These threads are funny. Great games (even MMOS) with light resource graphics are produced and "succeed" continuously. Mods or former AAA MMOs (with low system requirements) with custom content and such exist.
Many examples are already provided so I won't go there. The games are out there. Look harder or perhaps people have looked harder and niche graphics light games, in reality, aren't appealing to these individuals.
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I don't get it what graphics has to do with game mechanics... It's like comparing roses to condoms... Graphic depends mostly on the graphic engine which is used and how well they can make the textures when the core of the game (it's mechanics) has to be developed as in any game. The relationship between those 2 isn't strictly determined or somehting.
Graphics limit the mechanics availible. All gameplay mechanics require additional computational power to be able to implement them. Some mechanics are essentially trivial and some are not. If the graphics are eating up nearly all the computational power of the given system then gameplay mechanics are being limited.
For example, destructable terrain. This is not free. If the graphics engine is maxing out systems just to implement pretty trees and detailed character models, then there are no resources left for the additial burden of managing destructable terrain. Graphics engine and mechanics available are very connected. The implementation of the graphics engine and hardware constraints may make certain gameplay mechanics unavailable. This is no different than the UI, user input devices, and output devices, limit what gameplay mechanics are available to developers.
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Worm is a great game haven't played that in years. Games don't always have to have good graphics but at least have to have decent. I'm not going to want to play a game with horrible blocky graphics when i could play a game with amazing graphics. Having amazing graphics makes the game more realistic.
They are called Browser games. They can actually be fun and well done. Just not overly graphics intense. You will need to shop around and expect duds, scams and just ones that don't deal in themes you might find entertaining but it's going to be cheaper for you than someone downloading 10 gigs of disappointment.
Well, I don't think browser games have no graphics. Thanks to Unity3D, the graphics for browser games are better and better, at least, it's true for our game, City of Steam.
It's not necessary to have extremely excellent graphics, but it can be a skillful trickery to draw the public's attention. Anyway, "excellent graphics" won't be a negative comment. In addition, it's hard to evaluate whether your game is funny, while it's easy to make the graphics good.
Indie game developer. Passion manifests itself in the games we create XD
Well, if you just spent 800 bones on a new gfx card, I could see you being reluctant to "waste" it. Or if you're just a hardware junkie in general.
Other than that, no, there aren't many good reasons to get hung up on a game's graphics, if the game itself is fun.
People are still in UO right now, ancient graphics and all.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Originally posted by arcanist Originally posted by eyelolled Not going to play a game with crappy graphics.
Why, give one rational explanation.
Because, these ugly graphics are a relic of the dark ages, when developers were more concerned about trying to bypass the technical limitations of hardware rather than artistic design. I want to be immersed in the world I'm presented. I want to see birds flying, rivers running. I want the illusion that I'm riding on a horse, not just a pointy blob of polygons. Roleplaying is a significant chunk of the fun in MMOs, and dull, static worlds with horrible graphics just ruins that immersion.
I'm willing to play some classic titles because I know they've proven themselves to have great gameplay despite their graphical limitations, but any modern titles need to fit at least a minimum graphical standard before I'm even willing to give them a second look. Everquest-quality graphics in this day and age is completely unacceptable.
It seems the OP is perplexed as to why games have to have such great graphics, but such hirrible gameplay..?
It is because since the computer gaming industry got really big (think 2005 & on) all those newbies didn't understand, or know about gameplay mechanics. All the knew was all the shinny cut scenes and awsome graphics.
So over the past 6 years, developers focused on shiny, glitzy graphics so all the kids will b3eg their Mom to buy them the game. Cuz, the game doesn't have to be good to make them a millions bucks... only look good enough to get you tards to buy them.
That is why u can always spot a cheaply made game, when the commercial is all cut sceenes and hardly any actual gameplay is used.
Lastly, you can have games with awsome graphics and open an unfettered gameplay. You just have to pay a premium for them, in which Mommy is never willing to do.. so these Devs will always continue to make half-ass's games with great graphics & zero gameplay. And when they flop rebrand them ass Free 2 Play and bamboozl all the teenyboppers who play them.
