Realism in video games

[don't let's]

Do any of yall think that if any part of a video game is unrealistic then nothing else in that game can be realistic?

[YPrrrr]

No, I do not think that.

[Samus Aran]

...no. Why would anyone think that? There's always at least a part or two of any fictional work that can be realistic.

[don't let's]

The reason I asked is because on this other forum somebody basically outright said that "since this part of this certain game is unrealistic nothing else in that game can be realistic"

[YPrrrr]

The reason I asked is because on this other forum somebody basically outright said that "since this part of this certain game is unrealistic nothing else in that game can be realistic"

What is the game specifically?

[don't let's]

What is the game specifically?

Well they were discussing Halo 3

[strongbad]

Well they were discussing Halo 3

I just looked out my window and saw an elite
should i befriend it?

[Placebo Headwound]

Well they were discussing Halo 3

You mean there's something realistic about one man destroying an army of aliens?

[Samus Aran]

You mean there's something realistic about one man destroying an army of aliens?

no but i'm pretty sure there are tidbits of realism here and there

for example i'm pretty sure any other person trying to kill aliens would also use firearms

[Placebo Headwound]

no but i'm pretty sure there are tidbits of realism here and there

for example i'm pretty sure any other person trying to kill aliens would also use firearms

Would they use alien weapons that shoot plasma?

[Samus Aran]

Would they use alien weapons that shoot plasma?

no but they would probably breathe and move like master chief does

[Placebo Headwound]

no but they would probably breathe and move like master chief does

Would they also jump as high as master chief and withstand a bunch of bullets pumped into them?

[Samus Aran]

Would they also jump as high as master chief and withstand a bunch of bullets pumped into them?

no but they probably are living organisms similar to how there's living organisms in halo games

[don't let's]

That's not the point. The guy basically said that just because master chief can fall hundreds of feet and not get hurt, and because guns have recoil in the future that nothing in the game could be realistic just because those things were unrealistic.

[Sam]

I don't think it's so much "realistic", because Fantasy games are great fun.

But when something strays too far from the "realism" as set in each individual game (like Link all of the sudden sprouts wings out of his ears and flies from dungeon to dungeon), then yet, it's easy to lose your sense of being 'absorbed' in a game.

The same can hold true for books and movies, though.