Bad Game With Good Looks vs Good Game with Bad Looks - which one?

[oath2order]

It depends on the game for me. I could barely make it through the original Legend of Zelda because I got a headache. I believe it's from the graphics because the same thing happened when I tried to play the original Pokemon.

 

[Cass]

Honestly, I was iffy about the graphics with TS4 but I'm thinking of it this way.
TS3 was extremely computer intensive and lots of people who play The Sims series, don't have epic computers to run the game at it's full capability and that sucks.

With the cartoony look, not only are they tracing back to their roots and being a bit nostalgic with it, but it's making it easier for people with less than epic computers able to run the game with higher settings.

I love it, and I'm looking forward to it.

But besides that since the thread isn't about The Sims, I'd choose a good game over bad graphics.

 

[DJStarstryker]

I can honestly do both. Because sometimes "bad games" are like B-movies - they can be so bad that they're good. Case in point - I like the bad game Operation Darkness. It's an Xbox 360 tactical RPG that takes place during World War II and has werewolves and zombies in it. It's not that great graphics wise and to be honest it isn't that great of a game, but somehow it's still fun to me anyway. I don't know why.

Gameplay is number one, music is number two, graphics are number three. Of course, I'm old enough to have played text-only DOS games so, obviously graphics being pretty is optional.

 

[cannedcommunism]

"True beauty is within!"
-Francine

 

[XTheLancerX]

I don't care about graphics for the most part, at all. However, modern games that had a low budget that chose to struggle and look realistic, but end up failing miserably bug me. I still will play the game of course and if it has good gameplay, I will enjoy it. If it is a game like Terraria/Minecraft, it doesn't bug me at all, and actually kind of like the art style. Pokemon in it's earlier days is fine too. I could mention a few more games but I am choosing not to

 

[Byngo]

I guess you could say I feel in between? lol

Like, I think: "Is the gameplay good enough to make me buy it despite not so great graphics" and "Are the graphics enough to justify me purchasing it despite the gameplay lacking?" So... Neither, it all depends on the game.

 

[Orange]

I'd choose the good game with bad looks.

When I was younger, I played the crap out of Pokemon Yellow, and we all know it looks awful but is an amazing game.

I actually like the old Pok?mon graphics more than the new 3D graphics.

 

[Croconaw]

It doesn't really matter to me. If I like a game, I like it.

 

[aegis]

i don't know why someone would pick a bad game with good looks over a good game with bad looks, but i guess it's because i'm the kind who'd pick a clunky system with ugly visuals as long as it has a great story.

 

[Fearthecuteness]

You can't let bad looks put you off a game. Look at deadly premonition. The graphics were awful (especially for its time) but the story behind it is soo good. Especially when you get to near the end and there's so many twists you wouldn't expect. It's one of those "do bad it's good" kind of thing. Like the room. I know it's not a game but that film is awful in every way that you just just can't help but love it. That's why there's so many fans for it.

 

[LinDUNguin]

Good game, bad looks > bad game, good looks

That said, really sloppy art design and/or graphics would be a turnoff, and I'd be less inclined to buy it.

This, a thousand times this. It's not as black and white as gameplay v. graphics, the graphics contribute to the gameplay, as to keep you enticed long enough and to help immerse you into the gameplay.

 

[Gummysaur]

MINECRAFT.

This game is so fun, lol, billions of people have bought it, and it has godawful graphics on PURPOSE. So, good gameplay is way more important.

 

[Zanessa]

i don't know why someone would pick a bad game with good looks over a good game with bad looks, but i guess it's because i'm the kind who'd pick a clunky system with ugly visuals as long as it has a great story.

If you searched The Sims 3's The Sims 4 forums, they want their "awesome gaming computer" to run beautiful things, like Sims 3 and not things like Sims 4.
Someone even said people who had bad computers need to get with the program and stop trying to play games they simply can't. >_<

 

[Astrology]

It depends how you see 'bad looks' though. I've had many an argument with people over Tomb Raider (the PS1 original), Final Fantasy and Zelda because of their graphics. My brother refuses to play Final Fantasy 7 because of the poor graphics. Sorry. Slow down >_> Think back to when it was made. When it came out, they were amazing, especially the cut-scenes. The story is the best ever and it is hands down my favorite game. But bringing it into 2013... Minecraft. Really quite poor graphics but amazing gameplay. I couldn't care less about graphics as long as the game itself is good. I'm not a fan of realistic looking games. Yeah the graphics may be amazing, but I like to know it's a game I'm playing x3x Many indie games have poor graphics but the gameplay or storyline is amazing! Most recently, Papers, Please. The graphics are so bad sometimes you can't tell if a person matches their ID or not xD The gameplay itself is addictive o3o

I will always always always go for gameplay over graphics, but I'm noticing more and more that the younger generation are expecting amazing graphics. I grew up with a Sega, SNES, GameBoy so I know poor graphics. Kids today see amazing graphics and expect all games to be like that. It's quite sad really.