what are these games with gripping stories but "shit gameplay"? the only ones i can think of are indie games with minimalistic gameplay like inside, firewatch, edith finch, etc
This isn't true. You art style will ultimately be a culmination of the works your enjoy from others as well as basic application. You don't develop that skill set unless you start. The issue is many worry too much about the concept of an art style and not the execution.
The whole ‘please go back to the traditional Zelda formula’ discussion is funny to watch as someone who remembers the early 2010s where people were on their hands and knees begging Nintendo to do anything but traditional Zelda
"The winner is whoever the writers wants to win" mfs when I ask them who wins between regular Spider-Man (No special buffs allowed) and Full power Darksied with the Anti Life Equation (apparently its impossible to figure it out)