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by kitsune_ 5123 days ago
I am not talking about "IPs", I'm taking about games. In the early days, game designers couldn't hide the shallowness of their creations with eye candy and bombastic soundtracks. Game mechanics reigned supreme.

23 years ago we had this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTGneDh-SMY

Now we have this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GVSx7yMaA

All I'm saying is that you should give that guy some slack.

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Again though, you're cherry picking a very innovative game from the past and a not very innovative game from the present. So what? There are plenty of games from 23 years ago that were utterly derivative, and there are plenty of games being made right now that are doing amazing new things.