About ‘ambience’, ‘atmosphere’, and ‘immersion’ in games.
Suprised to not see any footage of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, but happy to see some mentions in the comments at least. That game still holds up in terms of ambience.
What Happened To Video Game Ambience? (YouTube Essay, bensmotel, 7min)
Submitted 23 hours ago by Kissaki@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxzWJdYnwLQ
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 17 hours ago
Replaying mass effect right now and feel this. You go to the boarding dock area and here mechanical buzzing and whirring with a distinct wheeeeee womp… Womp… Womp…
Gives you vibes man