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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 4685372" data-attributes="member: 23977">Imaro that's kind of an unfair comparison. The DC vs Mortal Kombat Universe really doesn't allow you to in any way explore the universe of the game. This has nothing to do with gamism vrs simulationism. You can have a "gamist" game where your actions effect the universe, and where you explore the world around you and meet new people, and become imersed in the game world.For some the "simmulationists" the game system needs to show them HOW things can happen. How one is able to make a trip attack, how one is able to craft a bow, how a goblin can summon acid storms. If it's not there this type of player feels like he can't imerse himself in the game. It feels artificial.On the other hand:For others, the "gamists" (which I guess I am)  only want to know what happens AFTER the trip attack is made, after the bow is crafted, after the goblin summons the acid storm. We don't need or even want it to tell us how it's possible, because we already know it is. In fact if the game concentrates too much on the HOW the world feels too clockwork, and we feel like we can't immerse ourselves in the world. It feels artificial.It always confuses me when people talk about how "gamist" style games feel like videogames... Because to me it's the exact opposite. The more simmulationist the game is to me, the more I feel it looses that thing that makes TRPGs great, and the more it starts to feel videogamey to me. But that's just my personal thoughts.</blockquote>

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