instead of having actual agency like in bayonetta or spelunky. i prefer games where my skill at it determines how far i progress, not some dice rolls. and i know there is a lot of skill in planning your party and making sure all your bases are covered. i love the idea of darkest dungeon and xcom but the dice rolls just get to me after a while and i stop playing b/c i feel like i'm not affecting the outcome of the encounters as much as a dice roll is. i think a lot of that is i get overly frustrated with bad rolls. and there's probably some confirmation bias in there too; i never notice the bad dice rolls the enemy gets or all the good dice rolls i get