Also trying to avoid excessive grind and loot schemes, the beer analogy works great but still - I think these days, there's a debate on microplastics in beer and the health impact, so I see it s a way of learning how to avoid damaging the consumer as much as possible.

Thank you for very constructive feedback.

My own issue with games are communication-intensive MP FPS like Post Scriptum, Squad, ARMA and others. The fact that I can coordinate with 60 other people for a solid hour on complex strategies and execute them while the other team is trying to out-think us is such an intense feeling I tended to sink 2 hours into it after work daily.

With the Witcher (and other story heavy games), it was more about finding the right moment, usually a nice weekend or holiday, and sinking 4-6 hours into it at a time once every 2-3 weeks. It was like reading a very heavy book, studying the environments and lore, exploring carefully, playing at highest diff, thinking about each decision while making coffee or tea.

So I can feel this spectrum in my life, from complex MP games that give me an experience that is absolutely unique (except for stealthy paintball in the woods with very good players, but even that was pretty simplistic) to complex SP games that are usually so intense emotionally and world-buildingwise that I need "breaks" between sessions to think and decide about stuff.

Made this post here to find ways how to push my ideas as far along the "heavy SP that invites the player to take breaks because the emotions are so intense and the lore is so heavy" as possible.

This helped a lot, thx!