You summarised my feeling towards most AAA games these days. I bought a PS4 Pro a couple of years ago that saw almost zero use, bought some good games, started them and... Got demotivated playing as I knew what would be the end result: grind this, get this skill, get that ability, follow this quest, this will open up the story, etc. I sold it in less than a year.

Even when the process was enjoyable (as in playing Souls-like games) because your own skill is improving it was very lacklustre compared to my other more recent hobbies (such as music), it gave me a sense of accomplishment that is very narrow, it only applies to that particular game and it isn't a skill that is broadening me as an individual. And then I realised I didn't like this kind of game anymore.

I'm still very much up for playing short games (or games I can play in a burst and let it sit), couch multiplayer/co-op games, etc., games that are an activity while socialising but single-player grind-y games aren't my thing anymore, they are too time consuming for my life nowadays.

Having the same feeling when playing many AAA rpgs, maybe except the Witcher series or the titles from Obsidian. And, I used to spend 100s of hours trying to complete every possible gameplay in FO2.

What I really enjoy now are smaller indie titles with shorter gameplay and more focus on artwork, like Journey, Little Nightmares, A Way Out, Night in the Woods, Vanishing of Ethan Carter.