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Message: [QUOTE="RageBurner, post: 27845, member: 5434"] I agree with you on a fundamental level, but Id like to offer a gentle counter point. The way I see it, the indie space exists in two facets: games AAA studios won't make anymore (nostalgia) and games AAA studios would never make (innovation). These serve distinct, separate but still connected target audiences (think Venn's diagram). Let me give you an example: take Wargroove and its sequel, plus some other upcoming Advance Wars likes. At face value you could say that there are too many of those and the market is saturated and unoriginal, but consider that N hasn't done anything with it since Days of Ruin; people miss it, people want to relive it in a new way. On the other side of the diagram you have innovation, and it itself cannot escape being half iterative, half transformative. Take a game like Balatro. You would probably (not without reason) scrunch your nose at the fact it has roguelike elements; yes, those are a tired thing and a crutch for lack of proper design in many cases, yet Balatro is a fresh, brainy take on poker that absolutely deserves its explosive fame. And then there's the consideration that indie teams are small, budgets are small and risks are large; going for proven, road tested concepts is the logical, natural choice. That doesn't mean its entirely justifiable, but much like Thanos, it is inevitable. All that said, it's obvious emotional investment is a big factor and if one doesn't like the basic premise and structure, nothing os going to change that, and that's fine. Maybe when someone properly iterates on a game you love, you'll fall in love with the scene again, haha. [/QUOTE]

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