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Hehe... water might look softer... land in it from a height and you're gonna get just as broken. ;)

Reminds me of a chap whose parachute failed to open on a skydive. He survived - with a broken arm and leg, and a lot of scratches... because he landed in a bramble bush.

Hehe... water might look softer... land in it from a height and you're gonna get just as broken. ;).

Yeah obviously, but as far as low angle landings, I'll take water any day. Mishaps can happen either way, I just feel better over water.

I don't have it in real life so it doesn't bother me at all in games. There is a slight thrill when falling off a skyscraper in Prototype for example, though.

Have had it a little in a few games , although only just like shivers down my spine and such - particuarly in more realistic looking games and stuff.

on a semi-related note : Anyone else get a really weird falling/vertigo sensation when you jump from really high?

In real life, yeah. ;)

In games... no. :)

in real life yes, a bit nothing uncontrollable though and really depends on the settings, on a cliff with no barrier for example is probably the worst

in games & movies, absolutely not, even the opposite might get a thrill depending on the circumstances

overall I consider this to be a normal reaction of fear near a danger for my life, self-preservation anyone ?

Half-Life 2, bridge truss crossing. If you've played, you'll know what I'm talking about. The fact of being over water didn't help shit. I literally freaked out and fell in-game, screaming in real life. Friend of mine who was over came into my room and asked me what the hell was going on. I was crying by the time he found me, it freaked me out bad. Other than that one intense time, none other in games. In real life, I'm sooo freaked out by a ledge, even one with a rail. Especially in apartment buildings when the walkway or the apartment floor upstairs creaks while i'm walking on it. Always afraid I'm gonna go falling right through, and if I do, I'm gonna get sliced open like a turkey.

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on a semi-related note : Anyone else get a really weird falling/vertigo sensation when you jump from really high?

In-game, only from extremely high places and only for maybe a split second. Probably desensitization at work, there.

Have had it a little in a few games , although only just like shivers down my spine and such - particuarly in more realistic looking games and stuff.

on a semi-related note : Anyone else get a really weird falling/vertigo sensation when you jump from really high?

I used to get that feeling when I was a kid playing my N64. When I got older the feeling went away though; I probably didn't put myself in the character as much anymore or something.

I am mildly afraid of heights but not in games. I wonder if the feeling is more common if you put yourself in the characters shoes; kinda so it feels more like you're living the game.

On that note maybe I was talking with Cyna about hl2:ep2 and he was talking about some jump that freaked him out, i remember there wasa jump that you took in hl2 in a buggy that freaked someone out.