What game out there, old or new, would you say has the worst graphics and yet is enjoyable on its game-play factor alone.
My vote would be for SimCopter
The graphics were painful to look at. The buildings were heavily pixelated, which was readily apparent. The people's animations were choppy at best, and looked like Picaso paintings moving around at worst and the only thing that was 'well animated' was the helicopters themselves and even that is a stretch for the term 'well animated'
However the game was (for me) undeniably fun. You had to fly around to handle disasters as they cropped up, forcing you to plan ahead and prioritize to meet the maximum number of problem areas in the shortest time, all while keeping an eye on your fuel and cargo room. Not to mention long before GTA3 popularized the 'game music is the radio station of the vehicle you're riding in' idea, SimCopter did it beautifully, complete with fake commercials ripe with pure Maxis humor (before it was tainted by EA).
The icing on the cake was the ability to import existing Sim City 2000 games into Sim Copter and fly missions around a city of your own creation, which gave you a slightly deeper connection to the location you were flying around (and a slight jump start in getting familiar with the city's layout).
What other games out there would you guys say have gameplay goodness to spare but are NOT easy on the eyes?
My vote would be for SimCopter
The graphics were painful to look at. The buildings were heavily pixelated, which was readily apparent. The people's animations were choppy at best, and looked like Picaso paintings moving around at worst and the only thing that was 'well animated' was the helicopters themselves and even that is a stretch for the term 'well animated'
However the game was (for me) undeniably fun. You had to fly around to handle disasters as they cropped up, forcing you to plan ahead and prioritize to meet the maximum number of problem areas in the shortest time, all while keeping an eye on your fuel and cargo room. Not to mention long before GTA3 popularized the 'game music is the radio station of the vehicle you're riding in' idea, SimCopter did it beautifully, complete with fake commercials ripe with pure Maxis humor (before it was tainted by EA).
The icing on the cake was the ability to import existing Sim City 2000 games into Sim Copter and fly missions around a city of your own creation, which gave you a slightly deeper connection to the location you were flying around (and a slight jump start in getting familiar with the city's layout).
What other games out there would you guys say have gameplay goodness to spare but are NOT easy on the eyes?
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