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Ducimus · 01-12-10, 08:49 PM

>>What is gameplay?

Actions you take. Things you do.

>>What is immersion?

Being engrossed in an atmosphere, scene or setting, that is done well enough that it suspends disbelief. so well infact, that you feel you are are there within that scene or setting.

Yes the two are different and separate, particuarly in context with a submarine sim. As an illustration of how they are different, you can sit there and watch a good movie in surround sound, doing absolutely nothing, making no decisions or taking any action of any kind, and still feel immersed. If immersion is being defined as the gameplay, then by that standard, we could call a FPS a simulation.

01-12-10, 08:49 PM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	>>What is gameplay? Actions you take. Things you do. >>What is immersion? Being engrossed in an atmosphere, scene or setting, that is done well enough that it suspends disbelief. so well infact, that you feel you are are there within that scene or setting. Yes the two are different and separate, particuarly in context with a submarine sim. As an illustration of how they are different, you can sit there and watch a good movie in surround sound, doing absolutely nothing, making no decisions or taking any action of any kind, and still feel immersed. If immersion is being defined as the gameplay, then by that standard, we could call a FPS a simulation. Last edited by Ducimus; 01-12-10 at 08:58 PM. Reason: rewrote a poorly worded sentence.