Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oK8UTRgvJU&list=UUCODtTcd5M1JavPCOr_Uydg&index=93

Can we just admit ... somewhat the fact that games aren't about gameplay no more. I know this is an REALLY overrated topic, but I seen all the new engines, impressive but highly forgettable if they don't enhanced the gameplay or physics. This was the same reaction I got from the Battlefield 4 reveal.

As a kid, I always dream of the graphics that were reveal at GDC. After watching the tech demos, I just wasn't feeling it. It look like every other game I played this generation. Each time the topic "Video Games" come up these days, we don't talk the characters, we don't talk about the story or experience, all we talk about these days are specs and resolution.

That's why I feel that games are not about gameplay no more, its just specs, how close developers can replicate reality. Flame wars up the wall and so much hype for one game as other gems are ignore base on there appearance or so call "engine". Not saying its bad to program these engine, I just feel devs. lost their way. I miss video games, not movie/reality simulators.

PS: Glad I bought Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, the most fun I had in years. Good story, lovable characters and fun/decent gameplay.

Fun Fact: Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time was the first PS3 exclusive to be bash for its graphics. W.T.F!?

IMBA for "Said every Nintendo fan ever"

Tis somewhat true though. Some games still have great gameplay.

Well, you know, Nintendo is still around. They still create games with great gameplay and a solid use of it. But maybe we aren't talking about Nintendo. As I well know, they are a "whole different ball game."

"...how close developers can replicate reality." We will see this more and more. Which is sad, I agree.

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time so underrated! Just saying!

pffft!

games are and will ALWAYS be about gameplay

It's just that graphics are the 1st thing we see..

Graphics will also always be apart of games aswell

Gameplay isn't 100% everything

Graphics DO matter
Story matters
Soundtrack matters
Art style matters

Everything matters. A game is a whole package, and not just about gameplay. If not everyone would just be playing angry birds (and mario games by the way) instead.

Gameplay still matters. A game can't win Goty based on graphics alone.

BTW huge sly Cooper fan

Everything matters. A game is a whole package, and not just about gameplay. If not everyone would just be playing angry birds (and mario games by the way) instead.

Then why were games like Sly Cooper bash for its graphics even though the game look great, plays great and have a very creative story.

Graphics and gameplay are opposites. Johan Sebastian Joust has zero graphics, ergo it has infinite gameplay.

Funny since games are played because they are in fact fun. Look at the most popular games and tell me that they arent fun.  .  Maybe not to you but to most people they are.The bad ones are the ones that dont sell People just like graphics as well. Really not that hard to figure out.  Ever heard of the whole package?

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