Pendell

seems like a pretty straightforward preference for games that keep focused on the core thing they're trying to do and trim out any extraneous content. there's a lot of big popular franchise games out there that revolve around maximalist bullshit (hundreds of different enemy types! Infinite procedurally generated maps! More dialogue than fifteen novels! Ten trillion years of gameplay!) that appeal to more dedicated gamers who spend shitloads of time playing and want to feel that they're getting value for money but anyone pretending they're objectively superior or something is being ridiculous.

as someone who likes putzing around in a sandbox like Terraria there was a point very early on where each new set of armor or, idk, pet that does nothing but orbit wildly around the player was taking something away from the extremely simple core game, not adding to it.