Are graphics whores all bad?

[Kaiserin]

I don't think it's useless, as it isn't interchangeable for any other single word. Utilize is dumb because it's just another form of 'use.'

 

[kingcomrade]

The difference between something being "almost" obsolete and being obsolete only exists in abstract imaginationland.

 

[Wysardry]

But seriously, who of the native english speakers here knew the word obsolescent?

I did. I even remember it being used in an 8-bit computer ad.

It's a pointless description though, as all hardware is becoming obsolete even before the design stage is complete.

 

[DefJam101]

I utilize obsolescent hardware for my personal computer.

 

[slipgate_angel]

For me, sometimes a pretty box cover, or nice looking visuals will win me over in a game. Although, truthfully, I peffer a game that focuses more on good visual, rather than technicaly improved. Take a look at some of the older Capcom fighting games, such as Darkstalkers, Street fighter 3: third strike, or even Sammies own Guilty Gear series. Each of those games didn't have bloom effect, or rag doll physics, but they were still fun to play.

Oblivion looks pretty pathetic visual wise, because it didn't capture the feeling of a truly epic quest.

 

[Claw]

In reply to the thread title: Yes.

Yes, they are.

 

[onemananadhisdroid]

Using examples is always fun. There's the ubiquitous Oblivion. Clearly, its graphical appeal is its strongest point and is responsible primarily for the high volume of sales it enjoyed.

Sadly, that might be exactly what many a man and woman in charge of this industry is thinking. It looks like the shits! Who cares about the apparent vivid three-dimensional, real-time Medieval fantasy World you've get to visit, free to do whatever you like? Who minds that the game (coincidentally or no) bothered to have that hook most studios never appear to bother with in the first place, trying to sell their game on polygons, features, mechanics and labels printed onto the back of a box instead?

 

[Suchy]

The graphix and immershun whores in me made me spend a rather heavy pouch of coins on iZ3D stereoscopic monitor (ePenis++).
Oblivion still sucked just as bad and mudcrabs popping out of screen didn't help :/
I almost managed to finish G3 though and earlier I couldn't bring myself to play the game at all.
So generally my point is that good graphics help immersion, which - if goes in pair with good gamplay - is something awesome. If gameplay is totally shitty, no amount of bloom, real life 3D and shaders can help it.

 

[inwoker]

In reply to the thread title: Yes.

Yes, they are.

We may close thread since answer is given.