“Showing” often requires more text, and that worries some stakeholders. But it’s more interesting text, because it lets the reader draw conclusions.

We’re also simulating the real world, where no narrator tells you what to think. Realistic practice is more likely to be transferred to the job.

Don’t tell “me” what I’m thinking or feeling

If you’re putting the player in the scenario as “you,” don’t tell them what to think or feel. It not only feels fake, it pushes the player toward a decision that they should take on their own.