Making the GG: Immersiveness vs. Depth

Subject: Making the GG: Immersiveness vs. Depth Wed Feb 24, 2010 5:29 am

If there was a GG, what would be most important to it, immersiveness or depth?

Immersiveness: It brings you into the game, mainly reliant on skill with the aim to keep the player completely inside the game, making life feel boring in comparison. Common in most FPS's and RTS's.
---Examples: GunZ, Warcraft III, Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, Rakion.

Depth: It has a very high amount of content. These games may have you sit there auto-attacking for hours straight, but it lets you know that in the end, you are taking a step forward. Common in almost all RPG's.
---Examples: World of Warcraft, Runescape, Runes of Magic, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Anarchy Online.

Subject: Re: Making the GG: Immersiveness vs. Depth Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:42 pm

Depends on the player, and what's more important to them, as well as what constitutes a good game, sales or actual quality of the game.

Subject: Re: Making the GG: Immersiveness vs. Depth Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:30 am

Looks like Immersiveness is ftw.

Subject: Re: Making the GG: Immersiveness vs. Depth Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:36 pm

Biased sample and low sample size ftl.

Subject: Re: Making the GG: Immersiveness vs. Depth Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:27 pm

Looks like people want both.

Subject: Re: Making the GG: Immersiveness vs. Depth Thu Feb 25, 2010 5:25 pm

What's one without the other? Immersiveness without depth is boring, and depth without immersiveness, while probably better, still is lacking a lot.