I think Pop!OS is a better Ubuntu than Ubuntu is now.
Also I definitely agree about Mint. I don't think it really sets out to hype itself up to be fair, it's just a nice-looking, easy to use and stable distro that does exactly what it's supposed to, and people tend to over-sell it a bit.
I definitely agree when it comes to Nobara. I've used Fedora for some time now, and I was curious about how it would be tailored to gaming. I made up my mind within three minutes using a live USB to go back to standard fedora. Too much preinstalled nonsense.