Warren Spector reflects on his immersive sim legacy.
Warren Spector recently announced his retirement from video game development after a glittering career that includes titles such as Wing Commander, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, System Shock, Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Epic Mickey.
One of the genres Spector is most readily associated with is the ‘immersive sim’ – games populated by real-world mechanics where the player is capable of finding emergent solutions to problems – and titles like Deus Ex and System Shock are seen as seminal entries in this subset of adventure games.
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Warren Spector reflects on his immersive sim legacy.
Warren Spector recently announced his retirement from video game development after a glittering career that includes titles such as Wing Commander, Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss, System Shock, Deus Ex, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Epic Mickey.
One of the genres Spector is most readily associated with is the ‘immersive sim’ – games populated by real-world mechanics where the player is capable of finding emergent solutions to problems – and titles like Deus Ex and System Shock are seen as seminal entries in this subset of adventure games.
Read the full article on timeextension.com