I got the feeling like that person was playing games to finish them. I can understand not liking gameplay loops when that is your goal. There are a lot of story-based games I won’t play again because I can’t be bothered to go through the gameplay again. Mass Effect trilogy is the first that comes to mind. I’d love to do another playthrough where I play with the renegade options but I really can’t be bothered to go through all that combat just to see how good the renegade options could be. I don’t think the combat adds much to the story of Mass effect but it’s such a big part of those games.

But it doesn’t mean I agree with the author. At the end of the day I don’t play to finish games, I play games until I’m finished with them. I can enjoy a good story but for me the story is mostly secondary. If I’ve had my fill and I don’t care enough to “finish” the game I’ll just put it down. An ideal game would have the gameplay and story working together in ludonarrative resonance, but if I had to pick between story and gameplay I’d pick gameplay every day.