Are graphics really that important?

[Kantor]

It's easy to tell that half the posts in this thread are incredibly sarcastic, so I won't be.

Of course graphics are important to a game! Next to gameplay, they are the most important feature! When graphics can be what they are, there is no excuse for games that do not have these graphics.

Obviously gameplay is more important, but a fully priced game which is not part of a long series that should really be dead by now with bad graphics will get abysmal sales and ratings.

Anybody able to tell what I meant by that last paragraph? Yes, Mega Man 9. They are the worst graphics I have seen in a game for at least 10 years. The gameplay is bland, it's like something out of the NES or Gameboy Colour and they are charging FIFTEEN BUCKS for it. I would have to be paid to play that game.
Now I am not prejudiced against side scrollers. I have played Bionic Commando Rearmed and loved it. I am annoyed when Rearmed gets an 8/10 from GameSpot and Mega Man 9 gets an 8.5. WHAT DO PEOPLE LOVE ABOUT IT SO MUCH?

You want retro, go buy an NES on ebay for 5 bucks and find some games in your local dump. I'm sure this was game of the year material and revolutionary 20 years ago. It's not anymore. It is completely out of place in this generation.

And before you say "couldn't beat the first level", more like "couldn't beat the demo because it was so god damned stupid and I quit and deleted it after around 2 minutes"

They should provide it free of charge. Then maybe they could find 1000 people who like it out of 15 million PS3 owners, 20 million 360 owners and 32 million Wii owners.