Has something happened to you in a game that broke the immersion?

[spike0918]

The question is in the title. This could include a glitch by the game with ragdolls or maybe having a friend make you laugh at something that you just considered formidable etc. Basically anything that made you remember you were sitting down on a couch.

For me it was the

Spoiler: Assassin's Creed 2 spoiler

time you went into a trippy Altair sequence. While climbing the tower at the end I bumped Alair's head into a lamp on a string. And for the whole time I was climbing the tower and even after and during cutscene on top of the tower the lamp was flying around on an orbit around the pole it was tethered to. A shame too, for I finally had started to accept the animus load screens, which meant they no longer seemed to be screaming LOADING at me while I waited.

If you have been after the first time they remove you from the Animus to hit the switches it isn't a spoiler.

 

[Soviet Razor]

Whenever the textures don't load on an Unreal engine game, I can hear the immersion break like a twig.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Fallout 3 freezing repeatedly so you have to reboot, that tends to break immersion a tad.

 

[BillyShakes]

Playing anything by Bethesda. Or anytime I get the "Press Y to *Action.*"

 

[-Drifter-]

Meeting anyone/anything in a Bethesda game. The NPCs are so stiff and unbelievable, they destroy any and all immersion the minute they appear.

The question is in the title. This could include a glitch by the game with ragdolls or maybe having a friend make you laugh at something that you just considered formidable etc. Basically anything that made you remember you were sitting down on a couch.

For me it was the

Spoiler: Assassin's Creed 2 spoiler

time you went into a trippy Altair sequence. While climbing the tower at the end I bumped Alair's head into a lamp on a string. And for the whole time I was climbing the tower and even after and during cutscene on top of the tower the lamp was flying around on an orbit around the pole it was tethered to. A shame too, for I finally had started to accept the animus load screens, which meant they no longer seemed to be screaming LOADING at me while I waited.

If you have been after the first time they remove you from the Animus to hit the switches it isn't a spoiler.

Same thing happened to me. Too bad, 'cause I was really enjoying the surreal feeling of the level.

 

[Hazz_11]

while playing world of warcraft at 9:00 am having your boss ring you to ask why you not in work =)

 

[spacepope22]

When the game reminds you that you are playing a game. Example: Metal Gear Solid 1, when Ocelot warns you not to use a auto-fire controller.

 

[Trenchmonkey]

Bad voice acting.
Oh God.

 

[grimsprice]

Getting stuck on rock geometry in Bethesda games.

 

[koeniginator]

The whole "HELP ME I'M BEING HARASSED BY GUARDS" shit.
like every fucking 4 feet there is just another one of those events.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Seeing the words, "checkpoint reached". Or anything similar.

Little autosave symbols aren't nearly as bad in comparison.

 

[Warrior Irme]

My most memorable is the psycho mantis fight. Listening to him read your memory card and telling you what you have been playing is just terrible for immersion.

 

[irtaco]

When I notice the glowing trail in Fable 2. Kills all immersion instantly.

 

[Robert632]

respawning, espcially in games like bioshock with annoying respawn sequences, but bioshock makes up for it by making death a mild inconveinece.

 

[Katana314]

Prince of Persia's failure-avoidal systems completely broke my immersion. It was a good practice to keep the game going as an alternative to "Game Over - Retry?" But at a point it made me wonder, if my companion is able to do almost everything I can, can use magic, teleport, and can prevent my death, what the hell am I good for here?

 

[Internet Kraken]

Anytime I'm on a scavenger hunt in a video game and I can't find one of the things I'm looking for. It;'s worse when you have a little marker indicating where the object is, but it's not there. Scrambling around for minutes looking for something I should be able to find in seconds always kills immersion for me.

Which is happening to me right now in Borderlands.

 

[ButtonedDownParadox]

Prince of Persia's failure-avoidal systems completely broke my immersion.

Wait wait wait...so text popping up saying, "You are dead! Retry/Quit" would be less likely to break immersion?

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

My most memorable is the psycho mantis fight. Listening to him read your memory card and telling you what you have been playing is just terrible for immersion.

But totally hilarious.

I agree with people who've said that NPCs who don't act like anything besides zombies/mannequins can get a tad jarring.

 

[A Weary Exile]

Whenever the textures don't load on an Unreal engine game, I can hear the immersion break like a twig.

Happens a lot in BioShock. :/

OP: The strange glitches that can be found in every Bethesda game are huge immersion breakers.

 

[mrx19869]

I was playing Borderlands.. at lvl 32ish getting close to the end of the game. was like 84%ish complete with the game when...

BAM, during the middle of a loading screen the power in my apartment goes out. When it comes back on 5 minutes later, I am pissed off to find that my game save had gotten corrupted and will fail to load.. I had to start the game from the beginning.. I didnt play the game for a week...