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Favorite: Metroidvania. It's kind of a simple name since it mashes Metroid and Castlevania but it's always been very straightforward. It's a cool name that says everything you need it to say about the game usually. It's broad enough to be a genre, but specific enough that you know exactly what you're in for.
Least favorite: ARPG (Action RPG). It bothers me a lot that it means "diablo clone" and not an RPG with action in it. I assume back in the day they used to call it ARPG because a game that isn't turnbased was novel, but boy did it not age well. Is dark souls not an action RPG? The name's very misleading.
wait what? i've always used arpg to mean "rpg or rpg-adjacent game with realtime combat rather than turn-based". dark souls, witcher, deus ex etc. i'd all call arpgs
I mean, look at the steam tags for arpg (not that steam tags are a great metric)
Yeah steam tags are never really accurate. ARPG now means specifically diablo clone, if you search for it you'll see articles like https://www.pcgamer.com/best-action-rpg-pc/ which talk about ARPGs only in the context of diablo clones.