Video games.  Video.  Games.  Sometimes, they get by on the visuals.  Sometimes, they get by on the gameplay.  Sometimes, they find a perfect balance.  I don't give a shit about balance right now!!  Can you think of any games that got a free pass based specifically on how good they looked but have lackluster gameplay?  I'm asking this because eventually all technology will look dated but good gameplay stands the test of time.

Call of Duty! Cod4 and even mw2 were great and fun games... Now the series sucks anal shit

Are you asking for TLoU hate with this? XD
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Cod and BF comes to mind. From what people have been saying, Killzone would also be another one.

I wonder how long it will take for this thread to dissolve into a pissing contest about great games that happen to also look good :p

Anyway, i honestly can't think of any games that were well received (by both critics and players) based purely on their looks. Visuals can add a lot to an already great game, but they do little to help a shitty one seem better.

By the way d21, you might want to edit the OT or title :p They're asking different questions (though they are in theme with each other).

Edit: if we widen the search from visuals to tech in general, i'd say GTA4 seems a lot worse than it once did. It received a looot of praise for how "alive" its world felt (thanks to the PS3/360's new hardware), which masked a lot of its flaws. Now that we have many other open world games with considerably more interesting worlds, those flaws are a lot more apparent.

You're right.  Gotta edit the title for the tl:dr crowd.  I'm on it!

Skyrim had amazing graphics but the gameplay was kinda boring. After playing it for a long time I suddenly quit... and never again played the game... I sold it eventually.

I expect a lot of uncharted and killzone posts. Tlou and halo 4 are still not old enough to be mentioned a lot, but they still will be mentioned.

I'm of the anti-Killzone camp except that actually didn't like that series when the games were new (though they did look stunning).  I was just thinking back to how I was wowed by games like Starfox on the SNES or The Bouncer (which sucked to lots of people but were awesome to me!) on the PS2.  If the games didn't look great, I wouldn't have enjoyed them.  I'm just having a hard time thinking of 7th gen examples.  Maybe it's just too soon.