Originally Posted by Maximuuus
Originally Posted by snowram
Some cheesy and obscure features being the barrier between a "pastime" and "a profound experience" is a bit of an over reaction.

I guess he could have written between "a great game" and "a masterpiece".
For the record, what he quoted was ""craft a credible and consistent game world" and not "some cheesy and obscure features". That's a bit related, but it doesn't sums up the entire point.
I would consider Elden Ring a masterpiece, yet it has tons of cheesy mechanisms, such has most ranged magic, summons and some ashes of war. I honestly think potion throwing isn't even close to those. Would I like to see it balanced though? Absolutely!