Most Important Thing In A Game?

Gameplay for sure. However, most game developers have seemingly lost or rather chosen to to neglect Game Design in general, along with going the easier and way trodden route of opting for photo-realistic graphics/art style. Excellent Game Design was one of the biggest reasons for why many of the companies in the '80s were so awesome and their games beloved classics. Take the original NES Castlevania for example. The reason why the whipping action was clunky and slow wasn't poor programming; 'twas intentional. It forced you to become familiar with the items, which could attack in more convienent ways rather than like only an inch in front of Simon. Not to mention the game just has excellent placement and pacing overall. Too bad most devs forgo things like this nowadays... =/

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Personally, I tend to always find open world games more enjoyable. I like how you can do other things in the game, rather than just the main part of the game itself. Variation is also great too. The biggest game with the same gameplay over and over kinda kills it... And fighting, I don't like just going and beating the crap outta your enemy. It's more fun to look for a pattern to it's attacks, then use that to weaken it's defenses until you can attack.
Glichy games are also fun, but not for the game, I just like finding glitches. xD
And duh, the gameplay itself.

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Gameplay is definitely one of the most important things in a game.
Size is also important. Noone wants to spend $30-40 on a game that only lasts a few hours or so.
A good story is nice too. I think a good example of what I'm talking about would be Pokemon Black/ White or any Zelda game.
I also like games with good multiplayer stuff, like Mario Kart 7 or Super Smash Bros Brawl.
While good graphics are nice, they're Fairly low on my list. A game doesn't need perfectly realistic graphics to be fun!

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The distinguished Waffle King spake:

Of course, it is a game after all. Games are meant to be played. I'm starting to really hate cutscenes now, considering games are more like interactive movies now.

What do you mean? When you look at Legend of Zelda, for me story line is a big deal. In games such as Wind Waker, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, they all had a fair amount of cutscenes but still have become favourite titles.

The harder the fight, the better the prize...well, hopefully.

Hmm, I see, I think I know what you mean, but no specific games come to mind. Could you name one?

The harder the fight, the better the prize...well, hopefully.

xD lol, seriously? Thats ridiculous! Theres a reason it's called a game, anyways I see what you mean now.

The harder the fight, the better the prize...well, hopefully.

Yea, I played it and the only thing that got me to keep playing was the gameplay (i.e. dodge ability, ball form, and the various types of weapons)

The harder the fight, the better the prize...well, hopefully.

I too like Open Worlds. So if I spend money on one than I know never ending gameplay is downloading/in my hand. I'm 11 so I can't play Skyrim. ;-;. I've enjoyed finding the dungeons and killing the pursers in Oblivion. I'd add more but my 3DS is red light. All I gotta say:
GAEM MAEKRZ, Y U NO MAEK MOAR OPAN WARLD GAEMS SUITABLE FAR CHILREN?!

Gameplay. Ok, I'm done now.
OvO

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Why bigger (in games :P) is not always better:
Quality. Having a ton of stuff to do means nothing if the majority of those things are mundane and/or tedious to travel to. Condensing things to provide a more cohesive and packed game is oftentimes done much better by developers than massive games. Not that I'm knocking on those games, I'm just sayin'...JUST SAYIN'.

I'm not too good at singling out one specific thing that makes it awesome for me. However, I just love when a developer "gets it". You know what I mean, when everything in the game just is so well done and all elements (music, atmosphere, art style/graphics, gameplay, story, design, BLAH) come together perfectly. ME LIKE

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Very true skittles, if you look at the Nintento Ds game called Kingdom Hearts Re Coded, the game was very well dow, the combat system never got old, it had voice acting in it using MobiClip™, and it maximized use of controlls. This is why Kingdom Hearts is so sucsessful, the put effort into their game, no matter what system and I can't to see what they do with the 3DS. : D

The harder the fight, the better the prize...well, hopefully.

The distinguished Waffle King spake:

Games, as a form of accepted media now, are losing their soul. They're trying to be movies, or books, or another form of media. Games have to remember that they're games.

Thats true. Its because the devolpers and publishers make millions of dollors of the video game and realese that the series isn't going anywhere, so they move it to another form of production.

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The distinguished Waffle King spake:

Yeah, I believe that. When it comes to games, bigger is always better.

That makes two things that are good big. :D

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I think that the thing that makes me want a game is the storyline and the graphics. Or the guns if it is a shooter. I love the storyline in the fallout games beacause there are no cutscenes and it is incredably interactive.you could be a complete dick or Jesus Christ.

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I generally like to play open world, interactive, RPG/RPS games. Open world and interactive alows you to make choices and do what you like, you arn't set on doing one objective or going on path. Also a good karma system is alaays nice, as you can be good or bad. Storyline is a must, I like to get attached to the characters I play, alowing me to enjoy the game better. Also, alot of content. I dislike games that take less then a week to finish. I want a game that lasts a long time. Along with that, replayability, I'd like to be able to play it multiple times,maybe having a new experience every time.

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Online multiplayer NEEDS a Voice Chat communication!!!!!!

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I like a game that's open world. Skate 3, in my opinion is a good example. Open world, not too boring to travel great distances. I also like a game with a good online system. I just wish in Skate 3 you could go anywhere online, not just confined to one region.

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Gameplay.
It can have the best storyline.
it can have alot if charecters playable at once.
it can have amazing graphics.
but without an addictive gameplay, i just wont care. :/

I'll be back every now and then

Amen Link

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lol

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I like games that require thinking and strategy to overcome obstacles like arkham city. The game was awesome.

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