8. Graphics Are The Most Important Thing
Of course, we all like pretty graphics, and we all generally prefer that a game would have state-of-the-art visuals rather than look like it was pulled out of 1983, but graphics really are not the be-all and end-all of any video game, and if you can't look past the superficial, you're often going to miss out on some sublime video games (as with a lot of more modest-looking indie games, for instance). Has the PlayStation's Metal Gear Solid aged utterly horribly? Yes, but it's all about the gameplay and the fascinating story; that's what keeps me playing it even if Snake's face appears to be a single, blurry image (and don't even begin to ask why I don't just play the Twin Snakes...just...horrible). On the flipside, great graphics aren't always an indication of quality; the first Crysis was, to me, a total example of style-over-substance (even if the sequels mostly redeemed this claim), clearly trying to coast on the fact that it
looked amazing, while the gameplay wasn't really up to much.