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Steve_OS · 12-01-2020, 09:37 PM

After watching trailers, reading developer blogs, and scanning every nook and cranny of the Internet for more details, what's more important to you, when it comes time to purchase a game?

LucianoJJ · 12-01-2020, 10:03 PM

The play's the thing.

gmac0322 · 12-01-2020, 10:21 PM

Actual raw gameplay.

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The Senator · 12-02-2020, 11:45 AM

Gameplay and Franchise are neck and neck for me. Give me a game that properly represents the sport it approximates as best as it can, and I'm happy.

Some genres are more skewed than others, for example, I've put more hours into creating boxers, MMA fighters and, yes, wrestlers in Fire Pro Wrestling World, but I barely even play the actual game, because it's that much more interesting to program the CPU, and watch stuff happen. Likewise, in a boxing or a MMA game, I'm mostly sticking to single player exhibition fights, but in NBA 2K, I've usually put a lot of focus into MyLeague or Season after finetuning a roster, and used to dump obscene amounts of time into PES's Master League, or the old school Madden Franchise.

Modern Madden's approach to Franchise, by contrast, is so underwhelming(I do hate the XP concept), that I went from an every year purchase in the PS2 and early PS3 era, to spacing my purchases out.

jeebs9 · 12-02-2020, 01:42 PM

The most important thing for me. Is the Demo. If I get pulled in by the demo. And I keep playing it over and over and over. I'm going to buy the game. It's that simple.

I hate blogs. Because things changes on release. I can't tell you how many times I've been excited for a certain detail or feature. And then they remove when I get the game

WaddupCouzin · 12-02-2020, 04:30 PM

I think it's a combination of gameplay videos and blogs. I enjoy both.

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daflyboys · 12-02-2020, 08:56 PM

Poor to mediocre gameplay (especially sports games) that only look good is like a movie with real nice CGI and no storyline.

JayhawkerStL · 12-03-2020, 01:19 AM

Good gameplay can make bad modes fun. Gameplay should always be the priority.

View Poll Results: What's more important to you, when the time comes to purchase a game?
Gameplay	177	34.57%
Graphics & Animation	22	4.30%
Franchise Mode	250	48.83%
Single Player Modes	49	9.57%
Multiplayer Modes	7	1.37%
Other (Let us know)	7	1.37%
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12-01-2020, 09:37 PM	#1
Steve_OS Editor-in-Chief OVR: 77 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: OS Eastern Office Posts: 29,008 Blog Entries: 556	What's more important to you? After watching trailers, reading developer blogs, and scanning every nook and cranny of the Internet for more details, what's more important to you, when it comes time to purchase a game? __________________ Steve Noah Editor-in-Chief http://www.operationsports.com Follow me on Twitter

12-01-2020, 10:03 PM	#2
LucianoJJ Pro OVR: 19 Join Date: Jan 2006 Blog Entries: 26	Re: What's more important to you? The play's the thing. MrDubya likes this.

12-01-2020, 10:21 PM	#3
gmac0322 MVP OVR: 6 Join Date: Aug 2009	Re: What's more important to you? Actual raw gameplay. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Raider Ren, DoWork and DaReapa like this.

12-02-2020, 11:45 AM	#4
The Senator Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: What's more important to you? Gameplay and Franchise are neck and neck for me. Give me a game that properly represents the sport it approximates as best as it can, and I'm happy. Some genres are more skewed than others, for example, I've put more hours into creating boxers, MMA fighters and, yes, wrestlers in Fire Pro Wrestling World, but I barely even play the actual game, because it's that much more interesting to program the CPU, and watch stuff happen. Likewise, in a boxing or a MMA game, I'm mostly sticking to single player exhibition fights, but in NBA 2K, I've usually put a lot of focus into MyLeague or Season after finetuning a roster, and used to dump obscene amounts of time into PES's Master League, or the old school Madden Franchise. Modern Madden's approach to Franchise, by contrast, is so underwhelming(I do hate the XP concept), that I went from an every year purchase in the PS2 and early PS3 era, to spacing my purchases out. sportomatic75, ShamWowNY, TrophyKing80 and 4 others like this.

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12-02-2020, 01:42 PM	#5
jeebs9 Fear is the Unknown OVR: 34 Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 32,542	Re: What's more important to you? The most important thing for me. Is the Demo. If I get pulled in by the demo. And I keep playing it over and over and over. I'm going to buy the game. It's that simple. I hate blogs. Because things changes on release. I can't tell you how many times I've been excited for a certain detail or feature. And then they remove when I get the game blk5tar5 and mcdowell31 like this. __________________ Hands Down....Man Down - 2k9 memories http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IHP_5GUBQo

12-02-2020, 04:30 PM	#6
WaddupCouzin MVP OVR: 11 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tampa, Fl Blog Entries: 1	Re: What's more important to you? I think it's a combination of gameplay videos and blogs. I enjoy both. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk HipNotiiC_x likes this. __________________ "I've Altered The Deal..."

12-02-2020, 08:56 PM	#7
daflyboys Banned OVR: 27 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lehi Valley, PA	Re: What's more important to you? Poor to mediocre gameplay (especially sports games) that only look good is like a movie with real nice CGI and no storyline. HipNotiiC_x, DoWork and BodamEscapePlan like this.

12-03-2020, 01:19 AM	#8
JayhawkerStL Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,448	Re: What's more important to you? Good gameplay can make bad modes fun. Gameplay should always be the priority. vleboy, HipNotiiC_x, DoWork and 3 others like this. __________________ XBL: JayhawkerStL ---- "I think a lot of the anger some fans have toward video games they fear will disappoint them are rooted in unrelated desires for basic existential validation. And I get that. But no video game (or movie, or book, or song) is ever going to fill that hole." - Arthur Gies

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