If you could feel pain would you still play?

[relish]

the pain would be lessened by 80% of course.

So when you got shot it would feel like a paintball or something?
OT: Yes i would play that

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Depends on the game, and if the pain is lessend to be bearable.

 

[Slaanax]

If it was a minor discomfort it could be interesting, but it doesn't sound like that much fun.

 

[Tim_Buoy]

i would love to play like that it would be awesome

 

[laststandman]

I don't think so. Unless it was any good kind of pain (you know, like the sting of getting hit with a paintball).

 

[gabe12301]

who would make such a game?

*evil laughter*

 

[ExaltedK9]

Hmm...an interesting concept. That would cause you to be a bit more careful, but then the multiplayer community of every game would be reduced to campers, and deviants who get their kicks from watching you squirm. I would have to stick to single player.

I mean cmon... getting tea-bagged is bad enough without actually feeling the pain their testicles get lodged in your nose.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

I like the idea but I'm not sure how keen I would be to play such a product, 20% of a shotgun in the face or chainsaw through the chest is still pretty fucking painful...

 

[Canid117]

Then who would play Madden?

 

[JaysonM]

Nope I wouldn't, but it baffles to me as to why game developers would ever want to create this in the future anyways? I guess perhaps virtual pleasure would be good though... all those nerds will finally get to have sex with there favorite hentai character...

 

[awsome117]

So... if you get hit in the head, I assume you just become pants-on-head retarded? (hopefully not dieing...)

 

[ShadowKatt]

Oh hell yes!

I always thought it would be the most awesome thing, pain bracelets around your wrists and ankles for games like street fighter, tekken, soul calibur, etc. You ask me, THAT is immersion, a physical response to something in game, and it's a hell of a motivator to play better.

 

[-Samurai-]

If it would be like 80% less, sure. It's be like a paintball or airsoft gun.

Hell, maybe covering fore would actually work then. It doesn't work now because people will just die and respawn.

 

[Stuntcrab]

Lets see, I would feel pain from
-Bullets
-acid anomalies
-fire
-radiation
-getting clawed at
-Getting my blood sucked out
-lethal chemicals

NO

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

No. For the same reason they don't use real guns when they're making movies.

I'm sorry, but this is a really stupid question.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Having been shot in real life, broken real bones, burned the shit out of myself and various other intense pain-filled experiences I'll say no to this idea. Even toned down 99%, I don't want to go through any of that shit again.
Isn't this site called "the Escapist" not "the Realist"?

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

Well, believe it or not, force-feedback is one of the things I'm looking forward to (for several reasons, bow-chicka-bow-wow).

I think the biggest difference this would cause would be in how people play. As in, taking cover and being more careful instead of charging straight in.

This. When it really hurts, people will think more like a real soldier.

I would totally play this as long as it was non lethal! It sounds awesome!

 

[twaddle]

only if i'm also gaining calorie burn and exercise along with the character. I would have buns of steel after playing an rpg!

 

[Polaris19]

I play my games to avoid reality. Pain would just make games even more "realistic" which isn't necessarily something I'm happy about.

So no.