Who thinks that graphics is not important?

Graphics is not a big factor for me. What is important is the gameplay. Just look at GTA, Bully, and SotC, graphics are not that awesome but very great game. I don't like very fine graphics like Onimusha and God of War but the good thing is the graphics suits the those game. Best graphics for PS2 for me is RE4.

I agree with quack_er, its all about the storyline and the music...graphics dont matter if you have a great story line and a stellar soundtrack.

Stop kidding yourself. Graphic is just as important. It is part of the gameplay. Gameplay is just the overall. Graphics can help enhance the gameplay. Imagine playing your favorite ps2 games on Atari graphic.... it won't be much fun, would it?gamenux

Stop kidding yourself. Graphic is just as important. It is part of the gameplay. Gameplay is just the overall. Graphics can help enhance the gameplay. Imagine playing your favorite ps2 games on Atari graphic.... it won't be much fun, would it?gamenux

of course playing ps2 games that have Atari graphics would suck, it wouldn't be the same game engine therefore it wouldn't really be the same game

we dont care if the graphics are good or not as long as the game still has a good game engine, and a good game engine means good gameplay

My favourite game to this day is still Shining Force2 for Genisis/Megadrive. So I'm not to worried bout graphics. However, some games the graphics are so bad it effects gameplay. Also, some games rely on great graphics, I mean would anyone play Shadow of the Collosus if it looked half as good as it does. So I guess graphics are like girls, they don't have to be perfect, heck, some of the best girls have obvious flaws. But dammit girl you gotta have sumthing!!!

My favorite games are Disgaea and Katamari Damacy. Not what you would call groundbreaking in the graphics department, but amazing games none the less. So I guess they arent that imporant to me.

Graphics aren't a big deal, but it helps out the game sometimes.

I just baught Final Fight: Streetwise and I thought it was a okay game. I'm a person that likes to give a game a chance, but I think I ran into a bad one the other day when I got my copy from Ebay.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I turned it on was like coo coo intro, but I started to play and it was iight at first and I stop playing it for awhile.

Take Socom on graphic terms. Not the best, choppy faces were you could see the eye balls and inside of their head. I go on for hours about the game or any socom, but it shows that graphics don't really matter cause gameplay is so fun.

graphics are a big factor for me, after playing so many HD games playing a SD game just seems dull, once you go hd you cant go backjoslop500

Well, it helps the game, but I really liked enduro, pacman, pitfall and others atari games! But, the ideal graphics (not ideal, but more then that I don't care, is good) is the 16 bit era (Chrono Trigger FTW)! But the graphics help with horror games!

the sad truth is that we're only a small fraction of gamers, most gamers dont go to sites like this, they just go to the store and buy the best looking game.  The majority of gamers are shallow and buy the games for the flare rather than the substance and that forces developers to concentrate more on graphics than gameplay and story

I have been playing videogames since 1982.........till this date there hasn't been any videogame console better than the NES.  The reason for this, is because during those days it was all about the FUN. Not only that, but the good games were harder to get those days (today you can go to the any corner of the street and someone will sell a burnout copy of whatever game for as low as 3 bucks), so when you got your hands on it...it really meant alot to finish the game.

Graphics do enhance the gaming experience, i mean that's the whole purpose of buying a next gen system...but the main ingridient on good games is the FUN FACTOR.  If the game is not a whole lot of fun, believe me, you will be tossing that game out the window faster than a cannoball.  So graphics are important (i would love to see Double Dragon on a next gen system), but they are not the whole picture.  The big ticket for a game to succed lies on the game engine or fun factor...

GTA San Andreas and The Warriors are fine examples nowadays, that eventhough a game is on a next gen system, graphics are not the games strong point, yet the games are extremely good and entertaining.  The best sportsgame simulator...Winning Eleven series has the best graphics and the best simulator out there...not even the Madden series can compare to what those guys are doing.  And Winning eleven got it right by focusing first on the simulator part, and then they picked up on the graphics.

