Of course they matter. Graphics can definitely effect the way you look at a game. If the graphics are horrible enough, then it's just too big a factor to ignore and you probably won't end up buying the game. The opposite can be said too, since absolutely stunning graphics can leave you really...
Well, graphics matter. If you had a game that had the best story gameplay and music of all time, but the graphics looked like something you'd see on something like the Odeysey (white dots on a blue screen. I'm dead serious.) then the game would still be horrible despite the other factors being...
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll i like good graphics to say the least but really they're just the frosting on the video game. Graphics enhance only the way the game looks and really i like graphics in games like tp and oot but really...