Sometimes… Rollercoastering your players is okay.

Usually I try to give my players as much freedom as I can but this year we had some sessions where I noticed that my players just wanted to relax and be taken on an adventure without thinking too much. Often life can be very taxing and RPG sessions can also be very challenging at some point so we sometimes switch between the settings like we see fit. We basically have one scenario that is very complex where the players can do as they please and one that has more of a storyteller vibe where they choose in which direction the game goes like a Telltale game and most of the time just listen.