@LehtoriTuomo@actuallyautistic I played plenty of UT99 back in my youth, but I do identify with the notion of "too much going on".
I love games that have extremely deep and complex gameplay, but have simple graphics. Like, I love graphs and grids in games, whether strategy, tactics or role-playing games. I want to have an overview of what is going on, in discrete steps.
Too much eye-candy and I lose track of what is important and what is just visual "noise". ASCII roguelikes are my favorite.