Poll: Do you give a crap about graphics?
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I need a good story line to start playing, good controls to keep playing and character development to get drawn into the game. If the graphics are good then I call that a bonus.
They're not the be all and end all of a game, but I do like having something pretty to look at.
I wouldn't mind if a less visually capable game had a solid story, though. So somewhere in the middle, to be honest.
I wouldn't mind if a less visually capable game had a solid story, though. So somewhere in the middle, to be honest.
Only thing I object to is selling the game on graphics and in many cases graphics alone. I won't play a game if it is just a painting you can move about a screen. If the gameplay is on par with the graphics (I.E the graphics actually aid how you go about the game) then it will be good.
Take asteroids.. Simple gameplay, simple graphics.. and it works. The asteroid clones of today suffer a lot from overdoing the graphics of it.
Take asteroids.. Simple gameplay, simple graphics.. and it works. The asteroid clones of today suffer a lot from overdoing the graphics of it.
I feel that story and graphics can override gameplay but if its like red dead redemption where the faces and horses are great but its in need of some AA and the clothing textures need help aside from that as long as everything that you can focus on at once is "equally" rendered then i have no problem.
Depends. There are some games where the graphics just bother me, and others where the environments and visuals are a big part of why I like the game.
Overall, I think it's extremely important for the graphics to suit the game. No matter how many fancy shaders, shadows and whatever a game has, it's all pointless if the visual design is boring, or doesn't make the game fun to play. The graphics have to serve a purpose other then to just look nice, or show off some fancy engine.
One example is Left 4 Dead, imagine that game without the detailed lighting, the really nice flashlight, and the gunshot lighting effects. Sure, it would be the same fun zombie survival gameplay, but I don't think it would be nearly as fun without those three things. And much of those visual effects serve an important gameplay function as well.
Overall, I think it's extremely important for the graphics to suit the game. No matter how many fancy shaders, shadows and whatever a game has, it's all pointless if the visual design is boring, or doesn't make the game fun to play. The graphics have to serve a purpose other then to just look nice, or show off some fancy engine.
One example is Left 4 Dead, imagine that game without the detailed lighting, the really nice flashlight, and the gunshot lighting effects. Sure, it would be the same fun zombie survival gameplay, but I don't think it would be nearly as fun without those three things. And much of those visual effects serve an important gameplay function as well.
as long as they're tolerable. like with dragon age (xbox 360): sub-par graphics but great gameplay.
graphics are like a side dish: you dont have to eat it, its the main course (gameplay) that you should enjoy.
graphics are like a side dish: you dont have to eat it, its the main course (gameplay) that you should enjoy.
Anyone here tried Mount&Blade Warband? It has literally jaw-droppingly-awesome gameplay, yet graphically it's not the greatest. Guess what people complain about the most.
So no. Graphics don't make a game good or bad, the content does.
So no. Graphics don't make a game good or bad, the content does.
I've known people that simply couldn't play a game if they had moved to a new level of graphics. IE, I lent a buddy Star Wars Jedi Outcast (IMHO a pretty nice looking PC game) and he had just finished Half Life 2. He said he just couldn't go back.
Me? I did sell my Gen 5 stuff as Gen 6 came in. Now that I have Gen 7, it is a little hard to go back to 6, but I do, depending on what room in the house I am in. Resident Evil 4 on the Gamecube still looks pretty great.
Me? I did sell my Gen 5 stuff as Gen 6 came in. Now that I have Gen 7, it is a little hard to go back to 6, but I do, depending on what room in the house I am in. Resident Evil 4 on the Gamecube still looks pretty great.
They do to an extent. I like it when they are there to add to an already great game, giving it the environment it needs. If graphics are there to cover up a bad game then no they don't because they aren't really helping the game very much and there should have been more time and effort put into other aspects of the game.
Usually yes, playing newer games that feel 'dated' because of how they look irritates me.
Seriously though, I have seen better looking games on the PS2/Gamecube then say... WoW?
Also, it's not like most games these days have a half decent story to fall back on.
Seriously though, I have seen better looking games on the PS2/Gamecube then say... WoW?
Also, it's not like most games these days have a half decent story to fall back on.
I'm an extremly modern gamer. As graphics get better it gets harder for me to look back on games with worse graphics and even harder for me to play any game made before 2005.
It's just who I am!
It's just who I am!
I would say the art style matters more than the graphics.
For example although pixel shaded, Monkey Island 1&2 wouldn't have been so good if those "poor" graphics weren't exploited to a maximum artistic design.
But more on topic: bad graphics don't push me away from a new game, they just make me weary of playing old ones(for immersion reasons only).
For example although pixel shaded, Monkey Island 1&2 wouldn't have been so good if those "poor" graphics weren't exploited to a maximum artistic design.
But more on topic: bad graphics don't push me away from a new game, they just make me weary of playing old ones(for immersion reasons only).
Graphics are important to me when they bug the gameplay. Super Mario has awesome graphics in my opinion, for example. They don't get in the way. There are FPS's though that have graphics where you can't tell an enemy from a friendly NPC or find the guy in the tree, because everything has exactly the same colour.
I care about them until they are decent, not profound, but decent. Once you get there, I'd prefer you spend the rest of the funds on everything else. Just match your aesthetic without trying to kill the machine I'm playing on. I'd rather have cartoon color schemes than a game that feels like it might freeze every third second.