How can you tell which games are immersive simulators and which aren’t? RPGs like The Elder Scrolls or The Legend of Zelda give players plenty of freedom, but no one usually calls them “immersive sims.”
I understand that immersive sim isn’t so much a genre as a genre characteristic, but where exactly is the line drawn? As a fan of Arkane games, I’ve always wondered about this.
Ooh yeah. When that first came out I didn’t know what an immersive sim was. Kind of cool how for the DLC they were like “let’s switch up the game modes” just to show their chops working within the engine of another game.