Depends on game and person, as does everything :). I buy games hugely for stories and characters. But also, cutscenes are hardly the only or for many games even

Depends on game and person, as does everything :). I buy games hugely for stories and characters. But also, cutscenes are hardly the only or for many games even the major place writers can contribute. Look at Disco Elysium with more than a million words written, but also anything from Cyberpunk 2077 to Colony Ship to Days of the Tentacle and Monkey Island and Space Quest, plus Mass Effect and KOTOR, Baldur's Gate and Plascape Torment... Great writing makes for great games :)