It's funny but everytime you hear people say......
Cinematic games
I'll watch it on Youtube
Simulatorthon (climbing simulator, shooting simulator, cutscene simulator)
You know these are troll attempts ort kids coming out of the woodwork to appear cool and trendy......Trendy as in it's the trendy thing for X fans to say all SWWS games are the same, they're all cinematic games with no gameplay yadda yadda yadda. At this point such statements of "lets try our hardest to make this a meme" or have everybody repeating the same thing is so tired and played out, it's best to ignore things which are not true......
UC series: The only game in that series I was really glued for the story was UC1. Eddy Raja, that Island, Elena, Sully, the mystery behind horror, gold etc......Yet after I beat it the first time, I played it several more times and completed it on crushing at least 3 times it was definitely not the story and cinemas which kept me playing, but the raw awesome and addictive gameplay......Same for UC2, UC3 and UC4...…..
TLOU: Great story, but did the gameplay shine both in SP and in MP, so much depth in the gameplay system......Crafting was done right and revolutionary, enemy types made sense.....It was indeed the best crafted game last gen...….
GOW: And I have one question, who are these kids watching GOW online because there's no gameplay or weak gameplay, only cinemas...You know how much time I spent in the combat rings at Muspelheim or gathering loot in Niflheim which rewards, agility, skill or being able to fight.......Some of the best bossfights this gen were the Valkyries, so much fun and a challenge from normal enemies......Who are these kids who are too skilled to play this so they'd rather watch on youtube…...and not waste their times? Sigrun is a joke for these kids, they'd rather not play this game which require no skill and effort...….
I could go on and on about the different games...….It was never the cinematics which has hooked me, though I've enjoyed them just the same...….It is the gameplay that gives those games a following.......The same can be said of Spiderman, The addictive Days Gone, DC, Horizon Zero Dawn......They all bring a sense of thrill and euporia to the gameplay, that's why people love said games, not because they're sheep or cattle.....