I think theres a time and a place for both ways of working, just choose wisely according to the universe/world that the game is based in then have fun with it :) that normal knight in armour wouldnt survive for a second in the monster hunter universe his sword is clearly too small :P
Sound, graphics, and gameplay are so interwoven that a game without cool graphics just isn't that much fun to play. There are a select few games that i think would still be fun if you were to replace everything with simple cubes, games like tf2, left 4 dead, starcraft. The gameplay is so strong that they don't need visuals…
Btw if you love cool, and you at least like anime. Go watch gurren lagann. It will blow your freaking minds! i really agree with what dfacto says. Look at how much people love tf2, okami and katamari damacy. All with different levels of rediculousness but are all successful because they are unique and fun.
ROFL I agree with that man! I have way more fun making stuff that looks cool these days, I think its because for the past 5 odd years of making stuff thats supposed to be realish, with real textures, now pretty much all realistic / photoreal stuff bores me to an extent. Not that I disrespect the talent required, its just I…