Red Dead Redemption, Doom, FF7 Remake, Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Witcher 3, Sekiro, Monster Hunter, Yakuza series, Wolfenstein, Hellblade, Tomb Raider, Titanfall 2, MK11, DMC5, Batman Arkham Knight, Metro Exodus, Control and so on and so forth.
Yeah, third party AAA games have been very mediocre this gen...
RDR2 follows some of the "life sim" shits that I didn't like in GTA V too, plus two times input lag of an already high input lag title like Uncharted 4 is crazy. Doom I like it, but I didn't remember it for long. FF7 Remake and Yakuza 7 are temporary PS4 exclusives, but it's different, true. Still, I don't trust Nomura IN THE SLIGHEST after KH 3 and FF XV (others bullshit AAA titles by the way), and no one still played the entire game so it's bold to even include it. Also, others Yakuza titles are barely AAA, they recycle tons of stuff to keep costs in check, Yakuza 6 is the most sold and it reached like 2 milions copies, Hollow Knight sold like 2x that, definetly not a big hit. I like them a lot anyway.
Witcher 3 is one of the most lacking games in terms of pure mechanics, dynamics and interactivity, yawned after 20 hours of following a yellow line on the map. Monster Hunter is probably great, yes.
RE7/2 remake are horrors, I don't care about them in the slighest.
Wolfenstein are definetly good, but I played 2 recently and while I consider it a GREAT shooter it doesn't amaze me anymore, it will not be what I remember of this gen. Not mediocre for sure, you're right.
Hellblade is a cinematic corridor adventure that make Uncharted 4 looks like a PS5 open world, honestly.
Tomb Rider... yeah, didn't like it in the slighest. Very average combat, I.A. and story, no original gameplay hints.
Titanfall 2 is mainly multiplayer, if I need to consider that single player ANY good then I can't put Wolfenstein 2 under 9.9 by comparison, get real. I played tons of far better single player shooter experiences.
MK11... yeah, true, but not my genre.
Batman Arkham Knight made me yawn again after three fucking Batman games, the biggest thing is a car and the expanded open world totally unnecessary.
Control... no idea how that game took 9. Narration style is basically only plain dialogues with no camera works and average animations, destruction is accessory with no strong usage in gameplay, powers are incredibly trivial and lack any development, enemie design and I.A. are basics, the estetic is nice for 10 minutes but not suited for a metroidvania structure which requires a varied pool of visual styles to orient yourself.
Didn't play Metro Exodus yet.
Sekiro is good, yet far away in budget from very big budget titles like Sony exclusives, my point is that it seems that games with giant budgets can't properly deliver aside few others excluding Sony ones (or Nintendo of course).
I'l give you that "mediocre" was a clear hyperbole for some of these games, which have some high quality sides, but as overall experiences they fall in the "another game" I played, mostly, for my tastes of course. But I was talking about me, when I wrote "FOR ME" in the previous post.