Yea I see what you are saying. It is a shame that so many games turned out to be asset flips.
I do tend to just play a little of a flip game just to see if there is any effort but most times i don't see enough.
I also agree with what you say about beginner level games. They can be fun if you look beyond the bugs or bad code etc and even inspire your own ideas.
Do you think they should of said no templates? or made it clear that a game has to have a certain amount changed or added for it to count?