basketball reasons
All Star
There's a story but it's convulted and a fukking hassle to attempt to get to it. Nobody plays those games giving a fukk about the story. You literally just push forward and fight the next big bad. Nobody gives a fukk about Souls games story except for the occasional super stan
Maybe theyre just lazy and stupid
but saying no one cares about them isnt the same as saying they arent there. They are and the world building in particular is incredible. The entire story is about the world and its very well written when you take the time to get into it