Immersion?

[AlexofBarbaria]

Just curious how the community here feels about the concept of immersion in RPGing.

 

[Maxperson]

Immersion is my goal whenever I play.

 

[overgeeked]

I ask them what them mean by it because everyone seems to have their own definitions of practically every word these days.

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I saw a great video recently about immersion. I thought it was worth sharing.

 

[Joerg Baumgartner]

I think that immersion is what makes the difference between in character roleplaying games (whichever platform) and tactical games (including video games where you lead an entire party of characters through the dungeon).

 

[Deset Gled]

I think it's important. But I also think some people on the internet treat it as being more important than it actually is.

IMNSHO, it's not something that is easy/proper to strive for directly. Rather, it's something that happens naturally when other things are working together well. Once you get the other problems worked out, it's part of the net positive results. The whole that's bigger than the sum of the parts. Or something along those lines.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I value it as a goal, and have experienced it in play. But I don’t think it’s necessary.