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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.
Ok. Now that im back from work. A small clarification. You are thinking of Bullet HELL games such as Ikaruga or the Touhou series. Those are the games in which you have to dodge bullets. Bullet HEAVEN games on the other hand are games such as Vampire Survivors in which you end up killing tons of enemies with tons of bullets/attacks/projectiles they are also almost all roguelike games in which you have to survive for a certain amount of time while you collect gems/exp and get stronger over time. There is usually some sort of meta progression in which you unlock new abilites/skills and characters. You might not have heard of Bullet heaven since it just popped up in the last year. There are already like over 20 games or so (some even pretty good).
If you are interested in the gerne Vampire Survivors is a good entry point. Halls of Torment is a diablo 2 inspired one. Other games I did like in the gerne are Soulstone Survivors and God of Weapons. Maybe check them out (trailers) and you should see what im talking about.