Question What is the most immersive game you’ve ever played?

[Barukanen]

I don't tend to play anything on VR. I did manage to try Gran Turismo on a full force feedback, driving simulator setup in VR and it felt nothing like driving normally.

'Hellblade' is the closest I've came to a game that I've felt so immersed in (from a different perspective) that it freaked me out. The audio in the game while wearing headphones and having voices whisper into your ears, are somewhat creepy and unsettling.

'A Way Out' played with a friend has also provided some level of immersion that was unique.

It's been a long time since I've felt heavily into something that I couldn't quite snap from.

 

[March's Ghost]

I played The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion so much that I started thinking about quicksaving in my daily life.

When it comes to immersion, though, Alien: Isolation with all the true-to-universe art touches, the clunky retro-punk devices, and my heart beating out of my chest while being stalked by the xeno took the cake for me.

I don't know if I'd say Isolation is immersive, but it's an unbelievably brutally tense game of hide and seek. The fact that it's 20 hours I think makes it worse than it needs to be. That type of gameplay for that long is just unnecessary.

 

[March's Ghost]

'Hellblade' is the closest I've came to a game that I've felt so immersed in (from a different perspective) that it freaked me out. The audio in the game while wearing headphones and having voices whisper into your ears, are somewhat creepy and unsettling.

Yeah, that game was creepy as hell. The whispers were very unnerving. And they often argued with each other. 😨

The Robbing the Cradle level in Thief: Deadly Shadows had that disembodied whispering (though not understandable that I recall) and that was the worst part of the level for me was the whispering.