Asking for further clarification cause I'm very indifferent about a lot of categorization. I like Mecha anime cause I like the Mecha. I'm blessed that the genre is given a wide variety of stories, from things like Giant Gorg to GaoGaiGar, from Gunbuster to Gasaraki.

Games are also very similar cause I'm not sure what I would say is intrinsic to something being a "mecha" game besides it having mecha. I would say here I have a more clear distinction in that I prefer games where mechs do cool anime shit over games where you fine tune your mech into your perfect machine. This is mostly because I am both very indifferent and very particular.

Like, if I want to build my own personal mecha that's for my usage, it has to do what I need it to do and in turn it will almost never ever aesthetically please me. In that extent it is like a tool, and maybe I put a neat sticker on it I don't see while I'm piloting it. So without it meeting my very specific visual tastes, investing time into comparing parts for numerical or control differences is just kind of work instead of play.