I really like these games, but it's kinda funny how most of the time they function identically to regular progression. "Oh you want to do this but can't? Go to this specific area and gain the required item/knowledge."
I'm seemingly in the minority but it's why I disliked the computer in the outer wilds. As the player an event might be mysterious with a million possible meanings, but the computer log tells you directly what you were supposed to have learned. Even in this video the person shows an example of the computer providing them with new information.
I think The Witness has the highest high point of all knowledge based games. There's one specific revelation that it just knocks out of the park.
