Edit: I want to get out of this optimizing mindset, not reward and play into it. I'm looking for games that are NOT about optimizing.
I've noticed that for the last years I've been stuck in this mindset of making the best and most optimized choices and it takes away from the enjoyment and "free will" of games.
In RPG if I see something exploitable, like stealing/stealth in some games, I'll always have that in the back of my mind. It start feeling pointless to spend an hour "grinding" the right way if I know that I can get it in 5 min.
Or building my character with certain talent or skills.
I don't do it, but knowing I can pulls me out of the immersion and makes me want to quit the games instead.
Outer Wilds was great in that there wasn't anything to optimize, so any game suggestions of any kind of game that isn't about optimizing?
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