One of the coolest things about reptiles is gender ambiguity. No boobs, they have a genital slit and many of them have a retractable penis, sometimes two. Some female reptiles and choose whether or not to get pregnant and/or store cum for later. Imagine how interesting a society like that would be, and what kinds of gender roles, relationship norms, and such would shake out.
That’s the kind of stuff fantasy could really explore. Turning them into people with scales, keeping the obvious secondary sexual characteristics, is fucking boring and played out.
also the lizard tail is a big as a leg on like Argonians for instance, how is that not making their stance really weird they should be leaning way forward and using that tail for a weapon or something. It's literally just a human with a blow up tail on it the way the model moves!
Yeah honestly, give me a sapient dinosauroid with a raptor body type instead. Then humans would actually be unique with their better endurance and throwing ability as well as major disadvantages like chronic back pain and arthritis. As it is now with all these humanoids people love to pump out, you just end up with humans being a lame default option that everything else is compared to and has unique perks over.
Yes, unfortunately a lot of big fictional worlds lack creativity. When it comes to making sapient species, Egyptian god -looking anthros are the most interesting thing they can produce.
This is definitely true for computer games, and is also a major factor in television and film. But you also see it in illustration and literature where the only limit is one's own (apparently very limited) imagination.