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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8146095"><p>First, I don't think anyone knows the answer to this kind of speculation. But I am not sure this is true. I've had experiences I would regard as religious, and I don't think it is dependent on richness (i would argue bleakness can drive someone to that experience just as much as richness). Also once you get into things like depth and complexity, and the concept of immersion it gets wonky. I remember going to Disneyland as a kid and being overwhelmed by the richness and complexity of the sea of lights and people. Just being in the presence of that many people was confusing. I couldn't think straight because all I heard was a cacophony of people talking. This made it all to start to feel like a dream rather than reality (to the point that I was pinching myself and questioning if I was really there). So while richness of the world is important and good, I don't know that you can then port that over to a game or literary experience and say that is what makes it work in terms of being immersive. You can often strip the world down to very essential things and that can still resonate with people on an emotional or even spiritual level (and even be immersive). This seems like a questionable starting point to me when trying to figure out what immersion in a game is</p></blockquote><p></p>