Everquest Next PlanetSide2 ArcheAge All premium open world MMORPG's
"No they are not charity. That is where the whales come in. (I play for free. Whales pays.) Devs get a business. That is how it works."
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These threads are funny. Great games (even MMOS) with light resource graphics are produced and "succeed" continuously. Mods or former AAA MMOs (with low system requirements) with custom content and such exist.
Many examples are already provided so I won't go there. The games are out there. Look harder or perhaps people have looked harder and niche graphics light games, in reality, aren't appealing to these individuals.
Forever looking for employment. Life is rather dull without it.
Graphics limit the mechanics availible. All gameplay mechanics require additional computational power to be able to implement them. Some mechanics are essentially trivial and some are not. If the graphics are eating up nearly all the computational power of the given system then gameplay mechanics are being limited.
For example, destructable terrain. This is not free. If the graphics engine is maxing out systems just to implement pretty trees and detailed character models, then there are no resources left for the additial burden of managing destructable terrain. Graphics engine and mechanics available are very connected. The implementation of the graphics engine and hardware constraints may make certain gameplay mechanics unavailable. This is no different than the UI, user input devices, and output devices, limit what gameplay mechanics are available to developers.
Forever looking for employment. Life is rather dull without it.
Worm is a great game haven't played that in years. Games don't always have to have good graphics but at least have to have decent. I'm not going to want to play a game with horrible blocky graphics when i could play a game with amazing graphics. Having amazing graphics makes the game more realistic.
Not going to play a game with crappy graphics.
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
I enjoy the serenity of not caring what your opinion is.
I don't hate much, but I hate Apple© with a passion. If Steve Jobs was alive, I would punch him in the face.
Why, give one rational explanation.
Well, I don't think browser games have no graphics. Thanks to Unity3D, the graphics for browser games are better and better, at least, it's true for our game, City of Steam.
It's not necessary to have extremely excellent graphics, but it can be a skillful trickery to draw the public's attention. Anyway, "excellent graphics" won't be a negative comment. In addition, it's hard to evaluate whether your game is funny, while it's easy to make the graphics good.
Indie game developer. Passion manifests itself in the games we create XD
Well, if you just spent 800 bones on a new gfx card, I could see you being reluctant to "waste" it. Or if you're just a hardware junkie in general.
Other than that, no, there aren't many good reasons to get hung up on a game's graphics, if the game itself is fun.
People are still in UO right now, ancient graphics and all.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Why, give one rational explanation.
Because, these ugly graphics are a relic of the dark ages, when developers were more concerned about trying to bypass the technical limitations of hardware rather than artistic design. I want to be immersed in the world I'm presented. I want to see birds flying, rivers running. I want the illusion that I'm riding on a horse, not just a pointy blob of polygons. Roleplaying is a significant chunk of the fun in MMOs, and dull, static worlds with horrible graphics just ruins that immersion.
I'm willing to play some classic titles because I know they've proven themselves to have great gameplay despite their graphical limitations, but any modern titles need to fit at least a minimum graphical standard before I'm even willing to give them a second look. Everquest-quality graphics in this day and age is completely unacceptable.
It seems the OP is perplexed as to why games have to have such great graphics, but such hirrible gameplay..?
It is because since the computer gaming industry got really big (think 2005 & on) all those newbies didn't understand, or know about gameplay mechanics. All the knew was all the shinny cut scenes and awsome graphics.
So over the past 6 years, developers focused on shiny, glitzy graphics so all the kids will b3eg their Mom to buy them the game. Cuz, the game doesn't have to be good to make them a millions bucks... only look good enough to get you tards to buy them.
That is why u can always spot a cheaply made game, when the commercial is all cut sceenes and hardly any actual gameplay is used.
Lastly, you can have games with awsome graphics and open an unfettered gameplay. You just have to pay a premium for them, in which Mommy is never willing to do.. so these Devs will always continue to make half-ass's games with great graphics & zero gameplay. And when they flop rebrand them ass Free 2 Play and bamboozl all the teenyboppers who play them.
Everquest Next
PlanetSide2
ArcheAge
All premium open world MMORPG's
"No they are not charity. That is where the whales come in. (I play for free. Whales pays.) Devs get a business. That is how it works."
-Nariusseldon