amazing graphics drive immersion and even went as far as saying that making things look spectacular is 60 per cent of the game. The Crytek CEO was very forthright in his assertion that graphics are of paramount importance to modern games People say that graphics dont matter, but play Crysis and tell me they dont matter. Its always been about graphics driving gameplay. He told Xbox 360 Magazine. In Crysis 3 its the grass and the vegetation, the way the physics runs the grass interact and

sways them in the wind. You can read when an AI enemy is running towards you just by observing the way the grass blades (move). These superlative graphics help immerse the player within the game and make it more immersive. Graphics, whether its lighting or shadows, puts you in a different emotional context and drives the immersion. And immersion is effectively the number one thing we can use to help you buy into the world. Yerli went on to quantify the value of Cryteks immersive graphics

The better the graphics, the better the physics, the better the sound design, the better the technical assets and production values are paired with the art direction, making things look spectacular and stylistic is 60 per cent of the game.

While computer gaming hardware and graphics have undoubtedly evolved by leaps and bounds since I started playing games on home computing hardware in the early 1980s, I dont think the immersive qualities of games are necessarily better. A recent HEXUS QOTW: Are computer games better now than they were 20 years ago? also found that readers didnt think modern games are better than their ancestors, despite the modern graphical, hardware and controller enhancements.

http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/54109-graphics-60-per-cent-game-says-crytek-ceo/

one persons opinion not everyone else's.

Very true. Graphics for me are very important. I tried playing Alpha Protocol recently and even though the game doesn't seem that bad, the graphics suck and make it hard to play.

Crytek would say that when most of there games are just basicly benchmark titles with s**t gameplay .

Im playing through Deus Ex again and the atmosphere and gameplay are simply amazing for 14 year old game . The graphics are nbad even with the mods but the gameplay draws you in and you soon forget about the graphics .

Good graphics are a bonus to great gameplay . Theres some amazing looking games out there that are total s**te and not worth the time of day .

gameplay graphics n sound all need 2 b gud

Maybe forpeople who need pretty pictures and bright colours to be entertained. Good graphics are all good but not necessary.

o n a gud story is essential in most games

graphics r important 2 gameplay 2

So there isn't any point where the graphics look really bad that you wouldn't play a game? When I say bad I mean compared to today's standards. If Skyrim had been released with graphics that makes it look like a PS1 game I wouldn't have played it, would you?

Graphics mean nothing if the game is lacking in other areas. The Crysis titles are mediocre games in reality, Deus Ex was mentioned there, one of the best games I've ever played and it shits all over graphic heavy titles today. I dunno about anyone else, but the aesthetics are taken in and accepted in the hour, then it's all about the gameplay and problem solving. It's much like how CGI heavy films can be boring, as it doesn't tick the other boxes that stimulate the mind.

For PC owners. But for games players, graphics are merely a bonus. Too many people benchmarking pc's and that's just not fun :(

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I agree to a point about skyrim. But back in the ps1 day I was hooked on Diablo2. Not great graphics even for back then. Of course good graphics do play a part but good game play tops it. Downloaded tekken1 the other day, it is hell dated and looks like someone smeared a giant turd on my tv but it is still a cool game. I like cricket games, none of them on any system have good graphics. Im just saying it isnt the be all and end all. Tetris is still as addictive as ever and that is just blocks

2d shoot em ups and side scrollers from the 16bit era still look amazing and play just they did 20 years ago .As do the old 2d beat em ups .