Graphics are '60% of the game,' Crytek CEO says

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

For you maybe. I need pretty things to look at.

 

[Cerb]

OT: what's with the reverse-letterboxing on the screenshot, with the image on each side?

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

OT: what's with the reverse-letterboxing on the screenshot, with the image on each side?

No idea. Just noticed it after I pulled up the first random image on Google.

 

[Cerb]

No idea. Just noticed it after I pulled up the first random image on Google.

Found it: the Xbox Live Arcade version has that.

 

[ThinClient]

I play Minecraft.

He's wrong. And an idiot.

 

[Chaotic42]

is a horrible game. Its more boring than grinding at world of warcraft.

Weird. I think of WoW as Excel with a random number generator and cartoon graphics while I think of Minecraft as a planet-sized world for me to explore and change to suit my whims.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Wouldn't that be a more apt description for EVE Online?

 

[Maximilian]

 

[Anubis]

late to the party but graphics are pretty much the least important part of a game
that being said they cant be pure crap, but as long as they are acceptable for they type of game being made they are fine.

minecraft is a great example. so is WoW, people hate on its cartoony graphics but its not what drives the game. GW2 looks a hell of a lot better than WoW but it really does not change how a MMO plays. the first crysis was unplayable on uber graphics settings. and TBH was not that great of a game otherwise

 

[Arkaign]

Add me to chorus of 'it depends'. I can see 60% for some genres. And it also depends on the era of course, so it's a moving target of relative ideas. Something with amazing art direction and spectacular graphics for the time will age well, despite newer games becoming exponentially more detailed. Look at Prince of Persia for example. It was a masterpiece for the time, and it holds up well today as a fun time capsule. Then there were also plenty of shovelware games that had great graphics for the time, but weren't fun even then, and are forgotten completely by now.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Wouldn't that be a more apt description for EVE Online?

Yeah. Except I love Eve Online because people cry when I blow up their ships that took a real life year of work to afford.

 

[werepossum]

I'm tempted to agree with him as I'm a bit of a graphics whore, but when I think about the games I like best I'm thinking Fallout 3/Fallout New Vegas - pretty with mods, but not so much as released. Far Cry 3 by contrast had much better graphics, but I didn't like it all that much. On the other hand, the world of Far Cry 3 is so pretty that I sometimes merely flew around by hang glider just to take it all in, or stopped to watch a sunrise or sunset.

 

[blastingcap]

Add me to chorus of 'it depends'. I can see 60% for some genres. And it also depends on the era of course, so it's a moving target of relative ideas. Something with amazing art direction and spectacular graphics for the time will age well, despite newer games becoming exponentially more detailed. Look at Prince of Persia for example. It was a masterpiece for the time, and it holds up well today as a fun time capsule. Then there were also plenty of shovelware games that had great graphics for the time, but weren't fun even then, and are forgotten completely by now.

Of course it depends. I mean, does anyone play Tetris for graphics?

 

[Rinaun]

Core gameplay and general game structure/plot matter a ton, but IMO he's right; artwork is a VERY large part of what makes a game a A+++ title, and others indie quality games. It all boils down to mechanical and artistic polish at release time. Look at Bioshock Inifinite: it uses the Unreal engine incredibly well. During gameplay, I forget it's the UE engine because of how well done the art and mechanics appear.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Core gameplay and general game structure/plot matter a ton, but IMO he's right; artwork is a VERY large part of what makes a game a A+++ title, and others indie quality games. It all boils down to mechanical and artistic polish at release time. Look at Bioshock Inifinite: it uses the Unreal engine incredibly well. During gameplay, I forget it's the UE engine because of how well done the art and mechanics appear.

And then you hit texture streaming issues.. and then you're sad.

 

[Bonesdad]

total, complete bs.

Great gameplay overcomes the other two, by far.

wrong!

 

[Bonesdad]

Seems to me there have been some pretty fun games lately with crappy graphics. 10,000 comes to mind most recently. OTOH, beautiful, crappy games are a dime a dozen.

 

[Rinaun]

And then you hit texture streaming issues.. and then you're sad.

I never encountered any significant graphical problems playing Bioshock Infinite, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a slight majority of PCs being able to run it without issues such as the one you mentioned. I think for what UE is, they did a fantastic job.

 

[Arkadrel]

Gameplay > Story > graphics.

Is my belief, and probably why Im not sold on buying Crytek games.



if Graphics are soooooooo important, why is it I just want another Chrono trigger (/cross) series sequal so much?

You guys remember all the characters (some hidden) you unlock for your party?

I couldnt resist: (epic Mojo cosplay)

 

[cmdrdredd]

A lot of people say graphics don't matter but the first thing they say when they look at an old game on an old system is "wow I never thought it looked that bad". Something subconscious I guess.

Nostalgia has an lot to do with why people want to see old games again. They remember being wowed when they were younger. They want that same feeling again. Unfortunately it won't have the same effect a lot of the time.

 

[dust]

A lot of people say graphics don't matter but the first thing they say when they look at an old game on an old system is "wow I never thought it looked that bad". Something subconscious I guess.

Nostalgia has an lot to do with why people want to see old games again. They remember being wowed when they were younger. They want that same feeling again. Unfortunately it won't have the same effect a lot of the time.

I think they say it matters just not 60% important. I also like playing pretty stuff, but I'm first and foremost concerned with the gameplay. If my system cannot handle maximum graphics, I'll just turn down the details a notch and still play the game.

 

[Montsegur97]

Square Enix has been trying to make every Final Fantasy release look prettier and prettier...but the gameplay/story has been getting worse and worse. Then Monolith comes out with a Wii exclusive that looks good on the Wii, but far from anything else with Xenoblade Chronicles. Xenoblade ends up being my favorite RPG in the last 10 years or so.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I think they say it matters just not 60% important. I also like playing pretty stuff, but I'm first and foremost concerned with the gameplay. If my system cannot handle maximum graphics, I'll just turn down the details a notch and still play the game.

Right...my post was more about people saying "no game matches xyz" but when they actually play it they don't remember it the same. I suppose its because at the time they first played it, it looked amazing but after 20 years it shows age. So in a way they are not being entirely truthful when they say that graphics do not matter at all.

 

[Red Storm]

Yeah. Except I love Eve Online because people cry when I blow up their ships that took a real life year of work to afford.

Were you playing against sweat shop child workers?

 

[xeledon20005]

damn my childhood was duke nukem 3d l0l