Nowadays, things DO have to be orginal to be special.
I absolutely disagree. Things which are original can just as easily be bad as they can be good. Original != special, original just = new.
Aguasatori said:
Look at Halo and other innovative games.
Halo? Innovative? Laughable. Save for that shield system (which was innovative for all of one game, and not that big of a deal even then), its a generic FPS.
Aguasatori said:
And new things would have to be brought to old school things like Mario to make it rock again.
*coughMarioGalaxycough*
*blinks* Mario Galaxy brought very little new to the series. The spinning launchers were about it. Its a great game because its very, very fun, like nearly all Mario games. Hell, Mario Sunshine brought as much or more new to the series as did Galaxy in the form of FLUDD, Bowser Jr, and the paintbrush, but that doesn't make it the better game.
Aguasatori said:
You are partially right, though. Dragons are used a lot because they are liked, but new things would have to be done to games with dragons to keep people's interest because it has been done so many times before.
You keep telling yourself that, and watch as people continue to flock to books, movies, and games which feature those creatures. Dragons haven't lost their appeal over the millenniums they've been in existence in the human imagination, they're not suddenly going to do so now.
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