Yes, unfortunately the "learning" mostly consists of learning cheesy meta tactics like "kill boxes" which I find very immersion-breaking. E.g. kill boxes only

Yes, unfortunately the "learning" mostly consists of learning cheesy meta tactics like "kill boxes" which I find very immersion-breaking. E.g. kill boxes only work because the enemy AI is ridiculously stupid and seeing them all walk to their death with open eyes makes them feel like brainless zombies. Also experienced RimWorld players will say things like "No, my colonists won't get chairs because those only increase Comfort by a few percent throughout the day - and that's not worth the increase in colony wealth." Once you have "learned" RimWorld you are no longer playing a colony simulator because all the cheesy meta tactics you use make it impossible to think you are dealing with a real colony.