The 'What if' gaming thread

[Mass Distraction]

I think it's interesting that some of most popular third-person shooters have lame gameplay but are touted with awesome stories. I love the Last of Us, and I personally didn't find it boring at all, but it's gameplay definitely could've been deeper.

Yep. People kept telling me how great Spec Ops: The Line is but I couldn't bear playing the game for more than 10 minutes because it was just a boring shooter with a supposedly good story.