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What's the most immersive video game that you've played? (feddit.uk)

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[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 4 weeks ago

I can think of two, for different reasons

Planetside, it was an MMOFPS made in 2003. It's hard to describe but having sieges where you actually had to take time to get to the battle, organise people to drive transports, etc; or on the other side end up stuck guarding a door from constant attack for half an hour, was really immersive. (Like everything sony makes, the sequel was terrible)
The original steel battalion, a mech sim for the original xbox with a massive dual joystick controller, that would delete your save game if you didn't hit the eject button before blowing up.

This is the controller:

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