Am I the only one around here

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Friday, March 29, 2013, 12:44 (4046 days ago) @ Cody Miller

To me, better graphics have never made the difference between a good game and great game.

Would you have played (and enjoyed) Limbo if it looked like space invaders?

That's a pretty extreme example. He's probably referring to the more recent era of games. For example, the graphics of Halo Anniversary didn't push Halo CE from a good game to a great game. Conversely, if any of the great games coming out now were made with the graphics technology of 5 or 7 years ago, they still would have been great.

The graphical leaps have slowed down. To me, that front seems to be more about shock value than anything these days, not fulfillment of your art direction or enhancing gameplay capabilities.

(And 'yes' to a more moderate comparison, I think I would have enjoyed Limbo if it was at say, a 16-bit level. Any less and it likely would have had too little to work with to maintain its effect on the player - the players who enjoyed it at least.)