Even the presence of a plain loading screen like in DOOM can be done well; there it provides a brief pause for the player to calm down again and it prompts for

Even the presence of a plain loading screen like in DOOM can be done well; there it provides a brief pause for the player to calm down again and it prompts for a spacebar so you can grab a drink or check your mail without issue. Plus it's fairly fast so in most cases you wait like 30 seconds.