What makes a great game: Graphics or gameplay?

by Chris Fletcher

Are we so focused on the aesthetics of our entertainment that the content has become an afterthought? There are many gamers in the current generation that would blindly and happ...read more

by Bruce Bostwick

Are graphics much more important than game play? Well, to be honest it isn't because as great as graphics can be, that's just one aspect and the game could very well be boring ...read more

by Silviera

Everyone likes it when a game looks good, but that's not why we play them. In terms of making a great game, only one thing is required from the graphics. They must allow the...read more

by Dontchaknow

Graphics are cool, but nothing beats gameplay. Video games are like great Visual Books for people who aren't fond of actual reading. The best ones have a good plot, a few gre...read more

by Joseph Whalen

A brief look back into video game history shows that the best games of all time employed some of the most primitive graphics. Manufacturers of the current generation of consol...read more

by C. S. P. Barnes

It helps to be visually stunning but if the gameplay feels two-dimensional in a three-dimensional setting, users are going to find an alternate to their alternate reality. Game...read more

by James Spiller

Ah, the age old question. Graphics or gameplay? Gamers have been arguing this point ever since Pong first hit the arcades. Games that simply take your breath away, the ones that...read more

by J. Merrill

Gameplay, the most important part of any video game, is essential to the sale of the game, and although the graphics have to be somewhat up to par, the gameplay takes the throne...read more

by Douglas Black

This topic is a difficult choice indeed. On one hand a game requires an enticing visual interface to dazzle the eyes. On the other hand a game also needs good camera angles, con...read more

by B. Ender

I guess I would have to say Gameplay is more important for a few reasons. First of all, I believe graphics are a great part of a game. I personally am a graphics addict, looking...read more

by K.S. Carter

This side of the debate can be summed up with three letters: Wii. As a member of the gaming generation, I have played every generation of home video console since the Atari...read more

by Robert Brian Linder

Today games rely both on game play and graphics, that wasn't so when some of the first adventure games were being developed, which were interactive stories, but in todays gaming...read more

by Adam Mcdaniel

While video games have only been around a few good decades, they have probably made the highest and most recognized impact on society of any invention in the past century. Altho...read more

by Jose Nuno Gomes

The gameplay and the graphics are both important for a good game, but one of them is more important and makes you have all the fun. In my opinion, what makes a great game is ...read more

by Dave Simmons

There really is no debate on the matter in my mind; a game can have the prettiest, most expensive graphics in the world, but if it's actually painful to play, no-one is going to...read more

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by Travis White

I have had so many arguements on FanNation about this. Game systems like the XBox 360 have excellent graphics. Such as in baseball, the ball flying through the air looks real...read more

by Pearson Bounds

Let's think back to the time when Madden 2003 came out. Not good graphics at all.. but was it worth playing it for the gameplay? The answer to that is yes. Nowadays you have ...read more