User blog comment:Munchydragon/RP Complexity/@comment-25684606-20150430133637

I'm tempted to just give you a simple "Yes, I like it like you just described." However, complexity is not always a mark for quality. Of course, it's more fun to rp with detailed characters in a rich and dense world, and I prefer complex and deep stories over the usual "We go around and see what happens"-plotline, too. If you can draw from a rich background, you can also come up with more creative solutions and ideas, and of course it limits the chances of someone just doing things to sate his own desires.

On the other hand, it can (can, not will) happen that the rules are so rich and detailed that they are kind of oppressive. It can seriously slow down your excitement if you have to read a ton of pages of rules and settings before you can actually start to develop your character and your plot.

Long story short, I enjoy richly detailed RPs with fully described environments and backgrounds over simple ones that are started with "X walks into town."