Do you pay attention to video game stories?

Nope. I'm more about gameplay. I want to get out there and make some fun. I do not need story when I can make my own! (I think that is why I like open world games, and building games the most.)

Of course, but they're not the deciding factor, for most games, as to whether a game is good or not.

Story is pretty important to me. It can, and has made a shitty game more tolerable in the past, for me, anyways.

I try too.

I just want to play the game, don't bother with the storyline of any game.

I do if it's at least decent. I mean, it's there, so you might as well follow along. Plus with some games if you don't pay attention, you won't know what to do to advance.

most of the time yes, im into stories big time. Except if story is atrocious and boring like it was in Ni no kuni 2 so no , i pass most of dialoques and craps.

Recently not really, I played Horizon and God of War recently strictly for the gameplay and wouldn't care if they had a story or not.

Always found it really fun to replay fighting games to get the game endings, aside from unlock characters.

Tekken in particular was great in this regard.

As far as Street Fighter goes, Alpha 3 was a huge step forward, SF3 was a huge step back.

Really got into Tekken for the same reasons. Would get the game and then work to unlock all those endings.

The story has to grab me. The best moments are the ones that find a way to combine gameplay, theme, and story altogether. If I'm sitting there watching cut scenes I start to tune out. The only motivation I need is in the gameplay. What do I solve? Who do I kill? Where do I go next?