How to Avoid Comic-Based VR Esports Design Missteps?

Hey folks, I’ve been noodling on how comic book conventions translate to VR esports game design. I’ve been sketching storyboards in VR that feel clunky because they mirror comics’ non-linear storytelling - like overcomplicating pacing through splash page-like visuals instead of tight, goal-driven VR gameplay levels. Maybe the core pitfall here is mistaking comics' serial storytelling structure for interactive VR pacing? When building my latest VR esports project prototype, I over-designed character origins like in comics, which led to bloating tutorial content and underdeveloping core combat mechanics. A comic’s 30-page character breakdown can’t just become one VR player archetype - that leads to predictable skill hierarchies. Have any of you found better frameworks to adapt comics' narrative depth into VR's reactive systems without derailing the esports competitive focus? Maybe balancing comics' visual storytelling flair with structured gameplay through tiered character progression? Looking for concrete workflows, not just opinions.