Another update on the survey information for you guys: the importance of various aspects to a game. This one's a lot more comprehensive than the previous one in that results are grouped based on the community groups. If you're wondering why it's taking so long, Google Docs isn't very good at organising information. I didn't know this when I started out, so I've had to go and mix around with Excel and FileMaker to get to where I am at the moment (I've never used either before, actually).
Anyway, feel free to comment on something interesting - if you're curious about some sort of possible statistical observation, let me know and I might be able to whip up a table for you.
=| Shit.
I don't like the whole idea that graphics mean nothing, for a game to be good the whole thing has to be good, I've played a couple of games just because they were pretty, doesn't mean they were that inferior to games that look like ass but have great gameplay.
Also, I can understand why story is so high up, but come on, I am yet to play a game with a story that isn't a bunch of cliche bullshit.Yeah, this is looking at a broad audience: you'll see the common opinion, for better or worse. I was surprised how important story was to most gamers. But then again, I know that a cliffhanger in a half-decent plot will keep me playing to get to that point. And I really couldn't care less about story when playing a game…