Gameplay isnt the most important thing in games.

[Mnementh]

Zekkyou said:

Mnementh said:
Every form of entertainment tries to induce feelings, that's what entertainment for. Be it cinema or a roller coaster.

But there are still different forms of entertainment. Everything has some form to set itself apart. What is a cinematic game without gameplay? A movie. There is nothing wrong with a movie. So why people claim they produce games? Because they can charge $60 for a game instead of $20 for a movie and because most cinematic games still have a lame story compared to movies.

I don't say a game can have cinematic elements. A good game with good gameplay can be enhanced with cinematic experience.
But the defining point of a game is gameplay. If you take away sound effects, music, graphics from a great game, you may end up with a bad game. Take away gameplay and you end up with no game.

If you take away the graphics you're not left with a bad game, you're left with a blank screen :p That would somewhat defeat the point of a video game.

As I said, there are already games without graphics, that rely on hearing. That is used by blind people for instance. Also many would say, that a purely text-based game (Infocom) has no graphic.