Gameplay isnt the most important thing in games.

[theprof00]

Rafux said:

Aeolus451 said:

Rafux said:
Gameplay is the most important part and will always be, if you just want a "experience" then go read a book or watch a movie.

Nope. I disagree with you. If I want to experience an interactive story then I play a video game. What is gameplay to you? 

You can go to youtube and watch all the branching paths or even pretend you press a button and load the right video. Gameplay is the group of mechanics and rules that make a game fun, just like football, just like monopoly, just like hide and seek. Video games have stories and such to keep you playing and move the scenery along , but story is not the focus by itself if it was then you can just watch a video or read a book and skip gameplay altogether.

You say that instead of an "interactive story" you can go to youtube and just watch it, and then you say that if story was the focus, you could just watch a video and skip the gameplay. You're advocating skipping the gameplay to watch the game instead. You're trying to make a point like it's a ridiculous notion.

..completely forgetting that video-game playthroughs are actually a huge thing on youtube, because people actually do like to just watch.