If a game has enjoyable game play then I can tolerate a lot with regards to story. If it fails there then yes I do care.
If I am having a blast in Saints Row then the story is a bonus for being silly and fun. If I am bored in GTA then the story being unpleasant fails to salvage the experience.
Simply point if traversing in an open world is boring then I better have good motivation to watch my character walk for ten-fifteen minutes to get somewhere.








