>>719223384
Dude, I'm not stupid. You can't just make up shit in every reply and expect me not to notice. You were the one who said you were genuinely curious, not me. Implicit in the question "why do people like this game" is the idea that this game is presumed bad and needs proving it's good. And any reasoning offered for why someone might like this game is rejected as not good enough for you.
That's not genuine curiosity. That''s you announcing in this thread "this game is so bad I don't know why anyone would like it." Which is like, okay whatever.
Look, if you want to say "so-and-so in this game is shit, debate me," that's fine. We can talk about that if you want. But that's not what you said.
>why do you like this game for superficial reasons when the actual act of play is so poor
>I like the superficial things!
>me too but I don't need to play the game to enjoy them, so why do you play?
And there it is. You don't want to ask why people like this game, you want to talk about how "the actual act of play is so poor." And again, people have offered reasons why they might like the gameplay regardless of what (You) personally think.
>someone offered the reasoning that they like the more simple mechanical experience which I can understand
Seriously, you need someone to tell you that "actually mechanical simplicity can be enjoyable too"? Is this the first time you have ever thought about game mechanics in a critical way? No this is you backpedaling because you got called out on your shitflinging.