Here's why people might find your opinions on games invalid now that you revealed that you skip all cutscenes when you play games. Mechanics are intertwined with motivation. Story shapes how playing feels: tension, stakes, why a fight matters or why you’re forced to slow down. If I have a level where I'm supposed to cut my father down in a Sword battle, the gameplay fundamentally is distorted, thus affecting the lens in which I see the mechanics. The “I don’t care about story” describes your priorities; it doesn’t establish that story has no bearing on gameplay. The question is how far your conclusions reach beyond the parts you engage with. If you see a game as a mechanical pinball machine, instead of the complexity of motivations and context behind the decisions... Your opinions on the games when you are FORCED to watch a cutscene let's me know you're eating food you don't like. So why the fuck would I want your food review? You're a Vegan telling me what Steak is good. All your reviews are now invalid to me, now.