should be more worried about gloss than thickness personally. I wouldn't even think that people would catch onto the thickness. Never had that yet. Most people catch onto lenticular or gloss rather than thickness.
After I went 3 weeks on the bounce I have no use for my g0d atm since I can't be arsed going out again for a good while.
Regarding games, pc only myself so I've never really bothered with ID and games.