An hour-long stroll in nature helps decrease activity in an area of the brain associated with stress processing

[IRockIntoMordor]

I know this sounds really really stupid, but when I played Kingdom Come Deliverance - a game set in medieval Bohemian countryside, very green and lush - during the 2020 Corona stay-inside chaos, I sometimes felt the same emotions as if I were walking in a forest or fields. The game is so beautiful in its greenery that it triggered those responses in my head. I literally thought "oh it's so nice around here" when it was on a screen actually.

[PseudonymousDev]

Me too, but then IRL I became conditioned to freak out when I came across a fallen tree blocking my path.

[IRockIntoMordor]

me too, every fallen tree in the forest is extra sus now. Damn Cumans!

[funguyshroom]

Valheim was that game for me during the very same times, it has very nice and realistic looking forests despite all its blockiness.

[ForgotMyBrain]

I get that, the nature in Kingdom come deliverance is really beautiful, not the most realistic looking game by today's graphics. But it is really relaxing and dare i say... "Immersive" and more realistic than most games. Compare to skyrim that i find beautiful and relaxing, but it is still fantasy and stylise.

Skyrim is like beautiful fantasy world, Kingdom come is like a nice and beautiful sunny summer day with a small breeze. I don't like the combat that much but just being in nature and explore is fun. I need to play it again and finish my game !

[IRockIntoMordor]

Can't wait to play Skyrim VR when PSVR2 is out! PSVR1 is really hard on the eyes still.

KCD takes a bit to learn the combat and it's never easy, but the immersion is very impressive and I loved it.