@ButtStallion. Absolutely, the social aspect is very significant. I’ve been playing multiplayer games for almost a quarter of a century now. (Side note… wow… I literally just did the math and I feel ancient. Lol). Anyway it’s super cool to get into a game and be passionate about it and the direction it’s going. I’ve always felt games (even single player games) are very important.
I guess my original point when I said it’s just game was not meant to say don’t take the game seriously. Because you have to do that to a degree or why bother? It’s was meant to be more “don’t take your l33t sk1lz (sorry flashback to the 90s 
) too seriously.
I’m a musician and one of my friends is a god-mode-good guitar player. Like mind blowing good. When we compliment him, it always ends with him saying “ya, I can play… but I’m not curing cancer!” Perspective is everything. Being good at games (whatever the game) is not automatically easy. So it’s perfectly cool to take some pride in being ahead of the curve, there. I do. I have a knack for games. I just get annoyed when people make it seem like a game is a test of intellect. For me it’s a test of being good at figuring out games. 
I’ve rambled too long. I hope I made some sense! I have to say as a side note that GoW is an excellent game. It has its faults. (Hello every game does) But it doesn’t require epic spends and is progressive, social and still fun.