Immersion

[Viper]

It is hard for me to get immersed in story in games anymore. Played to many I guess. I don't feel for the characters or care about them or emathize any more. How do I get that involvment back.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

You don't. It's called getting old.

[anachoret]

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-immersion-blender/

[Viper]

anachoret původně napsal:

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-immersion-blender/

I would like to use that on Lazael..so maybe I do have some feelings for the characters even though there annoyance.

[wtiger27]

Pan Darius Cassandra původně napsal:

You don't. It's called getting old.

Lol. I bet I am older than anyone on here and I still can enjoy role playing any game. It's all in one's attitude. Not age. Unless you are suffering from some brain disease. Which most elderly do not.

[RoboSauce]

Pan Darius Cassandra původně napsal:

You don't. It's called getting old.

So true, extends to movies and TV as well. Go play Borderlands 2, everybody is a psychopath and it is normal, no need to feel like you have to empathize with anyone lol. I am of the opinion that interesting characters and gameplay are more compelling than story anyways, playing something that is just dumb fun could be a nice change of pace for you OP.

[Sir. Foxford]

Cocaine or acid helps.

[War Maiden]

Viper původně napsal:

It is hard for me to get immersed in story in games anymore. Played to many I guess. I don't feel for the characters or care about them or emathize any more. How do I get that involvment back.

Find a story you like. There are plenty of games out there that give a synopsis. Read and decide.

Pan Darius Cassandra původně napsal:

You don't. It's called getting old.

Panda, are you getting fussy?
What is up with you recently?

[ShadowDark3]

Not being sarcastic at all, but if this is a genuine question/concern from the OP it would be best answered by a therapist, not Steam forum randoms. It's not just "getting old", and brushing it off as such is ignoring an issue that may end up bleeding from video games and into other, more critical aspects of your life. I genuinely hope you're able to resolve whatever is getting in the way of enjoying games.

[Cass]

Pan Darius Cassandra původně napsal:

You don't. It's called getting old.

Or depressed.

[Simbolic]

Try smoking weed while playing alone, can help dramatically with my immersion. I don't mean that as a joke either completely serious.

[Toaster Maximus]

Cass původně napsal:

Pan Darius Cassandra původně napsal:

You don't. It's called getting old.

Or depressed.

Or both

[mitchincredible]

Viper původně napsal:

It is hard for me to get immersed in story in games anymore. Played to many I guess. I don't feel for the characters or care about them or emathize any more. How do I get that involvment back.

Drugs.

But sadly that is the limitations even of interactable media. Characters are simply tools to tell a story and eventually there is no more depth to them.

Maybe dive into writing non-weird fan fiction.

[PineapplesRGood]

I can immerse myself in any world just fine, each game has their own individual story to tell. All games use tropes or cliches to push the story, and how effective it is executed. I leave my "ugh that's so tried and true..." attitude at the store page.

On another note, I don't think about exploiting gameplay mechanics in a meta sense until the difficulty forces my hand (BG3's difficulty is fair) or my personal choice isn't available. There was a time when asking the orb dweller how he left the artefact after defeating Ketheric wasn't an option when clearly that would be a surprise to the player who, up until that point, had doubts the dream visitor was real .

[EricHVela]

I've never been "immersed". It's always been from an audience perspective for me—a separation of myself and the content.

None of these protagonists are me. I once tried to make one look like me in another game. I started over because it seemed too weird to see someone who looked like me doing things I never would and not able to do things I would. (It also spoke with someone else's voice.) I used a preset after that and have never tried to put myself into games since.

Personally, I think the separation is better. I get to enjoy the games and their stories as other people's works of fiction rather than see it as something I created or even co-created.

For me, any game with 4th wall breaks isn't jarring but funny instead (if the game's any good).

I'm one of those who immediately recognized the whole knee-jerk QTEs of TWAU representing the immediate desire of the protagonist to give into a violent nature. It was apparent to me because it's a game and someone else's story, not me being a sheriff with violent tendencies. It, then, became a new challenge for me to decide when the game required the player to act and when the player could opt out of an action during a QTE, but I can fully see how some players would mindlessly follow the QTE prompts just like if the Sheriff stopped thinking about what was happening and just let instinct take over.

Even then when the game was trying to make players feel an urge to respond instinctively to the QTEs, I was seeing the mechanics blended with a story but not feeling the emotional compulsion of immersion with the protagonist.

[Roaming Zombie]

It mostly is about getting old, or more specifically about changing preferences when you get older. That is normal. Half the games I used to play I don't like anymore.

And sometimes you just need to take a break. Read books for a couple of weeks, go on walks. Do others stuff. There is more in life than just gaming.