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Some things were just meant to go together: Adam & Eve, Posh & Becks, Salt & Pepper, England & Sven, Kebabs & Drunkedness, George W. Bush & War..... One without the other just wouldn't quite be right - and so it is with "Graphics & Gameplay".
Below: a sideways look at the prime Graphical & Gameplay ingredients that are needed to make the perfect gaming blend.
~~GRAPHICS~~
1. First things first: the graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". Give me the visual equivalent of Jordan in a flurescent yellow bikini lying on a sun-drenched paradise beach beneath a pristine blue sky sucking a strawberry lollipop and I'll be happy.
2. The frame-rate must be "smooooooth": nothing less than a polished marble floor will do. No jerkin' around please. Nothing quite slashes on the gaming bonfire like bad slowdown. - It's no good looking like a dream if your breath reeks of rotting maggots or there's a stench of unholy sulphur issuing from your trousers.
3. And what about the game environment: it's got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
4. Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "inspirational": think of the Brazilian National Soccer Team circa 1970 and you'll be there.
~~GAMEPLAY~~
5. The most important thing is "addictiveness": the gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates.... Chomp, chomp. - I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
6. The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. SMACK. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
7. Keep it fun, likeable and spikey: like a mischievous demon armed with a sharp pitchfork riding a big friendly floppy-eared dog. Ahhhh. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
8. If you want to enter the golden palace of video game heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the ripe cherry atop the big fat cake.
9. Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine candylands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person labyrinthian intensity of Quake, to the cool madcap freshness of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio; when you step back, what a strange and wondrous pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.
That's it. The necessary Graphical & Gameplay ingredients required to make the perfect gaming blend.
Below: a sideways look at the prime Graphical & Gameplay ingredients that are needed to make the perfect gaming blend.
~~GRAPHICS~~
1. First things first: the graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". Give me the visual equivalent of Jordan in a flurescent yellow bikini lying on a sun-drenched paradise beach beneath a pristine blue sky sucking a strawberry lollipop and I'll be happy.
2. The frame-rate must be "smooooooth": nothing less than a polished marble floor will do. No jerkin' around please. Nothing quite slashes on the gaming bonfire like bad slowdown. - It's no good looking like a dream if your breath reeks of rotting maggots or there's a stench of unholy sulphur issuing from your trousers.
3. And what about the game environment: it's got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
4. Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "inspirational": think of the Brazilian National Soccer Team circa 1970 and you'll be there.
~~GAMEPLAY~~
5. The most important thing is "addictiveness": the gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates.... Chomp, chomp. - I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
6. The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. SMACK. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
7. Keep it fun, likeable and spikey: like a mischievous demon armed with a sharp pitchfork riding a big friendly floppy-eared dog. Ahhhh. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
8. If you want to enter the golden palace of video game heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the ripe cherry atop the big fat cake.
9. Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine candylands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person labyrinthian intensity of Quake, to the cool madcap freshness of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio; when you step back, what a strange and wondrous pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.
That's it. The necessary Graphical & Gameplay ingredients required to make the perfect gaming blend.
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You see, I don't think you CAN have graphics AND gameply, for, in my opinion, the graphics are part of the gameplay.
For a game to be truelly great ALL aspects of it's gameplay must be top notch, so that's top graphics, top sound, top presentation, top control method - things like this.
For a game to be truelly great ALL aspects of it's gameplay must be top notch, so that's top graphics, top sound, top presentation, top control method - things like this.
Some things were just meant to go together: Adam & Eve, Posh & Becks, Salt & Pepper, England & Sven, Kebabs & Drunkedness, George W. Bush & War..... One without the other just wouldn't quite be right - and so it is with "Graphics & Gameplay".
Below: a sideways look at the prime Graphical & Gameplay ingredients that are needed to make the perfect gaming blend.
~~GRAPHICS~~
1. First things first: the graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". Give me the visual equivalent of Jordan in a flurescent yellow bikini lying on a sun-drenched paradise beach beneath a pristine blue sky sucking a strawberry lollipop and I'll be happy.
