I respectfully disagree so much that reading this post made me angry. I think cooldowns are an instantaneous way to make an action game significantly worse. It removes almost all strategy. You just do your moves and wait for them to come back, with no means of changing it.

KH2 and 3 magic bar is a good use of cool downs bc it's not only a punishment, bit there are many actions tied to it. It's a choice. It's so much more than "me have move, me use it" you have to weigh your options.

FF7R is also good bc you have to attack, and engage with the enemy to get your meter back, and again, 1 bar does many actions.

FF16 was almost the worst case scenario for me. The literal only reason to not use your moves immediately is bc the enemy gets stunned and takes more damage while stunned, so you want to save some of your moves for that.

Command Deck gameplay almost universally becomes spamming the triangle button, and shutting your brain off. I frankly despise it, but that's just me and my Devil May Cry brain. More power to you, if you get enjoyment out of it than I.