Re: Begun the Anomaly Loop wars have

On 4/7/2024 10:01 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Nonetheless, we should also recognize that
Indies are equally likely to fall back on 'safe' ideas too. In fact,
Indies are often even worse, doing little more than skinning over
somebody else's game and then calling it a day. It makes the worst
'Doom clones' or 'Mario clones' of yesteryear look expansive in
comparison.

I think it's the human condition.  Especially visible in music.  Young new artists make something different, their own and can't do anything else, whether one hit wonder, or a slightly longer period of time they run out of anything really new and interesting.
One can blame the consumers, they generally want more of the same and demand it of the artists, which leads to the artists taking the money and not working on anything new and getting stuck in that mode.  They even lash out at the artists for trying anything new saying things like "You betrayed their roots," etc.
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