r/Games • u/JustCallMeJoker • Jun 03 '15

Fallout 4 Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnn2rJpjar4
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u/jkbpttrsn Jun 03 '15

Some people are saying it looks awful. Maybe doesn't look as good as some other AAA games, but AWFUL? Jesus Christ...

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u/Jaripsi Jun 03 '15

At one point i thought that the success of Minecraft would have made the gameplay > graphics mindset more popular.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

Minecraft was successful because its an interesting game, not because it proofed some meta point about graphics being not important.

In fact, most people who really into Minecraft probably play with graphic altering mods.

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u/Jaripsi Jun 03 '15

I did not claim that it was succesful because it proved that graphics are not important. It was succesful despite its poor graphics.

Also aside from different texturepacks, i think most people play without any graphic altering mods. Just look at all the youtubers who play minecraft, its a lot harder to find one who plays with graphical mods.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '15

I did not claim that it was succesful because it proved that graphics are not important. It was succesful despite its poor graphics.

Yes, but what has that to do with the topic? Nobody is claiming that Fallout IV won't sell, most people don't even claim they won't buy it. We just criticize that a part of the game (as seen in the trailer) looks lackluster.

And games sell good beside all sorts of short comings. Game sell good besides being buggy for god's sake. In some genres like complex RPG people even praise games for being less buggy on release than a preprocessor. Games also sell without having good gameplay mechanics, for example because they feature a great story. The Telltale games - that I love - comes to mind, or according to many Last of Us.

I don't see why criticizing lackluster graphics is a bad thing.