Gameplay, gameplay and gameplay are the three most important things for a video game to have.
That’s the view of games industry legend and co-author of the Fighting Fantasy series Ian Livingstone OBE who was speaking to The Train2Game Blog at Develop Conference 2012.
From the age of paper-based gaming to the digital era, the legendary Ian Livingstone CBE has had a career that has spanned many decades.
The Eidos and Games Workshop co-founder discusses his origin story.
Ian Livingstone is a man with many titles. He’s co-creator of Fighting Fantasy, co-founder of Games Workshop, GamesAid trustee, life president of Eidos, vice chair of Ukie, and many more, lots more than we have space to list here at least.
I agree, but im gettin older now (almost 29) so i like a mature story to boot
“But above all, with a game, the gameplay has to be fantastic because people will always buy a game which has great gameplay and poor graphics over something which has great graphics and poor gameplay.”
This man is my hero.
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So true! Sound is completely over rated!
Ha, an argument many of N4G agrees with when it suits them. Although 90% of discussions centre around graphics.
How many comments in Wii U threads even mention gameplay as opposed to graphics? 1 in 50 maybe. For the masses to suggest they agree gameplay > graphics is laughable, when their actions clearly show otherwise.