The real challenge is to find a game that fits the bill AND had a huge ass budget. Really can't think of any outside of Kojima's multi-million bonanzas.

But speaking of indie, have you tried Pyre? I only played it once, years ago, but still think about it. 100% Supergiant's most interesting game.

huh I'd heard of DF but I took one look at a screenshot and felt instantly overwhelmed. Might have have been too quick to discard it

Still need to play the latest from these guys, though I'm a bit put off by how Death Stranding 2 looks to have devolved more into combat instead of what made DS1 unique

You only named, like, 3! Please keep going, I'd love some examples of good stuff that I may not have played yet

Personally I just don't enjoy streams, and they clog up my subscriptions feed. So if a channel uploads too many I'll often just reluctantly unsubscribe. Don't know how common this is though.

Would be nice if YouTube had feed filters, but they don't afaik

Oh it is a season? As in, S1 of possibly many? Or is it self-contained?
I've been trying to avoid spoilers so I haven't looked up anything about the story.