Poll: realism vs fun

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Pikey Mikey

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F-U(n) =P
If I have to choose, it's not hard. The Fun option. ALWAYS =)
Of course a game CAN be realistic and fun at the same time
 

dancinginfernal

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Can't we make an attempt to have both?

Just enough realism to satisfy my pedantic tastes, with something incredibly far-fetched but partially in the realm of possibility to make it a blast.
 

Tdc2182

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With a game4 like Call of Duty, it has a realism aspect that never gets in the way of fun. If I had to choose between Realistic and an arcadey game like Call of Duty, I would choose the arcadey game.
 

Nieroshai

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Realism in a game is pointless without fun, but fun doesn't necessarily need to be realistic. Fun is the hamburger, realism is ketchup. You don't need ketchup, but there's no point for ketchup without the burger. I like realistic games. If I like playing them. If they're fun. I don't play simulations, I play games.
 

Kasper Gundersen

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I play games to have fun, if I want realism I got out in the streets with a wet newspaper and start hitting people with it, that's realism... and funny as hell XD
 

Sylocat

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Valkyrie101 said:
Why do they have to be mutually exclusive?
Because reality isn't fun.

(this seems to be the logic of the people who made GTA4, at any rate. "Hey, since reality is no fun, let's make GTA4 less fun so it'll be more realistic!")
 

mb16

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i like arma2 a game where you cant take one hit unless you have armour more than mw2.
i would prefer a game where i play a man cowering behind a chest high wall rather that some sulking teenager who can run at 200mph.
i would walk for 10 minuets in a proper mech to get to a battle, rather than defy physics and fly there in a 2000tonne robot which looks like a man.

do i find these realistic games fun? yes
 

GeorgW

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Fun, that's the only reason I play games. Games will never be truly realistic. If you get shot, you can't just wait 5 seconds and everything will be okay again. No, you die. Game over. Buy a new disc to try again. I would like to make a huge elaborate joke example, but I've already done that in a similar thread. Maybe for the next one, and there will be one, these come about every now and then. I personally think that true realism isn't fun. Maybe when it comes to racing games, but that's about it.
 

Octorok

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Fun. However, that doesn't mean realism can't be fun. There's no reason why a game can't be both fun and realistic, personally I adore realistic games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_Interactive

Those guys make incredible simulation-type strategy games, and one of my favourite shooters is Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising.

Games should be about filling a role. Be that role a cartoonish Russian giant with an unhealthy predilection for miniguns, an over-the-top action hero fighting back the Nazi invasion of the Motherland or the leader of Mexico in the nineteenth century, fighting a fictional conflict in an early US Civil War.
 

rebus_forever

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i vote realism and fun, i choose realism for graphics and fun for gameplay


lets call that realistic looking fun
 

Jenova65

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Twilight_guy said:
Fun. If I want realism I'll go outside. Games are an escape not a way to experience real life that like getting away from your job by working overtime!
This is totally how I feel, I want to play, realism isn't at all necessary in a game for me. I play games that are mostly removed from realism, tbh! I have nothing against it, but games are pure escapism for me, they are removed from reality, that is a part of the fun.
 

Yureina

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Fun. Always fun. If I'm not going to have fun, chances are I am not going to be playing it. Games are supposed to be fun. Life is supposed to be realistic.