RockinRedBeard

Cool write up, I’ve also been developing a lot of thoughts and feelings on this as well. Platinum’d 7 when it first came out, not sure if I’ll get around to village’s stuff the same way, but who knows. Definitely a blast so far.

I too am keeping my PS4 for P.T. whenever the mood strikes... the horror mood, not whatever other mood the poll was talkin’ about.

I'm still pretty hyped for this one! I'm only debating whether I'll play in black and white or color. Unless my memory is faulty (which it totally could be) I can't remember any recent open world games that can be played completely in black and white (except sabateur, but that was a gimmic to bring color back into the world).

I think it definitely has to do with your exposure to violent games and also your immersion. I’m pretty much desensitized to a lot of violence but if I’m invested in the story I’ll at least empathize with a named character getting injured. Maybe it was Vinny who said it on a recent beastcast but I agree that it’s definitely hard to stay immersed when only cutscene injuries count. If all violence were treated equally somehow, cinematically and not then maybe it would mean more?

Sweet!