"Adds to immersion" is a weird concept & not black&white. Fallout 4 is immersive despite being able to pause time for as long as you like.
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Replying to @tauriqmoosa
When you activate your Pip Boy, you can take as long as you like. I have mental image of everyone freezing mid-combat.
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My character: "STOP!" Death Claw in mid air about to strike, blinking - my character tinkering on pip boy, eating things for 5 minutes. "OK"
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Replying to @tauriqmoosa
@tauriqmoosa If the game didn't do this it would break my immersion by reminding me I am not a badass but a nerd fumbling at a keyboard3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect
@arthur_affect@tauriqmoosa Game design textbook I had devotes like 10 pages to "Immersion doesn't actually mean perceiving media as real."1 reply 2 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @SaddestRobots
@SaddestRobots@tauriqmoosa Lot of stuff I've seen lately about how games are more like theatre than film1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SaddestRobots @tauriqmoosa you can't just sit back and let the dream wash over you, you have to participate in the illusion
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