2. The frame-rate must be "smooooooth": nothing less than a polished marble floor will do. No jerkin' around please. Nothing quite slashes on the gaming bonfire like bad slowdown. - It's no good looking like a dream if your breath reeks of rotting maggots or there's a stench of unholy sulphur issuing from your trousers.
3. And what about the game environment: it's got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
4. Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "inspirational": think of the Brazilian National Soccer Team circa 1970 and you'll be there.
~~GAMEPLAY~~
5. The most important thing is "addictiveness": the gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates.... Chomp, chomp. - I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
6. The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. SMACK. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
7. Keep it fun, likeable and spikey: like a mischievous demon armed with a sharp pitchfork riding a big friendly floppy-eared dog. Ahhhh. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
8. If you want to enter the golden palace of video game heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the ripe cherry atop the big fat cake.
9. Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine candylands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person labyrinthian intensity of Quake, to the cool madcap freshness of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio; when you step back, what a strange and wondrous pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.
That's it. The necessary Graphical & Gameplay ingredients required to make the perfect gaming blend.
Below: a sideways look at the prime Graphical & Gameplay ingredients that are needed to make the perfect gaming blend.
~~GRAPHICS~~
1. First things first: the graphics have got to be lip-smackingly gorgeous. I believe the relevant term here is "eye-candy". Give me the visual equivalent of Jordan in a flurescent yellow bikini lying on a sun-drenched paradise beach beneath a pristine blue sky sucking a strawberry lollipop and I'll be happy.
2. The frame-rate must be "smooooooth": nothing less than a polished marble floor will do. No jerkin' around please. Nothing quite slashes on the gaming bonfire like bad slowdown. - It's no good looking like a dream if your breath reeks of rotting maggots or there's a stench of unholy sulphur issuing from your trousers.
3. And what about the game environment: it's got to be a cool place to go. In a straight fight between a unique look and realism - uniqueness wins every time. Visual originality is where the wonder lies. Take me through the looking glass Alice. Feed my imagination.
4. Detail, detail, detail - it can't be stressed enough. Interactive scenery, fluid animation, dynamic lighting, crisp textures, imaginative level design, flashy FX, the list goes on and on and on. Furthermore, make it big and bold, colourful and charismatic, spectacular and stylish, and most of all "inspirational": think of the Brazilian National Soccer Team circa 1970 and you'll be there.
~~GAMEPLAY~~
5. The most important thing is "addictiveness": the gameplay has got to be like a slot machine jammed on pay-out. It's got to keep you coming back for more - like a box of your favourite chocolates.... Chomp, chomp. - I think the word I'm looking for is "moreish".
6. The control must pack a punch: like a bare-fisted prize fighter beating the living daylights out of a large hanging animal corpse. SMACK. Knuckles on cold flesh. Even though I'm a vegetarian, when it comes to game control, I want meat man, raw meat flush with blood!
7. Keep it fun, likeable and spikey: like a mischievous demon armed with a sharp pitchfork riding a big friendly floppy-eared dog. Ahhhh. The best games are serious about not being serious. There's nothing worse than being bogged down in the grey fog of overkill. Effective gameplay is always simplistic. When it comes to storyline however, the more complexity the better.
8. If you want to enter the golden palace of video game heaven, you've got to be motivated and rewarded - be it within the progression of the game or on completion. Hidden extras and secrets, character development, the capacity to master in-game moves and strategies: these things are to the gamer as wings - the ripe cherry atop the big fat cake.
9. Peculiarity is the heartbeat of gaming. From the surreal sunshine candylands of Mario and Sonic, to the first person labyrinthian intensity of Quake, to the cool madcap freshness of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio; when you step back, what a strange and wondrous pastime this gaming lark is. Dynamic, unrealistic and lightly twisted gameplay is what always works best. Celebrate the Peculiar Heart.
That's it. The necessary Graphical & Gameplay ingredients required to make the perfect gaming blend.
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