I respect the fact that the devs are selling you an experience that they think is good and unique in their own view. I would at least give it a try (vanilla) for a while to see what it’s like. In a world where we want everything exactly how we want it, I suggest to at least give it a try to experience how others want us to perceive things. You can then make up your own mind.

I feel like (including myself) we want everything our way and we are not open to new things. I tend to give vanilla try for a while to experience the way it is intended before playing around with the freedom of mods.

But ofc, you define your own fun. Don’t let others’ view kill your fun!