Right, and your question has two controversial assumptions in it. One is really more of an accusation than an assumption; "You can't enjoy the gameplay if you don't enjoy the story". The second is that, even though the story is bad, that the gameplay is good, which is usually not the case.
To the the first assumption; if the gameplay is good enough, we can ignore the story - up to a point. Borderlands 3 is a good example of this. The story was so woke, and badly written, as to be intolerable. However, in terms of gameplay this was the best Borderlands yet. So, we tune out the story as much as possible (I actually ended up playing the last third of the game on mute because I couldn't take the writing anymore). But, even though I can still enjoy some of the gameplay aspects of this, having to sit though awful cut scenes, that I can't skip, and don't want to watch because; I get it gearbox, you loooooooves whamahn, is annoying to the point that I'm going to talk about it, when I talk about the game.
Your second assumption; that the gameplay is enjoyable even though the writing is terrible, bothers me more. The Last of Us 2 is a good example of the problem with this assumption. Here, the story is really the driving factor in the gameplay. The gameplay itself really isn't anything special, not particularly good, not particularly bad, certainly not particularly interesting. Here, the writing being so absurdly bad (and I mean actually incompetent), completely ruins the game as a whole.
It's rare to find a game where the gameplay and story are separate from one another to the point that one being egregiously badly implemented has no bearing on the other.
Which bring me to my final point; why are you being treated like an asshole in this thread. Well, for one, your "question" is a loaded one. It's loaded in that it contains controversial assumption, it's loaded in that it puts words into our mouths "I'm too bigoted and stupid to enjoy good, clean, gameplay, just because the thing is badly written". Finally, it's loaded in that you are making it our fault that we can't enjoy the game, as though there were something absurd about not enjoying a thing because it is badly made. You are being treated like an asshole because you asked a real asshole of a question. And it's the kind of question that we have become very familiar with over the years "Why do y'all hate whamahn?", "Why are y'all so toxic?", "Why can't y'all do better?". They really aren't questions, so much as passive aggressive statements. Anyway, there's your answer, and fuck you for asking.
It would help if the gameplay is actually fun or engaging. Easy example is TLoU2. Gameplay is basic gun mechanics and combat that's been seen in hundreds of games to that point. Everything it does that is an improvement over the previous installment has been done better in other games, but that's not as important (or it shouldn't be) since it's story based, and many people treat the gameplay as simply something you do to get to the next story scene. Unfortunately, when the story isn't good or engaging enough, you are left with the mediocre gameplay. And if you are already disappointed or upset about the story not being what you expected or wanted, you probably aren't going to be in a charitable mood towards the gameplay.
Comparing it to Spider-Man on the PS4, that has a similar, linear storyline, but with a much greater emphasis on the gameplay. If you don't like the story you can do a variety of side missions or just swing around the city. With a game like TLoU2, the gameplay and story are linked such that you cannot play the game without experiencing the story.
are you retarded?
Right, and your question has two controversial assumptions in it. One is really more of an accusation than an assumption; "You can't enjoy the gameplay if you don't enjoy the story". The second is that, even though the story is bad, that the gameplay is good, which is usually not the case.
To the the first assumption; if the gameplay is good enough, we can ignore the story - up to a point. Borderlands 3 is a good example of this. The story was so woke, and badly written, as to be intolerable. However, in terms of gameplay this was the best Borderlands yet. So, we tune out the story as much as possible (I actually ended up playing the last third of the game on mute because I couldn't take the writing anymore). But, even though I can still enjoy some of the gameplay aspects of this, having to sit though awful cut scenes, that I can't skip, and don't want to watch because; I get it gearbox, you loooooooves whamahn, is annoying to the point that I'm going to talk about it, when I talk about the game.
Your second assumption; that the gameplay is enjoyable even though the writing is terrible, bothers me more. The Last of Us 2 is a good example of the problem with this assumption. Here, the story is really the driving factor in the gameplay. The gameplay itself really isn't anything special, not particularly good, not particularly bad, certainly not particularly interesting. Here, the writing being so absurdly bad (and I mean actually incompetent), completely ruins the game as a whole.
It's rare to find a game where the gameplay and story are separate from one another to the point that one being egregiously badly implemented has no bearing on the other.
Which bring me to my final point; why are you being treated like an asshole in this thread. Well, for one, your "question" is a loaded one. It's loaded in that it contains controversial assumption, it's loaded in that it puts words into our mouths "I'm too bigoted and stupid to enjoy good, clean, gameplay, just because the thing is badly written". Finally, it's loaded in that you are making it our fault that we can't enjoy the game, as though there were something absurd about not enjoying a thing because it is badly made. You are being treated like an asshole because you asked a real asshole of a question. And it's the kind of question that we have become very familiar with over the years "Why do y'all hate whamahn?", "Why are y'all so toxic?", "Why can't y'all do better?". They really aren't questions, so much as passive aggressive statements. Anyway, there's your answer, and fuck you for asking.
I expect a higher class of troll than what you could ever provide.
It would help if the gameplay is actually fun or engaging. Easy example is TLoU2. Gameplay is basic gun mechanics and combat that's been seen in hundreds of games to that point. Everything it does that is an improvement over the previous installment has been done better in other games, but that's not as important (or it shouldn't be) since it's story based, and many people treat the gameplay as simply something you do to get to the next story scene. Unfortunately, when the story isn't good or engaging enough, you are left with the mediocre gameplay. And if you are already disappointed or upset about the story not being what you expected or wanted, you probably aren't going to be in a charitable mood towards the gameplay.
Comparing it to Spider-Man on the PS4, that has a similar, linear storyline, but with a much greater emphasis on the gameplay. If you don't like the story you can do a variety of side missions or just swing around the city. With a game like TLoU2, the gameplay and story are linked such that you cannot play the game without experiencing the story.
Why do you delete your questions?