| I don't think it is a matter of real life simulation... Rather, the fact that in so many games the world is entirely static, and all events are dependent on some kind of action by the player character.
This *is* supposed to be roleplaying... and, IMO, a universe that must be touched by your character in order to function just lacks credibility and hinders the immersive process.
I too am interested in the questions Fable asks. While I don't have the system to run Gothic 3 at present, I'm hoping that I will in the next half year, or so, and this is a game I've been eying up as a possible purchase.
As far as other games that have this. While it was quite minor, I do recall that the town criars in BG2 announced news from afar, unrelated to the PC, and the touts in PS:T did much the same. This was a very simple feature, but it was a nice touch.
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