Graphics vs Gameplay

[zarx]

daredevil.shark said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

zarx said:

daredevil.shark said:
IMO balance is required between graphics and gameplay. But "pc only" games always talk about graphics and it "seems" they are happy with mediocre gameplay with great graphics (I am ps3 & pc gamer). So I think it depends on gamers.

You say that but by far the most popular games on PC have simple graphics that can be run on a wide veriaty of machines from outdated notebooks all the way up. Hell most of the big games on PC come from the indie scene these days. Minecraft has sold more than all the crysis games put together for example. The graphics enthusiest community on PC is a tiny niche. Hell I see more Sony fanboys talking up the graphics of their exclusives than I see PC gamers, most PC gamers are talking about very gameplay driven experiances from Minecraft to Leagu of Legends to Kerbal Space Program.

The PC graphics whore, is more of a bad stereotype than a reality.

You need to meet my dormmate who is a PC gamer. Just say consoles have great graphics and watch him snap you like a Slim Jim.

@zarx - Yah. For me main focus is gameplay and good story. But many of my pc only friends seem to talk about graphics all the time. Yet they play games that are not a looker but awesome in gameplay. I used to play games with them (league of legends). They are always complaining. Example, the last of us could be better in my gtx 680 at 1080p etc. I dont get their double standards. Maybe all of my pc only gamer buddies are graphic whore.


@S.T.A.G.E. - I know quite a few like this. Every console exclusive I show them they play with great interest. But before leaving they say imagine god of war 3 in pc. They annoyed me in past. But now it doesnt concern me. Because to me they are hypocrite gamer.

Seems like a fair complaint, games like Last of Us rely very heavily on visual presentation for immersion into the game world. It would be a better experiance on more powerful hardware capable of delivering the game at a higher reslolution and framerate which would remove many visual flaws that can break visual immesion. Seeing things like bad aliasing and judder is annoying when you know that you have hardware capable of removing those flaws.

I would always prefer a game look it's best, it adds to the experiance. That doesn't make me a hypocrate because I also enjoy games with simple or even bad visuals.

@S.T.A.G.E. Technically he is right current consoles do have lacking technical graphics, and the sacrifices many developers make to achive the visuals they do (poor framerate, image quality, limited scope or veriaty, pop-in etc) detract from the experiance. Not that I would personally let it stop me from playing a great game, but I fully see where he is coming from.