Gameplay isnt the most important thing in games.

[SvennoJ]

mysteryman said:

SvennoJ said:

RolStoppable said:
*looks at bestselling video games of all time*

Yeah, thread is as wrong as something can be. Plus without gameplay, a game would cease to be a game. The second most essential part of a video game are graphics, because without them you can't have a video game.

That's what it comes down to when you break down video games to their fundamentals. Everything else augments the experience, but they are by no means absolutely essential.

Like for example Myst? Gameplay is definitely not the most important thing in Myst.

Pointing and clicking is pretty damn important in a point 'n' click adventure.

So is walking around and being able to look at things in a cinematic adventure game.
And being able to shoot things in a third person shooter.

Myst was pretty lousy in it's point and click gameplay. It was praised for letting you get you immersed in a virtual world, not for the point and click gameplay, which many games had done better before Myst. Gameplay was just adequate in Myst.