Ok, I'm gonna say this right now and easy.
Immersion = GTA4
Why? Well look at what you can/cant do. Now the physics of the cars is realistic... the physics of ALL the cars is realistic... (in an arcade sense) The damage you take, immerses you into the game. You hit a telephone pole, dead center of your car, and guess what? Does the front of your car explode off, in debris.. or do you get a HUGE dent in the front? When you get in a helicopter, and you take off, next to people... who look like real people, like the people you know iRL. Then after 20 seconds, you are flying HIGH over the city, seeing all buildings and detail at all levels, the blur shader does a great job of makeing the buildings look higher quality than they actually are, and also gives a sense of distance. And all of this can happen, with a few explosions... ALL AT THE SAME time. That is immersion. GTA3, by todays standards is not immersive. Another good example, and this is a small-fry game, but PAIN. Everything in that game, can be impacted, broke, moved, damaged, or something. Now I'm not even gonna go into the graphics, but to control that many physics items at once, is kinda, power consuming. Also, Some-one compared something to Crysis. I am a big PC gamer, and I love FPS. Crysis... SUCKS on the immersion factor. As in, it does NOT draw me in. You want immersion, you go buy a 360 and Bioshock, or just buy Bioshock for your computer. THAT game is AMAZING. One of the best in years.
Zelda, does a good job. Zelda is the only game that stands out on the Wii.
(there are many games on PC/360/PS3 that do a VERY good job of immersion, but I'm not going to list all the good ones, and bad ones... too lazy tonight)
PSN ID: Kwaad
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