Realism is not fun

[JapanskaJeans]

Excessive realism in video games kills the magic, chaining the boundless realms of imagination to the mundane realities of everyday life. It transforms vibrant escapism into a tedious chore, squandering the true potential of gaming.

I asked GPT4 why realism in games is not fun and GPT4 is correct.

[Bandy]

Originally posted by JapanskaJeans:

Excessive realism in video games kills the magic, ....

Have you not read? There is no magic in KCD, besides the potions that allow super-human effects, and so on. No dragons in KCD either. Just saying.

[Tobacjoe]

It's a video game. Not your real life.

[armageddon]

There are many replacements to this one.

[rdbury]

There have been many threads here on how the game isn't perfectly realistic. Mainly the reasons are either technical limitations or to make the game more playable. Anyway, like just about any other videogame topic, there is a YouTube listicle devoted to it; see this outsidexbox video. There's even a KCD callout in it.

[Lemonidas of Sourta]

Why are there so many mundane aspects in this video game, you ask? My answer is 'immersion'. Not every game has to be DMC5 or Doom. If you want constant action, you are welcome to play such games. However certain games like to involve you into their world by virtue of making their world's lived in. Games like KCD and S.T.A.L.K.E.R makes you sometimes do mundane stuff because it makes you feel like you're part of that world hence you're immersed.

[Getty]

I thought the 'realism' bit was always amusing. I can call my horse from miles away, and I can also retrieve items from my horses inventory from great distances. To add a monkey wrench to that, your horse simply becomes disabled at certain points in the playthrough. That's a magical horse if I've ever seen one! :D

[Babbles]

Originally posted by Getty:

I thought the 'realism' bit was always amusing. I can call my horse from miles away, and I can also retrieve items from my horses inventory from great distances. To add a monkey wrench to that, your horse simply becomes disabled at certain points in the playthrough. That's a magical horse if I've ever seen one! :D

You can even summon arrows from your horse in the middle of combat if you run out, what a champ!

Plus I can live off only *APPLES* for 3 months without dying of Megaloblastia.

[Zentun]

Originally posted by Lemonidas of Sourta:

Why are there so many mundane aspects in this video game, you ask? My answer is 'immersion'. Not every game has to be DMC5 or Doom. If you want constant action, you are welcome to play such games. However certain games like to involve you into their world by virtue of making their world's lived in. Games like KCD and S.T.A.L.K.E.R makes you sometimes do mundane stuff because it makes you feel like you're part of that world hence you're immersed.

Realism doesn't always bring immersion, Skyrim has almost 0 realism and it's one of the most immersive games that i have ever played, i can say the same thing about Valheim, another game that doesn't bring realism for the table yet it's immersive AF. When realism is well implemented, it indeed brings immersion, but when you have a mechanic that was bad implemented just for the sake of "realism" it's break the immersion and the fun.

My only gripe with realism in this game is how fast you get dirty, just exited a bath house and went to sell stuff on the city, when i finished selling stuff there was dirt even on my helmet, this is the kind of bad implemented "realist" mechanic that break immersion, the only mod that i have downloaded is to "fix" this mechanic.

[blairweescot]

Originally posted by JapanskaJeans:

Excessive realism in video games kills the magic, chaining the boundless realms of imagination to the mundane realities of everyday life. It transforms vibrant escapism into a tedious chore, squandering the true potential of gaming.

I asked GPT4 why realism in games is not fun and GPT4 is correct.

I like simulation. You don't. The world is still spinning.

On a side note, asking AI a question and then getting your personal opinion reflected on you is hardly proving "truth".

[Redhalo]

Methinks someone who fails at combat hasn't learned to rinse and repeat the clinch and poke move...

[Shealladh]

Originally posted by blairweescot:

Originally posted by JapanskaJeans:

Excessive realism in video games kills the magic, chaining the boundless realms of imagination to the mundane realities of everyday life. It transforms vibrant escapism into a tedious chore, squandering the true potential of gaming.

I asked GPT4 why realism in games is not fun and GPT4 is correct.

I like simulation. You don't. The world is still spinning.

On a side note, asking AI a question and then getting your personal opinion reflected on you is hardly proving "truth".

LOL, looks like someone took the Blue pill and thinks GPT4 is real.
No wonder they are not having fun it be like asking HAL to help do the dishes

[Apocalypse]

Now ask it if fun is objective or a personal experience :)

[Valden21]

OP. realism in gaming isn't fun FOR YOU. Let's get that understood right away, for this IS subjective. For me, a little realism in a game every now and then is refreshing, especially when that's part of the dev's goal. Not everyone defines fun in the same way, as we can see here.

[Vogel]

To each their own.

Personally despite paying full price I did not enjoy Baldur's Gate 3. I just have no interest in spending anymore of my time playing it.

However after playing over 100 hours of KC:D I can’t wait to play more when a sequel is released.

The amount of copies that KC:D sold shows that plenty of people are interested in playing a more “realistic” RPG.

[Arthur (The king)]

Originally posted by Vogel:

To each their own.

Personally despite paying full price I did not enjoy Baldur's Gate 3. I just have no interest in spending anymore of my time playing it.

However after playing over 100 hours of KC:D I can’t wait to play more when a sequel is released.

The amount of copies that KC:D sold shows that plenty of people are interested in playing a more “realistic” RPG. :kcdgkw:

I personally prefer KCD to BG3 mostly because I don't like when political views get introduced in video games.

The realism of KCD make the game much more slow paste but much more immersive in the end. I cant wait to see KCD 2.