I love the original Hotline Miami but I’m not a big fan of the boss fights like the ones in Neighbors (Biker) and Deadline (Van Driver). I find it kind of slows down the game and limits the strategies you can take.
Another example would be Fallout 3. I find the tutorial section in Vault 101 can feel a bit long after a fifth run but maybe that’s because I was spoiled by Fallout New Vegas’ ability to run off in your own direction immediately after leaving Doc Mitchell’s house.
The intro of fo3 - fo4 - tes5 - tes4. I have saves just after the intro because it’s 30min - 1h just to start playing the damned game
Maybe but some people don’t use mods like that because they disable achievements but there’s mods to re-enable them.
Could also be that they don’t know about them. I feel like they aren’t super popular. A majority of the time they just dump you somewhere with some loot and you still need to backtrack a bit.