Kyros on 14 June 2008
. A game should be able to sell on the merits of gameplay alone. When that fails and graphics are required to re-balance the ship....it's a crutch.
What is gameplay to you? If you take away graphics and with it:
Atmosphere, rousing story telling, immersion, emotions like horror, shock, awe etc. You are left with the definition of a game from 1980.
Graphics IS a gameplay element.
Its weird that some really expensive games do not get basic gameplay mechanics right but thats a different matter. I think in this day and age we can expect both: Great graphics and great gameplay mechanics. There are enough games which provide that and we should punish those developers who cannot get it right.
