It works well for the engineering of Eat The Dungeon, it can be quite natural depending on the game and how it is applied.
In those cases where the character turns into a ball of fat, I don’t like it either, because a person ends up literally turning into a ball, but if the character ends up being immobile as in the previous game set as an example, it’s something that attracts me, if you’re not familiar with Eat The Dungeon here is the link to his topic: Eat The Dungeon General Discussion is a good game, I recommend playing it.