Focus on Graphics or Gameplay?

Online most people seem to call retro a game with pixelated graphics or the Metroidvania layout... But have you think... About... Today graphics with retro gameplay?

I think Resident Evil Game Cube Remake (Remaster?) Was a good example, it is basically the PS1 game. You are into retro gaming for the looks or the feels?

I'm on it for the gameplay and general feeling, I'm not bothered but I don't enjoy the games today telling you exactly what and where to do it...

I want health packs back f#ck regenerating health it makes games to easy.

For me, retro is just a matter of age and then it's only a matter of how old does a game have to be before it's considered retro. I mean there's plenty of retro games I simply don't find fun while there's a lot of modern games that emulate older styles of gameplay that I really enjoy so it would be difficult for me to classify retro as being a particular style of design mentality.

I don't really care about graphics much unless we are getting into the Atari 2600 territory of ugliness. As long as the game has a decent story and smooth gameplay then I'm fine with it.

@warmblur: those health packs are coming back in the new Doom game. All of the in game pickups look like the old school super bright neon obvious stuff instead of all of this realism crap. I like that they know this is a video game and aren’t afraid to show it.

Gameplay mostly, however I do not venture further back than 16-bit era of graphics.

Gameplay matters more, though graphics are also somewhat important. But, still, I can forgive subpar graphics with ease if the gameplay is good. I can't forgive subpar gameplay just because the game is pretty.

Gameplay mostly... but, I tend to have a limit of mostly titles bellow the 6th-gen era... just too muddy for my tastes. Are controls perfect? Hell-no. A lot of older titles suffer from clunky controls (though, some still hold up pretty well ie. racing sims and flight simulators). So what if the game has slightly outdated graphics... if its controls are okey as well as the gameplay/story itself... who cares.

I still enjoy some old games on Nintendo NES more than the latest 3d super games.