| Rafux said: It doesnt matter what you do or what you like I'm just telling you what is the most important part in a game. Gameplay is everything, it doesn't matter the subject what matters is if it is fun. If the gameplay is fun I don't care if is an ISIS bomber simulator If you are playing games based only on the theme or world thats fine but you are missing out on all sort of great games with little focus on theme/story/world. |
Why do you think that's mutually exclusive? I get totally immersed in Minecraft too, just as much as in Dear Esther. However fighting and sports games don't interest me at all, can't get immersed in that. (Except racing games, can't get enough of those)
Good gameplay alone can't carry a game for me. Spelunky is rather boring to me.
I can forgive bad gameplay if the rest is great. Ico's gameplay, beat the same couple monsters over and over, very annoying. Still my 3rd favorite game of all time.
It comes down to why you play games. For me, it's getting immersed in a virtual world. For others it might be a test of skills, which would put gameplay first. I don't play games to boost my ego, again except racing games, I'm pretty good at them :), I play games to experience new things.
I'm going to continue my tour to Sagittarius A now in Elite Dangerous. Lacking greatly in the gameplay department, yet being immersed in a journey to explore the center of the Galaxy is great.
