled from any other game to date.
Metro 2035 Exodus, Kingdom Come: Deliverance and Mass Effect: Andromeda
sudoku. i really feel like i'm solving the puzzle
minecraft and rainworld
The halo games honestly. I've loved them since I was like 15. (My parents were strict on games). But everytime I sit down to play those campaigns I get sucked in for hours at a time.
Probably not a popular answer but doki doki literature club even if it is just a novel type game
metro exodus the two colonels
Cyberpunk. There's nothing else like it.
Witcher 3
I got a headache playing BF1 is this what u mean
Even amongst all those great ones, star citizen took the cake. Another level
Skyrim made me forget the real world but rdr2 is amazing at that too
The last immersive feeling game I played was Death Stranding, and the it was akin to a religious experience more than a game.
Bioshock 1
System shock 1 / 2 (havent played remake)
Deus Ex series
STALKER series
Prey
I could've just said Immersive Sim genre and it would still be true
Read Dead 2 made me realize how lazily made every other game is.
so many people commenting about rdr2. need to get it now.
Great game, but it's true power is in the story. The game is straight up movie-like in it's cutscenes and dialouge, and has such beautiful environments that it's pretty universal that most people don't even learn how to use fast travel because why bother?
What game is last photo?
Metro: Exodus
Thank you.
Half Life Alyx.
Though, I guess that's cheating.
When you're trying to sneak through that certain level and you knock a bottle off a shelf but actually catch it before it hits the ground....now that was something
Rdr2 is obvious but metro, man, I had genuine fear for the spiders and the watcher dog things that howl, this game is psychological terror
Hogwarts Legacy was really good and new. Hope they make a new game at a new school like the Uganda one the friend mentions
Dying Light
Skyrim with headphones is basically me clocking out of life
Titanfall 2 and halo I think
Mass effect, Witcher 3, rdr2 my top 3 Followed by subnautica, Kingdom come deliverance, greedfall, Star Wars Jedi fallen order and survivor
I'm Jedi gunslinging in survivor right now, and I can't get enough.
Red dead 2 and Metro
Resident Evil 7 Biohazzard
VR helps too lol
VR, When it comes to immersion nothing else comes close.
Budget Cuts (not even a great VR game) had me leaning on a stool that wasn't in really in my living room..
SkyrimVR (with mods) is quite simply the most immersive gaming experience ever made, are are IN the world.
Have you tried Into the Radius yet? One of my all time favourites.
Half Life Alyx is probably the best VR Game I’ve ever played.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance is one that’s highly underrated
Do VR games count? Cause if so then Into The Radius takes the cake. It is the only game where after getting off the game, I tried to follow its ruleset of life with reaching out my hand and trying to have something I dropped Teleport into my hands like in game. I also constantly duck and scan for cover after any gunshot in game, which I dont do in any other VR game.
No Into the Radius didn’t take the cake. I took the cake (just outside of the container I live in).
Absolutely seconding that game. There isn’t much that comes close. I think I spent more time tidying up the container and sorting weapons, ammo or food than actually cleaning my room.
I am playing Skyrim for the first time. 30 hours in and loving it how immersive the world is.
Rdr2 and kingdom come
Rdr2 and Kingdom Come Deliverance
Metro and RDR2
Death Stranding!
Satisfactory
BF1
Sneak King.
Witcher 3 and P4G
Hunnie Pop
blade and sorcery
I'm gonna have to say battlefield 1 did it for me for a good while. Then rdr2 did it better (imo)
Honestly I really really liked The Long Dark. It's an acquired taste, but walking alone in the snow listening for bears and wolves while trying to find my way through landmarks hits a special place in my brain. Also the whole planning aspect. I basically threated it like I would a real outdoor survival trip. Super underrated game if you are into hardcore survival without basebuilding. Especially on hardest difficulty, where you really have to plan out everything since a small mistake (not packing the right stuff/packing too much stuff/getting lost in bad weather etc) will kill you.
The most immeraive horror game i have played is darkwood, its a top down game that should tell you how atmospheric it is
Skyrim used to, but now I cant play it anymore, feels too much "gamey". The magic curtain is gone. Every time I hear the combat music I already know there is pack of wolves chilling behind me or some idiot bandit shoots an arrow at the. I love the game, but I just cant get to the feeling anymore...
I wish I could remove all my knowledge of Skyrim so I could experience it again.
Cyberpunk
RDR2
MSFS 2020
MySummerCar
Fallout 4
American Truck Simulator
Rdr 2 and Re7 along with Skyrim occasionally
BOTW/TOTK
Half-Life: Alyx
Skyrim
Definitely Metro good choices. You have great taste in games.
Skyrim, Rdr2, cyberpunk and Elden ring on first playthrough
hogwarts legacy
Hogwarts legacy
DOOM 2016, Fallout 4, Dead Space 2023
Cyberpunk
The sound of the city, random gunfire breaking out, flipping on Radioport while I stroll and blow up Maelstromers
For me, it was Nier:Automata
Agreed.
The Witcher 3, Detroit Become Human, and Marvel Spider-Man with DLC'S. 😪
I get fully immersed in Cyberpunk. The game is incredible. I bought it a couple weeks ago after hearing it was fixed. Elden Ring was the last game I got really sucked into.
I think all the games in used as examples exceed in their own way like RDR2 exceeds in being a immersive old western game and resident evil 7 exceeds in being a horror game and hogwarts legacy let's you be a wizard at hogwarts they're all good in their own right
The Witcher 3, Skyrim, GTA 5, RDR2
Thief the dark project. My heart was pounding as guards were looking for me and the relief I felt slipping away undetected. Incredible.
Believe it or not, half life. Not the graphics but the general feel is very immersive
The Witcher 3
Skyrizzle is the most immersive game I've ever played. Something about the atmosphere of the game just sucks me in even with the dated graphics.
What game is the last slide? It looks interesting
Control.
Whats the game on slide 5?
Roses are red violets are blue
Damn faithless imperial Talos guide you
Can anyone name each of these please
Baldurs Gate 3
Heavily modded Skyrim
Cyberpunk 2077
Splatoon. The world building is immaculate.
RE7 has got to be the scariest game on the series and the grossest game of all time. The Marguerite boss fight tho…🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Subnautica did a great job