Unrealistic games are more fun than Realistic ones

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I think there should be more games which force you to go to the can and such.
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Haoie wrote:I think there should be more games which force you to go to the can and such.
If I wanted my characters to "go to the can", I'd play the Sims.
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o.pwuaioc wrote:
Haoie wrote:I think there should be more games which force you to go to the can and such.
If I wanted my characters to "go to the can", I'd play the Sims.
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I think realistic games can be as fun as unrealistic ones, it just all depends on how it's handeled.
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The Sims is hardly a realistic game, though. Actually, Rainbow Six or whatever shooter is popular with kids these days is far, far more realistic than The Sims. The Sims is about as realistic as a harlequin book set in the atomic-family-50's.
3DSStrider wrote:If games are escapism, doesn't realism go against the entire point of gaming?
So I like unrealistic games better. Realistic games also tend to fall into the uncanny valley.
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Yancakes wrote:The Sims is hardly a realistic game, though. Actually, Rainbow Six or whatever shooter is popular with kids these days is far, far more realistic than The Sims. The Sims is about as realistic as a harlequin book set in the atomic-family-50's.
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Xeogred wrote:
o.pwuaioc wrote:
Haoie wrote:I think there should be more games which force you to go to the can and such.
If I wanted my characters to "go to the can", I'd play the Sims.
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