But books are not dragged down by bad gameplay mechanics, the closest equivalent to that would be printing a book on stinging nettle. Sure, there could be a re

But books are not dragged down by bad gameplay mechanics, the closest equivalent to that would be printing a book on stinging nettle. Sure, there could be a really amazing story inside that book, but who wants to go through the pain of constantly being stung to read it? The point here not being that "narrative games are bad by nature" but rather that a lot of them sabotage themselves by using the "narrative game" excuse to keep off-putting/shallow gameplay mechanics in the game and then expect the players to "soldier through them" for the supposedly amazing narrative that's waiting along that way.