Most of the games on Apple Arcade are 'high quality' regarding production values, but that doesn't mean the games are 'great'.
I found a lot of games I already played before and while there are some gems there most of it is a bit bland.
I also wonder what the subscription model will do to games. There's a big incentive mismatch regarding competition if gamers are paying anyway which will probably lead to more of the same old from established publishers.
Totally agree with your first paragraph. I tested Apple Arcane some time after is release and every game I tested (about 10) was some kind of experimental appleish indie game caricature: very stylish and beautiful but with minimal gameplay. None of them got me hooked, none felt like real games, all were very bland.
It’s like all high quality games with no ads/microtransactions
Although the dumb thing is you can’t buy the games separately without subscribing
I usually just get 1 month of it when travelling and play a bunch of them