This is admittedly not that big of a deal I guess but it drives me nuts how often modern games describe themselves like: a zelda-esque soulsborne roguelike metroidvania- or something equally indecipherable to anyone outside of the entrenched Gamer demographic. I am thoroughly “search action”-pilled…we really gotta use words better!
I feel like the other side of the coin here is that if you don’t describe games using other games, next to everything is just an open world adventure game, you gotta use other games as a reference point. At least everything AAA.