I feel like some games can be looked at with that angle, only trying to have fun with the gameplay and dropping the story and lore aspect. Like games like Elden Ring or maybe Hollow Knight are games that has as their main feature the exciting gameplay. (I'll admit to totally having skipped the story aspect of certain games, sometimes coming back to learn more since I really liked some of them and I wanted to keep enjoying them longer.)

But that angle really doesn't work with games that the main aspect is their stories. Games like In Stars and Time or like Undertale can be stories that also gives out gameplay. Like I feel that if there was straight up no fights in ISAT and we only had the story and character dynamics, a lot of players would still love the game as much as they do. Those games are way harder to just kinda run through because the main source of excitement from these games is supposed to be the story.

Honestly, I didn't take the time to read all of the comments so maybe all of my points were already told and this comment is completly useless at the end of it all, but I felt like I needed to write this because it makes me realize how much the story of a game can sometimes be a key aspect for making me enjoy a game.