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Criticism of "a" game != criticism of entire genre.

that doesn't meaningfully change the argument at all

what is the problem with questioning the merit of a genre's tropes, exactly

it is perfectly possible for a genre in and of itself to be "bad" or lacking in quality, either because of the prevalence of negative or questionable tropes, or because the the things that define that genre are in and of themselves misguided

judge quality on a specific level, but don't delude yourself into thinking that "genre" is some kind of sacred umbrella that instantly negates criticism

All of this is true and perfectly reasonable. Ultimately its not the point. There are some prevalent things that are only a negative to people who don't enjoy it though. Random crits (with reason) and Random misses can spice things up if you like that sort of thing. If you prefer things to be more... chess like, random chance is quite the negative.

Also, people tend to notice with the AI has random things in it's favor more than when it happens in their own. Most of the time the player gets a crit or the CPU misses, they're playing well enough that they would have won with out it. In the CPU's case? The AI usually is using the same tactic for each enemy over and over, and is incapable of changing tactics. You'll notice when it gains an unexpected advantage.
Since you now have to directly deal with it.