Virtual console. The first few worlds work fine, but try somewhere that has you make sharp turns, swim, or has a lot of hazards to jump across in quick succession and the controls really show their age. I'd love to see it remade on the Galaxy engine, but as is it really holds the game back.
I'd say more immersion is a path to engagement, which is the goal of gaming. I just think the term immersion is thrown out way too often in gaming. There are some that get it, like Mass Effect or Fallout where the universe starts to actually feel real. GLaDOs is probably why I think immersive is the wrong word, her quips point out the gamey stuff to it, which help engagement, but not immersion.
I'll take Source over GO any day. So many more maps and modes made that game a much better experience IMO. Plus Source had de_dust2 which I'd say is the best FPS map ever. Also Iceworld was so much damned fun for the faster paced stuff, I remember we'd always finish with a few rounds of that when my buds and I would play CS.
Though GO was worth playing just for Arms Race, such a cool idea for a mode.
Same thing happened to a guy named Kyle at my old high school.
It gets even darker when you find out it was based on a real crime. A woman found out her husband was cheating on her, so she drove her kids into a lake and claimed a black man stole her car until she confessed a week later. And then of course there was that support group Butters' parents were with. God damn I love how fucked up that show is.
This game was awesome playing it when it first came out and nothing will ever take away what it did for gaming. Playing it now though, I really think it controls like ass. If it didn't, they wouldn't need those enormous platforms for you to jump on, you'd be able to make do with smaller ones. Switching between this and Galaxy, or hell even Sunshine really puts it into perspective. Still a really good game I like overall, but like so many games of that era it hasn't stood the test of time the same way the best SNES classics have.
I'd go with Jennifer Hale. Femshep, Naomi, Bastila, the sun in Broken Age, the Lutece twin, and so man minor roles that she always does great at.
I got Xillia when it was on sale. Played a little bit and seems fun so far, but I probably won't get back to it for a while with South Park on the horizon.
Othello really is his best and most underrated work. No clue how so many of his others are more popular.
I really love Portal, but am not sure if I'd call it immersive. Engaging as fuck, but it's the kind of game that keeps me aware I'm playing a video game, not that it's a bad thing of course (in fact, that's one of the things I love about it).
Portal's one of my favorites, but not quite top 5 material for me. I definitely prefer 2 though. The single player's a bit of a step down, too much cinematic stuff than the series needed IMO, but man is the co-op so amazing. It really takes the gameplay up to the next level.
