Yes... good point Becky. I've played puzzle games that peppered 'story' (lightly) into them making each feel like, maybe, an 'AG-Lite'... jigsaw puzzles, that, once solved, earned you a visit into the structure (total immersion); and while there, would draw you into stories that had additional AG-type puzzles within. The stories, I think, were near-historically accurate... maybe embellished a bit... not sure... but great puzzle games overall (Wrebbit's 3D cd Puzzles: a Victorian house, the Orient Express train, a Bavarian castle and Notre Dame Cathedral).

These --while not starting as true Adventure Games -- became (quasi-)AGs, with very little story.

First and foremost, draw me in with your storyline. Add beautiful graphics and the puzzles become my addiction to complete the game.

How many of you play text adventure games?
How many of you would not be interested in playing a game that was text only?

If you insist that your games have graphics, then don't you have to admit that the graphics are the most important part?

I've played text adventures and while I sometimes liked them, I would often hit a spot where no matter what I typed, the game wouldn't recognize it as a valid question/command. That gets old fast.

No, graphics aren't the most important part but they're a large part of an interconnected whole. The story is the thing that draws me on and keeps me playing, wanting to know what happens next. Puzzle games, games with no interaction that are just 'doing something so you can do something else', have no interest for me. Echo is the only game I can recall at the moment that had puzzles independent of the inventory (for the most part) that were really intriguing and perfectly in place in the game. Anyway, for me, story has a slight edge over all the other aspects of an adventure game. It must have. I love a beautiful game but if the story weren't slightly ahead of everything else, I'd never have finished GK1.

Gil.

I for one look for good puzzling. I enjoy sitting down with pencil/paper and a nice drink and solve all types of puzzles. To me, it's a bit more fun than clicking through a lot of dialog to have to get a clue here and there.

The graphics are a factor too but not a game breaker for me if they are not drop-dead gorgeous.

But I do have to agree with Becky too - it depends on the game as a whole - when you get one that holds interest - it's a great game.

I suppose in the early days (late 70's early 80's) I'd have said puzzles, because that's all there really was. But I've grown awfully fond of story driven adventures lately.

Eye candy is nice, but it’s not a necessity by me.

Hi InlandAZ -- nice hat!

1. Storyline

2.Graphics

3. Puzzels

Storyline keeps me going in a game.

Good looking scenes & or people are nice

in the game.

I like puzzels, but some can just get boring to me, or obtrusive. Huh?

I have quit a game when the puzzels seem to be thrown in for filler.


My 2 cents worth

Dunn

Hey, I was just over at the Arberth Studios site to see if there was an update on 'Coven'. No such luck (thought it was due to be released 4Q 10), but guess what their slogan is-

The story is the game...

1. Story

2. Puzzles

3. Graphics

Puzzles. If puzzles were much less important than story I would go to read a book instead of playing.

Interactivity without puzzles is also quite unsatisfying - it lacks meaning and purpose.

I love games with a good storyline.