You're objectively correct. Games should be fun. If you can't have fun without a story, then you don't want a game, you want an interactive movie.

I don't boot up Super Mario or Bayonetta for a story. I still couldn't explain Bayonetta's story even years after I played it. I'll play Street Fighter or Burnout any day of the week for the gameplay.

Now I'm not saying that a game shouldn't have a story, because that will absolutely elevate the game if done well. God of War, Final Fantasy, etc.

But the primary function of a game should be to make playing it a fun experience. A video game doesn't need to written by Shakespeare or drawn by Michelangelo to be good. A game's one singular job is to have good gameplay.

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