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Jerykk wrote on Dec 28, 2011, 05:44:
Even then ,indie games that are thought to be "fresh and original" aren't nearly as original as they pretend to be. "Braid" and "Super Meat Boy", while having fresh concepts are still at their heart 2D side-scrollers, which haven't been original in about 30 years.
That's a bit of a generalization. Just because a game is 2D and has platforms doesn't make it a Mario ripoff. That's like saying any third-person game is a Tomb Raider ripoff and that any first-person game is a Doom ripoff. Mario, SMB and Braid are completely different games. I'd say that Braid was very original in that it introduced gameplay mechanics that hadn't really been explored before. It also attached a very serious and relatively pretentious story to an otherwise cartoony presentation, something we don't see very often.
No game is ever going to be 100% original, but I think many games have enough original ideas or reinterpretations of existing ideas to qualify as original.
If you read what I wrote again you might see that what you wrote and what I wrote are saying virtually the same thing, though I don't completely accept your analogy of 2D side-scrollers and games with a 3rd person perspective. Of course, that could just be because if I ever see another 2D side-scroller game it'll be too soon. I'm just burned out on them. That's not to say I don't see the freshness in the concepts throughout Braid and SMB, nor understand why 2D is so often the mode of choice used by indies.
Overall, the "originality" meme that keeps popping up in game journalism is a bit of a red herring. There will never be another 100% original game made, just as there will never be a completely original song written. It's not that originality is dead; it's just that the limitaions of the art form and the human senses prevent further innovation, unless someone discovers another note in the octave or a 6th sense that everyone has access to. Someone looking for originality needs to look closer at the minutia and details. |
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Dec 27, 13:29 |
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Dec 27, 13:37 |
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Dec 27, 13:54 |
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PHJF |
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Dec 27, 14:06 |
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Beamer |
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Dec 27, 14:17 |
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Dev |
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Dec 27, 14:41 |
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Mashiki Amiketo |
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Dec 27, 14:45 |
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Hyatus |
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Dec 27, 16:42 |
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Dec 27, 19:48 |
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Dec 27, 15:03 |
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Dec 27, 15:54 |
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nin |
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Dec 27, 16:04 |
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Cutter |
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Dec 28, 06:32 |
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Dev |
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Dec 28, 09:17 |
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Beamer |
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Dec 28, 10:32 |
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Prez |
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Dec 28, 19:15 |
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Dec 28, 16:44 |
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Mashiki Amiketo |
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Dec 27, 20:02 |
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Dec 27, 23:43 |
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Dec 27, 23:48 |
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Dec 28, 02:14 |
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Dec 28, 03:58 |
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Prez |
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Dec 28, 05:44 |
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Jerykk |
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Dec 28, 06:06 |
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Dec 28, 08:20 |
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Dec 28, 08:50 |
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