I know, but the point is that preportionally the majority of games focus on the razzle-dazzle and powers. Thats not a bad thing, they are games. Factor in stuff like sports, racing and fighting games and it really becomes apparent that games where there are strong story and characters are really rare, especially outside of the RPG genre. And even still, in games with advanced gameplay, good characters and a highly developed story, a lot of times theres still emphasis on power-ups and upgrading your ability, which I think was the point being made--I mean I remember the Enter the Matrix game was fantastic for character and storyline while maintaining pretty state of the art gaming, but it too had a big emphasis on discovering new fighting moves and matrix bullet-time abilities. So I don't think its fair to say thats "bullshit" or that you don't know games, it seems more like you yourself are just selectively ignoring 90% of the market because of your personal tastes in gaming.

But I mean--what else do people expect in a video game? You have to design it around abilities because thats the actual gameplay. Star Wars games have always greatly embellished what appears in the movies, and usually to good effect--I mean as faithful as the old Super Star Wars series was, it was equally off-the-map. Its just a game. Either wake up or move on.