Graphics are a bonus but totally not required. I have seen so many terrible games with great graphics (mostly movie spin-offs).
Download a copy of BeebEm (BBC B Emulator) then go download Repton 3. This is a great example of a great game with poor graphics (mainly due to its age).
This is still one of my all time favourite games (I've been playing it on and off for over 20 years!) because it has good puzzles and to be a good player you have to have good timing and your wits about you.
The graphics are very simplistic (3 colours!) but good enough that you can recognise things.
In the modern era, my favourite game is Portal. The graphics are reasonable, and do take advantage of graphics cards, but certainly not at the level of Crysis.
They got it right by doing lots of user testing (check out their "developer commentaries" to learn more)
So, stick with it. If you get the gameplay right, that's all you need.
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Here's a visualization which shows what the result would have been if the same votes had been used to decide the number of seats (a simple version of proportional representation):
http://alexbowyer.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-would-have-happened-last-night-if.html
Also, here's some visualizations of alternative Proportional Representation systems and the effects they'd have:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25541021@N00/4594758955/
Graphics are a bonus but totally not required. I have seen so many terrible games with great graphics (mostly movie spin-offs).
Download a copy of BeebEm (BBC B Emulator) then go download Repton 3. This is a great example of a great game with poor graphics (mainly due to its age).
This is still one of my all time favourite games (I've been playing it on and off for over 20 years!) because it has good puzzles and to be a good player you have to have good timing and your wits about you.
The graphics are very simplistic (3 colours!) but good enough that you can recognise things.
In the modern era, my favourite game is Portal. The graphics are reasonable, and do take advantage of graphics cards, but certainly not at the level of Crysis.
They got it right by doing lots of user testing (check out their "developer commentaries" to learn more)
So, stick with it. If you get the gameplay right, that's all you need.