Most Important thing in a game?

@wannabesbb:

Not really...... there are already people who name these things...... the problem is as you would expect...... nobody cares.

@Lulu_Lulu: I can't say I much care either. Cutscenes are hardly something irritating enough to shit your pants over. Get over it. Sit back and relax for a minute while the video plays.

@wannabesbb:

I have movies for that......

@Lulu_Lulu: Jesus, man.

1.Gameplay

2.Characters

3.World Design

@wannabesbb: I warned ya. He's too stubborn to accept anything that doesn't equal pressing buttons all the time.

If you care primarily about story and characterization read a book. You will never find a story in a video game that can compare to actual literature.

If you're going to put a story in a video game you might as go all the way and just make it a visual/interactive novel.

1. Gameplay

2. World design

3. Level design

4. Graphics

5. Characters

6. Story

@wannabesbb:

What is it ?

@skelly34: I don't see why a game could never be comparable to literature.

@wannabesbb:

Same reason Food can't be compared to Civil Engineering...... because its apples and oranges.

@mastermetal777:

Kinect doesn't have buttons..... I accept that.

@Lulu_Lulu: How is gaming and literature a matter of apples and oranges when film has come to be taken just as seriously as literature?

@mastermetal777: You weren't wrong.

@wannabesbb:

Take them as seriously as you want........ but when it comes to comparing them then its apples and oranges.

For me, I'd say atmosphere and presentation can be a deciding factor on whether I play a game or not. I might not even be able to get into amazing gameplay if those two are subpar.

@Lulu_Lulu: Book and film are?

@wannabesbb:

Are what ?

I play games for the story and artistic experience so I'm going to say level and world design. But as long as it has a good story, those aren't essentials either.

Something to consider:

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/graphics-not-among-the-top-reasons-people-buy-game/1100-6426659/

@mastermetal777:

going into SW you wouldn't know it.

Having your game work.

None of those options.

It might seem a little simplistic to some. But the most important thing in a game is that it's actually _______________________________fun.

Everything else merely serves to enhance the overall level of enjoyment in various ways.

I couldn't agree more!

Gameplay, but I feel like world and level design are also important - actually I think they should be one singular option.

At the end of the day, what matters is that the game is fun. If you enjoy the game, I think that's a pretty big determining factor in whether or not gaming is worth it. But really all of those things factor into making a fun game.

most important in game is game play in my opinion.

For me its pacing a lot of games I seem to play have been terribly paced and it's a chore to finish.

Don’t bump old threads.

3 years later: Gameplay is still the most important thing in a game.

It's always nice seeing your post over the years despite this is a necro thread.

I guess for me it'd be single player, then playability (Little to no bugs and not excessively complicated,) followed by game-play, level design, and story. While I do play a lot of War Thunder, I almost exclusively play single player the rest of the time.

Character design differs on weather I'm creating my on or if I'm forced to use one protagonist (IE fallout 4 vs Just cause 3). If I'm forced to use one pre-selected character then it'd better be well written but if it's a custom character, then I'm more forgiving so long as I'm given plenty of choices in designing said character. Say a game like Sunset Overdrive which had a fairly excellent custom character creation kit in comparison to the one in Sword Art Online Lost Song which was so lackluster you'd have been better off to just give the player the ability to reskin the cannon character's hair, eyes, and clothes.

For me :1 Story and Atmosphere 2 Gameplay 3 Characters

Depends if we're talking singleplayer or multiplayer, single --> story/immersion, multi --> gameplay

Gameplay

I prefer a good immersion: for that a game does not necessarily need good graphics, but a great level design and logical game mechanics.

Gameplay.

though Story, Level Design and Controls are also important.

For me the gameplay and graphics are somewhat really important. I know that to a lot of peeps Graphics aren't as important as they should be but still.

After game play, story is the second most aspect while playing game. Like I was playing Far Cry 5, the graphics were awesome but story was just average or similar to Far Cry 3

for me, PvP balance is

It depends person to person….

Some think Game is all about graphics and in-game physics….

(Ex. Witcher 3)

some think game is all about the story of particular character….

(walking dead or any taletell game)

Some think game is not about about physics or story it all about fuN for example cs 1.6 , payday 2

I think the most important Thing about gaming is perfect combination of all of the above :D

Personally I like to play strategy games with touch of multiplayer gaming….

Gameplay. Then it has to be the story and characters, good character development has always drawn me into things, but it might also be the graphics being only 15 and coming from the new gen, stuff like Horizon Zero Dawn and Uncharted 4, Oh boy.

Gameplay for sure

Gameplay of course. You can have a fantastic open world and all that, but you need the gameplay to back it up.

Gameplay Mechanics number 1 then storyline and visuals

Please don't bump old threads.

-Byshop