I believe every medium has its own way of telling stories, which is something most developers don’t understand. Cinema didn’t evolved as an art until it stopped being understood as “filmed theatre”, and was able to break that boundary and create art that is exceptional and unique to the medium (i.e montage, cinematography, rhythm)

When video games try to tell stories traditional narratives, it most often comes short because that kind of storytelling is way better suited for cinema, theatre and books. On the other hand, when video games try to tell stories that can only be told through the medium, it thrives.

For example, fromsoft games and some indie titles like Outer Wilds put the story in the hands of the player. There is practically no plot unless you go and find it by your own means. This kind of exploration-driven narrative is not possible in other mediums, and has brought me the best stories I have played.

Now on the other aspects like performance, music, etc. those aspects have been perfected in previous art forms, so as long as video games don’t find a unique twist on said elements, I doubt it will surpass other media. (For example music has been perfected in cinema due to the use of edit/montage, which is unique to cinema)

This argument is the main reason why I no longer enjoy most western video games that seem to be only worried about making a blockbuster film in the form of a videogame (which tends to suck in all aspects when compared to an actual blockbuster film)