"we want a world to be immersed in" is a thing a lot of gamers say, but what they mean is like a setting and characters rich in detail, but executives go "right, immersed in battlepass"
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They also go "ah, so, the more of it the better, right? Size is the greatest of all immersion tools and we should work on it to the exclusion of all others."
It was a beautiful thing when Elden Ring came and players all over the world got ... a minimal UI, a blank map, and no waypoint markers. Like, I remember feeling dizzy because I was experiencing *actual* immersion in a game after having Immersion™ for so long.
“Players will really feel immersed in our epic world and saga…wearing our new Hamberglar and Grimace premium skins, available in our store and only offered during the Season of the Mac Attack.”
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execs want to be immersed in my bank account
getting real mixed messages these days, ngl
We covered this in detail on this podcast..check it out..we echoed what you were saying