I guess this only makes sense in the context of consoles, but I think it would be cool if there were some game where every move was made up of combination of buttons pressed consecutively Like if walking just wasn’t as easy as moving a directional pad but required some complexity
This doesn’t fit what you’re looking for but I just randomly remembered a game that I had years ago on Nintendo GameCube called Odama.
It was a combination Samurai warfare / pinball game. You’re commanding your army of samurais to like take an enemy stronghold, but the entire battlefield is a pinball machine (you control flippers with the shoulder buttons).
The army is controlled by voice so there’s a GameCube microphone that clips onto your controller and you have to like shout into it “Go Forward!” or “Retreat” or other commands like that, while you use try to use the pinball to take out the enemies and avoid crushing your own guys with it. One of the most bizarre control setups for a game I’ve ever played.
Love me any type of unconventional game