Beauty is skin deep: Calling out the graphics pimps

[psrock]

i took this quote from another forums, but it says what i wish to say:


"Graphics ARE very important in games, but that's not to say having the most realistic and techincally proficient graphics. ALL graphics are important, because they are what creates the art directionin a game. It's what sets the atmosphere, ambience, and overall tone of the game.

In survival horror games, it's the art direction of the visuals that helps convey suspence and fear for your life. In racing games, it's what conveys the sense of speed and frantic action. In shooters it's what gives the player the sense of chaos and destruction encompassing his world. This is why the graphics of games like GTA and SMG succeed, not for showcasing processing power, but for the tone of the world they convey.

So it's not really that "gameplay is more important than graphics" as so many here like to rally by. It's how the graphics complement and create the interaction of the gameplay for the player. When done well, they work together. It's a symbiotic relationship in that way, and you really can't have one without the other, which is why sub par graphics (for what a system is capable of in the times) is never acceptable."