There are games with procedural events and worlds: Dwarf Fortress, RimWorld, Nethack. The players bond over by sharing their personal stories in a familiar sett

There are games with procedural events and worlds: Dwarf Fortress, RimWorld, Nethack. The players bond over by sharing their personal stories in a familiar setting. There are common elements like fundamental game mechanics and scripted events so it's not isolated. The communities of those games look engaged and I wouldn't call them strictly worse.