Graphics VS gameplay.

**Kekvit Irae** · 07-01-2005, 16:55

Gameplay all the way.
Operation Flashpoint's graphics are laughable, but you will not find any other FPS that so so engrossing, so realistic, or so fun. Battlefield 2? Pfft. Capture the flag with eyecandy. Hardly worth my time.

SMAC's graphics are mediocre, at best, but you dont play a Sim Meier game for the graphics. You play it because they are the best dang strategy simulations known to man. Master of Magic and MOO2 (both using the same engine) were hailed as some of the best strategy games of their time, but like most classics, their graphics were laughable.

Rarely a game can combine sweet graphics with alluring gameplay, but I'd rather have someone who's plain-looking who can keep me interested with personality and intelligence for years on end than a hot blue-eyed blonde who I'll get bored with after a few days.

**Mongoose** · 07-01-2005, 18:43

I agree. RTS games (HEY! their ok MP games!) IMHO have actually gotten worse since AOK...they only thing that as changed is the graphics.

**Kekvit Irae** · 07-01-2005, 19:02

I still enjoy playing Empire Earth (though by the time I get Nuclear Bombers, the game is over because nothing can stand up against those).

I definately enjoy Total Annihilation: Kingdoms, because while it was a RTS, it had a great campaign story (told in the style of Ken Burn's Civil War), and a fresh new approach to making units and getting "resources"

**Mongoose** · 07-01-2005, 21:24

Originally Posted by kekvitirae

I still enjoy playing Empire Earth (though by the time I get Nuclear ers, the game is over because nothing can stand up against those).

I definately enjoy Total Annihilation: Kingdoms, because while it was a RTS, it had a great campaign story (told in the style of Ken Burn's Civil War), and a fresh new approach to making units and getting "resources"

EE was fun. What annoyed me was that it took so long to gather resources.
That and the fact the turtling was so effective plus the bad AI. I imagine it would have been alot better if i had played with 5 human players, rather then 1-2 humans and 3-4 AI's...

Back on topic....

I wonder how many people are going to vote graphics...no one so far. Makes the 'poll' part of the thread kinda pointless.

**Kekvit Irae** · 07-01-2005, 22:12

Originally Posted by mongoose

EE was fun. What annoyed me was that it took so long to gather resources.
That and the fact the turtling was so effective plus the bad AI. I imagine it would have been alot better if i had played with 5 human players, rather then 1-2 humans and 3-4 AI's...

Back on topic....

I wonder how many people are going to vote graphics...no one so far. Makes the 'poll' part of the thread kinda pointless.

If I remember, the Russians have Advanced Mining which gives you access to 7 people on a single resource, instead of 6. I still prefer AOK where as many as you could pile on would be what mines

**Monk** · 07-01-2005, 22:16

Gameplay all the way! If a game has an interesting storyline, good solid gameplay and fluidity, it can be text based for all i care.

Though in my FPS games i tend to demand good graphics...

**Colovion** · 07-01-2005, 23:54

Gameplay. Graphics are worthless. I found Doom 3 very dull and didn't play more than 10 minutes of the demo. That's one example but as we all know - there are more examples out there. :shiftyeyes: