I'm definitely more of a gameplay fan. A good story can be helpful, but I like racing games, shooters, and fighters, so story isn't a big deal to me. I would take Splinter Cell over MGS because you only have to worry about the mission at hand, and not other side stories.
There are only a couple of games where I was really into the story. Super Paper Mario is the main example. I hate the story line in the Trauma Center games. I don't think anyone buys that game to listen to doctors complain about their sad lives for hours. They buy it to do surgey. That storyline is completely unnecessary.
As for cutscenes, I do enjoy them in most cases. I really think that all cutscenes should have the ability to be skipped though. The games with the best cutscenes are survival horror games. I like them because the cutscenes are scarier than the game in a lot of cases. I also like how the cutscenes have a cinematic quality that you just can't achieve while playing the game.
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