re: "More of a story guy"

I like games that have a lot of lore but not necessarily a story you have to sit through. I like dark souls, Elden Ring, hollow knight, method of story telling.

There have been some story games that have completely gripped me though. The metal gear solid series for example. I long for the next cutscenes and don't so much care about the gameplay. I also like story sequences in JRPGs too, although I would say starting with FFX the story elements started becoming a little too much and I prefer older games with no voice acting.

So it depends on a game by game basis. I think the biggest issue is more often than not, there is a half baked story that you're forced to engage with and it's just not interesting and that makes us think that stories in games are bad. In reality a game where the story is well developed and interesting is as good as watching a good TV show or a movie to me.

My most recent example of this fail is Diablo 4. They invested all these resources into the story that sounds like it was written by a 5th grader, but they made it so you're forced to play through it. It should be the other way around.