If you could feel pain would you still play?
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Maybe. On one hand, Mirror's Edge would be immersive.
On the other, I don't want to be on the recieving end of this:
On the other, I don't want to be on the recieving end of this:
Oh, that's a hard one. It reminds me of when I thought it would be awesome to be spider-man; but then I remembered how much he gets punched around. Anyway, I'd probably play less shooters, more old school stuff. I mean how much would it hurt to lose a game of "Tetris". Driving games would be cooler too. But "Dead Space" would be absolutely horrifying. Other than being cut up, they're introducing acid now; and suffocating would not be pleasant.
Well I'm sure it would be connected to a whole bunch of achievements, meaning that of course I would have to put it on the highest pain at all times to maximize gamerscore...
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Dude... WHAT?!
Think about how painful it would be JUST to get nicked by a piece of steel. Let's forget about the decapitations, torture sequences (lookin' at YOU Metal Gear), shootings, explosions, DEADLY drops, magically induced fire, ice and mental pain, drowning, alien face rape, poisons, electric voltage, being crushed, bleeding effects, strangulation, and every OTHER act of horrific violence common to video games.
Let's just think about how painful it is to get hit by a blade...
... NO thank you.
Think about how painful it would be JUST to get nicked by a piece of steel. Let's forget about the decapitations, torture sequences (lookin' at YOU Metal Gear), shootings, explosions, DEADLY drops, magically induced fire, ice and mental pain, drowning, alien face rape, poisons, electric voltage, being crushed, bleeding effects, strangulation, and every OTHER act of horrific violence common to video games.
Let's just think about how painful it is to get hit by a blade...
... NO thank you.
If there was some way to enforce the other players playing with the pain turned on and not some custom third party controlling scheme with the pain enabler taken out; AND if it was toned down to reasonable levels I would give it a try.
(I'm imagining playing SSBM)
(I'm imagining playing SSBM)
Maybe.
It'd be horrible if you could never turn it off. (but obviously, in multi-player, anyone who turns it off would have an unfair advantage.)
But it has to be done very carefully.
Pain is one thing, but actual injury is something different altogether, so whatever technology would produce this has to be made very carefully indeed.
Still, it's one aspect of being able to 'feel' a game.
Heat, cold, pressure... wetness?
There's actually a lot of sensations that games omit that can be unpleasant, but are also potentially interesting.
Smell has the obvious potential to produce horrific stench (who wants to smell the sewer level... Anyone?)
Similarly, pain, and wading through nasty goop doesn't sound too appealing, but what about swimming?
A weird example maybe, but a virtual swimming pool is incredibly boring right now, while the real thing can be quite fun.
What's the difference? Well, for the most part, various sensations that could be considered aspects of the sense of touch.
There's something about the way it feels to be immersed in water that is completely absent in a game...
But getting back to pain, it would make certain activities more interesting, but you'd probably want to be able to turn it off too.
It'd be horrible if you could never turn it off. (but obviously, in multi-player, anyone who turns it off would have an unfair advantage.)
But it has to be done very carefully.
Pain is one thing, but actual injury is something different altogether, so whatever technology would produce this has to be made very carefully indeed.
Still, it's one aspect of being able to 'feel' a game.
Heat, cold, pressure... wetness?
There's actually a lot of sensations that games omit that can be unpleasant, but are also potentially interesting.
Smell has the obvious potential to produce horrific stench (who wants to smell the sewer level... Anyone?)
Similarly, pain, and wading through nasty goop doesn't sound too appealing, but what about swimming?
A weird example maybe, but a virtual swimming pool is incredibly boring right now, while the real thing can be quite fun.
What's the difference? Well, for the most part, various sensations that could be considered aspects of the sense of touch.
There's something about the way it feels to be immersed in water that is completely absent in a game...
But getting back to pain, it would make certain activities more interesting, but you'd probably want to be able to turn it off too.
