Graphics vs Gameplay

[Altorin]

this debate causes the most pretentious remarks to surface.

Bottom line, Video games are a visual medium, graphics aren't at war with gameplay, they should compliment eachother. You couldn't have a Mass Effect 2 with Atari 2600 graphics.. it's just infeasible. If you pay 60 dollars for something, there's nothing wrong with expecting it to be a quality product. Good graphics won't save a horrible game, and terrific gameplay won't save a current gen game if it has graphics that are more then a generation old (like, If a 360 game came out with N64 graphics).

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

. I do appreciate the fact that I started playing games in the 8 bit era, so I can look past graphics. Hell, even SNES, N64, and PS1 games can still look good to me. In fact, even Gargoyle's Quest II still looks good to me.

I was expecting a "kids don't know how lucky they are" from you then, ha ha.

Well I don't think kids are lucky because they grew up with more graphically advanced games. And I'm sure I'll be viewed as a curmudgeon in the years to come, but I'm glad I can appreciate games for their gameplay, and the graphics they achieved at their time with the software available. I've had more fun with 2D games than any 3D game.

That reminds me, I'm actually looking forward to Sonic 4 which is in 2D
I wonder how many young gamers wont give it a chance simply for the 2D reason

 

[Sora_Tsubasa]

Great graphics are not required for a game to be good, some might say graphins are not even required (take text based adventures like Zork), they are just an enhancement. as an example, I have just bought FFVII and VIII on PSN. Both of these games came out on PS1 a lont time ago, and even though the graphics wouldn't be rated highly nowadays, they still don't effect any of the gameplay, and they are both excellent games.

 

[Lotet]

as long as I can read the scribblings on the walls and stuff then that's all the graphics I need

 

[CriticalGriffin]

I failed to see the point for this topic, since the answer is just plain obvious and has already been stated billion times.