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To turn the "video games are toys" argument around, I agree that it's slightly weird to have no interest in a major part of what makes a game enjoyable and still want to play from it. There are only a few games where story is such a large part and gameplay is so minimal/outright bad (e.g. Telltale adventure games) that you honestly DO get most of the experience from a LP. Of course ultimately nobody really cares if you're IC.

the problem is that gameplay so often has so very little to do with the story

like there's nothing you're missing in terms of chracterization/plot by not beign able to play the game

I think people in this thread are conflating gameplay with just battles when it also includes stuff like the atmosphere (even jrpgs, which are notoriously cutscene reliant, let you run through cities and the like). But that's a tangent; the confused feelings mostly come through on why you would be interested in the plot at all (and the most insulting/wankgate answer to this would be wanting pretty looking self-insert a la That Soma).

Or the shittons of terrible Roxas/Axels back on lj. Those were the days.

In this case I agree that you almost always have to play the games in order to roleplay in a game's setting. LPers will miss all the little details that you will be able to observe by actually walking around in a 3D space and exploring yourself.

Story and characters though? Not that necessary.

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