How old are you?

[caravel]

STW/MTW attracts the maturer player that isn't solely impressed by eye candy graphics. Also for older player like myself that used to play the old two white lines and a white dot football/tennis/etc game, the graphics in MTW are ok. At the end of the day I'm playing a game not watching a movie, representational graphics are good enough for a game IMHO, and absolute visual reality is just not needed. People don't just stop playing chess because the pieces and board don't look pretty enough.

[General Dazza]

STW/MTW attracts the maturer player that isn't solely impressed by eye candy graphics. Also for older player like myself that used to play the old two white lines and a white dot football/tennis/etc game, the graphics in MTW are ok. At the end of the day I'm playing a game not watching a movie, representational graphics are good enough for a game IMHO, and absolute visual reality is just not needed. People don't just stop playing chess because the pieces and board don't look pretty enough.

Hear hear! Well said Caravel!

Gameplay is much more important than eye-popping graphics. Great graphics keep your attention for a while, but if the gameplay isn't there then it's not going to last.