Immersion, Immersion, Immersion

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by TarJak

This one's for you mookiemookie.

Can't have too much of a good thing?

Or can you?

Is immersion the be all and end all or or just part of the enjoyment. Discuss:

I think you can have too much of a good thing, although it is part of the enjoyment, but not the end all be all.Immersion is a buzzword around here. But what is immersion exactly? When people say "immersion", what i think they are referring to is a believable and detailed graphic enviorment that makes you feel as if your really there. In less kind terms - eye candy, which has become something of an (unhealthy IMO) obsession with many folks.

Since sub sims are trying to recreate something (historical renactment?) then yes, immersion makes sense, and it is, and should be part of the equation. However immersion alone does not a simulation make. In the end, it is an argument over finite development time, and of form and function. I maintain that form should never take priority over function, or in other words, form should never come at the price of function. If you put a shiny wrapper around a POS, all you end up with is a shiny POS, but a POS none the less.

(Not saying SH5 is a POS, but i have no other metaphor that convey's my point better)

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Since sub sims are trying to recreate something (historical renactment?) then yes, immersion makes sense, and it is, and should be part of the equation. However immersion alone does not a simulation make. In the end, it is an argument over finite development time, and of form and function. I maintain that form should never take priority over function, or in other words, form should never come at the price of function. If you put a shiny wrapper around a POS, all you end up with is a shiny POS, but a POS none the less.

Couldn't have said it better myself.