I’m the type of person who if I see a great game like Assassins Creed II or Half Life 2, I will only play it if I play Assassins Creed and Half Life. Not that I regret it since those games I find quite enjoyable so far. Part skipping is undesirable to me, though I do like to spoil myself with a few clips from later games.
I dont play very modern games too much, I most often go for old games from the 2000s or even 90s. I just think they have more prestige to them. I guess it feels cultured to play the classics. But seriously I do respect older games a lot for their effort even if dated.
Maybe I just have a symptom of “older is better”. I grew up with the PS2 and Gamecube as a kid after all.