I recently took a chance on Redacted because I saw a youtube review and it looked like sci-fi Hades. And honestly the gameplay is fine but the announcer making already dated pop culture references and being unfunnily snarky turned me off so much that I refunded it at around 90 minutes in.
It basically is Hades some minor mechanics tweaks, slightly less open environments and a "rivals" mechanic that adds another layer of both strategy and randomness to each run.
I didn't hate it but nothing was so good that I didn't uninstall after the announcer said "this isn't barney the dinosaur" after I died to the level boss.
Game link here if anyone has a stronger stomach for that stuff than I do: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2229940/REDACTED/
I liked Hades a lot and while it certainly had some subversion that wasn't the main focus, wasn't constant, and was quickly forgettable.
I also actually liked bastions gameplay. I think it was one of the first ones I can recall that had the granular difficulty settings based on (some) new additions to gameplay and not just scaling numbers.
As a NES player I appreciated the weapon that rewarded button mashing.
I've always maintained that Supergiant is full of Leftists, not Wokies. So the subversive elements are them just writing what's normal to them without much of an agenda.
Its why they were caught offguard by the actual Wokie who voiced Dusa who threw a hissyfit about "power dynamics and rape" and got her entire Romance subplot cut from the game. Which is why we are only left with a Femdom and a Gay romance without a normal one to balance.
To a lot of people that's distinction without difference, but that's where my disagreement often lies.
I do too, but without the writing and soundtrack I don't think it would have stood out to anyone. I played it through many times now and did all the "Dream" trials with all 10 idols, so I know how fun it can be once you dig into it.