I saw a lot of games with 3D animation where it was just awful. I don't understand why now, when there is so much modern technology, people continue to develop bad games.

I think that there is simply not enough funding for projects. Perhaps this is just a desire to both earn and save.

Therefore, I believe that there is no point in saving on the development of the game, as well as on the specialists with whom you plan to work. In addition, there are now excellent game dev studios, for example, ilogos https://ilogos.biz/3d-animation-studio/ whose developers create excellent 3D animation and high-quality games in general.