Graphics don't matter it's a lie and you know it.
I fact most games are nothing more then graphics with some interactions.
Without graphics you are literally hitting 3 buttons repeatedly and moving some sticks around.

game that is all graphics and no substance will always be ass

Graphics were why people liked halo 1

I like strawberries.
In fact, I'm going to buy some right now.
Thanks, anon. Your product placement was successful.

>>715435713
Yeah but it also had a nice scripted campaign with voice acting and music. And of course multiplayer.

Meanwhile garbage like the Last of Us did the same but it's just corridors and talking.

>>715435926
Got those from my own garden plant some anyway even balcony

Only game I'm looking forward to right now is Beta Decay and it's basically a ps1 game with some fancy lighting and partical effects.

>>715435490 (OP)
What game is that screenshot from?

when they say that, they mean graphical capabilities, not the actual visual element of the game
this is really obvious OP

>>715436217
My garden

>>715435490 (OP)
graphics matter a lot, but it isn't fidelity of textures or the amount of post processing effects or the amount of clutter that can be stuffed in. artstyle is literally the only thing that matters. psychonauts looks better than most videogames. team fortress 2 is the most graphically pleasing videogame on the planet. super metroid is the peak 2d graphics, yes beating noisy shit like street fighter or metal slug

>>715435490 (OP)
And what do graphics bring to the table? Past a certain threshold they only inflate hardware requirements and obscure the action with excessive detail.

>>715435490 (OP)
Might and magic 6 is a better rpg than a lot of new rpgs released in the last 5 years
t. Zoomer

>>715435926
>falling for big strawberry propaganda
grow a brain. apples are the real fruit. strawberries are manure tier, buck strawberries and anyone who likes em

you're making a videogame not a pixar movie. Quit jacking up the price of your product because you want to win an emmy

I don't think graphics DON'T matter ...
But I feel consumers and the industry has put an over emphasis on graphics. I would be perfectly comfortable with visuals going back to PS3/360 era, where you didn't need as many shortcuts and tricks to create the illusion of superior visual tech
I go back to replay/ first time play GC and PS2 games, and it doesn't bother me at all
Admittedly, it is rough to go to N64/PS1 games and older if I don't already have nostalgia goggles. But I think a sustainable and closer-to perfect balance, gameplay and graphics wise, would be a mix between the PS2 AND 3

>>715436557
That's because they got lazy.
Nobody is doing much to improve the artistic part now that we have realized photorealism.
Gameplay is still more shallow

Dominions game series is a better strategy game then total warhamer.

>>715436741
They sell the hardware, they bring in the costumers, they create more jobs...

>>715435490 (OP)
Strawberry mmm delicious.
*Bites strawberries*.
Lol.

Graphics improvements offer diminishing returns once the era of 32-bit processors, more-affordable dedicated graphics cards, and 1080p resolution became the defacto standard.
Going beyond that is nice but unnecessary. People want games with gameplay in them. You cant just woo people with post processing. Stylized games age the most gracefully because they will look the same regardless of technological advances, and they often are underusing the tech of their time so they also run fantastically.
Moor's law hasn't been in effect for over a decade. Fucking cell phones are a major platform for 3D gaming now, most shit is going to be benchmarked for those nowadays.

>>715435490 (OP)
No one is saying games should have no graphics. People are saying they don't care, in fact prefer it, if a game doesn't waste 30000% of their CPU and GPU on rendering every little bounced photon on every blade of grass and rather have a game with a nice art style and more of the game's budget to the game's mechanics.

>>715436925
I didn't say it was in realm of possibility
I just think if consumers could clear the
>hurr it's a step back, must be bad durr
hurdle, many more would come to try different games because the cost wouldn't be jacked, development costs wouldn't be so ridiculous so developers would be more free to try different ideas, and hopefully a return to more stylized art directions instead
>muh heckin photo realistic
Some realism is fine sometimes, but too real too often doesn't seem like an escape from reality, more like trying to blur the line between fake and real

>>715435490 (OP)
give me some anon

>>715435490 (OP)
>Graphics don't matter it's a lie and you know it.
>I fact most games are nothing more then graphics with some interactions.

False on both accounts

>>715435490 (OP)
Graphics don't matter. Art design matters.

graphics matter because they enable the artstyle to be executed, without graphics how are you meant to put anything on the screen?
I think we are meant to discuss if realism/ hyper realism is necessary for every single Unreal Engine game instead.

>>715435926
>I'm going to buy some right now
Store bought strawberries are dogshit
>>715436580
so are most store bought apples
Just plastic garbage all around

All people care about is does the game actually fucking work. Lots of games straight up don't work now. Cyberpunk didn't.

>>715435490 (OP)
>Graphics don't matter it's a lie and you know it.
The most enjoyable game of this year so far to me - Tainter Grail.

>>715435490 (OP)
Graphics are very important. The right art style, colour palette and lighting can really set the atmosphere for a game. Good Cell shaded graphics will never look bad.

The only graphics that don't work are realistic ones. One day they'll all be outdated and the only thing you have to show for it is yellow paint smeared on everything because all objects blend together in a blurry mess.

>>715439015
See >>715436741 and >>715437281
At least take comfort that you're not alone