Am I a graphics whore?
OK, I've always had a disdainful, elitist attitude toward videogamers that IMO liked games because of pretty graphics, giving no consideration toward whether or not a game actually played well, or was fun. I was fairly snobbish about it, thinking they didn't care whether or not a game was fun to play, only caring about how it looked.
Well, I'm having self-doubts now about my conviction. Yes, I did preorder Ikaruga several weeks ago, after having read about it online and hearing people rave about how great it is. However, I'd never seen or played it myself.
Now I see the pictures of it above, and I think to myself, DAMN!, that is a beautiful game! The graphics blow me away to the same degree Myst did when it originally came out. I think the game looks very, very gorgeous, and I am now a lot more anxious to get my copy than I was before seeing the pictures. Does this make me a graphics-whore? Who cares? I can't wait to play Ikaruga. It looks phenomenal, and from what I've read it's likely to have gameplay that rivals Xevious, and old favorite of mine.
I haven't bothered to look it up yet. I really hope Rosh Hashannah/Yom Kippur doesn't fall on the same day I get my copy.
We'll see....
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