Most 3 important aspects of a game?

[Dreddz]

- Fun.

That's it, really.

[Lindy]

Woha, not true. There's quite a number of Shooters with a reasonable story. Just look at Operation Flashpoint or Return to Castle Wolfenstein [lol FPS games]. Surely, there are some games that are good and don't have a story at all, but don't get too picky about it

I gotta tell ya, I think the story is probably about the least important factor in the shooter genre (talking about sidescrollers here, not those fancy FPS) as a whole. They're games designed to provide fast paced fun, not envelope the user in a storytelling experience.

Read. Posts.

And you STILL can't disagree, because my point is that everyone's view of fun is relative, you have your idea of games, you know what you want in them, so you ONLY play the games with those factors. But the general concept of fun for one person is nothing like what someone else views as fun, you cannot blanket define fun for a person by just three things, since they'll be looking for different things in different games.

It's like music, someone who likes Metal is not going to be looking for a good rapper in their favourite bands, same way a Hip-Hop fan is not going to be looking for ten minute long guitar solos.

[Discord]

It's like music, someone who likes Metal is not going to be looking for a good rapper in their favourite bands, same way a Hip-Hop fan is not going to be looking for ten minute long guitar solos.

Exactly! Thats why there are different factors that -you- like and not just one good music selection.

[Rengori]

RPGs and Adventure Games

Gameplay
Storyline
Controls

Others

Gameplay
Controls
Graphics (the closer to 8 bit, the better)(What? I like old school graphics! You didn't have to worry about enemies on all sides, just front and back, like it should be! Don't give me that look.)