To be honest, I don’t care much about that.
I grew up reading and drawing comics which is all about epic stories, got hooked by games and moved my interests on. But games had great storylines that time.
If I could guess back that games would turn into a “mechanics is everything” + “skill is all that matters” thing, I don’t know.
I hope stories come back to gaming someday. Telltale games have cool stuff, but shallow and short. Metal Gear has infinite dialogs, but most of the time it’s nothing interesting to follow, they just talk and talk… So I’m kinda lost on this search.