now when somwbody makes a good fun game people look at the graphics i dont like that they say if it isnt good graphica its crap what happend to good gameplay i want to stop focusing on graphics and get to the gameplay
And for storylines? Pfft...RPG or not, it always comes down to "Shoot to kill, jump to dodge", "Go right!", "Get that exp. bar higher, then that one, then that one, etc.", or "Keep this one, tiny structure alive from 1000s of enemies."
Yeah but it helps so darn much for immersion and a sense of achievement. Minecraft has no storyline but has the most sensational sense of it because you done it yourself, and made something unique, but in the case of say, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the IDEA of the game is to be immersed in its story and atmosphere, and not trying to complete it.
Which is why it's so much of a great horror game, especially when compared to F.E.A.R which has its one method of "BALERRGHH!" when you go around the corner, Amnesia always keeps you on edge when ingame through amazing ambience, brilliant aesthetic and a well written story.
The game is way more important to me. Most of my favorite games are from the N64 or are Flash games, which don't have fantastic graphics. But who cares? As long as I can see what I'm doing, I'm good.
Ummmm, that game where you make zombies and take over the world and stuff (can't remember the name) has completely awful graphics but I liked it and apparently everyone else does too, because if I'm not mistaken it has a 9.2 or something around that.
Just remembered the name. It's called Infectonator. I was wrong about the rating, it;s actually an 8.6 but that's good. I believe it's one of the games with worse graphics on the site but everyone loves it.
i agree with this i think borderlands is a sterling example of this the game is very intense and has a long campaign but the graphics arent the best and its sort of in the style of a comic book but it works and i works well
why would the graphics have to match the gameplay the graphics mean nothing thats why i dont like arma II becuase its pretty much real life and graphics and from now on i now add on to this thread whats with the realistic i mean dont you play a game so you can do stuff you cant do in real life? no offecnce if anybody likes realistic games i just think maybe they should focus a bit more on the fun and not like arma II becuase i dont want games to always be 1 shot kill and stuff like that
graphics have a large part in making a game great... graphics adds to the realistic part of the game, and you feel like your actually there, not in some pixilated world.
yeah and what part is that??? the graphics are nothing they dont do anything and whats the point of makeing you feel like your in that world ? and no it dosent make you feel that becuase you fell your fingers mashing the buttons and like whoever said (sorry for not know your name whoever said this) that you forget about the graphics are any good or bad after 10 mins
and anyone here play warcraft 3 i really liked it but i thought the campain was hard and i finished then i went to the warcraft 3 the frozen throne got stuck on that though so thats an example of good gameplay and allright graphics take that you new super graphics makeing non careing about gameplay companies
wow.... ur putting up a big argument eh? well, its true, graphics do make up a large part of making a game great... theres no questioning it.. and if u do, that'll be kindof like spam... and we dont want spam now do we?
How is questioning that graphics don't make a large part of making a game spam? Because it kinda doesn't. Just a bit. They are sprinkles on a game that attract players to play it, only to feel bad that they bought a $64 game that wasn't fun at all.
I'm really going for the gameplay; just take every Nis game that's came out in the last decade. Even today, for the Ps3, they still go with the sprite approach, but it permits the use of absolutely flashy-looking moves and attacks you couldn't get with 3D. To me, Tactics just don't look the same when not done in sprites. Take Disgaea, Makai Kingdom and Phantom Brave for example; amazing games with engrossing gameplay, despite simple graphics.
In some occasions - though not often - the graphics contribute to the game experience enough to weight pretty much in the balance. Take the example of Shadow of the Colossus; if they didn't expand the camera view to the fullest and made areas with loadings rather than a big open map, you wouldn't have the majestic experience of horse-riding through a grand and olympian kingdom, thus taking a good part of the game's feel away.
And then there're games like Bayonetta, which have both amazing graphics and gameplay; I strongly recommend that game for any DMC fan; just as challenging and addictive; probably one of the best action/hack and slash out there.