Fighting games are kinda an asterisk here where that perception has changed with the blow up of “mainstream” popularity that genre has received post-DBFZ, but theres definitely subtleties there that a lot of people deeper in the genre than me can and will be able to talk about better than I

Beat em ups, character action games, musou, fighting games, shmups, all these (largely japanese-developer-led) genres that largely dont receive major published reviews from people who at least *know* their histories or are willing to engage with them in good faith

Et une paire d'autres dans la foulée.

Now, am I saying the overall homogeneity of games is in big part due to terrible literacy?

Yes.

Celle du bar! je connais personne qui a une affiche de True Crime malheureusement

je connais quelqu'un qui a cette affiche chez lui, ça lui fera très plaisir de connaitre cette anecdote!

"games are art" enjoyers puking and shitting when a game is old and has weird controls