That's a really interesting point. Now that you mention it, I realize that when playing most games I tend to be thinking in the back of my mind about what the g

That's a really interesting point. Now that you mention it, I realize that when playing most games I tend to be thinking in the back of my mind about what the game "wants" me to be doing, which tends to turn games into chores. I try to walk down the hallway with the loot before the one that advances the plot, I laboriously try to figure out which side quests I'm "supposed" to be doing right now, etc. I don't end up doing many things just because _I_ want to do them. If I want to just screw around, the game should let me. I think that's why I like Minecraft and Cities: Skylines so much.