I found this really cool game on steam named [ Kenshi ] the game was on sale so I decided to buy it just to try it out because it's a free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story.
That really intrigued to me because my one gripe with RPGs is that I never really want to complete the story because I spent all this effort building up either a base or leveling up a bunch of people that it just feels like waste not prolong it as long as possible.
And I legitimately got so sucked into Kenshi that I played it for 8 hours straight! Without even realizing it.
The game settings is Post-post apocalyptic in China. The game is extremely brutal and gives no tutorial other than a pop-up box explaining what something is if you hit help. And even though it's completely aimless and extremely brutal I was sucked into it it feels like a classic game.
Which I guess it's technically is because it started development in 2013 but didn't release until 2018!
And the people behind the game highlight mods weekly in the community while they're hard at work on the sequel to this day.