Lore is super important to me. Anything deviating from the main game's crux of the story is literal betrayal of the narrative unless its a Reboot. Then I don't care.
Not really, no matter how good the story or worldbuilding is, if the controls and mechanics are boring AF I'm probably going to stop playing, it's a big bonus if done correctly though, like with Trails/Kiseki as you mentioned.
