What's the Most Immersive Game You've Ever Played?

[RuralGamer]

Culturally; Shogun: Total War - I kept pondering best how annex or bribe people's territory, in real life... That game really got me into Japanese feudal history.

Overall: Fallout 3 - I was genuinely constantly wondering "mmm, I wonder if there are any useful stuff in that drawer" towards a drawer in a classroom in high school. I kept getting murderised in WaW when I went back to it because I was looking for lootable boxes. That game made around about two months of my life to disappear, a similar figure to Oblivion.

Who!? Who is this Cto and why is he our hero!?

 

[Mozza444]

1) Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
2) Oblivion
3) Skyrim - Mainly due to far less hours than oblivion

 

[roninlevel]

final fantasy 9. spent at least 500 hours on it in four playthroughs, and i sitll feel that theres things i missed out on

 

[Simonccx]

baldurs gate triology, gotta be

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

Silent Hill 2 probably. That game sucked me right in and didn't let me out.

 

[Richardplex]

Mass Effect 1+2. Skyrim is laughable compared to those games for me. Don't get me wrong, Skyrim is awesome, but it's not anywhere close to those games for me.

That said, the music. Jeremy Steele has learnt how to make one feel ecstasy with music.

 

[MatsVS]

Assuming that by immersive, you mean a game that minimizes the distance between the player and the gameworld by stripping away unnecessary internal systems and menus, as well as constructing a game world with a cohesive internal logic that rarely, if ever, pulls the player out of the experience because of cognitive dissonance brought about by... ehhr... exposing the player to gaminess:

I'll echo the S.T.A.L.K.E.R recommendation. Especially with the Complete-modifications.

Metro 2033 is also an excellent recommendation.

Far Cry 2 is fairly effective, if you are willing to overlook its flaws.

 

[Mooboo Magoo]

Knights of the Old Republic

Despite growing up with games, I never had a PC that could play anything better than The Adventures of Hyperman and I never owned an Xbox so when I finally did get a PC capable of playing it I had no concept of a western RPG and was utterly immersed in the game.

Then my sister gave me her copy of Neverwinter Nights and my brain went 'IT'S LIKE KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC HOW DID I NOT KNOW OF THIS?!?!?' and the same thing happened.

 

[JemothSkarii]

Either Mount&Blade, Amnesia, Disgaea or Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, the latter especially, really feels like you're there in the jet.

 

[ChupathingyX]

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

As soon as I read the manual for the game I was already immersed in the world. I actually felt like I was a mercenary in a war-torn country with various factions fighting for their own benefit and goals. The political connections the characters have were all interesting and all of the back-story concerning the build up to the war were all nice additions that added to the immersion.

Also the way the game handles contracts made me think about who I should ally myself with, who I should be wary of and how I would approach the factions. When going out on contracts you have to make tactical decisions on how you're going to proceed and take all things into consideration including; the existence of AA, possible civilian casualties, enemy placement, enemy armour and aerial support and of course the tools at your disposal.

I have had hour long gaming sessions where I played this game without saving once and just playing continuously, not to mention how many times I have played through the game just to approach everything differently and to hear the dialogue again.

Fallout: New Vegas

I actually cared about the world and the people in it enough to come up with my own opinion of nearly every major character and faction along with their various plights. When it came down to the final decision it actually took me a while to think, and then eventually after playing through all DLCs I was able to finally come to a decision about who I think would suit the Mojave the best and how they would go about it.

Dynasty Tactics 2.

I spend way too much time in this game simply looking for civilians to recruit, upgrading my officers with tactics and items, recruiting more officers, learning new tactics, recruiting officers, seeking out mystics, recruiting officers, creating new armies and forming defensive/offensive lines, recruiting officers, thinking of new tactic combinations and of course recruiting officers.

Damn I love recruiting people in Dynasty Tactics 2.

 

[Bucky01]

the list goes:
1 - Metro2033
2 - STALKER Series
3 - Fallout 3 and NV
4 - Legend of Legaia
5 - FF Tactics

i just loved Metro just pulling me into that world, it really tugged at me, come on a guy named bourbon and a belt-fed machine-shotgun. whats not to love, also focusing on SP then trying to tack in a Multiplayer aspect, good work sticking to the games strengths).
the stalker series pulled me just that tad more because it was actually able to make me scared to travel around at night, the noises, the enemies, and the lighting, it was ..... horrifying, the closest that the fallout games got to it was the Dunwich building in FO3
Legend of Legaia i just loved every character, the setting of the game, and most of all its music, even on PS1 music abilities every song fit perfectly to what the game was trying to convey be it sad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knhD23Itwqc&feature=related or create an epic boss fight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He_esIfy1Zg
and lastly FF tactics, i loved the characters, the story, the world and it let me battle the way i wanted to.

 

[Amnestic]

baldurs gate triology, gotta be

Baldur's Gate only had two games and two expansions (not including the abysmal Dark Alliance games which shouldn't bear the Baldur's Gate name).

 

[TheGreatAndPowerfulZOG]

Probably Eternal Darkness. It had a great atmosphere, and the story had me totally hooked.

 

[Xaio30]

Fable: The Lost Chapters and Minecraft. I had feverish dreams about them after playing both.

 

[Nazulu]

The most immersive games that I've played are Super Metroid, Metroid Prime and Half-Life 2, but this was mostly in the first play-through at it's most challenging.

 

[Archangel768]

Final Fantasy X probably. Closely followed by Final Fantasy VIII.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

Final Fantasy X probably. Closely followed by Final Fantasy VIII.

Even during this?

 

[thibaut95]

-mass effect 1+2
-bioshock
-assassin's creed 1

 

[Avalanche91]

Amnesia; dark descent probably. Scariest game I've ever played

I was also very immersed in Dragon Age Origins. Loved that game.

 

[Rems]

The STALKER series certainly. They have fantastic atmosphere and really brought the post apocalyptic Russian shit hole to life. Same with Metro 2033.

Vampire the Masquerade, Bloodlines also had some great atmosphere. While not especially immerseive it was really tight atmospherically and thematically. The music, dialogue, tone and art palette really nailed it.

The Baldur's Gate series really made me care about the characters and want to go through all the quests. I wanted to explore the game world and interact with everyone. I was the Bhaalspawn and Irenicus was my deadly foe.