While reading a debate on a forum, something interesting came up. Some people would sacrifice Story for gameplay, while others would sacrifice gameplay for story. I for one think that they should have both, but people seem that is impossible. But if i had to choose, i would pick Play and Gameplay because many games i have are poor in the story and narrative, but are SO fun to play. How do you all fell about this?

Some articles:
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/722577/what-narrative-means-in-games-plot-vs-play/
http://kotaku.com/5885432/gameplay-and-story-are-exactly-like-music-and-lyrics

New Vegas and Morrowind say both are possible. I prefer both. A great gameworld falls flat without decent writing to back it up.

It's impossible for me to give a definite answer. There are games I love that have little/no story but excellent gameplay, games I love that have little/no gameplay but excellent story, and games I love that are an excellent mix of both.

Agreed, you need both for a great game but personally a great story does more for me than great gameplay.

I prefer storyline over gameplay features. Fallout 3 has an amazing atmosphere, but I think most will agree, the storyline, the 'meat' of the game, was a bit stale. NV has a better story, but a dull atomsphere. Skyrim has a great atmosphere, but I cannot get into the story.

Using these three as examples, it seems one is sacrificed for the other. sad, but nothing we can do about it I suppose.