I'm not all that big on the graphics or realism thing. I'm all about gameplay and challenge. Hell, it's 2018 and I still play the classic Mega Man and Doom games and enjoy them much more than modern games. You don't see challenge anymore in modern mainstream games. Hell, remember that game Heavy Rain not too long ago where it was impossible to lose and wasn't even a game, but rather an interactive movie.
Not totally shitting on modern games, but rather just saying if a game doesn't have good gameplay, their advancements in graphics mean nothing to me.