| Wonktonodi said:
I was going for the overly simple definition of gameplay there to make the point that most people who say it's the all important part often include much more than gameplay when they say gameplay. |
Then clearly you don't know what the one and only definition of gameplay is. Just because the story in Super Mario tends to be separated from the gameplay you can't use that one example to dismiss all prominent examples where the opposite is the case.
You don't play The Walking Dead simply by making mindless decisions. You play it by following the story, putting yourself in the characters' position, analysing the situation and then picking the preferred option that is available to you. To throw all the rest away and claim that only that last part can be considered gameplay is absurd. Like I said before, it is just as absurd as the claim that the way you play cards is by moving your hands around. In both these cases, the thinking process is the core of the gameplay.
