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I just never got into those. I'm much more of a tactical fan than a "can you map the pattern between pixels at 120 fps" type. Far too anxiety inducing, particularly when I get stuck in a failure loop.
I do like a city builder, but there's very rarely an end-game payoff that's particularly satisfying. A well-designed 4X with a good story can be fun to play, although I usually get less time on it because my wife finds it boring to watch. By contrast, she's all on board with every BG3 cinematic and dialogue (and has given me absolutely awful advice on hooking up with Astarion, btw).
But yeah, I agree the AAAs have really gotten into a rut. Even FromSoft is sort of at the end of its rope, with Elden Ring being an apotheosis of the genre, but not giving them anywhere else to go.