06-02-2008, 07:40 PM
Can you perhaps find people who will admit they "only care about the graphics"?
Probably not. I think someone on another forum put it well: even if people do care more about the graphics, they probably aren't going to admit it because they don't want to seem shallow.
It's nice when a game has good graphics and gameplay. It's nice when a game plays very well even if the graphics are about on-par with the rest of the games on the system. It's still not that pleasant to find stuff that looks like, for example, Shadow the Hedgehog. The quality (or lack thereof) in many areas of Mario Kart Wii's graphics still bugs me, even if it was supposedly due to try to maintain a steady frame rate (If all it would take is toning down the item chaos and having less than 12 racers, would it really be that great of a loss?
It seems like "gameplay>graphics" comes up a lot when people have just grasped for an excuse to dislike a game or system that others have praised. See: fanboys putting down the 360, the PS3, and games like Donkey Kong Country. Good visuals aren't always indicative of a lack of quality in other areas, just as mediocre visuals aren't always indicative of a mediocre game.
Probably not. I think someone on another forum put it well: even if people do care more about the graphics, they probably aren't going to admit it because they don't want to seem shallow.
It's nice when a game has good graphics and gameplay. It's nice when a game plays very well even if the graphics are about on-par with the rest of the games on the system. It's still not that pleasant to find stuff that looks like, for example, Shadow the Hedgehog. The quality (or lack thereof) in many areas of Mario Kart Wii's graphics still bugs me, even if it was supposedly due to try to maintain a steady frame rate (If all it would take is toning down the item chaos and having less than 12 racers, would it really be that great of a loss?
It seems like "gameplay>graphics" comes up a lot when people have just grasped for an excuse to dislike a game or system that others have praised. See: fanboys putting down the 360, the PS3, and games like Donkey Kong Country. Good visuals aren't always indicative of a lack of quality in other areas, just as mediocre visuals aren't always indicative of a mediocre game.