Most important thing in a video game?

For me, I give a shit about it being challenging or not. You gotta know how the game works or else you will play like a fucking dumbass no matter if you're alone, with buddies, or recording the game. Plus, games are meant to be beaten. 

Easy games are not for me unless they have difficulty options, but even then I wouldn't really buy those games if they don't have something I'm looking for (blood, gore, hot girls, guns, swords, cool looks, etc) because I like to be challenged and go seek shit for the thrill.

Good Gameplay, Playability, and Good Framerate.

It has to be fun first and foremost a game with ultra realistic graphics alone is nothing,also in some games music just gives it the vibes kinda like in GTA where if you turn off the radio the game just feels off.

Im not really bothered by fps being under 60 if a game its fun and you enjoy theres nothing better like for example I had a blast NFS Carbon on my PS3 a couple days ago I dont know if its 60fps but damn if it isnt fun and it doesnt get too long like other games that jsut seem to stretch out.(sorry for the rant I felt inspired xd)

I love a game with replayability which is why I can't stop playing the binding of isaac, also subtitles for any game with a lot of dialogue

i love when games have different difficulties especially if it's a genre i don't usually play, i like to play on the easiest difficulty to begin to get used to controls (and because i'm trash at aiming and stuff) and then change it once i'm more confident

Tight responsive controls and engaging gameplay are the two most important to me. I have given up on too many games due to bad controls then I'd like to admit. If it isn't fun to play, I'm not gonna give it my time. Unique and fun gameplay keeps my interest more than a game that feels too derivative/repetitive.

Been realizing more and more that good progression really makes or breaks a game for me. A lot of games fall into the trap of no sideways progression which makes it feel like either you're progressing too fast and nothing really matters until you get to max level or you progress way too small since they put too much of an effort gap between progress points.

Sideways progression is great, allowing the player to experiment and keep the gameplay fresh while still moving towards the next objective

A game just has to feel good to play at its core. Yes, even the walking simulators. 

for me its always the mix of graphics and story combined sometimes I get games that look good and keep me interested and its amazing

in my opinion? probably the characters and the roles/tropes they choose to fill or sometimes not fill.

like sure, gameplay is important; that's a no brainer, but the who thats coming along with you is important too. a good character is like a good player in a sense that you'll want to play more with them if you're having fun with them. similarly, a good villain character can be like fighting another player of slightly higher skill.

the real key to it that I find is if they feel like they could be real people in their world, then they become real in your head and thus, makes you feel sympathetic towards them. thats what keeps someone like me coming back to games. I could care alot less about graphics if a game gives me a good story with good characters.

it's kind of like what makes up a good comic, if you think about it :]

i feel like aesthetic is way more important than ppl give credit to

fun

you can fuck up anything else but this

you can have the fanciest graphics and most immersive soundtrack ever

but if the mechanics are janky af, its a no from me

also: must be very fun, exciting and replayable

tony hawk's pro skater games are an absolute winner for me <333

edit: most tony hawk games

we don't talk bout ride or pro skater 5 </3