Quote Originally Posted by Elexia View Post
1.0's problem wasn't a focus on graphics over gamplay really, it was a problem with it being unfinished and Wada wanting it out asap.

There's plenty of games out there that focuses on graphics and atmosphere and still have solid gameplay, Dead Space for example.
thats true but it was because of the lack of time of development and how quickly they were trying to release the game that made them choose a point of focus. thats why alot of the tech engine stuff was done poorly, because they spent that time to make the game prettier, thats reflected by the fact that they couldnt easily fix things such as animation lock and stoping while viewing a bazaar. and going threw menus being so slow, thats why they had to completely remake the engine to fix that.
if they had the oportunity to finish the game before releasing 1.0 those problems would have still been there because thats something that was decided and created when the engine was made and thats in the earliest stages of development, after preplanning of course.

i also agree that games can focus on graphics and have great gameplay, thats why im saying its definetly possible to do if they have the time to do it. dead space is one of my favorite games lol