What do you think of "realism"?

[AlphaOmega]

No recent game is realistic to be honest, the trend of games pretending to be can get lost though.

 

[Enigmers]

On one hand, you need enough realism to suspend your disbelief and be really immersed in a game. On the other, if a game tries too hard to emulate real life, a lot of other parts of a game can suffer.

 

[tehweave]

Yes. "Realistic FPS" games have 3-shot kills, regenerating health, and the ability to carry TWO guns. If I went up against more than 1 guy at a time, I would fucking die.

I grew up with Doom. I had 100 health, and could pick up potions that INCREASED that amount and armor that decreased the damage. I carried 9 weapons and had the option to kill EVERYTHING in the room with the BFG if I so chose. Oh! And I could take on 50 guys AND WIN.

Frankly, I like unrealistic games. Gex, Enter the Gecko? How realistic is that? Not. How much fun is it? A TON.

 

[gjendemsjo]

I think realism is great for immersion, as long as it doesn't come in the way for something that's fun.

 

[Kair]

I like realism in games. It brings you what could happen in real life but won't.

 

[Shady Dealer]

Realism,like others here have said, is overused to the point that its boring and it makes some o us go out of our ways jsut to get a differnt kind of shooter i say that the developers need to breaoden thier sense of realism to allow more creative freedom kind of liek the unicorn gun that was mentioned....

 

[Feriluce]

Stop calling CoD and the likes realistic. They're about as arcade as it gets.

 

[AMMO Kid]

Games that are realistic make you die after 2 or 3 shots...I wouldn't define any other types of games as "Realistic" unless the have that.