Yeah, I think that might be part of the fundamental difference in people's views. RPGs just spoke more to me as a medium. Then again, I'm a weirdo who was allowed to pull up at the table while my brothers were playing Dungeons and Dragons when I was only six years old. I was bred for role playing games

I mean, we started out with Mario and Castlevania of course. But those games didn't speak to me on the level that Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior did when they finally rolled out. I kept playing random "gameplay" based games, but my favorite games always ended up being the RPGs. And I always considered them the novels of the video game world. Not sure why that analogy matters anymore. I guess that makes the other games the comic books of the medium lol

But yeah, it all bred me and trained my brain to care more about story and character than action, flashy cameras, or tight controls

But once in a while a great game with great controls will pull me out and show me what gameplay games are all about. And I appreciate those when they can come along and grab me