With some games I'm super easy to please. Give me an interesting place to look around, some interesting characters to talk to, decent movement speeds, and I don't necessarily need complex gameplay.
However, please don't tease me with places I cannot go, or actions it sounds like I could do but cannot.
Keep my expectations within your game's scope and we're pretty good! I'm appreciating your work, and you've made someone happy.
It's games that tease more interesting places, more compelling gameplay, and raise my expectations only to fall short of them, that tend to disappoint and sometimes frustrate me the most.
I remember when I finally got into Morrowind awhile after first hearing about it, reading through the books in the game, and soon realizing...Oh no, this game won't allow much of that. Some of the places they mention, I can't go to, or don't exist. What they describe doing, I can't do.
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