I was reading up on a criticism of the story of an indie game I hadn't played yet when I ran into this line:
It's "Fun" but unfortunately that isn't enough anymore.
I'm not going to link back to it because the point is not to attack the person who wrote it, but rather to address the concept they put forward. If you recognize the quote then please be a good sport and keep it to yourself.
I think this sentiment comes from a somewhat spoiled perspective, where:
- Plenty of games with both "good" gameplay and story exist
- One has played and enjoyed these games
- One becomes intolerant of a game that is below the standard that the other "good" games have set
I think I'm making my point clear enough by using quotes, but: a person's enjoyment of a game is subjective and not everyone can or should enjoy it the same way you do. You are simply not always going to be the target audience 100% of the time, and that's fine.
What follows is a really long and drawn-out analogy that I'm not sure makes sense to anyone other than me. Again, I am the old man yelling at a cloud here, you're completely free to write me off and scroll past this.