what this huy said. shore graphics arnt everything but gameplay disapears from your memory super fast where as games like god of war 3 stay in your mind for years because of the breath taking moments.

Bad graphics can mean a lot of things

Poor framerate can ruin a game for me, as can poor viewing distance, illegible text (most PS360 games you cannot read the text on a CRT TV) or anything other that actually affects the gameplay

Bad art direction makes the game a lot less interesting, and bad technical graphics can lower the immersion and make the game less fun, but Gameplay >> graphics

Amazing, American's players are really cool (not cool, I thought 'open mind' but don't know if you understand what I mean). In my country, most of players swore only by graphics... You should post on our threads, French (and most of European) need some lessons...

Just to chuck another question into the mix, are there any amazing looking games that have bad gameplay? I really can't think of any. The closest I can think of would be Lair, but that didn't look that great, it was just pretty sometimes.

Gameplay = Story (in RPGs, at least to me, in every other genre, Gameplay > Story) >>>> technical aspects (stability, good sound, etc)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>graphics.

One does not need good graphics to enjoy a game. I agree that in some games, graphics have the biggest focus, but that doesn't make them necessarely a good game.

Heck, I still use DosBox to play some good old fashioned games like Indy500, Stunts4D, prehistorik, populous and many more. The gameplay on those games is magnificent.

Yeah, I love for a game to have amazing graphics. However, all of the best games ever made have shitty graphics by today's standards, and they're still the best, so take that for what you will.

God of War I > Dantes Inferno.

I can still play older gen games with no problems, since I care mainly about the gameplay, so...

But this gen, well, if the art direction is great, then technical achievement doesn't really matter. But if it's aiming for realistic modern environments, then yes, great graphics are definitely a plus.

I like when a game is awesome.

Tetris is awesome.
Crysis is awesome.

Do I like games with great graphics? I don't know, when I look to a game I can only think two things: Its awesome, or it's not awesome.

i really dont care if theyre amazing. just as long as they're polished. for example ill take a polished 32 bit gameboy advance game over a graphically sub par wii game