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Sal.Paradise on 10 March 2012
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smroadkill15 said:
Sal.Paradise said:
smroadkill15 said:
What a pointless thread. Folks get way to caught up in the crap, who cares what game looks the best. If I had to rank the top 5 things that make a game, graphics would be probably at the bottom or second to last.

Gameplay>story>controls>music=graphics imo.

You're talking as if a game with good graphics automatically cannot be proficient in the other 4 categories. What a silly argument.

That's not what I'm saying. A game can have all 5 elements, but i'm just ranking the things that would come before graphics imo. For example lets compare Crysis 2 and Bioshock. Crysis 2 has better graphics, but bioshock has it beat in pretty much every other category. I'll take a game with sub-par graphics and amazing story and gameplay over a game with amazing grahics and meh everything else.  

Yes, I agree.But you cannot say that graphics are not a desirable quality in a game, just because others are more desirable, to you (and in this case me as well). I may be more interested in the gameplay of Super Meat Boy, for example, but the graphics, musicc and story all contribute to the experience over all . Not everybody enjoys the same aspects of gaming, nor is every game classifiable with those 5 qualities you listed.

I will not take the same amount of enjoyment out of each of these categories every time I play a game either. For example, if a game does not have a story,does that mean I can only enjoy the game 4/5th of the amount that I can of a game that does satisfy the 5 qualities you listed? It is a very narrow-minded way of looking at things. 

Either way, I and I'm sure many people do take enjoyment out of technically impressive virtual entertainment, otherwise there would not be a global drive for more realistic looking CG, for example. That appreciation of technical prowess is why this thread is important, for some at least.