Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: Yes, necessarily!!

[quote name="I need clarification"][quote name="Lizard_King"]Non-sequiter? If you find a simple desire not to have to fuck with the radio every 30 seconds to get away from the more godawful stations an unreasonable request, then you must be the sort of person who considers, say, the endless repetition of actions in return for levels in Morrowind the height of gaming. What you are discussing is realism, not immersion. Immersion can occur with realistic games, but it is just as frequently found in absolutely unrealistic games, like Virtua Tennis, or games that simply make a pretense of realism, like Splinter Cell. It does not require that the mundane and irritating aspects of whatever is being simulated be included; which is why most great games do not require you to make your character shower, eat, shit, unless they can fit it into a fun or challenging aspect of gameplay. I don't think the car radio turning off fits into either of those categories. It's just fucking annoying after the tenth time, which is why I think leaving it on all the time would be a good option to have. [/quote] I hardly think switching the channel on the radio is as mundane or annoying as making your character eat or shit. Imagine I said the above in a snooty British accent. Now imagine I was shitting into your mouth when I said it, because lord knows I was imagining it. Anyway, my point isn't that you're incorrect when you say switching radio stations is annoying, my point is your original premise: because something is easily implemented AND YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE, therefore it should be. This is incorrect. It's up the authors of the game whether persistent music preferences are preferable or not. One assumes they've spent more time playing GTA3 and it's sequel(s) than anyone on this message board or any other, and if they found the feature annoying enough to warrant removal, they'd have removed it. Now, everyone here knows you're Mr. Literalist, and I'd prefer not to read an 8,000 paragraph reply when I'm so clearly correct and you aren't, so why don't you just follow ES's stupid lead and call me a fag and be done with me. Thanks.[/quote]