Poll: Gameplay vs Graphics

[tranceformat]

200 votes in and not one single person has chosen the "Graphics" option yet.Whoa.

obviously this forum isn't populated mostly by kids under the age of 14 therefore gameplay is going to count for more,most people here were playing games back in the early days of gaming - photorealistic graphics are only just starting to emerge.

but I think one should complement the other.ultimately I guess I would have to say gameplay matters a lot more,since one of my favorite games ever is Quake III Arena(although I play quake live now,mostly casually on pubs) and I purposely made the game look as simple and easy on the eyes as I could to make spotting stuff easier.I'm not kidding when I say simple,single color textures,bright full-green enemy models all that.But it's fun!Fast,exciting and very much skill based so the graphics practically don't matter.

And let's face it,not everyone (including me) can afford top of the range hardware to run graphically intense games for more than what? 2 years? technology is moving so fast these days,unless you are overburdened with disposable income,why bother.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

If the poll would of been gameplay vs story I would of chosen story.

Although I do would like to have both good gameplay and graphics, when the latter can't happen I will choose gameplay over graphics most of the times.

 

[veloper]

200 votes in and not one single person has chosen the "Graphics" option yet.Whoa.

obviously this forum isn't populated mostly by kids under the age of 14 therefore gameplay is going to count for more,most people here were playing games back in the early days of gaming - photorealistic graphics are only just starting to emerge.

Let's not pat ourselves on the back here. There's still plenty gfx-whores in the closet so to speak, they just won't identify as such.
Ask a little deeper and you'll probably find out that the majority cannot appreciate a classic game when it's limited to MCGA/VGA or even 640x480 SVGA. Did that poll years ago. Most likely we've become even more spoiled in the last couple years.