I agree with you totally. You can make almost everything with Lite-C. You can even program an Open-GL renderer if you like to.

The small but significant difference is just the little word "make". You have to do all that on your own. This will turn you from a game-developer into a tool or shader developer. If you like that task and you like your hobby - then everything is perfect - if you want to make a game - then it looks a bit different