BioWare Blog Talks Immersion vs. #’s

There’s an interesting article on BioWare Blog that gives gamers pause to examine what they really want in a game. Part one of the Immersion vs. #’s article asks whether you prefer immersive descriptors in games or if you just want to know how powerful your shocking infernal reaver is on a scale of 1 to 10.

So I’m leading a troop of Grim-mages across the wastes of D’rann when we get dive bombed by the Nalmerre aliens in their swooping zagoid ships. They’re raining chain bombs down on us and my Grim-mages quickly begin an ancient and dread chant…

Or maybe I’m actually staring at an array of tiny lights that are either red, green or blue. And maybe those lights are controlled by a much vaster array of numbers that are either one, zero or in the process of changing from one to the other.

Which version of reality do you prefer?

Personally I think both have their place in games even when the number crunching does bring you out of your gaming trance. It’s reminds you to hit the head and order pizza. Check out the pros and cons of each approach in Immersion vs. #’s on BioWare Blog.