Why does Killzone 2 matter?

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Killzone3 said:
Because as much ass many of you want to deny it. Graphics do matter!!!

Give Resistance Gears or Killzone graphics and it would have done double its sales and moves systems like crack.

 But will these pretty games be any good?

" Doesn't matter! Eye candy! Real time weapon change! Enemies reacting to being shot! Rhinos grazing! Realistic grass AI! Look at it sway!"

 That's all nice and good. And I don't doubt that games with nice visuals will sell (which kind of sucks), but for supposed 'hardcore' gamers, we should know better than that. Let's try not to get wrapped up in games and start claiming they're the Messiah just because a trailer melts your eyes.

 I picked up MLB 2k7 the day it came out. It looked fantastic. The models and player movement were insane. The best I've ever seen in a baseball game. The game itself is very flawed. The pitching aspect is about the only thing that doesn't suck. Hitting is broken. You either strikeout or hit a homer. The Fielding camera is horrible. When put in play, the baseball is hard to find. And it never saves your custom sliders. You're forced to repeatedly set them every time you want to play. Within a month I went straight back to MVP 2005 because, while the visuals aren't as impressive, the gameplay is fantastic.

 This is just my experience, though. Graphics do matter, yes, but they should never be given top priority. You can't just slap them on any game and expect a Game of the Year Candidate or a huge seller. I'd like to think consumers are smarter than that, but I'm probably wrong.