Most of the video games I’ve played were pretty good. The only one I can think of that I didn’t like was MySims Kingdom for the Nintendo DS. Dropped that pretty quickly. It was a long while ago, but I’ll guess it was because there were too many fetch quests and annoying controls.
The cringe rap thing started in the 80s. I assume it worked because marketing folks wouldn’t let it die.
From the Super Mario Bros Super Show to TMNT2 to DK64, they just couldn’t let it die. Even Mickey Mouse had a rap album out.