[ranger207]

I agree. At this point AAA games are a genera unto themselves, whether they're a shooter, adventure game, sports game, whatever. They all share the same elements you outlined: seasons, battlepass, in-game currency, microtransactions for the smallest items, and game design that puts the focus of the entire game on those elements. AAA games are made with massive budgets and are designed to be very attractive to play, to the point of addiction, but I simply can't get into them because of the genera elements.

[usrusr]

Time to establish a different term than triple A? What you describe reminds me of what is usually called a B movie: those always had the biggest, cheesiest monsters...