>>1044
I see where you're going with it, but I can't agree with you. Gameplay in a videogame is not just a nonsensical-sounding word. A better analogy would be the prose in a book.

Sure, a book might have cool characters, interesting themes, etc. but if it has the most mundane prose, you'd not want to really read it. Same goes for video games. The graphics/story/characters/music might be good but if the gameplay essentially boils down to repetitive and tedious grinding, who'd ever want to play it?

I don't like the word gameplay either, but it's a necessary word and subsequently what most people use. I'm afraid we all just have to deal with it.

any nominations for a word we can use to replace gameplay

>>1047
Playability!

>>1047
proseread

doubleplusungood

Old as fuck, OP.

>>1047
'Mechanics' has always been the term for 'gameplay'.

>>1068

Isn't that only for RPGs though?

>>1113
Nah, every game has its set of mechanics that form the gameplay (read: playability). Game mechanics are essentially rulesets that determine how you interact in the game. If a game has good gameplay, then you're enjoying the manual interaction in the game, aside from graphics, plotline, setting, characters, music, etc. The way I see it 'gameplay' is an essential term in the world of gaming, and slightly less technical/clinical than the 'mechainics'; though they mean much the same.

When you're playing an average FPS or what have you, try to be mindful of _how_ you're playing the game and _why_ you're playing like that, then you'll be dipping into the mechanics of that game. I don't really understand why you'd think this term would be exclusive for the RPG genre, you have me curious.