Game Vs Story

To me a truly great game is one that has gameplay and story in a balance of sorts. The story would serve to excite the player to keep playing to find out what happens next, while the gameplay makes sure that the player won't get bored in the process of finding out what happens next. However, it is also seems that gameplay is rated higher than story, as most players play games for an experience. An good example would be BattleField 2142, where there are hardly any storyline other than what was said on the briefing screens, which has almost no link to the game during play, yet it was still a very successful game just like every other in the BattleField series. Most games nowadays focus on gameplay first with storyline left in a distant second and just to stitch the scenarios together, and this practice seems like it will continue for quite some time.