I was really surprised at how similar it felt to doing real work (as a SWE). I actually stopped playing for that exact reason - it just felt like work to me. I can totally see how it’s fun, but I don’t need to be thinking about long-term architecture / design for that many hours of my life.
It was fun for me to finish the game for the first time, but then I thought to play again to make everything better and plan each move from the very beginning. Aaaand I stopped after 1 or 2 hours because it wasn't fun anymore. And never got back to the game.
