What does it mean when a game is too "video-gamey"?

What does it mean when a game is too "video-gamey"?

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It's trying too hard

What game?

When a game replaces verisimilitude with "press X to win the game"

tl;dr?

Doesn't use its world to justify its gameplay

not cinematic enough

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When a video game is more fantasy and "wacky" as opposed to more grounded and "realistic"?