Interesting. I went shopping to a big mall by myself recently to shop to replace my slightly rubbish clothes selection. I had remote help from someone I know who would say "you need a baby blue t shirt, it goes with your eye colour" and I'd go out and find one of those that I liked.
Now you mention it, that is much more of a game/scavenger hunt. Perhaps that's why I preferred it!
I've got Against the Storm and I played it a bit, then my son said something like "isn't this just a worse version of dwarf fortress" and I've not really recovered from that yet