I appreciate graphics in RPGs

[Darth Canoli]

Nice graphics is fine, as long as it doesn't slow down the gameplay and add years of loading screens.

I believe new technologies should save us time, not waste it.

Besides that, i'm ok with nice 2D graphics.

 

[Prehistorik]

I appreciate graphics in RPGs. My favorite graphics are in Fallout 1/2 640x480 or 800x600.

 

[Strange Fellow]

Yeah, graphics can be nice.

This is cool until you meet an NPC and can't read a word of what he's saying because the text is too small.

...oh wait, that's actually better.

 

[anvi]

I like graphics but I always take gameplay first. Witcher 3 was beautiful, like playing in an oil painting. But I was so bored by the gameplay. KOTC looks really basic but I gladly completed it because the gameplay was good.

 

[DalekFlay]

I absolutely appreciate visual design. "Graphics" I don't know. It's nice to have things like crisper resolutions, better textures and further draw distance, but most other graphical improvements the last decade or so have been bullshit particle/processing effects that eat up PC resources without actually looking much better. Even something as old as Oblivion really only looks bad today because of shitty face design and Bethesda's clunky animations. The actual 3D graphics capability of that era is perfectly fine for me, even today.

 

[octavius]

Graphics is...problematic. It excludes the visually impaired and those who identify as visually impaired.

 

["""Gnomes"""]

Combatfaggotry>LARPfaggotry>Storyfaggotry>>Graficsfaggotry

If you want to please the eyes, look at Neoclassical paintings

 

[Swigen]

I appreciate graphics too. That’s why I used tile sets in Nethack.

 

[Daemongar]

Eh - I subscribe to the C64 v. Amiga world of graphics in RPGs. See if this makes sense: C64 had arguably some of the greatest RPGs ever made, while the Amiga - which had 100x the memory, graphics, and sound - it had only a few notable RPGs. The RPGs on the Amiga weren't great because of the graphics, even though the Amiga could do a lot. It is when folks used the power of the Amiga to innovate that the games superseded the C64.

I'm trying to say a good game is a good game. The seed of a game has to be good - and all the graphics in the world can't make up for garbage. If a game has that seed - while people may bitch about graphics that distract from game-play, folks will still play a game with strong mechanics but poor graphics. A game can have the best graphics but without the gameplay seed - graphics can't save the game.

Think of a good CRPG as a delicious steak, made well done so it's grey all the way through. I know what you are saying - Perfect! Now graphics are the bread on that steak sandwich. You could use some kind of crappy white bread or a fancy pretzel bun smothered in ketchup - a meal fit for a king! The bun enhances the main course there - but it's not the meal itself. I feel the same with RPGs.

 

[Garbage]

Who the fuck puts a steak in a sandwich

 

[Valky]

There's nothing wrong with you appreciating graphics, just like there is nothing wrong with you appreciating story in a game. That's just your opinion. However, if you attempt to posit that graphics or story are more important in video games as an element as opposed to gameplay, it becomes perpetuating a misinformed falsehood based on inherent casual tendencies that don't realize every element in an entertainment medium with a unique trait that defines it apart from other entertainment mediums are there simply to serve as vehicles to support that unique primary trait.

I.E. This is a low effort shitpost thread made to incite heated replies.

 

[LilWololoMane]

I have a lot of love for the pre-rendered backgrounds of the Infinity Engine games. It's absolutely beautiful stuff, with the variety of hues and architecture, and manages to make a ton of areas feel individualized in a way traditional tile maps just don't. You all think pre-rendered backgrounds think should come back?

 

[Bad Sector]

Gothic 2 has the best graphics

One thing i like about the 90s/early 2000s graphics is that the diffuse-only approach gives a painted/drawn feel even in games that tried to be more realistic (since most of their textures were painted) and especially during mid-90s the limited palettes and low resolutions forced artists to use many primary/bright colors (so they can have distinguishable shades for lighting) and exaggerated proportions that looked as if they came out of action comics (i remember reading a book by Paul Steed - Quake 2 and 3 modeller - where he says something like: in games you want to use the ideal proportions used in comics instead of the realistic proportions you'd use for a painting).

 

[Sigourn]

SNES-quality graphics for 2D and Gothic graphics for 3D is all I need.

 

[ItsChon]

How a game looks and feels to play, not just in regards to the tech, but in terms of art direction, UI, character movement, et cetera, goes hand-in-hand with how good the story and the combat of an RPG is when it comes to determining quality. How a game feels when you play it directly influences how good the combat will be, and part of what makes a story so good is the medium in which the story is told.

 

[ItsChon]

Yeah, graphics can be nice.

What game is this?

 

[Valky]

t. likes Disco more than Fallout

 

[user]

Yeah, graphics can be nice.

What game is this?

It's ant simulator temple of elemental evil

 

[barghwata]

Art direction > tech.

Indeed; to put it simply:

good art direction + good graphics > good art direction + bad graphics > bad art direction + good graphics > bad art direction + bad graphics.

 

[King Crispy]

What game is this?

Spoiler

 

[Valky]

What game is this?

Spoiler

Jesus man what the fuck are you doing. That better be playing on IMAX.

 

[King Crispy]

1440p master race, bitch.

 

[Yosharian]

Gameplay + Story > Art style > graphics

 

[Valky]

1440p master race, bitch.

800x600 is the objectively correct way to experience ToEE

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

ASCII characters are better than ugly computer graphics (whether 2D or 3D).