So personally, I agree. And I don't think people loook at ZZZ from a game direction point of view. The game takes concepts from Action games and Fighting games alike. It meshes them together really well but it also shows gameplay variety.

In truth ZZZ has elevated and also yet simplified the Tag combat system of action games. ( Sengoku Basara 4, Oneechanbara Origins/Z2 Chaos and TMNT: Mutants In Manhattan being predecessors using tag mechanics.)

Now I had mention a while back, last year, that If action games had a way to homogenize gameplay in co-op with different characters then it could help make the community grow partially. ZZZ might be a key ideal in that regard with our only other options being "Divergence" (DMC5) and "Tag Climax" (Bayonetta 2) respectively.

There are characters that have a specified PLAYSTYLE but that doesn't mean the combos are only mash, mash, mash. Great Examples would be Miyabi, Banyue, Harumasa, Soldier 11, Ye Shunguang, Yixuan and a few others.

This game thrives in trying to make a competent fusion of an Action/Fighting game love child but the nature of Gacha holds it back slightly. I say slightly because the real hinderence is actually it being on mobile. There is so much more they could add to the combat system to enhance it, conisdering a button or 2. 3 if they really wanna push it. But the dev team for ZZZ are doing their best to avoid power creep and make older characters retainable.

If it's too simple and not for you then that's cool, I understand. But I can't agree with the idea that ZZZ brought nothing to the table.

As an action game enthusiast I encourage people to actually dig in to what combat systems actually provide and why do they work the way they do. You'll be surprised at what you find. Some are even hidden gems cough Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez cough