Opinions on how TCR & FG are dealing with AAMFP criticism

[pagan]

What's the issue over not being able to grab random objects in the enviroment?

It decreases the feeling of presence, that you're really there. In ATTD there were so many things to do, even when nothing happened, in pigs, in 95% of the playtime, you can do nothing but walking and reading notes. Scavenging stuff and interacting with objects (and proper puzzles) may not be essential for the story itself, but they made exploration meaningful and they made the gameplay much more involving.