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3 Years of Service
Sandbox is one of those tags which is either perfectly done or utterly maddening with the lack of context for all the options. So it is both my least favorite tag for those I search only to come across mindless stuff for or my favorite when its done properly.
I played only two sandbox games that were rather satisfactory (with a proper walkthrough mod). The Headmaster and the Photo Hunt. Regarding the second one, still every now and then there are situations when your MC fucks the brain out of an LI and in the next scene she pretends that they aren't even close because the first scene is supposed to be played after the first one.
So, I would say that sandbox mechanics is always a disadvantage in my eyes. Some games are good but rather despite the sandbox, not because of it.