“Haven’t you noticed that every game is the exact same?”
There is a bit of credence to this one, at least on the surface. Have you ever tried to count how many versions of Call of Duty exist? Experts estimate the number ranges somewhere in the thousands, but none have lived long enough to actually count. A layman – particularly a petty one who wants to ruin your day – could surmise that every game on the market is just about shooting anything that crosses your path.
But that does a disservice to the multitude of unique games that are out there, whether it’s the morality and time traveling elements of Life is Strange, the frantic teamwork and hilarity of Overcooked, or the repugnant dreadfulness of Vroom in the Night Sky.
The gaming industry suffers from a degree of sequel-itis and ‘me too’ copycat clones, but it is no more guilty of this than Hollywood. The Fast and the Furious franchise has spawned no less than ten films, and there doesn’t appear to be any end in sight. Honestly, for a group of people purported to be ‘fast’, they seem to enjoy dragging their story out as agonizingly long as possible.
