If you stripped you fave game bare of graphics, would anything remain?

  A lot of people put emphasis on graphics ("Oh, it looks beautiful!") in games - as if it's the significant factor. For myself, I think you can play chess with stones and pebbles and its still as good a game.

So what if you strip out the graphics of your fave game? What's left? Much? Anything? This is a particular question with current mmorpgs.

Someone was already kind enough to experiment with that with greek and wicked, a graphical reduction of the god of war hydra fight
  Greek & Wicked
  The game and watch game!