Why is your thread title about apples when the OP is about oranges?

I dont like cutscenes. I dont like a game to stop me for 10 minutes to watch exposition of stuff I already know or simply dont care about.

I understand games are "special" since they involve multiple media practices, but I play games. I dont read or watch them (kinda hypocritical since I watch a lot of LP and eSports...)

Edit: Of course, if a game has a good story, I'll welcome it. But I want 90% of my playtime being me playing.

dont pay attention to anyone. just play what you enjoy :D

I don't really mind stories in video games as long as they are decent, but gameplay will be always be king to me.

The stories in games usually suck. They are so boring, predictable and usually poorly written. Gameplay is significantly more important than the story for me.

I disagree with that considering some games stories are better than movies. Especially better than todays movies thats for damn sure.

Story > gameplay. Get gud scrub, you gotta lotta soup to eat 

Actually that's not entirely true as I prefer to value as a whole rather than separate categories. Nothing more annoying than "gameplay first "tho *rollseyes*

It depends, I have no problem playing games that have little to no emphasis on story as long as the gameplay is solid but at the same time I also love to sink my teeth into a fun game with a great story. However decent games with a large emphasis on a poor story have ended up ruining the entire experience for me.

I really dislike when some people start throwing out "that's not a game, that's a movie" or whatever. Who gives a fuck? If a lot of people are enjoying it, then that's all the justification needed. If you don't like that particular style of game then go play something else.

That closed-mindedness is kind of silly, when you think about it, as video-games themselves redefined what constitutes a "game", as did AD&D. I have no doubt there were people back then declaring that those were not games, as well.

You are of course entitled to your opinion and your favorite games. It's awesome that there are games of all genres, difficulty levels, and accessibilities for different games enthusiasts.

But I'm going to continue to push back against cinematic games because the storytelling demands of cinema do not work well with the interactive demands of video games. One has to be sacrificed for the other. Sometimes, rarely, a game will come along and straddle successfully the line between game and movie - Uncharted 2 comes to mind - but much more often the desire to tell a gripping story through cut-scenes interrupts the flow, pacing, and interactivity of a game. And that, for me, is a mistake.