Of course, there are a plethora of situations that are anything but realistic, and we do take them for granted, but wouldn’t it be pretty interesting and immersive, and rather surprising, if the blacksmith would react more realistically, like saying “did you just try to sell me the pickaxe I gave you a moment ago?” Then only the player would seem like a weirdo, and through no fault but his own. They’d both come across as bona fide weirdos.Īs amusing as these events can be, if you care enough to notice, one might justifiably wonder to what extent they break immersion, especially as being immersed is far more important than being amused (in my humble opinion.) Jon Snow is given a precious gift by Daenerys, and two minutes later he’s trying to sell it to her, and she accepts. Imagine something similar happening in real life, or even in a fictional story that isn’t a video game. These games generate a lot of these bizarre but amusing anecdotes, and we think nothing of them. No comment was made by either of us, no amused laughter, just business as usual, both perfectly composed. The pickaxe he didn’t want for free a moment ago. We got started on some trade, and for good coin I sold him the special pickaxe he had just given me. So far so good, nothing particularly strange going on. Turns out he didn’t really want the axe, all he wanted was to teach the unwilling miner a lesson. So I went to the miner, convinced him to give me the pickaxe, returned it to the blacksmith. I encounter many strange things on my journey, and sometimes the most peculiar ones occur in a mundane situation.Ī certain irresolute blacksmith enlisted my help to retrieve a special pickaxe of his from a miner who wouldn’t part with it. Now I’m at it again (along with Planescape: Torment and No Man’s Sky, more posts on those coming up), currently playing the DLC Dragonborn, doing quests and exploring the new area. Played for a good while, then a supposedly short break became a not so short break, lasting until recently. And back I came, already last year actually, got the remaster upon release.
Reluctantly, I called it a day, but I had an inkling I would be back.
Wasn’t done, but the game had become unbearably crashy because of that old buggy game engine. First time was years ago, went on for about 150 hours.
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