So are graphics important, yes...BUT they are not the MAIN source for a games sucess.

Graphics are important. If you don't think so, just look at a game like Okami. Take away the cell shaded masterpiece, and all your left with is a standard action game with only the celestial brush as its saving grace. Shadow of the Colossus? Take away the powerful graphics engine and it loses all its sense of scale and wonder and becomes a boring plod through a featureless world. Take the blood and guts out of mortal kombat and you have a terrible fighter.

Point is, the good games of old were praised for thier graphics as well, or does nobody remember how psyced people were for Donkey Kong Country's graphics.

Story on the other hand, is one of the least important factors out there. (I'm generally loathe to agree with 2deluxe, but its a valid point.) For instance, Tetris. Tetris is a true classic, but there isn't a story to be found. Guitar Hero has no story, yet is still a good game. Most rpgs these days are sorry, tired ripoffs of animes, yet some of them are still great. Most action games are just rip offs of cheesey fantasy novels, but Zelda is still a classic. WWII shooters? What can they possibly tell that they haven't before, yet Medal of Honor is still fun. A great story can defineately add to a game and help it transcend above being mediocre, but its not essential. (notice how most ratings don't have a story section? Its because a good story is a bonus.

Of coures, getting back to graphics, a good game doesn't require great graphics BY TODAYS STANDARDS. It does, however, require the graphics to fit the game. An fps these days need realistic graphics. An rpg needs more fantasy-like graphics, and an action game needs good looking enemies. Just think, if while playing Metal Gear Solid, instead of evading living, breathing soldiers, you were running from a block of wood, you'd be more likely to put the controller down and play something else, no matter how good the story was.

Graphics are important, BUT FUN is 2000millions times more important.  For instance, I loved Prince of Persia, but i hated the sequel..why? it's boring, its only blood because people wanted to see blood, its blurry and dark and has no sense at all..i had such a bad experience with the PoP2 that i didnt even played the third one.  All i look for in games is the FUN FACTOR!! if graphics are cool, then the merrier!! but the key is FUN.  the best MEGAMAN of all time is MEGAMAN 2! That game was FUN and had awesome Graphics back in the day!

So yes GRAPHICS ARE IMPORTANT...but FUN (for the gazillion time i have repeated this) is the MAIN key for sucess. 

Fun is an intagible. I know people who have fun playing some of the worst games on god's green earth.

(I for one thought PoP WW was a ton of fun. Oddly enough, you were saying the graphics were the problem. lol)

Oh well...lets just put this way, Graphics enhance the Game.  Example: God of War, is exactly the same as Prince of Persia...game engine wise that is.  But the Graphics and ART behind G.o.W is by far, the most gripping feature this game has. If you take that away from G.o.W, probably we would all be saying that this game is a Prince of Persia Rip-off, BUT because of the Story behind G.o.W, and because of the different Fun puzzles to solve, there's no way you can say this is a P.o.P rip-off.

So again, Graphics and ART are important...they will make games stand apart from each other. But the game engine or fun factor  are the key element for videogame sucess.

Fun is an intagible. I know people who have fun playing some of the worst games on god's green earth.

(I for one thought PoP WW was a ton of fun. Oddly enough, you were saying the graphics were the problem. lol)

raziellich

Oh well...lets just put this way, Graphics enhance the Game.  Example: God of War, is exactly the same as Prince of Persia...game engine wise that is.  But the Graphics and ART behind G.o.W is by far, the most gripping feature this game has. If you take that away from G.o.W, probably we would all be saying that this game is a Prince of Persia Rip-off, BUT because of the Story behind G.o.W, and because of the different Fun puzzles to solve, there's no way you can say this is a P.o.P rip-off.

So again, Graphics and ART are important...they will make games stand apart from each other. But the game engine or fun factor  are the key element for videogame sucess.

El_Esbirro

i dont think pop and gow have much in common, gameplay or otherwise.