Is the Game a Learning Experience?

Games are puzzles to solve, just like everything else we encounter in life. We learn the underlying patterns and file them away so that they can be run as needed. When a game's play life is artificially extended, by dangling these prizes, but the game play itself has become rote. I've certainly had this experience with games where lik clearly i have reached the end of the game's real life cycle. But i'm keeping i continue to play it because i think i need t maybe unlock this thing. Or you could just pay seven 99 to unlock that thing.