Just to point out:
For a system that's so confusing, everyone seems to understand how it works well enough to complain about it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't complain about it. I'm just pointing out that it probably works better than most folks are giving it credit for. It doesn't take long to realize the transformation isn't going to immediately happen, and yet there's still this nagging sense of urgency. Which is probably exactly the way it's supposed to be.
Anyway, just a thought.
I don't fully understand it, and I've not seen much of the content of the game because of how I play.
The only reasons I know I've missed so much stuff is because I read these forums and Reddit - which most players will never do when the game is actually released.
None of the scenes you've been through told you that you have time? That you're not going to immediately turn into a mind flayer? That the tadpole is in stasis?
No one has any idea what's going on, in an in game sense, so no, there's no authority saying "hey this is what's going on, there's no urgency". An observation things seem to be different to some expectations doesn't change the basic fact there's a tadpole in my head doing god knows what to me.
There are also scenes where it's clearly having an impact with strange powers and one sickness scene where LZ almost kills me, so yeah, the sense of urgency is pretty well NOT overpowered by some "hmm, I'm not really sure what's happening, you should have changed by now probs" speeches.
