Poll: Graphics vs gameplay

[Ace of Spades]

One of my friends put it well: "Bad graphics don't take away from a game experience, but good graphics add a little extra to the game experience."

Bad graphics absolutely can be a distraction.
But good graphics mean nothing if you put it down after 1 day because the gameplay is broken.

I've never played a game where the graphics were so bad that it took away from gameplay. Can you give me an example?

 

[InsanityWave]

Who the hell voted " I dont Play games " XD. Graphics for me is just a perk the Gameplay is what counts if you have a great looking game with lots of glitches and crappy short gameplay theres no point.

 

[Ace of Spades]

One of my friends put it well: "Bad graphics don't take away from a game experience, but good graphics add a little extra to the game experience."

Bad graphics absolutely can be a distraction.
But good graphics mean nothing if you put it down after 1 day because the gameplay is broken.

I've never played a game where the graphics were so bad that it took away from gameplay. Can you give me an example?

E.T.
Because maybe if you had known what the damn white specs were, you cound have found out what to do with them.
But you're right otherwise and I'm totally on your side.

OK, I suppose you have a point there. I wasn't a gamer until the days of the Nintendo 64, so I never played it.

 

[Mr. Fister]

Believe me, if you were a child when games jumped from 2D to 3D, current graphics don't really impress you as much.

Gameplay is always the most important part of a game, but graphics do not matter as much as art style. For this, I point to Twilight Princess. Technically, the graphics are fairly dated, but in terms of art style, it's just gorgeous. I really, really, want the fishing hole in Upper Zora River to be a real place.

I should probably use more than just Zelda references in my posts, but then again, do I need to?

 

[chuckman1]

Gameplay.

 

[742]

graphics are for one of two things: telling me whether thats a dragon or a wall, and looking pretty. if i wanted to watch a movie, i would watch a movie. bioshock wouldnt have been the same without its graphics, thats true. but the gameplay atmosphere and story were MUCH bigger factors.

or yes, we COULD take twilight princess as an example, fantastic graphics (maybe not from a technical perspective, but it was one of the prettier games ive played) and that made it a better game. if not for the gameplay, i might have played for maybe an hour.