What is this nonsense? Games are meant to be played, period. If I wanted a movie I wouldn't be playing a game. I know there are some games with immersive and realistic stories that are also great when it comes to gameplay but that's not always the case.

Enough with this 'cinematic experience' crap, it's hurting the industry and we don't want another meltdown and a wasteland filled with copies of a certain game.

Well lol... If you don't like it, then don't buy it..

While they aren't my thing, some people like interactive movies. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean there isn't an audience and demand for them.

TLOU is one of the best games ever made. Period

If it is not your thing do not buy it. But the majority of people enjoy them

TLOU would fall under the bolded category though. 

"Cinematic" can mean a range of things. But I don't think there's any correlation with bad games.

Games like the Walking Dead that focus on the storytelling at the expense of gameplay are bad. Games that manage to get both right are good. The best use the two together to compliment each other. 

In the case of the Last of Us, the gameplay made me actually care about the characters when it came to the story and made me pay attention to the cut scenes. The Walking Dead did not, because the gameplay never drew me in.

On the other hand, Heavy Rain was a very cinematic experience, but still a good game. It didn't have proper gameplay, but it had enough to keep you intruiged and actually went interesting places with the story. Especially as not just your decisions mattered, but how well you played the game effected the outcome (I did awfully...)

To address the elephant in the room. I'm reserving my judgement on the Order until I play it, which won't be until it's half price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZQDFO2KEPo&feature=youtu.be&list=PLlRceUcRZcK0E1Id3NHchFaxikvCvAVQe

I just watched the last Jim Sterling video xD

Love this man.

There's nothing wrong with a game telling a good story while looking photo realistic. What you're complaining about is an entirely different issue, I feel

No, I think sometimes it upsets a person that others could like something that person has condemed.  It absolutlely makes people mad when everyone doesn't share their oponion.  God Damnit; gaito said that Cinematic experinences shouldn't exist and... and that just the way it should be!!!!

You know, honestly, I really don't care what patterns you want gaming to follow. It's not your sandbox. Millions of other people will like what they like and will buy what they want. Meanwhile, lots of developers with different visions and ideas will work as they think best.

Deal with it.