Suppose someone builds a framework that maps Doom to a large succession of Tic-Tac-Toe games.

Would the person tasked with placing X and O marks still be "playing Doom"?

you don't have to imagine too far - I made DOOM run through a series of pre-rendered images in markdown files as a stateless engine before [0] and the answer to your question is highly upto interpretation

You move, you plan, your actions have outcomes Same question as if you're playing choose-your-own-adventure game storybook

0 - https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/backdooms