Graphics ain't even that bad in that game. It's just a style

I was under the impression that graphics were one of the last things a developer creates when working on a game.

And this is why they make terrible games.

Gameplay 60%
Graphics 10%
Plot 10%
Music 10%
Character Development 10%


So they are only actually putting 4/9 the effort they should do into the rest

So that leaves at least 40% to Game Play which should be at least 50%. Well actually you still need to factor in Sound, Story, et-cetera so that leaves about 20% for game play. Hmm... sounds good. Graphics over gameplay, that's how Super Mario Bros. got started yup, 1080p HD resolution goombas! Great logic Crytek.

I would accept something like grafix is 60% of presentation value
But overall grafix are qs important as other deparments, so it would more in the 15-20% range

lol, what is a real game to you? ;) you are stting in front of a monitor and push buttons for your entertaining so yeah Minecraft is game like every other video game.

MineCraft (originality)
Journey (reviews)
Wii Fit (sales)

All prove graphics don't really matter, in different ways.

Yeahhh... just like Bieber is music. Wii Fit.... what's that?

Basically, this. Although, I do love Crysis dearly, and I think I enjoy the graphics vs. gameplay 50% to 50%. 

Graphics certainly sell a ton of games. Very rarely to huge budget games completely fall flat, but there's tons of great games and great ideas get completely ignored.