Man, aren't you tired of these debates
The correct answer is : Why not both?
This. It is an entirely unnecessary debate. Everyone wants games to look and play great.
Exactly. You don't have to choose one.
Please tell us why graphics are more important to you.
Creating bigger worlds with more going on in them better physics, AI etc. also costs power.If gameplay was so important as people votes we wouldn't need new consoles generations that usually change nothing in gameplay
I'm afraid this is the actual answer but maybe some have a real reason.Because console wars.
Yeah I guess your right.But that's a gameplay vs graphics issue, isn't it?
How old are you?What is actually more important to you, if forced to choose one,
A game with fantastic deep gameplay
or a game with cutting edge graphics?
It's hilarious watching people who just bought new consoles, bitch about cross gen games, are all up in DF comparisons, think GOW:R is underwhelming, have a monster PC or think 30fps is a "slideshow" talk about how little graphics mean to them. The hypocrisy is embarrassing.
Avengers is very pretty but people hate it.Give examples. I'm intrigued.
I will say this, it should always be gameplay over graphics... but at the same time graphics can just like any part of a game enhance the experience. All titles need a good mix of both, I'm not saying they need to be Death Stranding but for example Streets of Rage 4 looks like a shitty flash game and that detracts from the gameplay experience whilst if they had used updated and detailed spirits it would of most likely been a hit as big as Sonic Mania.
Gameplay. Every time.
I see people saying things like there are few PS1 games that they want to play now. I get that. But I think much of that is because other things besides graphics and gameplay also evolve over time.
Two examples:
Tomb Raider (original). It's a classic, and it's got better gameplay than recent Tomb Raider games. But Lara controls like a radio controlled tank. Which makes it hard to enjoy now.
Gran Turismo one. Great at the time. But I'm buggered if I want to play it now. Modern games have this fantastic feature where if you want to enter a race and you don't have an eligible car, they take you to the shop and only show you cars which can enter that race. Previously you had to know which cars were 2WD with the engine in the middle of the car, or whatever.
The actual racing was fine, but other niggles make the game difficult to go back to.
Super Arcade Football has just come out for Switch. It's got really retro graphics, and it's addictive as hell.
I had an Atari lynx - still play on it sometimes - and that has plenty of games with awesome graphics for an 89 handheld, but mediocre gameplay, like tech demos. Warbirds and Blue Lightning spring to mind.
I think graphics can certainly add to the feeling of involvement in some genres. A racing SIM, for example, can be hard to take seriously if you usually play racers with better graphics.
But it's gameplay all day for me. Plenty of classic games have graphics that are very retro now, but they still play like a dream.
Super Mario World (most Mario games in fact)
Tetris
Bubble Bobble
Wave Race 64
Streetfighter 2
Sonic 2
Streets of Rage 2
Final Fight
Sega Rally
I didn't vote, because choosing one is dumb. They are both important imo.
It's hilarious watching people who just bought new consoles, bitch about cross gen games, are all up in DF comparisons, think GOW:R is underwhelming, have a monster PC or think 30fps is a "slideshow" talk about how little graphics mean to them. The hypocrisy is embarrassing.
Only Playstation Studios can provide both!
He's pretty Fly for a white guy.What is with you and these threads? It's blatantly obvious what you're doing here
Not every game needs state of the art visuals to be awesome, quite the opposite, many games with great gameplay have very simplistic graphics but rely on a good artstyle, colour palette, animations etc.
Didnt notice much physics improvement since hl2 from 2004Creating bigger worlds with more going on in them better physics, AI etc. also costs power.
New hardware isn't necessary for only shiny graphics.
Who are the 7 people who voted for graphics?
Please tell us why graphics are more important to you.