I go by my general saying of "It's only if you decide it is."It's only real if you decide it's real.The line is drawn by you yourself, what is real and what isn't is up to you to decide.But it's VERY hard to decide that something is not real.
You here a lot, especially in the game suggestion forums that something just "isnt realistic" Such as a frog dieing by flooding. Then people are told "Its a game, it doesnt have to be realistic" which I agree with... to a point. A certain level of realism is good for games. People should be able to easily use common world knowledge to understand games. for example. Touching a buzzsaw while its running should hurt.... bad (unless your metal or chuck norris). Especially if you thrust your face into it (unless your chuck norris). A game shouldnt be so unrealistic that when I touch a buzzsaw a start springing flowers from my head. Thats just my 2 cents thoughso what is your take?
the line between realism and unreal-ism is precisely .2 miles north of the equator
The majority of the northern hemisphere is Imaginary? or is that just your imagination?