What in your opinion, makes a game good?
 

What makes a game great? The music? Character design? The type of game it is? Or is it a combination of these things that make a game great?

In my opinion, you need a good combo of these characteristics. A game with good music, is interesting, but stupid and dull. Though some people will play any game no matter what the music, character design, etc. is as long as its First Person shooter or whatever.

Good plot and gameplay.

Realism

There's no set in stone layout a game has to follow, if there were then all games would be alike.

Good plot, good gameplay, good characters, good controls, and dear god, if it's a 3rd person game, A GOOD CAMERA.

That would be my second answer.

good plot good gameplay good graphics and the ability 2 replay and not come up w/ the same results all the time...its good 2 have a storyline that you can follow and enjoy but i also like multiplayer where u can replay over and over again.

I think a good game shouldn't be too easy or too hard.I don't care about graphics but for the people who do care I would make a game with good graphics.All you really have to say when asked what makes a good game good is make it fun.If it is an RPG you need a fun battle system so people don't get bored from all the random battles.Or if it is a fighting game combos make it fun.

I think replay value makes games good. I dont feel liek paying 50 some bucks for a game to beat it then throw it aside. No, i want to love it so much that i want to replay it over and over and over again.

replay value is good...

(open my wrt)

I'd say story line, battle system (if applicable), character interaction, and mutliple endings. You can or you can't go wrong with Mutliple Endings. What if so-and-so died instead of living? How will it affect the ending?

Games are like a piece of art in a way, they encompass multiple areas of artistry, music, story telling, design, etc. They all have good things to do, and bad things that are aesthetically displeasing and can mellow out the gameplay and overall performance of the game. Rounding it all together, keeping a cool head for all of these variables, and still making it flexible and workable will make a good game. Oft times a good example of this is just something simple. Simply because it's easier to make a good simple game then it is to make a good complex game. Go fig.

Mostly plot and atmosphere.

Difficulty.

A control scheme and general design so intuitive, you don't need to check the manual. EVER.

Good plot and combat system.

Have gotta add to MY list, semi decent graphics.

gore, adult situations......makes the game sell even more!! and yes the music, and sound effects also

Well iceman, you need to play fallout serie then :)

The graphics don't matter to me but if you can't tell what anything is in a game the graphics are too bad.

fallout series?? never heard of them :-P is it only in japan or what??

In my opinion the music is important. If this was mortal kombat you would not here ballareina music

Not at all.

Fallout 1 Official Site
http://www.interplay.com/fallout/index.html
Fallout 2 Official Site
http://www.interplay.com/fallout2/index.html

well...true i wouldnt want to here ballerina music...but if there was no music at all i wouldnt mind it

As long as there was some sound emanating from my tv's speakers, i woudlnt mind.

So your saying if its all peaceful music when you are going to finish your opponent in mortal kombat you wouldnt care at all.

Right, because there is alwayz the option to turn the music off. And besides, a game wher you kill people that has powerpuff girls music would be quite funny. And ont pull this crap on me "what if there is no options" there always will be. So for me, game music is NOT AT ALL a contributing factor.

Well the character design is also important. That is not the best thing that makes a game good in my opinion its usually the storyline that makes a game good.

Music is important. Not the type of music. Just it's quality :)

Kuja is right on that, the type of music isn't so much the star of attraction, but the quality is when it comes to music.

yes,if the music is good it makes the game more fun to play because then you can hum the songs while you play.I hum the chocobo theme all the time.