How important are visuals to you?

Ill try a mod if it has a good look and feal to it. if its just a mod with the name "Totally awesome" but with the half-life 2 background its not gettin my vote. but then again ill try somethings if it SOUNDS good.

I've tried mods with weak concepts and some were really bad... I prefer a decent concept in order for it to appeal to me.

Gameplay is more important than visuals, but I appreciate effort put into the visual aspect. Still, I try to judge a mod by how it plays and not how it looks... there are pretty mods with weak gameplay and mods with great gameplay and subpar graphics.

First comes looks, if a mod uses base half life 2 models and ugly maps I won't download it. If it atleast has some intriguing visuals I'll read up on the gameplay and if I like what I see I'll download it only to find that there's one server with 3 people on it.

Yay for over-saturated source modding scene!

I don't care if a mod has awesome visuals, I care if it has NEW visuals.

It's all about the concept. If you've got a great idea, then it may well be worth trying - heck, it might even be brilliant to play. If you've got nothing but eye candy, it's more than likely the project just isn't going to be all that entertaining.

see i dont like zombie mods because there all the same concept to me. for me concept is the key to a great game.

I think concept is the most important thing regarding mods. I don't expect fantastic visuals, but it certainly doesn't hurt when a mod is visually pleasing.

i think gameplay is more important than graphics but if it looks like ****, i'm not even going to bother with it. take runescape for instance: many people say runescape has good gameplay, but the visuals make me want to throw up so i dont play it. basically, yes, i judge books by their covers.

It is all about the concept, but being presented well can help draw peoples attention sometimes.

concept all the way. but also how you present it can make a huge deciding factor.

The order of how a game should work.

1. Gameplay
2. Story
3. Graphics

I like a mod that has a good story. Good graphics and a new kind of gameplay.

I think i have to be honest on this one, if the mod looks interesting visually i usually ive it a try, visuals is a big thing for me and i rarely care if someone does a bad job with graphics and then try "our gameplay makes up for it"

No that dosnt work, a good game have a great mix between visuals and gameplay, i dont say that every game has to be oper highpoly and 2048x2048 textures everywhere but they have to atleast try get a sence of art direction and not go with the "Gears of War look"

I still play retro stuff so I never care about graphics.
I do try to play every mod that can raise my brow....
and its not hard to raise my brow ;)

since when do mods n have good visuals i'd play gears for visuals

The Gameplay and story has to be good graphics aren't that important but it would be good if it had fair graphics

A good concept... but it makes it so much more appealing when the graphics are nice to look at.

Without a good concept I just roll your eyes and click next, even if they made crysis like graphics.

I don't judge a book about it's cover, but sometimes I only play for visiual Effects and stuff. SOMETIMES! =p

Sometimes I enjoy 2D games more than 3D, just because they have great concepts

If it has awesome visuals, I'll give it a shot. If the game play department doesn't hold up then I'll delete the mod/game. If I like the concept I will give it a shot.

I believe they presentation and concept are almost equally important.
I great concept can come out really bad if presented horribly, and vice verse.

Wow, look at all those damn liars! I bet you at least 50% that opted for option 2 fall easily into option 3.

I think that most people will say that they PLAY a mod for the concept, but its the visuals that draws people in 99% of the time. Its far easier to sell a product on what can be seen rather than explained.

I'll give a mod a try if the graphics are atleast fair and theres something interesting about it, but I stay for gameplay. Especially if its a singleplayer mod, as those are usually a quick and interesting playthrough. Most multiplayer mods don't bring anything new to the table, imo. Yay, another TDM with different weapons, and possibly a twist..

A mixture of the two IMO. However, there is a limit as to how bad visuals I can stand. Visuals are mainly good for eye candy, and to make sure puzzles and other objectives can be easly found. That said, I find to many games these days are so ******* dark I can't se anything. I just get so bored with them.

AFAIHS...

Judging by the cover is always a must.

Apart from 6 or 7 books I have, most of of the covers have been representative of...well an awesome book lol.

Not true for games though...IMO gta's have **** covers but are awesome games.

As for mods...something titled "LOLEDS W00TZORZ MODDD" with no picture or description = 99% of the time...crap.

On the other hand something titled "Legends of the eternal phoenix fires" with like 100 pics and 6 pages of text...could well as well indeed by rubbish.

Overall I'd say its a gamble really, check it out and judge for your self is what i do :)

mostly i will download a mod if it fits all of these criteria:

1. i own the game it runs on, for me zero hour (LOL)

2a. it has a good concept (E.G. shockwave)
or
2b.it changes the game in a good way (E.G. retarded mod)

3. IT IS EASY TOO INSTALL!!!!! I am pained at the mods that have an incredible concept but is impossible to install unless you are Kevin mitnik (if you think you are more leet than Kevin, please, hack my post to say, "I like cheese")

I'll get anything according to the concept. Example: MEC is one of my favs because it changes Zero Hour completely and in a smart way. Which is pretty much worth it. :)
Get my drift?

Most of you are full of ****. You love shiny graphics and that's all you hunger for. Fukken admit it.

The concept is much more important than the graphics. Thats the reason many, many people still play Starcraft, even while it technically haves 2D graphics, and there are much better ones.

It's the gameplay and the concept the things that make a game great. Story is still important, and music, and the "feel" that it creates, the "ambient".

Graphics are, I think, secundary, an addition.

As long as it doesnt looks like CNC 1 I can play it (and even if it does I can still give it a try if I like a lot the concept.)

But remember, a game (or mod) has NEVER been great or remembered only for its graphics. Even if it has the best graphics on the world and history, if playing it sucks, the game/mod will suck. But if it has low-average graphics, but a great gameplay and concept, it can still be fun.

Wow, 76% for one choice alone.

Concept is the primary consern for most mods. Graphics are secondary, primarily because mods generaly add quality graphics ONLY after the mod had become popular enough to generate demand. Would you rather see inventive total conversion mods, another "excape from school" mod that looks more like a school then all the countless former ones?

I try mods that SOUND like they will be fun, and Hope that if they are fun, they will gather the proper support needed to attain polished graphics. Only when all the interesting concept options are exausted will I bother searching the boreing sounding mods reguardless of their graphical appeal.

P.S.
Do NOT lump all concepts together. "Zombie" is not a concept, Take Zombie master mod for HL2, it's concept is to change FPS HL2 into a CoOp vs RTS game. The concept can hardly be compared to Zombie Panic (HL2) simply because it has the common charictoristic of zombies.

time for a new poll!