How Important are Graphics in Games?

I honestly couldn't care less about graphics

I don't play games but honestly it doesn't really matter, unless it looks awkward or off

Depends on which game I guess

me gaming on an intel celeron and no graphics card: very importnant

~!!~me being serious, graphics don't matter that much to me. i care more about the artstyle and gameplay mechanics

It's nice to the eye, but it's far from being really important
It could be a bit weird at the beginning if the game as old graphics (when it's not old), but after a few hours, minutes I wouldn't notice it at all. Maybe when I've complete the game, I could be like "It's a shame the graphics where bad... Well, whatever"
Just like Dishonored (the first one)

So I'd say, having amazing graphics in an amazing game is really enjoyable, having bad one in a amazing game is a shame but I would still play and enjoy the game, and good one in a bad game wouldn't change anything

When I saw games like Doom Eternal and Mortal Kombat 11 ported to switch, I got turned off by the performance downgrade and decided not to buy them but when a game is original or keeps the graphic downgrade tolerable (like Doom 2016 on switch) I really don't care as long as it's fun.

mediocre graphics aren't necessarily a deal breaker, but imo it's reasonable to think that I can use that time to look for a game that looks better and keeps me just as entertained, the best of both worlds. But if the gameplay is unique enough, then I'll just have to power through.

Honestly it isn't that much important to me and I'll probably get used to the graphics after a while.

It's not imortant for me

Don't mind graphics, long as it has fun gameplay. Though, a good story is also a bonus.

I value it maybe a bit but in most cases it didnt rlly matter to me and I value style and creative design way more than it

if you play games to relax, then i would say graphics is somewhat important because this
is more relaxing than this

but if you are a low end gamer like me then... just bear with it

style >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> graphics quality in any possible situation

People don't appreciate art direction anymore, they're overly hyperfocused on realism over style and explosiveness, pretty sad honestly.

Honestly the graphics just has to be ok, gameplay is what matters most
Proof : Every Fifa game to date

Personally, I've always been a PC gamer but the graphics, although important, are not the MOST IMPORTANT element for me.

The first reason for me is that I always prefer FPS, I prefer a game in medium-low that runs at 60 FPS than a game in 4K that runs at 30-40 FPS or less. (I think this reflex comes from the fact that I don't play on extremely expensive computers so I have to deal with it)

The second reason is that for me: a video game is an experience, so the gameplay, the narration, the rhythm counts as much or much more than the graphics. At the moment I'm playing all the assassin's creed, Unity for example is beautiful but behind it is empty so I didn't really like it.

I understand afterwards the players who are very punctilious, they want to use the potential of their machines to the maximum then sometimes they have big hopes on the graphics, sometimes too big....
(sorry if I make mistakes in English, it's not my native language)

Its annoying how much people want them to be infinitely better. nobody needs to be able to count ever water drop around a random backgrounds characters ass.

i care more about art style than graphical power/fidelity. i think tales of vesperia is one of the best looking games that i have played, but i don't like looking at devil may cry 5. it's so drab

Its not that important at this stage.
In the future when we have an more robust type of technology that puts us on the next level it might be renewed for now its mostly about not dropping the frame rates than what the graphics are.
If anything updating older titles would be where i'd consider it more an issue to porting past titles.

i don't give a shit about graphics. it's all about gameplay and story to me. i'm playing morrowind atm and i'm really enjoying it, even more than oblivion and skyrim

Gameplay is most important to me. Graphics aren't a deal breaker but I appreciate a game looking nice.

dont care about graphics my favorite games are literally pixels
celeste, terraria and dead cells just to name a few

Graphics appreciation is subjective. See a game (a series, whatever) as you would be
looking at a painting in a museum.

The issue with people seeing it during e3 is that they forget that these 4k 1440 visuals are being broadcasted at 1080p at best, so they don't look as good as they would anyway. Better to wait and see it on youtube in 4k yourself before people jump on the ps3 graphics bandwagon.

However consoles and tech have prioritized frames and high fidelity, so graphics are much more important to most people nowadays.

I enjoy a good looking game as much as anyone, a la Forza, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying older games, and games on the switch!

people who care about graphics in games are fucking idiots. games have never truly been about looking at pretty stuff, its always been gameplay that keeps people coming back. you can actually see this with metroid dread that was recently announced, people are saying its bad because it looks like a 3ds game, whilst also ignoring that it's the most innovation the franchise has seen since metroid prime.

these people should go back to watching movies and stop infecting this medium with their sinkhole brain attitude

It depends on a lot of things. If the main focus of the game is to look nice, then yeah it should look nice. But other than that, I don't give a rats ass about graphics in game, sure it's nice to see and it's nice to look at, but if a game has great story, characters and has great gameplay and mechanics, then I don't care at all.

People watching conferences like E3 who say things like these, would say them even if the game looked out of this world. Judging a game from a trailer without seeing how it plays and going through the story is absolute bullshit and I turn off the chat anytime I watch E3 and other conferences like it.

The game's genre and how it's played should influence a game's graphics.

For example COD, a gritty FPS that's fast-paced. Realistic graphics to accommodate the war vibe.

For example Slime Rancher, a farming simulator in a fantasy future with slimes. Stylized graphics with bright colours and cute characters to accommodate it.

If you were to switch these two's graphics, they still would be games that play and function as intended. But a gritty FPS with cute characters and bright colours? It doesn't fit. (Unless it's a joke game.)

At this point this is rambling but I hope you can get something from this.

To me, graphics don't matter, but art style does.

As a hardcore gamer, I look past the graphics. I have a bunch of pixel art games, I wish people would appreciate these more. Most people see metroidvania games and say it’s “old” or “crap” just because it’s pixelated.

Don’t mind it.

Edit: Oh yeah, here’s another one. 2D games are instantly considered shit by many people which I think is just ridiculous.

At the end of the day, people who got something negative to say tend to comment something than people who like the game. I just thumbs up and gone.

THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT BOTW2??!!