Example; the Legend of Zelda: BotW and TotK weapon degradation system. At first I was annoyed at it, but once I stopped caring about my “favorite weapon” I really started to enjoy the system. I think it lends really well to the sandbox nature of the game and it itches that resourcefulness nature inside me.
Now that you mention that, that was a thing, among with a few others that perhaps made me go “well that’s a bit boring”. That was about the extent of complaints I had about Skyrim.
We drank beer, smoked weed and slayed dragons while epic soundtracks played.
I’m pretty sure a lot of the enjoyment I got was contextual yeah.