Beauty is skin deep: Calling out the graphics pimps

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Rath said:

Audiomatic said:
Good Graphics + Bad Gameplay = No

Bad Graphics + Good Gameplay = No

Good Graphics + Good Gameplay = Yes

So, i'll take great graphics first..

Whats wrong with bad graphics and good gameplay?

I don't understand people who can't stand games with graphics that from a technical, or even an asthetic, standpoint are terrible.

I mean games such as Civilization, Ocarina of Time, Pong, Tetris, Rogue, FFVI, Chrono Trigger, Links Awakening, SMB3, SM64, Starcraft, Metroid, Warcraft II, those are fucking amazing games. All of which fall so far short of our current graphical standards (especially rogue) that its not even funny. I really, honestly, don't consider you a gamer if you can't enjoy at least half of the listed games.

 I agree with you... I enjoyed many excellent games with crap graphics ,by todays standards, over the years. The problem is that now that i have seen what graphics can be like I find it very hard to go back and play any of these games again...

I'm not saying I need Crysis level graphics to enjoy a game, but a minimum level of graphics is now a must (depending on the genre of the game) for it to keep my enjoyment high...

The article written ok, but it bothers me (along with everyone else that suggests the same) that if a game has good graphics then it automatically means that its gameplay is not very good...