What's most important in a good game

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Are you kidding me? Aesthetics including graphics and character design is only an added plus, which is definitely not the most important thing in a good game. They may seem nice at first, but that doesn't really affect the fun of the game. Even more, many games with good aesthetics are just Apple of Sodom, such as Crysis, Mass Effect, and Far Cry 2. In addition, sometimes excellent graphics are a double sided sword, coz players have to get a high hardware to run it.

Gameplay obviously comes first! It is the core structure of the game as a whole. If the main concept of the game doesn't work or isn't fun, it will totally ruin the game. Aesthetic will only get you so far if the gameplay is absolute shit. I won’t play any boring games even I like the way they look. And I used to have a lot of fun with some games with nice gameplay and bad graphics, such as Minecraft and Runescape.

In short, gameplay is far more important than Aesthetics. If the gameplay is good, then who the hell cares about the aesthetics.

Furthmore, below's my top 4 things that I look for in a good game.
1. Gameplay (According to what I have said above).
2. Storyline (A lot of games are very popular due to their great storyline, which makes me wanna play through the game again).
3. Aesthetics (Great graphics and art style will make a game better, but which is not the main point).
4. Sound (Without doubt, it is the least important).

What do you think is most important in a good game?

 

It varies for people. Some people personally enjoy better graphics, some people prefer realism and some more fantasy like situations.

Personally, I love a good storyline.

 

I think graphics is most important for me
Even if the game had a good storyline, if it's really crap graphics I highly doubt I would play it
I mainly prefer games where I can customize my own look

 

What about others?

 

And gameplay?

 

In all honesty for me when it comes to MMO's, it matters about the World.
How creative the toybox is, how interesting, and how diverse.

 

What's important to me in a good game is a detailed storyline, diversity of features, decent player base / active forums, graphic (kinda), and the intitiality that anyone has a fair chance at becoming the best.