Are graphics that important?

With the speed technology, developers have a hard time keeping up. Games are being released with ok graphics and ones with top notch graphics like Crysis. I hear people complaining how the UT3 demo looked like crap. I thought it looked very nice. As long as I can run it I'm fine.

As long as it looks eye pleasing I honestly don't give a crap. If I had a choice between Street Fighter IV looking as good as the Street Fighter anime and playing amazing or having Street Fighter IV look like an SNES port but playing just a little bit better then the previous description, I'd take the one with a little better gameplay and worse graphics in a heartbeat.

I buy games in mind to PLAY them not to LOOK at them.

Not at all. Unique artstyIe is so much more important.foxhound_fox

I agree.

Not at all. Unique artstyIe is so much more important.foxhound_fox

I agree. I have to say that I am not a Naruto fan in any way. I have never seen the show or anything, the only reason I even heard about it is the adds on tv. But I have to say I love the cell shading in the new game. I mean damn, that is what CS should hve always been. I might even pick that game up if it gets a decent review.

Not at all. Unique artstyIe is so much more important.foxhound_fox

Agreed, look at Ico which was originally built with a PS1 powered engine. It barely used any of the PS2's potential and yet still put out some of my favorite visuals. But, graphics are just another of the manyadvancements in gaming today. They aren't that important, but they don't hurt.

Not at all. Unique artstyIe is so much more important.foxhound_fox

But that is graphics. Graphics is the quality of what you see on screen, no? In that sense, artwork is just one of several factors that affects this perceived quality.Teufelhuhn

only thing ive noticed since upgrading to an hdtv and playing games like halo3, gears, and well pretty much anything, is that it makes my wii games look really crap by comparison. like so terrible its distracting.. (due to lower res) other than that though, i find the better games, or at least the games im interested in playing, have the better production values, quality developers, ect. and the graphics are generally great by default. i mean, talking current gen, what game, that is fun, doesnt have good graphics?

Not at all. Unique artstyIe is so much more important.foxhound_fox

Playing Psychonauts again:)

Of course they are important.

For some reason, people that come into these threads seem to think that taking the stance that graphics are important, is exactly the same as saying that gameplay means nothing.

Of course I can still have a fine time playing a game with good gameplay, but graphics just make the experience that much more pleasant and enjoyable. A lot of hardcore gamers invest quite a bit of money in graphics cards and HDTVs for this very reason. To some, a game is just a game. However, to most of us here (the enthusiast crowd), a game is also an immersive experience, and thus, is complimented by having a realistic or artistic look that is not only pleasant to the eye, but engulfs the player that much more into the game's world.

Being an enthusiast of gaming, I can appreciate such things.

If having my screen light up with special effects and magnificent explosions that cause my mouth to drop everytime i blow up a vehicle in GTA makes the carnage that more of an "oh my God" experience, then of course I'm going to say that graphics matter. Exactly how disappointed would you be if they popped out GTA4 on X360 and PS3 looking exactly like Vice City on PS2 (or even Driver on PS1)? Not at all? I call bull.

Graphics are important, they don't necessarily make or break a game, but they're very important - more than a lot of people want to admit (we are talking about video games here, right?). Now, whether it's technical prowess or art-styIe (or both) depends on what a certain game is going for. It's silly to fault Crysis for a lack of a distinct art-styIe, or Katamari Damacy for its sub-par technical merits. They both do what they set out to do extremely well. However, there are a few gems like Half-Life 2, Okami, BioShock, and Team Fortress 2 that succeed in both.

Graphics don't make a great game. Graphics make a great game better.RK-Mara

Yeah designers should stop thinking about adding a wrinkle to a character's face when the combat is repetitve and all you do is kill zillion enemy in a game.

aphics are important because they make u get in the story. Its annoying when a character is suppsed to be angry and he looks the same, its anooying when games have bad phisics effects, its annoying when you play a game like burnout in a ds and the car crash is the same. Graphics are not the most important thing, but they help gameplay a lot and the narration of the story.

[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]Graphics don't make a great game. Graphics make a great game better.gamingqueen

Yeah designers should stop thinking about adding a wrinkle to a character's face when the combat is repetitve and all you do is kill zillion enemy in a game.

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[QUOTE="RK-Mara"]Graphics don't make a great game. Graphics make a great game better.AlwaysSoft

Yeah designers should stop thinking about adding a wrinkle to a character's face when the combat is repetitve and all you do is kill zillion enemy in a game.