Does the main story matter in open world games?

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vivster said:

Captain_Yuri said:
It does if it has a great story. I mean sure you can get lost in all the side quests but there is no reason to not have a great story experience and get lost in the side quests in open world games but I do feel like that the story in a lot of open world games isn't good enough to keep me interested in the story.

But is there really a need for an overarching plot if you have just random fun in the world?

That's game dependent... For games like Skyrim and Saints Row, not really but for games like XCX and FFXV, yes