Are graphics really important this generation?

Why is everyone set on graphics and not art?

I consider Viewtiful Joe, Okami and XIII to be the best looking last gen games.

Sure Farcry was nice and Doom3 looked good. And this gen, Gears of War looks impressive but i still prefer the art of Viewtiful Joe to the "realism" of GOW. And i consider Space Quest IV or Day of the Tentacle to be some of the best looking games ever. As nice as realistic graphics look but would you consider Quake to have impressive graphics nowadays?

So as nice as graphics are, art is what should really matter since art ages a lot better than realism.

People should finally give it a rest with the "X360/PS3 graphics being million times better than Wii" arguement. In 4 years you'll most likely consider the GOW graphics to be average while Viewtiful Joe will still look beatiful.

I plan on getting a 360 for X-mas since it has some great games (GOW, Dead Rising, The Darkness, ...) but i'll play them for their gameplay. Not for the graphics.

Cutting edge graphics + Awesome gameplay > Dated graphics + Awesome gameplay.

End of story.

Cutting edge graphics + Awesome gameplay > Dated graphics + Awesome gameplay.

End of story.

jethrovegas

That pretty much settles it. A friend of mine got a new pc yesterday, he isn´t really into games, hes really picky, but having a new pc he is able to run all the latest games with really good grafics, you'd be surprised seeing his face playing stuff that he normally would hate just because he was playing on max settings, every explosion, every little detail just stands out so much more, it´s so much more immersive.

Cutting edge graphics + Awesome gameplay > Dated graphics + Awesome gameplay.

End of story.

jethrovegas

Preach on brotha!

Cutting edge graphics + Awesome gameplay > Dated graphics + Awesome gameplay.

End of story.

jethrovegas

/wii /thread.