Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Discussion Topic Part 1

[Kman]

Wait a minute... not being immersed is the player's fault now? How exactly does one force immersion upon oneself? Something's fishy here...

You have to let yourself be immersed to properly be immersed, yeah. It's a two way deal, the devs need to set up a proper story and atmosphere and the player needs to allow themselves to forget it's a game and pretend they're actually in that world. You can't force yourself to be immersed, but not reading notes, playing around with monsters etc. are ways of not letting the game immerse you.