immersion?

[SuzakuCMX]

I could argue that immersion = booting up a game with the intention of playing for a bit before bed, and then realizing it's now 5:30 AM, you look like a scarecrow, and you've got an important meeting at 10 AM.

"state of being deeply engaged or involved; absorption. "

You very well could, and I feel immersed when the world feels like a reality.

[Perrin_Aybarra]

"state of being deeply engaged or involved; absorption. "

You very well could, and I feel immersed when the world feels like a reality.

That's pretty much what it should mean but it should be specified that it's "A" reality and not "THE" reality. Immersion would mean that you feel that Eorzea is a reality of it's own, regardless that it is a fantasy world.

I don't think immersion should be synonym of "addictive" altho it could help make a game addictive. The major issue for immersion right now is the bad use of copy/paste... not the use of it but the bad use of it, because pretty much every game uses copy/paste to create a world, but it's just too obvious in FFXIV (maybe because the zones are too bland).