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Another nice article by the escapist magazine. Do graphics really matter for a game. Read on



The article.

PS: The article is slanted more towards devs/publishers but still a good read nevertheless.............. :)
 
Do graphics matter? Do good looks matter? Of course they do.

Still I can actually appreciate a game that does'nt have fancy graphics as long as the art style is awesome and no, art style =/= graphics.
 
Consistent art style above all. RoN, Rayman 3, etc. look great.
That being said nobody wants to stare at an extra blurry mess for hours, specially in 3D games.

The whole gameplay > graphics thing is vastly overrated, you need graphics to convey half the game.
 
^not to the usual gamers. games are mainly decided on gameplay, graphics only decide like 30-40% of the game roughly. (P.S - Doom3 and Re4. There's a earth and sky's difference between the both in graphics, yet Re4 outplays D3 by unimaginable lengths. Reason? Gameplay.)
 
Well No actually... Graphics is important but it should not be the deciding factor for playing a game... I for one will play any game as long as its ood and interesting.... No matter what graphics it has :)...
 
RE4 still has consistently good graphics. Imagine the same game in a 2D lo-res environment - that's my point.
Not that 2D is ugly, 2D done well makes for some of the artiest looking games out there, again RoN.

WoW is another example of consistently decent graphics.

But the people who think a game with crap graphics can sell itself based on gameplay alone are wrong. Maybe 20 years ago, not anymore...
 
Well, it depends on what crappy gfx means. Eg. consider Hexen, and consider something like Mortal Kombat 2. Around the same time, but MK2 looked much better (because it was 2d), while Quake sucked cause the 3d stuff looked really blocky. Aliasing and all that crap. I think at some point graphics stop playing a role to some extent - D3 has great gfx but silly monsters jumping out in the same way everytime gets boring pretty quick.

Again, I found NFS4 much more fun than NFS UG. UG2 has better gfx, but gameplay is not so good. Wasting time going through the city, no car damage etc.

But graphics are welcome provided the developers don't pour all their money in that direction (which happens all too often)
 
Out of all theNFS series i really enjoyed the NFS PU... Why cause of its gameply... The cars just about handled perfectly... No other game in NFS series has come closer to that gameply wise... Though grapics of new ones are good but the gameply surely lacks somewhere....
 
KingKrool said:
consider Hexen, and consider something like Mortal Kombat 2. Around the same time, but MK2 looked much better (because it was 2d), while Quake sucked cause the 3d stuff looked really blocky. Aliasing and all that crap.
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Exactly my point - Consistent Art Style.

The 8-bit Super Mario 3 looks MUCH better than our Yoddha and Chakravyuh.
 
Graphics is important but not the end all and be all of gaming.

NFS V does not have amazing graphics compared to NFS UG 1 and 2. But I would take that anyday over these 2 games.

Another example is GTA. The facial expressions are no where close to HL2 and the like.... but the gameplay is simply staggering.....
 
D3...no gameplay :S

It has more gameplay then most console games, most console games get boring after 30 min. (GTA is a exception), all u do is the same thing (jump, hit buttons, new upgrade, jump, hit 3 buttons, stupid jumping or lever puzzle......repeat)

I guess it is entertaning...for kids
 
Sesar said:
D3...no gameplay :S

It has more gameplay then most console games, most console games get boring after 30 min. (GTA is a exception), all u do is the same thing (jump, hit buttons, new upgrade, jump, hit 3 buttons, stupid jumping or lever puzzle......repeat)

I guess it is entertaning...for kids
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I know some old-school gamers that would choose Pacman or Bomberman or Mario or Zelda over latest-gen game anyday! That's because ultimately they had more value of fun and entertainment off Pacman than say of Doom3. Some will remain classics, and those classics may not be better than games 20 years ahead of them but they still remain the favourites. Besides, comparing games from this long a gap is not even fair.
 
Blade_Runner said:
Another nice article by the escapist magazine. Do graphics really matter for a game. Read on

The article.

PS: The article is slanted more towards devs/publishers but still a good read nevertheless.............. :)
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Graphics matter to some extent but gameplay is more important....For example DOOM 3 had excellent graphics but the gameplay sucked I felt because it became predictable....not so with QUAKE 4 even though the engine was similar (albiet with improvements)
Now I didnt' like the gameplay of HL2 also....but the graphics were good...So I UNINSTALLED BOTH THESE GAMES AFTER PLAYING LIKE FOR AN HOUR...DOOM 3 FOR MAYBE 5 HOURS...
But I played farcry through and loved it....Amazing game I played it 4 times through on varying difficulty levels and plan to play it through the hardest diff while I am on holiday again....
there u go....

Even games like Age of empires 2 which don't boast gr8 graphics are 5* acc'd to me...So u see graphics isn't anywhere near important as gameplay... :)
 
Story and overall settings were great but I didn't think much of the gameplay either.
Better than most of the fps's, but definitely not 'raising the bar'.
 
Ofcourse graphics matter :ohyeah:...

What play a game at Sad Gfx, when you can play with it All turned up and 25 FPS :ohyeah:. Eg. FEAR. :P.

I cant wait for next week!
 
vandal said:
Graphics matter to some extent but gameplay is more important....For example DOOM 3 had excellent graphics but the gameplay sucked I felt because it became predictable....not so with QUAKE 4 even though the engine was similar (albiet with improvements)

Now I didnt' like the gameplay of HL2 also....but the graphics were good...So I UNINSTALLED BOTH THESE GAMES AFTER PLAYING LIKE FOR AN HOUR...DOOM 3 FOR MAYBE 5 HOURS...

But I played farcry through and loved it....Amazing game I played it 4 times through on varying difficulty levels and plan to play it through the hardest diff while I am on holiday again....

there u go....

Even games like Age of empires 2 which don't boast gr8 graphics are 5* acc'd to me...So u see graphics isn't anywhere near important as gameplay... :)
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seriously man u don't like the gameplay of HL2 .... i think it was best gameplay i have ever seen ..... if u mix farcry graphics with HL2 :D ..... then it will be one of best games ..... :)
 
Rahul said:
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seriously man u don't like the gameplay of HL2 .... i think it was best gameplay i have ever seen ..... if u mix farcry graphics with HL2 :D ..... then it will be one of best games ..... :)
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@ switch n rahul.....about HL2 no flames please....matter of opinion don't u think....I still stand by what I say... the only saving grace to a POS :P IMHO was that I played it juts after farcry...which was brilliant....
I was also coming off a very delightful stint with Pandora tomorrow....

I also liked a game called "severance blade of darkness" and another rpg called "harbinger" both older games that many hear may not have heard off....let alone played...

Opinions differ as the adage goes right?? :tongue:
 
lol...

No one is saying you were WRONG vandal :P We are just shocked to know that there is someone who did not like HL2's gameplay :P

COz even I feel that it had one of the best gameplays we have seen recently... but anyway..... different people, different opinions :P
 
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