I think you are right, but it feels like a matter of definitions. A movie without cinematography is essentially a novel (not exactly the same, screenplays diff

I think you are right, but it feels like a matter of definitions. A movie without cinematography is essentially a novel (not exactly the same, screenplays differ from novels), and they both fall under the "story" umbrella. I feel that "game" is most closely related to "story", and what Crytek are talking about are "visual games", where there are also things like "text based games".