Ah, I see what you mean, but I disagree with your definition of immersion. Immersion doesn't simply mean that something is believable, but that you actually feel as if you are the Barbarian carrying the sword, killing and slicing your enemies.
Well my idea of immersed is that you're in the world, not necessarily as the character in question though.
I mean, it's hard to imagine being a character when you're looking at your own back from a couple of meters away, so to speak.
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I'd say that if you've ever felt even a bit scared while playing a video game, that's a good sign of immersion. Because there's obviously no threat to your actual person.
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Immersion to me does not mean I think I am the charatcter I'm playing. What it does mean is that I feel as if the character could be me. It's a matter of creating a world that is believeable.
Example: Let's say I play Diablo 3. From the previous games I've played, and the lore I've read, I have a prety good idea of how a Diablo game should be. Heaven and Hell need to fight, humanity needs to try and survive. Swords and magic fly etc. So long as these criteria are met in a good enough manner, I will feel immersed.
If however, a tank comes rolling, people are cut into pieces as in a cartoon, frogs start raining or a street musician starts playing pop music, the immersion will be broken. It won't make any sense anymore.
That's what immersion means to me, to be able to accept the world you're playing in as real, even though it isn't.
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I mean, it's hard to imagine being a character when you're looking at your own back from a couple of meters away, so to speak.
I guess that's a pretty good pointer actually.
Example: Let's say I play Diablo 3. From the previous games I've played, and the lore I've read, I have a prety good idea of how a Diablo game should be. Heaven and Hell need to fight, humanity needs to try and survive. Swords and magic fly etc. So long as these criteria are met in a good enough manner, I will feel immersed.
If however, a tank comes rolling, people are cut into pieces as in a cartoon, frogs start raining or a street musician starts playing pop music, the immersion will be broken. It won't make any sense anymore.
That's what immersion means to me, to be able to accept the world you're playing in as real, even though it isn't.