Hellblade is a glorified walking simulator with some very basic puzzles and one on one combat thrown in.
The Witness is a glorified walking simulator with some very basic line puzzles thrown in.
Call of Duty is a glorified walking simulator with some very basic gunplay and pressing X where they want you to.
Journey is a glorified walking simulator with some very basic jumping thrown in.
The Last Guardian is a glorified walking simulator with a big cat-bird thrown in.
Using "walking simulator" as an insult and then trying to make the point your are making is truly making my brain hurt. "It's just walking (ignoring the exploration taking place while walking and the storytelling both environmental and direct, of course) except all the times you are not walking".
On Topic:
So is Quick resume just utterly, completely busted? I think it worked once the last 7 or 8 days with Immortals: Feny Rising for me, but no matter if I play Haven, AC: Valhalla, Dirt 5 - doesn't matter. Quick Resume almost never seems to work. It wasn't great at launch but it wasn't this bad.