Most important feature in a game

What's the most important feature in a game?


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TrongaMonga

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The gameplay.

StarCraft ftw.
 

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It has to be fun, of the three, I figured gameplay was the best choice. Addictiveness would be determined by how fun it is, so they are similar.
 

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Must be graphics, we know that personally from pong.
 

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Well, its different for each genre. But RPG = Storyline and FPS = Gameplay with graphics as a close second.
 

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gameplay, which I consider a part of which is time it takes to beat a game. If I can beat a game within 1/2 hour I hate it, if it takes a few trys and umteen hours, I consider it a challenge and worth it. This is why I love RPG games like FF and such.
Buy a game for say $50. and beat it within a day, or, same price that takes a few months to beat.

Gameplay all the way, close second is the stroyline(almost equal) because who wants to play a game to have a crappy ending, or being not interested at all.
Graphics, are subjective. Someone might see something and like it while others don't. This I find not relative.
 

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Whatever the hell it is that DoD has.
 

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gameplay
if the story is pure crap idc much
 

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All three of them really you need decent graphics and good game play and a good storyline to have a good game. If one of them is good and the other two suck then the game sucks.
 

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You just gotta have good gameplay. Beyond that, excellence in the other fields only separates the good games from the favorites. I like a lot of games, but the amazing storyline hooks me into Soul Reaver 2, the graphics/storyline snag me on Devil May Cry, and the graphics have made me a Soul Calibur 3 whore.
 

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gameplay, and a good story to keep you playing. gameplay and story. im not a graphics whore
 

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Graphics and storyline aren't as importand as gameplay, ie. The Legend of Zelda: Link to The Past, although it has a great storyline, it is fun to play. Alot of old games are addicting.
 

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before nintendo, xbox, ps2, ect their was PONG! Anyone old enough can tell you there was no story line, graphics .... lol 2 rectangles and a square, but it kicked ass. So right their gamepaly out ranks every other and will never be beaten hahahahaha.
 
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Gameplay, definitely. Lots of games have very little of the other two and still sell out.
 

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"Game" has a broad variety of definitions .

If you mean Video Game, then the answer is pretty obvious: a balanced mix of all three criteria .
Actually, "gameplay" is kind of self-explanatory .

Be serious, would you buy Pong rather than Day of Defeat, *any*Craft, Soul Reaver, Soul Calibur or Devil May Cry ?
I wouldn't . Why ? Because i'm spoiled .
 
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But seriously, why play a game if it isn't fun at all?

Example: Halo.
 
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